Survey Research - Publications - Faculty & Research

27 Sep 2010
Research & Ideas

Customer Experts Lose Influence When Teams are Pressured

Effects of Performance Pressure on Teams' Knowledge Use and Performance". Her research on more than seventy audit and consulting teams—combining survey data, hundreds of interviews, and direct observation at... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert

01 Mar 2012
News

Competitiveness at Risk

research findings, including highlights from an unprecedented HBS alumni survey on competitiveness, are presented in a special March issue of the Harvard Business Review. “The extensive data we’ve reviewed... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

04 Sep 2019
Research & Ideas

'I Know Why You Voted for Trump' and Other Motivation Misperceptions

After Donald Trump won the US presidency in 2016, many Americans who hadn’t voted for him wondered: What exactly motivated so many other voters to choose him? It was a question right in the research wheelhouse of Harvard Business School... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

01 Jun 1996
News

New Releases

Engines of Innovation edited by Richard S. Rosenbloom and William J. Spencer (HBS Press) In past decades, industrial laboratories such as AT&T's Bell Labs and the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center were wellsprings of powerful new... View Details

01 Dec 2003
News

Nonprofits: Choosing a Path for Growth

remarks follow. While our survey did not explore the reasons for choosing branching over affiliation, some nonprofits may prefer branching because it allows the nonprofit leader to exert the most control since the new organizational units... View Details

05 May 2003
What Do You Think?

Is This a Golden Era for Marketing Productivity?

Summing Up Questions raised in this month's column about the possibility of an era of marketing productivity based on innovative research techniques evoked a number of skeptical comments. However, in defense of such techniques, B. V.... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

01 Feb 2000
News

HBS Honored for Addressing Business and Societal Issues

Social and Environmental Stewardship, the report praised HBS as a leader in fostering social awareness, incorporating social concerns into coursework and projects, and supporting student activities and faculty research that influence both... View Details

01 Mar 2011
News

The Rankings Game

surveys used by Bloomberg Businessweek and U.S. News are subject to bias by relying so heavily on judgments from recent graduates, deans, and administrators. Students understand the value of graduating from a top-ranked institution and... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; rankings; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

23 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

The Gulf: It’s a Family Affair

work seriously. Still, we need more researchers, more doctoral students, doing case and survey research on many topics. In particular, not enough has been done to compare the issues and performance of family... View Details

Keywords: by Wendy Guild & Andrea Schulman

11 May 2020
Op-Ed

Immigration Policies Threaten American Competitiveness

It is no secret that immigration has reshaped American innovation. Immigrants are the backbone of America’s most innovative industries, provide a quarter of our patent applications, and are numerous among our science and engineering superstars. Taken from World... View Details

Keywords: by William R. Kerr

01 Feb 2002
News

Church on Sunday, Work on Monday

effective business life," they write in the book's preface. "In most cases, it is not." In their analysis of this separation between spirituality and work, Nash, a senior research fellow at HBS, and McLennan, a Unitarian Universalist... View Details

Keywords: Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services

01 Sep 2003
News

Books

Business School Press) When he talks about his research on the process, economics, and management of experimentation, Associate Professor Stefan Thomke is fond of quoting Thomas Edison’s notion that “the real measure of success is the... View Details

Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg; Margie Kelley; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

Web

Tools & Services | Information Technology

applications and technology products to bring teaching and learning experiences to life. Learning Management Learn more about the HBS Learning Management System services. Polling & Surveys Explore tools to collect and report on data for... View Details

01 Sep 2016
News

Pricing Paradise

book to be published next year. Bilmes cautions that the $92 billion figure is highly conservative for several reasons, above all because the team attributed zero value to households that failed to return the research View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

01 Mar 2013
News

A Conversation with Dean Nohria

benefit to doing more, as is evident from our recent experience with the School's US Competitiveness Project. In pondering how to better understand the prospects for American competitiveness, we realized that our alumni represent a unique resource. Indeed, their... View Details

27 Jan 2016
Research & Ideas

A Politician's Investment Portfolio Might Tip Off Corruption Potential

The risk taken in a politician’s private investment portfolio is a strong indicator of whether that person will cross legal or ethical lines in office. The riskier the portfolio, the more likely the lawmaker will be involved in at least one scandal, according to new... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland

09 Dec 2014
First Look

First Look: December 9

enthusiastic). As predicted, those who prepared for the job interview with high- (vs. low-) power poses performed better and were more likely to be chosen for hire; this relation was mediated by nonverbal presence, but not by verbal content. While previous View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

26 Aug 2008
First Look

First Look: August 26, 2008

Working PapersApplicant and Examiner Citations in U.S. Patents: An Overview and Analysis Authors:Juan Alcacer Abstract Researchers studying innovation increasingly use indicators based on patent citations. However, it is well known that... View Details