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- 08 Aug 2023
- Research & Ideas
The Rise of Employee Analytics: Productivity Dream or Micromanagement Nightmare?
Stereotype That Holds Women Back When Experts Play It Too Safe: Innovation Lessons from a NASA Experiment Feedback or ideas to share? Email the Working Knowledge team at hbswk@hbs.edu. Image: iStockphoto/XH4D View Details
Keywords: by Ben Rand
- 16 Dec 2002
- Lessons from the Classroom
Marrying Distance and Classroom Education
wonder if that lack of feedback would throw off some HBS faculty? DL: I'm not sure they would enjoy it. People who really like the classroom and the interaction in the classroom are less likely, I think, to enjoy the online. BD: A... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 29, 2019
on how gender stereotypes impact belief updating. Participants in our experiments take tests of their ability across different domains. Absent feedback, beliefs of own ability are strongly influenced by gender stereotypes. We then provide noisy View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 1
(treadmills attached to desks that enable employees to walk while working), provided employees with feedback on their own and their co-workers' usage, and assessed usage over six months. We report how we determined our sample size, as... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Jul 2010
- Research & Ideas
Yes, You Can Raise Prices in a Downturn
a principle that behavioral economists now emphasize: the importance of salient feedback in affecting customer choice, especially when long-term costs of a purchase (health care, trucks) or one's behavior (eating, driving habits) are... View Details
- 30 Jul 2024
- Research & Ideas
Do Social Movements Sway Voters? Not Really, Except for One
Empowering Black Voters, Did a Landmark Law Stir White Angst? Feedback or ideas to share? Email the Working Knowledge team at hbswk@hbs.edu. Image: Image created by HBSWK using asset from AdobeStock/Spaxiiax View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Sep 2016
- First Look
September 6, 2016
response in receiver actions after learning that they were profitably deceived. Despite the change in receiver behavior, stated beliefs about sender strategies remain insufficiently skeptical, which suggests that while direct and immediate View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 31 Jul 2007
- First Look
First Look: July 31, 2007
designs. At higher frequency, managers use designs to search for high-performing operational choices. The two searches are coupled: organizational design molds the choice among operational alternatives, and performance feedback from... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 10 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 10, 2018
consistently, and providing frequent feedback to employees—grew 28% larger and were 10 percentage points less likely to fail than those who got advice from peers with a passive people-management approach two years after our intervention.... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 14 Jan 2014
- First Look
First Look: January 14
objectives in case method learning. One challenge for case method instructors is the assessment of students' class participation, particularly in large classes. This article offers a solution that mines the practices of peer-to-peer View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Aug 2022
- Research & Ideas
It’s All in a Name: Reputable Investors Help Startups Shine
Future Flight to Safety: How Economic Downturns Affect Talent Flows to Startups Feedback or ideas to share? Email the Working Knowledge team at hbswk@hbs.edu. Image: iStockphoto/Hispanolistic View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 13 Jul 2022
- Book
Reimagining the Economy: What Would It Take to Put People First?
Like: Feeling Powerless at Work? Time to Agitate, Innovate, and Orchestrate How to Avoid the 'Ethical Slide' That Leads Companies Astray Empower Your Employees to Make Better Decisions Feedback or ideas to share? Email the Working... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
- 05 Nov 2024
- Research & Ideas
AI Can Help Leaders Communicate, But Can't Make Employees Listen
how do we get this to work, so it’s credible and widely accepted?” You Might Also Like: Global Talent, Local Obstacles: Why Time Zones Matter in Remote Work How Humans Outshine AI in Adapting to Change What Happens When Business Owners Turn to ChatBots for Advice View Details
- 13 Mar 2018
- First Look
March 13, 2018
simultaneous goals: eliciting liking (“Your speech was good ”) and conveying status (“ for a woman”). Backhanded compliments are common, from delivering feedback in work settings to communicating in casual conversation and take several... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Jun 2014
- First Look
First Look: June 10
find that transparency, by visually revealing operating processes to both producers and consumers, generates a positive feedback loop through which value is created for both parties. Download working paper:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 9, 2008
sensitivity drive the effect of experience on choice behavior. The experiments are focused on repeated choice tasks where decision makers choose repeatedly between alternatives and get feedback after each choice. Experiments 1a and 1b... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 28, 2008
Author:Stephen P. Kaufman Publication:Harvard Business Review 86, no. 10 (October 2008) Abstract After Kaufman became a CEO, he was struck by how perfunctory the board was in its feedback on his performance. The chair of the compensation... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 30 Nov 2016
- Op-Ed
Where Could More Regulation Help Small Businesses? Online Lending.
more coordinated regulatory approach to oversight of financial services. Industry should be included and at the table to ensure that they have a consistent mechanism to provide feedback and advice on how any new regulation will hurt or... View Details
- 23 Jul 2014
- Lessons from the Classroom
Innovation Is Magic. Really
The initial idea was tested in a course called Leading Product Innovation in the executive education program and refined over the years. At this point, more than 1,000 executives participated and the feedback has been enthusiastic.... View Details
- 05 Dec 2011
- Research & Ideas
It’s Alive! Business Scholars Turn to Experimental Research
open to do field experiments," Larkin says. "I think it's a big, untapped way for companies to optimize not just their marketing but also how they design incentives, their employee feedback design, and also the different elements of... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel