Exploratory Learning Behaviors - Publications - Faculty & Research

19 Mar 2006
Research & Ideas

Do I Dare Say Something?

recent working paper, Harvard Business School professor Amy Edmondson and Penn State professor James Detert explored the challenges employees face speaking up to internal authorities. Their research focused on behavior in large,... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert

17 Jul 2009
Research Event

Business Summit: Ethics in Globalization

Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and GovernmentMichael Oxley, Of Counsel, Baker HostetlerDaniel Vasella, Chairman & CEO, Novartis Drawing upon learnings from their work and experiences, the panelists and moderator exchanged views... View Details

Keywords: Re: Rafael M. Di Tella

06 May 2015
What Do You Think?

Are You Ready for Personalized Predictive Analytics?

such as the new iWatch, and I'm offered a service that will alert my doctor of any health abnormalities via the device , I'm going to agree to that. My health will win out over privacy in that case." We have learned to live with and... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

30 Apr 2014
Research & Ideas

Venture Investors Prefer Funding Handsome Men

Management; and Fiona E. Murray, associate dean of innovation at Sloan and Kearney's thesis adviser. “Our paper provides concrete proof that gender discrimination exists in the context of entrepreneurial pitching” As a behavioral... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Financial Services

03 Feb 2011
What Do You Think?

Are We Going “Back to the Future” In Researching Management?

that " we will need to think deeply about how to ensure these crowds we are tapping into (through information networking) are given sufficient opportunities to learn and to properly feel engaged." Both achievements and failures... View Details

Keywords: Re: James L. Heskett

08 Aug 2016
Lessons from the Classroom

Panic Management: Keep Your Eyes on the Road

strikes. “At HBS, we do a great job of teaching students how to build things but we really haven’t had much [to offer] when the stuff really hits the fan. What happens when you’re up against it, between a rock and a hard place?” THAT OVERWHELMING FEELING Those thoughts... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

13 May 2019
Research & Ideas

The Unexpected Way Whistleblowers Reduce Government Fraud

behavior on the part of government contractors and to keep a portion of any resulting settlement. Boeing, for example, has paid more than $40 million in settlements stemming from False Claim Act cases in the past five years. A detailed... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Service; Construction

28 Mar 2018
Research & Ideas

Sophisticated Investors May Be Harming Fintech Lending Platforms

data science makes this model obsolete. Behavioral scientists tell us that where there is human interaction, people will have biases that influence their decisions, typically in the wrong way. “Now decisions are increasingly based on hard... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Banking; Financial Services

28 Jan 2015
Research & Ideas

Ground Game, Air Wars, and Other Marketing Lessons From Presidential Elections

campaign ads were found to be more effective among nonpartisan voters, who had not developed a strong affinity for either party. It was also learned that TV advertising may not be a deterministic factor when one party has a big advantage,... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

19 Jul 2011
Research & Ideas

Rupert Murdoch and the Seeds of Moral Hazard

need their help on the way down. Ruthlessness in pursuit of success might work for a while. But when there is the merest hint of a problem, a history of callous, cold-blooded, critical behavior means that there is no one left to lend... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Journalism & News; Publishing

25 Sep 2007
First Look

First Look: September 25, 2007

Network Resources: Alliances, Affiliations, and Other Relational Assets Author:Ranjay Gulati Publication:Oxford University Press, 2007 Abstract Today's firms are increasingly embedded in networks of alliances and other ties that influence their View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

23 Apr 2013
First Look

First Look: April 23

networks-communities of agents (people or firms) and the ties among them-on corporate behavior and governance. The empirically rich studies in the book are largely concerned with mechanisms for the emergence of governance networks rather... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

27 Nov 2006
Research & Ideas

Manly Men, Oil Platforms, and Breaking Stereotypes

limitations, publicly admitted their mistakes so they could learn from them, and openly attended to their own and others' feelings. We describe these behaviors as "purposeful" because they involve... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Energy; Utilities

21 Nov 2016
Research & Ideas

It Matters That Your CEO Doesn't Know Much About Sales

payroll monthly gave me a new appreciation for sales and selling,” he says. “As [Samuel] Johnson said, the prospect of hanging in the morning concentrates the mind.” He put much of what he learned in his 2014 book, Aligning Strategy and... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

10 Jan 2005
Research & Ideas

The Knowledge Coach

breaks down or needs expediting. And how about her uncanny ability to decode behavioral cues—subtle signs of disagreement or even hostility among subordinates in meetings? How does she do that? That storehouse of unwritten process... View Details

Keywords: by Dorothy Leonard & Walter Swap

23 Jul 2013
First Look

First Look: July 23

Publications 2013 pub Does Social Connection Turn Good Deeds into Good Feelings?: On the Value of Putting the 'Social' in Prosocial Spending By: Aknin, Lara B., Elizabeth W. Dunn, Gillian M. Sandstrom, and Michael I. Norton Abstract—When are the emotional benefits of... View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

27 Sep 2017
Research & Ideas

What Happens When Ordinary People Get Creative?

“Attacking this question is fundamentally important for both the science and the practice of creativity,” she writes. “It seems increasingly likely that products and services resulting from the creative behavior of ordinary individuals... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

23 Feb 2010
First Look

First Look: Feb. 23

all female leaders must deal with ambivalent reactions rooted in gender stereotypes. Generally, the assertive, dominant behavior typical among leaders tends to be viewed as atypical and unattractive in women. Studies of attitudes toward... View Details