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- 09 Jun 2015
- First Look
First Look: June 9, 2015
benefit from revealing unit cost information to consumers. A natural field experiment conducted with an online retailer suggests that cost transparency boosts sales. Six subsequent controlled lab View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Jun 2015
- HBS Case
Upgrading School with a Startup Mentality
"It's interesting to see Ventilla applying entrepreneurial concepts often associated with technology startups to the field of education," Kim said in a recent interview. "He is employing rapid prototyping strategies with... View Details
- 09 Jan 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 9, 2018
Aversion in Queues By: Buell, Ryan W. Abstract—This paper investigates whether people exhibit last place aversion in queues and its implications for their experiences and behaviors in service environments. An observational analysis of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Dec 2015
- First Look
December 22, 2015
Robert S. Kaplan, Katelyn Brinegar, Nicole Bassoff, H. Benjamin Harvey, James A. Brink, and Anand Prabhakar Abstract—No abstract available. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50229 Racial Discrimination in the Sharing Economy: Evidence... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 18 Dec 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, December 18, 2018
peers. Across three online experiments and a field experiment of entrepreneurs, we identify an interpersonal strategy that can mitigate feelings of malicious envy in observers:... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 19 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 19, 2019
service relationships is neither well understood, nor consistently factored into service design. In this paper, two laboratory experiments and one field experiment, conducted in financial service contexts,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Feb 2017
- Op-Ed
What Africa Can Teach the United States About Funding Infrastructure Projects
care, security, and more). These are valid reasons. But there are workarounds that work. At Harvard Business School, my research looks at ways that the private sector can finance and deliver public infrastructure. For the last three years, I have led an Immersive View Details
- 29 Sep 2003
- Research & Ideas
Pride Goeth Before a Profit
to employees' identity and self-worth. Caring About Accuracy Dave Thompson was appointed a measurement technician at El Segundo, CA-based Unocal's Van, TX, oil field in 1993. He was responsible for making sure that the amounts of oil and... View Details
Keywords: by Theodore Kinni
- 31 Jul 2012
- First Look
First Look: July 31
data. First, we use field data on employees' productivity from a mid-size bank in Japan, which we then match with daily weather data to investigate the effect of bad weather conditions (in terms of precipitation, visibility, and... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 02 Aug 2016
- First Look
August 2, 2016
countries whether to participate in the United Nations Global Compact. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=47799 Copyright Enforcement: Evidence from Two Field Experiments... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Nov 2014
- Lessons from the Classroom
Managing the Family Business: Are Optimists or Pessimists Better Leaders?
reported that 18-39 year-olds were more optimistic than people 40-64, and far more than people 65 and older.2 For reasons we don't fully understand but can appreciate, life experience turns some people into pessimists. By the way, the... View Details
- 19 Jun 2018
- Research Event
Has Environmental Sustainability Lost its Relevance?
of the natural environment. Worse, and surprising to many with decades of experience in sustainable business, some members of the new generation seem to be espousing the ideas this field began with: that... View Details
- 02 Jan 2013
- What Do You Think?
Should We Rethink the Promise of Teams?
successful and unsuccessful experiences with teams. Improper uses of teams were cited. Phil Clark said that "Often teams are formed to 'look good' but truly are not teams Ownership of the outcome is directly related to the success of a... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 29 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 29
to everyday transactions like selling a house, buying a car, or landing a new contract. Wheeler also draws lessons on agility and creativity from fields like jazz, sports, theater, and even military science. Publisher's link: View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
Chasing Stars: Why the Mighty Red Sox Struck Out
have studied the issue in multiple industries, including the equally competitive fields of sports and investment banking. After examining the careers of more than 1,000 Wall Street analysts, for instance, they found that analysts who were... View Details
- 20 Feb 2007
- First Look
First Look: February 20, 2007
Law of Business Organization Authors:William T. Allen, Reinier Kraakman, and Guhan Subramanian Publication:2nd ed. Aspen Publishers, Inc., 2007 Abstract In Commentary and Cases on the Law of Business Organization, this outstanding author team brings clarity and insight... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 11 Feb 2013
- Research & Ideas
Neuroeconomics: Eyes, Brain, Business
seem like an odd fit. But the fact is that the business world has been paying increasing attention to how the brain works. The field of neuroeconomics has gained ground in the past 10 years, with work exploring the brain processes that... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 22 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 22, 2008
Services (revised) Authors:Robert S. Huckman, Bradley R. Staats, and David M. Upton Abstract Much of the literature on team learning views experience as a unidimensional concept captured by the cumulative production volume of, or the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 22 Mar 2016
- First Look
March 22, 2016
restrict one's future opportunity set as evidence for sophisticated time-inconsistency. We propose an additional mechanism that may contribute to the demand for commitment technology: the desire to signal to others. We present a field... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Feb 2012
- First Look
First Look: February 14
research, we propose that socialization leads to more effective employment relationships when it starts with newcomers expressing their personal identities. In a field experiment carried out in a large... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel