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- 02 Jun 2008
- Research & Ideas
Spending on Happiness
little as $5 in our final study—may be sufficient to produce non-trivial gains in happiness on a given day." Norton and colleagues found these results to hold in three different studies: a nationally representative survey, a field... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
- 13 Feb 2018
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New Research and Ideas, February 13, 2018
avoided nor occurs in an environment with flexibility—results in reduced prosocial behavior. That is, we investigate whether individuals use time to quickly find ways to decline prosocial asks and thus whether surprising individuals with prosocial asks increases... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Jun 2015
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First Look: June 16, 2015
all. The case focuses on the launch of three mobility experiments (car sharing, parking, and on-demand ride sharing) and asks students to determine how Fields should balance these types of View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Jun 2013
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First Look: June 25
it was achieved. These results clarify our understanding of the correspondence bias using evidence from both archival studies and experiments with experienced professionals. We discuss implications for both admissions and personnel... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 11 Oct 2016
- First Look
October 11, 2016
shed light on the effectiveness of paid search, we design and analyze a large-scale field experiment on the review platform Yelp.com. The experiment consists of roughly 18,000... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Apr 2014
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First Look: April 29
explore how individuals process failed experiences as a potential source of learning. Drawing on attribution theory, we conceptualize the differential impact that internal (self-focused) and external (factors outside of one's control)... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 26, 2019
dollars. This creates a direct connection between U.S. monetary policy and EME credit cycles. We estimate that over a typical U.S. monetary easing cycle, EME borrowers experience a 32-percentage-point greater increase in the volume of... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 08 Aug 2017
- First Look
First Look at Research and Ideas, August 8, 2017
we show that individuals who spend money on time-saving services report greater life satisfaction. A field experiment provides causal evidence that working adults report greater happiness after spending... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Feb 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Most Important Management Trends of the (Still Young) Twenty-First Century
including the behavior of peers and co-workers, the goals set for employees, or even the amount of lighting in a room. This research is already having an important impact on business management. Many leading scholars in the management View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Jun 2014
- First Look
First Look: June 24
explain service performance. This paper provides a brief retrospective of some of this research and illustrates the directions that this work will take in the future through the vehicle of a field study conducted by the author. The study... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Jul 2001
- Research & Ideas
Looking for CEOs in All the Wrong Places
ability, even when experience and academic research have shown that link to be tenuous. Other circumstances such as market conditions and the skills and experience of the company's senior management team can... View Details
- 25 Nov 2013
- Research & Ideas
Hiding From Managers Can Increase Your Productivity
show went on, and that show was more productive." Similar results bore out in a follow-up quantitative field study at the same site the following summer, this time tracking the production of 3G USB mobile data cards. The research... View Details
- 17 Jun 2008
- First Look
First Look: June 17, 2008
http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=208148 PublicationsExperiments in Financial Democracy: Corporate Governance and Financial Development in Brazil, 1882-1950 Author:Aldo Musacchio Publication:Cambridge University Press, forthcoming... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 21 Oct 2008
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First Look: October 21, 2008
Working PapersCan Higher Prices Stimulate Product Use? Evidence from a Field Experiment in Zambia (revised) Authors:Nava Ashraf, James Berry, and Jesse M. Shapiro Abstract The controversy over whether and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 Nov 2013
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First Look: November 12
link: http://francescagino.com/#/judgment_research Working Papers When 3+1>4: Gift Structure and Reciprocity in the Field By: Gilchrist, Duncan, Michael Luca, and Deepak Malhotra Abstract—Do higher wages elicit reciprocity and hence... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Feb 2013
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First Look: Feb. 26
Evidence from a Natural Experiment Authors:Cohen, Alma, and Charles C.Y. Wang Abstract This paper examines whether staggered boards reduce firm value or are merely associated with it due to the tendency of low-value firms to maintain... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 31 May 2016
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May 31, 2016
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50189 Saving More in Groups: Field Experimental Evidence from Chile By: Kast, Felipe, Stephan Meier, and Dina Pomeranz Abstract—We test the impact of a peer group savings program on... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Mar 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, March 21
hiring manager, which in turn lead to less support for the hiring decision. We find support for our model in two experimental studies and two field studies. We discuss implications for the literature on referral practices, ethics, and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Jan 2009
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First Look: January 27, 2009
gain more experience with online DVD rentals, the extent to which they hold should films longer than want films decreases. Our results suggest that present bias has a meaningful impact on choice in the field... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Sep 2009
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First Look: September 1
experience yields improved performance. Experience, however, can take many forms. Building on recent studies on learning in operations, we distinguish between repetition of task (i.e., prior experience with... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace