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Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

disappointment of overoptimistic beliefs rather than large negative shocks. Diagnostic expectations offer a realistic, parsimonious way to produce financial reversals in business cycle models. See Pedro’s other research here , Nicola’s... View Details

07 Feb 2024
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The Sound of Success

A groundbreaking gene therapy developed by Akouos, Inc., a precision genetic medicine company founded in 2016 by Emmanuel (Manny) Simons (MBA 2012), has enabled an 11-year-old boy from Morocco to hear sounds for the first time. According to a recent New York Times... View Details

01 Dec 2023
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Joint Venture

The human knee is a marvel. It’s the hinge at the center of our gait, the evolutionary adaptation that makes humans the only fully bipedal mammals on the planet. But the knee also is a complicated and vulnerable knot of bone, muscle, and sinew. Nearly everyone knows... View Details

Keywords: Shoshi Parks

12 Apr 2022
Research & Ideas

Swiping Right: How Data Helped This Online Dating Site Make More Matches

some estimates, with players such as Bumble, Tinder, and OKCupid vying to help people find love. While McFowland is not a dating expert, his work in machine learning and social sciences examines the efficacy of how people interact in online settings. McFowland View Details

Keywords: by Kara Baskin

09 Sep 2014
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First Look: September 9

dissonance triggered by unmet expectations drives our effects. Download working paper: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2486576 Cases & Course Materials Harvard Business School Case 314-071 A Note on Seeking, Receiving, and Giving Advice... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

07 Jul 2008
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Innovation Corrupted: How Managers Can Avoid Another Enron

charges brought against him. Skilling held fast to a similar position. On September 14, 2007, Skilling submitted a 60,000-word appellant brief demanding that his conviction be reversed and that his case be either dismissed or retried... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Energy; Utilities

28 Feb 2022
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How Racial Bias Taints Customer Service: Evidence from 6,000 Hotels

treating customers equally, the researchers say. “If hotel managers were only checking response rates, they wouldn’t see any differences in how their service representatives respond to people's emails,” notes Kim. “Then they might think,... View Details

Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds

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2023 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

a decrease in direct US sourcing from China, with low-wage locations (e.g., Vietnam) and nearshoring/friendshoring alternatives (e.g., Mexico) gaining in import share. In this session, we will discuss several cautionary notes on policies... View Details

07 Nov 2023
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Love and Money

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Which is the best dating app? Can money actually buy love? When do you talk about money in a new relationship and how do you broach the topic? How can well-meaning parents actually help their... View Details

03 Oct 2005
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The Truck Driver Who Reinvented Shipping

looking at a lot of wasted time and money. I watched them take each crate off the truck and slip it into a sling, which would then lift the crate into the hold of the ship." It would be nineteen years before McLean converted his... View Details

Keywords: by Anthony J. Mayo & Nitin Nohria; Manufacturing; Transportation; Aerospace

01 Oct 2007
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Encouraging Dissent in Decision-Making

during his own business career. Start At The Top "If you want good decision-making, contention is essential," George says. "When I joined Medtronic, one of the things undermining its performance was conflict avoidance. To View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons

06 May 2014
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First Look: May 6

capital-good market externality and technology diffusion play a more important role in the offshore agglomeration of multinationals than the agglomeration of domestic firms. These findings remain robust when we address potential reverse... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

04 Aug 2023
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Aaron Sabin (MS/MBA 2023): Engineering a Climate Change Solution by Cutting the Cost of Carbon Capture

where engineer and entrepreneur Aaron Sabin comes in. “With modern science, we're building an understanding of how to reverse greenhouse gas emissions,” he says. “I want to bring the full weight of innovation to this effort to remove... View Details

23 Apr 2012
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How to Brand a Next-Generation Product

won't be buggy and there won't be a learning curve.” A follow-up experiment reversed the task. Participants learned that the firm Garmin had adopted a sequential naming approach for the first five generations of its in-car GPS receiver,... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

01 Mar 2024
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Vital Signs

along the way. Accessed by a mobile phone, tablet, or web application, the software also builds medical notes throughout the consultation. Those notes, along with the management plan or any necessary referrals, feed directly into a... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Hospitals; Health, Social Assistance

08 Oct 2020
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Keep Your Weary Workers Engaged and Motivated

able to attract talent at a discount; the reverse may be true for stigmatized organizations. Likewise, investments in employees’ long-term prospects via continuing education/development or ownership options may allow for a discount in... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams

13 Jan 2009
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First Look: January 13, 2009

customers over a period of four months. We predict and find that should DVDs (e.g., documentaries) are held significantly longer than want DVDs (e.g., action films) within-customer. Similarly, we also predict and find that people are more likely to rent DVDs in one... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Research - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

financial reversals in business cycle models. See Pedro’s other research here , Nicola’s other research here , Andrei’s other research here , and Stephen’s other research here . More Info Sizing up Corporate Restructuring in the COVID... View Details

24 Feb 2009
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First Look: February 24, 2009

decision-making procedures were unjust. Subtly activating performers' prosocial identities reversed these reactions. Results highlight how roles and identities shape the experience and delivery of unfavorable outcomes; when procedures are... View Details