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- 27 Sep 2010
- Research & Ideas
Customer Experts Lose Influence When Teams are Pressured
observing teams for the case studies I used a fly-on-the-wall method: I tried to blend into the background so the teams would behave as naturally as possible. Based on their discussions and actions, they... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Book Review: My Lunch with Warren
investment research in the right order, starting with least-biased sources. He observes that “the order in which I read the materials matters greatly since whatever I take in first will affect me unduly.” But Spier’s biggest life’s... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Michelle Shell & Ryan Buell
customers to behave differently. When we observe this happening in the field, we seek to identify what factors are driving the behavior—whether they stem from the customer or firm side of the encounter—isolate their respective effects,... View Details
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Navigating Your Worth: AI, Negotiations, and the Nature of Expertise - Course Catalog
horizon? We will study the case of Klarna, a successful FinTech company that cut employment by half as AI technologies have been instituted across functions. We will place the adoption patterns we observe in... View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
New Fellowship Program Encourages Young MBAs to Work for Nonprofits
Program, begun twenty years ago, and the Initiative on Social Enterprise (ISE), established in 1993, the new service leadership program represents a further expansion of HBS's interest in the management and leadership of social-sector entities. View Details
- 09 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
The Manager’s Guide to Communicating with Customers Collection
what shoppers do. This observational work is the bread and butter of Paco Underhill, a consultant whose market research firm, Envirosell (New York City), has been studying retail shopper behavior for 20... View Details
- 16 Feb 2021
- Research & Ideas
To Fight Climate Change, Should Green Investors Reconsider Big Oil?
investment or standing in the way? The results of the study have already drawn the attention of pension funds and other asset managers. Some observers have questioned whether oil producers are really using... View Details
- 04 Aug 2008
- Research & Ideas
How Female Stars Succeed in New Jobs
female. Star women, he found, maintained their shine even after switching companies. Unlike their male peers, they thrived in new work environments. Why the difference? As Groysberg observed in the Harvard Business Review last February,... View Details
- 19 Mar 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, March 19, 2019
other outputs by autonomous machines. I argue that organizational researchers of creativity and innovation should invest significant energy in studying artificial intelligence and computer-assisted human intelligence, the ways in which... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 21 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 21, 2008
Entrepreneurship: How Much of the Spatial Distribution Can We Explain? Authors:Edward L. Glaeser and William R. Kerr Abstract Why are some places more entrepreneurial than others? We use Census Bureau data to study local determinants of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 26 Feb 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Power of the Noncompete Clause
about the world of noncompetes before you embarked on this study. How did you get interested in studying them vis-à-vis inventor mobility? What gap in the research did you want to investigate? Matt Marx: You're right; this topic drew... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 12 Mar 2006
- Research & Ideas
Global Poverty Needs a Global Answer
from the UN and the World Bank. Trying a few projects and seeing how they worked would risk little. Q: You have had a long-time interest in studying developing countries and the international economy. What has helped maintain your... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
- 17 Jul 2012
- First Look
First Look: July 17
PublicationsPerspectives on the Social Psychology of Creativity Authors:Teresa M. Amabile and Julianna Pillemer Publication:Journal of Creative Behavior 46, no. 1 (2012) Abstract Scholars began serious study into the social psychology... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 May 2019
- What Do You Think?
Is There a Distinctive West Coast Style of Management?
internet startups, two Stanford Graduate School of Business professors, Jim Collins and Jerry Porras, wrote an influential book about “successful habits of visionary companies.” In it, they advanced their theories based on an extensive View Details
- 25 Feb 2014
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First Look: February 25
Publications August 2013 Social Psychological & Personality Science Matchmaking Promotes Happiness By: Anik, Lalin, and Michael I. Norton Abstract—Four studies document and explore the psychology underlying people's proclivity to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Jul 2012
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First Look: July 3
N. Licht, and Shalom H. Schwartz Publication:Organization Science (forthcoming) Abstract This study addresses an apparent impasse in the research on organizations' responses to cultural distance. Using historically motivated instrumental... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Nov 2017
- Research & Ideas
How Does a Social Startup Decide to Commercialize? It May Depend on the Founder's Gender
less likely to commercialize social ventures than male founders. But female-led organizations in areas with a higher concentration of female-run businesses were much more likely to commercialize their ventures than those in areas where female-run businesses were rare.... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 27 Jan 2016
- Research & Ideas
A Politician's Investment Portfolio Might Tip Off Corruption Potential
one misdeed. Source: Sam Howzit/CC by 2.0 “Going into it I had no idea if I was actually going to find the relationship as strong as it was,” Minor says. Once Minor decided to study risk preference and misconduct, picking a “real world”... View Details
Keywords: by Roberta Holland
- 12 Dec 2012
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: Strength in Numbers
of Weak Interests By Gunnar Trumbull Empirical studies have consistently shown a capacity to coordinate when the collective interest is both material and evident. One of the early studies to assess the... View Details
Keywords: Re: Gunnar Trumbull
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
Getting the Message
attractive outfit walked across the screen carrying a sign that pitched a product. These almost literal translations of billboard and magazine ads did little more than set the previous forms in motion. HBS professor emeritus Alvin J. Silk is a marketing expert who has... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young