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- 13 Mar 2007
- First Look
First Look: March 13, 2007
We did so by presenting them with different parameters of the task, having them compare and contrast these different parameters, giving them full feedback on their history of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 28 Jan 2013
- Research & Ideas
Helping Yelp Create More Accurate Reviews
the site (They receive this status from Yelp based on their compliments sent to other Yelpers, whether they vote for reviews that are Useful, Funny, and Cool, and if they... 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 View Details
- 31 Jan 2005
- Research & Ideas
Rethinking Marketing’s Conventional Wisdom
marketing and psychology. Moon is a recipient of the HBS Student Association Award for teaching excellence and has twice received a Hellman Faculty Fellowship, presented... View Details
- 05 Feb 2009
- What Do You Think?
Why Can’t We Figure Out How to Select Leaders?
any other factor, including class size and quality of the facilities. In various studies, the truly great teachers do things like giving good, individualized feedback while... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 06 Mar 2013
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: Women MBAs at Harvard Business School
Radcliffe College, indicating a personal commitment to educating women well before they were officially admitted into the full two-year MBA Program. In 1965, the School hired an administrative assistant to the Dean, whose main responsibility was to recruit women View Details
- 01 Dec 2021
- What Do You Think?
How Will the Metaverse Affect Productivity?
long ago that live streaming was thought to be a luxury possible only when the capacity of the internet could be expanded to accommodate storage and uploading capabilities demanded by the new services. Now it’s commonplace; we take it for... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 13 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: September 13
in the control group receive a standard volunteer contract often offered for this type of task, whereas agents in the three treatment groups receive small financial rewards, large financial rewards, View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 May 2013
- First Look
First Look: May 21
working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=44034 Non-Standard Matches and Charitable Giving By: Sanders, Michael, Sarah Smith, and Michael I. Norton Abstract—Many... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
How Grocery Bags Manipulate Your Mind
bags" participants were asked to imagine approaching a supermarket to do their grocery shopping with their own bags. The "without bags" group received nearly identical instructions, but nothing about bags was mentioned. All... View Details
- 11 Mar 2008
- First Look
First Look: March 11, 2008
the time; and (3) target shareholders receive approximately 5% higher returns through the pure go-shop process relative to the no-shop route. I also find no post-signing competition in go-shop management... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 13 Jul 2022
- Book
Reimagining the Economy: What Would It Take to Put People First?
these domestic workers have built an organization that gives them control over their working lives. In doing so, they shifted the balance of power in their favor by becoming the worker-owners of a cooperative that offers a valuable... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
- 05 Jul 2017
- What Do You Think?
Can Innovation Save Us From Ourselves?
Summing Up Do We Need to Give More Attention to the Dark Side of Innovation? Innovation may be able to help us deal with problems such as famine, pollution, and even global warming. But unless it can prove to be just as effective in combating destructive human traits... View Details
- 20 Jan 2016
- Research & Ideas
Maybe Uber isn't God's Gift to Mankind
option that is often more convenient than a traditional taxicab service—not to mention less expensive. With these benefits, consumers and investors are also tempted to give these companies a pass for... View Details
- 05 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
A Market for Human Cadavers in All but Name?
moment explains: "It is at times awe-inspiring and at other times profoundly upsetting" (Montross 2009). Dissecting a cadaver, she adds, also gives young doctors "an appreciation for the... View Details
- 07 Jan 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Quest for Better Layoffs
A few years ago, Sandra J. Sucher received worried emails from two MBA students in her first-year Leadership and Corporate Accountability (LCA) class at Harvard Business School. Elana Green (now Elana... View Details
- 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
- 31 Jul 2012
- First Look
First Look: July 31
success and failure in organizational learning, to date the phenomenon has received little attention at the individual level. Drawing on attribution theory in psychology, we investigate how individuals learn... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 14 Sep 2009
- Research & Ideas
Understanding Users of Social Networks
fewer links in their tweets than men. "Women actually say things, guys give references to other things." But even accounting for these differences, the researchers still saw differences between how men View Details
- 15 Nov 2016
- First Look
November 15, 2016
network of 100,000 one-teacher schools throughout rural India. More than a quarter century later, in 2014, the Ekal network included over 54,000 schools. However, with the emergence of India as an economic power, government schools had View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne