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- 17 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
Blue Skies, Distractions Arise: How Weather Affects Productivity
induced to daydream about sunny-day activities; sunny-day participants who were induced to daydream about sunny-day activities; rainy-day control group participants; and sunny-day control group participants. All participants were asked to enter several sets of written... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 12 Sep 2022
- Research & Ideas
When Experts Play It Too Safe: Innovation Lessons from a NASA Experiment
Lane and her colleagues sorted responses evaluating robot arm designs into three categories of evaluator: unscreened, screened through a human resources-like questionnaire examining their credentials, and those that took a robotics skills... View Details
- 09 Feb 2015
- Research & Ideas
Professional Networking Makes People Feel Dirty
participant filled out a leadership questionnaire from the mindset of the prescribed character. Next, participants were told to reach out to someone in their online networks. Some were told to send notes via LinkedIn with the intention of... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 01 Apr 2013
- Research & Ideas
First Minutes are Critical in New-Employee Orientation
group, others engaged in activities that stressed individuality (creating personalized nametags, for example), and some focused on the identity of the organization (such as creating a logo for the research lab). After the experiments, participants filled out a short... View Details
- 06 Oct 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Problem with Hedge Funds
management of his or her fund than during the Internet bubble. We need a study as to the impact of the funds to see what, if any, new regulations are required. On July 26, 2002, the SEC wrote to major hedge funds asking them to fill out a View Details
Keywords: by D. Quinn Mills
- 31 May 2004
- Research & Ideas
How Team Leaders Show Support–or Not
Steven Kramer) and I were doing an exploratory study of daily diaries we had collected from 238 people in twenty-six teams working on creative projects in seven different companies. The diaries were in the form of answers to a brief daily e-mail View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Surprising Benefits of Oversharing
determined by how much they trust their partners. When shown profile questionnaires filled out by their partners (who had been induced to either answer the questions or leave them blank), participants routinely gave less money to those... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
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Credential of Leadership, Impact, and Management in Business | HBS Online
Competency Inventory) Explore the internal drivers of your motivations as a leader through the Personal Values Questionnaire self-assessment Create a diagram of your professional network to visualize, reflect on, and better utilize... View Details
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Power and Influence for Positive Impact | HBS Online
complete. What is the Influence Style Exercise? + – The Influence Style Exercise (ISE) is a 20-30-minute self-assessment designed to help you identify which influence styles and behaviors you use most frequently in various contexts. The ISE View Details
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Frequently Asked Questions | HBS Online
contexts. The ISE questionnaire was compiled by HBS faculty member Lakshmi Ramarajan and researcher Serenity Lee based on published research. The exercise is made available to participants in Module 3 of the course. Upon successful... View Details
- June 1990 (Revised October 1991)
- Case
Lake Pleasant Bodies Case (A)
Presents a classic dilemma in legal ethics--the conflict between an attorney's obligations as an attorney, in this case to protect a client's confidentiality, and his or her own moral obligations as a person. An attorney must decide how to respond to the father of a... View Details
Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Moral Sensibility; Questionnaires; Attorney and Client Relationships; Social Psychology; Conflict Management; Legal Services Industry
Badaracco, Joseph L., Jr. "Lake Pleasant Bodies Case (A)." Harvard Business School Case 390-212, June 1990. (Revised October 1991.)
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Better Hiring Through Brain Science
like to give is, ‘Would you get a better read out of someone’s weight if you asked them how much they weigh, or if you just put them on the scale?’ ” says Polli. The online game interactions are precisely timed, so they also offer greater depth of data. The difference... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 20 Jan 2015
- News
Patient Medical Records, Pocket-sized
Once downloaded on the MedKaz, the documents are erased from HRC’s servers. Prior to a medical appointment, the patient completes a questionnaire stored on the device. The doctor can see a health summary, access past records, and generate... View Details
- 23 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Market Research Meets the “People Factor”
Zaltman and Deshpandé started by conducting 16 separate interviews with managers and "research suppliers" from Fortune 500 companies and prominent research firms. The two then honed their inquiry further, mailing 800 View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
The Business of Love
That’s when David Dewan (MBA 1969) launched Contact Incorporated, in fierce competition with another Harvard startup, Operation Match. Both companies sold questionnaires to students—$3 for Operation Match; $4 for Contact Incorporated—and... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 13 Jan 2009
- First Look
First Look: January 13, 2009
Negotiating Business in China: A Questionnaire Authors:James K. Sebenius and Cheng (Jason) Qian Abstract Cultural differences can affect negotiations in many ways, from influencing the basic motivations and perceptions of the players to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 13 Aug 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Dark Side of Trust
City of Brotherly Love's 596 plumbers and plumbing firms at the time of the study. Plumbers were sent a questionnaire to measure specific trust with their current vendors. Six weeks later, the plumbers received a TrapGuard promotional... View Details
- 22 Jul 2015
- Research & Ideas
Name Your Price. Really.
questionnaire to determine their SVO. Sure enough, those with a pro-social orientation forked over an average of $1.22 for the cookie, while those with a pro-self orientation paid an average of 62 cents. "Just as we expected, people... View Details
- 23 Feb 2015
- Research & Ideas
How to Break the Expert’s Curse
challenges, and meaningful interactions with colleagues. Two months after the internships ended, the participants received a follow-up questionnaire about their summer experiences. Half of them also received copies of their summer... View Details
- 17 Nov 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Business Case for Diabetes Disease Management
analysis tools, since potential diabetics are identified on the basis of pharmacy and lab data as well as questionnaires and surveys. Not many organizations have ventured into this element of disease management. In their case-study... View Details