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Events - Business History
much current scholarship on capitalism, there were earlier and smaller divergences: first Italy (perhaps as early as the eleventh century), then Holland, and then England experienced modern economic growth. In this conference, we examined the View Details
- 17 Dec 2014
- Research & Ideas
How Our Brain Determines if the Product is Worth the Price
the neural patterns in these areas looked different at the point when the information on the screen was eventually the same," Karmarkar says. The results showed that the brain activity varied according to whether the participant had... View Details
- 15 Oct 2020
- Research & Ideas
IT Job Wages Are No Longer 'Exceptional'
century. The reality, it turns out, is a bit different when it comes to IT wages, according to new research. In all but the largest cities, wage growth in IT jobs has become relatively moderate following the dot-com boom, coming to resemble wage View Details
- 27 Jan 2012
- Working Paper Summaries
Discretion Within the Constraints of Opportunity: Gender Homophily and Structure in a Formal Organization
Navigating the Jagged Technological Frontier: Field Experimental Evidence of the Effects of AI on Knowledge Worker Productivity and Quality
The public release of Large Language Models (LLMs) has sparked tremendous interest in how humans will use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to accomplish a variety of tasks. In our study conducted with Boston Consulting Group, a global management consulting firm, we examine... View Details
- 31 Jul 2023
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Striving for Imperfection
pattern-seekers, and that’s why they ask questions. As we develop successful ways of operating in the world, we become pattern imposers. So, you know, you’re trying to tie a shoe, someone finally shows you how to tie a double bow, and... View Details
- 09 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
Six Keys to Building New Markets by Unleashing Disruptive Innovation
parallel process for developing and shaping disruptive ideas—one that acknowledges their distinctive features—can companies successfully launch disruption after disruption. Such a process relies more on pattern recognition than on... View Details
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Research - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability
Reinhart, Reinhart, and Trebesch explore the rich history of booms and busts in capital flow by uncovering data from sources going back to 1815. The pattern uncovered by the authors have strong implications on the vulnerabilities of many... View Details
- 08 Mar 2022
- Research & Ideas
Representation Matters: Building Case Studies That Empower Women Leaders
protagonists—whether in person or virtually—narrowed these gaps. Male students rated cases with an in-class female protagonist more highly than cases in which the protagonist didn’t come to class. The same pattern was true for female... View Details
Keywords: by Colleen Ammerman and Boris Groysberg
- 06 Jun 2007
- Research & Ideas
Behavioral Finance—Benefiting from Irrational Investors
and firms." It pays to analyze the typical patterns in investor psychology and respond accordingly. "Investor irrationality is something that people tend to focus on when they think about investing in capital markets," he... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 09 Mar 2022
- Research & Ideas
War in Ukraine: Soaring Gas Prices and the Return of Stagflation?
but the fact of their existence is inherently geopolitical because it ties countries together in very intimate ways and changes patterns of consumption and dependence. Forman: What’s the impact for companies that have had to get out of... View Details
- 12 Feb 2014
- Working Paper Summaries
Management Practices, Relational Contracts, and the Decline of General Motors
- 06 Jun 2013
- Working Paper Summaries
Do Strict Capital Requirements Raise the Cost of Capital? Banking Regulation and the Low Risk Anomaly
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Automotive Product Development
At present, my primary research focus is studying product development in the auto industry. I am working with Stefan Thomke (HBS) and Takahiro Fujimoto (University of Tokyo) on the 4th Round of the Global Automotive Development Study. The first round of this... View Details
- 09 May 2023
- Research & Ideas
Where to Find Remote Work Now: 250 Million Job Postings Paint a Complex Picture
from some 250 million online job listings, sorting them into categories including country, city, job type, and industry. San Francisco and Boston lead remote offerings The pattern in all categories? Variety. “Remote-work posting shares... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 20 Sep 2011
- Working Paper Summaries
Sovereigns, Upstream Capital Flows and Global Imbalances
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Overview
I have spent my career studying novel talent management practices and their effect on collaboration and performance. My core research focuses on two interrelated organizational trends that have become salient in the 21st century: workplace transparency (who gets to... View Details
Keywords: Privacy; Transparency; Productivity; Field Experiments; Communication; Design; Human Resources; Leadership; Management; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Performance; Groups and Teams; Networks; Behavior; Social and Collaborative Networks; Satisfaction; North America; Europe; Asia; China; Japan; Latin America
- 24 Jun 2002
- Research & Ideas
Four Keys of Enduring Success: How High Achievers Win
people for whom that pattern of behavior made them a success, but there are a lot of people who have that same pattern of behavior who wind up as drunks in the alley." Success is a tough problem for... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 02 Aug 2012
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The Rich Get Richer: Enabling Conditions for Knowledge Use in Organizational Work Teams
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Overview of Research
My research examines approaches to improving the performance of our health care delivery system with a primary focus on health information technology. Reflecting the interdisciplinary nature of my program, my dissertation draws upon theories and insights from... View Details