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- 12 Feb 2019
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New Research and Ideas, February 12, 2019
and Heidi Liu Abstract— Eleven experiments provide evidence that people have a tendency to “shoot the messenger,” deeming innocent bearers of bad news unlikeable. In a preregistered lab experiment, participants rated messengers who... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 22 Jul 2002
- Research & Ideas
Is Performance-Based Pricing the Right Price for You?
Experience provides pragmatic guidelines for implementing performance-based pricing: Invest the time up-front to carefully and fully define the objectives of the project and exchange all the relevant information. Both buyer and seller... View Details
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V.G. Narayanan | About
University, June 1993 MBA, IIMA, India, March 1990 Chartered Accountancy, Madras, India, May 1988 Bachelors in Commerce, University of Madras, May 1988 Work Experience September 1994 to present - Professor, Harvard Business School. I have... View Details
- 22 Nov 2016
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November 22, 2016
and Ananth Raman Abstract—To set inventory service levels, suppliers must understand how changes in inventory service level affect demand. We build on prior research, which uses analytical models and laboratory experiments to study the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Apr 2020
- Book
Fighting Climate Change Requires a New Capitalism
Rebecca Henderson spent her young adult years living two lives. At work, she preached the risks of resisting change to MBA students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, drawing on lessons she learned while watching factories close as a management consultant.... View Details
- 14 Sep 2018
- Blog Post
10 Things I Learned During My First Month in the MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences Program
and data science. We even have a political-science-major-turned-software-engineer who learned to code at Dev Bootcamp. 2. There’s a wide range of industry experience I also expected everyone to come from a big tech company. While there’s... View Details
- 04 Dec 2019
- Book
Creating the Experimentation Organization
launched as new champion. Example of an experiment conducted by Booking.com; from Experimentation Works by Stefan Thomke. Discipline required In order for such an experiment to work, says Thomke, a company... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
Simmons Family Endows Professorship
siblings cited a deep regard for the School and a desire to pay tribute to their parents. "We wanted to give back to an institution that means a lot to us," says Harris H. Simmons (MBA '80), who succeeded his father as president of Zions Bancorporation in 1986. "Our... View Details
- 29 Oct 2020
- Blog Post
Delving Deeper into Development with the MBA/MPA-ID Program – a Q+A with Zainab Raji (MBA/MPA-ID 2022)
history on my grandpa’s walking tours of Lagos Island, celebrating Eid holidays with family, and working on craft projects with my twin sister. My family bonded over storytelling. Older family members recounted tales of their past View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Zone Defense
“Iron Man suit.” The idea seemed absurd—but not because of the comic-book connotations. Tseng, with a background in mechanical engineering and on-the-ground experience in actual conflict zones such as Afghanistan, where the so-called Iron... View Details
- 26 Jul 2022
- Research & Ideas
Burgers with Bugs? What Happens When Restaurants Ignore Online Reviews
that put some control in the hands of the consumer are growing in popularity, and not just for dining. Sites like Tripadvisor for travel and Glassdoor for employment publish millions of reviews that hold businesses accountable and boost... View Details
- 25 Jan 2024
- News
Alumni Gain Insights on Nigeria’s New Government; Taipei Alumni Host Faculty Guest
Clubs News Clubs News HBS Alumni in Nigeria Discuss New Government’s Fiscal Policies To better understand the economic and policy direction of Nigeria’s newly sworn-in government, the HBS Association of Nigeria hosted a hybrid program on December 14 featuring Taiwo... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 06 Nov 2012
- First Look
First Look: November 6
spillovers. We conduct a field experiment in which agents recruited by a public health organization to sell condoms are randomly allocated to four groups. Agents in the control group are hired as volunteers,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 May 2011
- Research & Ideas
Is Web Surfing Distracting Your Workers?
the energy spent resisting temptation takes attention away from other tasks, but no one had ever investigated it in the context of a work environment. "Our idea was to investigate this theory that says when we resist temptation we use energy to View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 05 Mar 2012
- Research & Ideas
Is JC Penney’s Makeover the Future of Retailing?
tricky to execute. For example, if Penney allows too much leeway to the individual store-in-store brands on how they display and manage their merchandise, it could subtract from the overall shopping experience that Johnson is trying to... View Details
- 10 Oct 2023
- Blog Post
Policy Drivers for Environmental Justice: What Businesses Need to Know
group experiences common conditions.”[10] Building from this definition, the White House’s page on Justice40 defines disadvantaged communities (DACs) as communities “marginalized, underserved, and overburdened by pollution.”[11] In the... View Details
- 31 May 2004
- Research & Ideas
How Team Leaders Show Support–or Not
number of instances in which leader behaviors could have affected employees' feelings of autonomy in the work. For example, people whose team leaders are always hovering around to closely monitor their progress are more likely to feel that they have little View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 1
Physical Health By: John, Leslie, and Michael I. Norton Abstract—This research examines how access to information on peer health behaviors affects one's own health behavior. Methods: We report the results of a randomized field View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 May 2009
- Research & Ideas
The IT Leader’s Hero Quest
the writing of popular film scripts like The Matrix or Star Wars. Character behaviors, actions, and motivations hook the interest of readers at all levels, regardless of their professional experience with IT, while the plot sets up a... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 07 Apr 2015
- News
Warrior Spirit
day. At that point, Sityodtong learned he had been accepted to HBS. A 1994 econ grad from Tufts University with experience working as an equity associate at Fidelity, he fit the profile of an MBA student. But making the decision to come... View Details