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Beyond Good Intentions: Prompting People to Make Plans Improves Follow-through on Important Tasks

By: Todd Rogers, Katherine L Milkman, Leslie K. John and Michael I. Norton
Many intend to stay fit but fail to exercise or eat healthfully; students intend to earn good grades but study too little; citizens intend to vote but fail to turnout. How can policymakers help people follow through on intentions like these? Plan-making, a tool that... View Details
Keywords: Behavior; Success; Planning
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  • August 2017
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Voter Registration Costs and Disenfranchisement: Experimental Evidence from France

By: Céline Braconnier, Jean-Yves Dormagen and Vincent Pons
A large-scale randomized experiment conducted during the 2012 French presidential and parliamentary elections shows that voter registration requirements have significant effects on turnout, resulting in unequal participation. We assigned 20,500 apartments to one... View Details
Keywords: Elections; Politics; Voting; Political Elections; Behavior; France
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  • October 2016
  • Case

Triangulate: Stay, Pivot or Exit?

By: Thomas Eisenmann, Shikhar Ghosh and Christopher Payton
Sunil Nagaraj, Triangulate's founder had spent a few years trying to launch a dating application that matched users based on their behavior on social media. Based on input from advisors, the company changed its focus from a B2B site to a B2C dating site with a unique... View Details
Keywords: Early Stage; Pivot; Two Sided Markets; Business Model; Business Exit or Shutdown; Product Launch; Venture Capital; Failure; Internet and the Web; Entrepreneurship; Information Technology; Social and Collaborative Networks; United States; North America
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  • 14 Mar 2017
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First Look at New Research, March 14

the chances of meaningful behavior change. The results were clear: Merely liking a brand neither increases purchasing nor spurs friends to purchase more. Supporting likes with branded content, however, can prompt meaningful View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

    Jerry R. Green

    Jerry R. Green

    David A. Wells Professor of Political Economy

    John Leverett Professor in the University

    Harvard University

     

    Jerry Green is the John Leverett Professor in the University and the David A. Wells... View Details

    Keywords: aerospace; education industry; insurance industry; professional services
    • 30 Apr 2019
    • First Look

    New Research and Ideas, April 30, 2019

    of home buyers, investors, and regulators. Using the latest research in psychology and behavioral economics, they present a new theory of belief formation that explains why the financial crisis came as such a shock to so many people—and... View Details
    Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
    • 09 Jul 2013
    • Research & Ideas

    Catching Up With Boards--Jay Lorsch

    been ever upward. There was some hope that the concept of "say-on-pay," where shareholders vote on the CEO's compensation, might have some impact by making compensation committees more cautious, but we clearly still have a long... View Details
    Keywords: by Jim Aisner
    • 21 Jan 2014
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    First Look: January 21

    Publications August 2013 Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization Awards Unbundled: Evidence from a Natural Field Experiment By: Ashraf, Nava, Oriana Bandiera, and Scott Lee Abstract—Organizations often use non-monetary awards to... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 06 May 2014
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    First Look: May 6

    politicians only provide the services people vote for within the civil and property rights protections set forth in the constitution. Publisher's link: View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 05 Dec 2023
    • Research & Ideas

    Lessons in Decision-Making: Confident People Aren't Always Correct (Except When They Are)

    vote for the accuracy of their own solution to each task. These decisions served to find out whether the aggregate outcomes that emerge from people self-selecting into participating more or less aggressively in an auction, market, or... View Details
    Keywords: by Kara Baskin
    • 08 Dec 2015
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    December 8, 2015

    that may arise. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50144 2015 The Cambridge Handbook of Consumer Psychology The Consumer Psychology of Online Privacy: Insights and Opportunities from Behavioral Decision... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 15 Mar 2024
    • HBS Case

    Let's Talk: Why It's Time to Stop Avoiding Taboo Topics at Work

    global businesses where if we aren’t talking about the politics in those countries, how do we have a proper supply chain? Do we just guess?” Wing asks. While personal voting records and political party affiliations don’t need to be... View Details
    Keywords: by Avery Forman
    • 18 Nov 2008
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    First Look: November 18, 2008

      Working PapersAn Exploration of the Japanese Slowdown during the 1990s Author:Diego A. Comin No abstract is available at this time. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-065.pdf (When) Are Religious People Nicer? Religious Salience and the 'Sunday... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
    • 2014
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    Models of Caring, or Acting as if One Cared, About the Welfare of Others

    By: Julio J. Rotemberg
    This paper surveys the theoretical literature in which people are modeled as taking other people's payoffs into account either because this affects their utility directly or because they wish to impress others with their social-mindedness. Key experimental results that... View Details
    Keywords: Motivation and Incentives; Behavior; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving
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    • 26 Aug 2014
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    First Look: August 26

    Abstract—To create social ties to support their professional or personal goals, people actively engage in instrumental networking. Drawing from moral psychology research, we posit that this intentional behavior has unintended consequences... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 14 Aug 2012
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    First Look: August 14

    Specifically, focusing attention on "interested" legislators' behavior captures important information seemingly ignored by the market. A long-short portfolio based on these legislators' views earns abnormal returns of over 90... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 03 Oct 2023
    • Research Event

    Build the Life You Want: Arthur Brooks and Oprah Winfrey Share Happiness Tips

    would right now say that America seems like a particularly happy place. And I was wondering, both of you should address this, it's like what is the source of a kind of national unhappiness? I mean, we we see this in politics, obviously. A-- A level of View Details
    Keywords: by HBS Staff
    • 19 Feb 2019
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    New Research and Ideas, February 19, 2019

    forthcoming Journal of Political Economy CEO Behavior and Firm Performance By: Bandiera, Oriana, Stephen Hansen, Andrea Prat, and Raffaella Sadun Abstract— We measure the behavior of 1,114 CEOs in six... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 12 Apr 2022
    • Research & Ideas

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

    objective criteria such as price or venue. But what happens when emotion fuels the process? Could it increase efficiency and engagement? Edward McFowland III, assistant professor at Harvard Business School, and his coauthors examine this matchmaking View Details
    Keywords: by Kara Baskin
    • 24 Oct 2023
    • Research & Ideas

    When Tech Platforms Identify Black-Owned Businesses, White Customers Buy

    restaurants that received the label were white, compared to the racial makeup of reviewers of the same restaurants prior to the introduction of the feature. The authors also used voting and Census data to determine that increased demand... View Details
    Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald; Food & Beverage