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  • 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
  • 03 May 2016
  • First Look

First Look, May 3, 2016

professional domains, readers gain insight into why teaming across fields is so challenging, and what leaders can do to help. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50682 May 2016 Harvard Business Review Learn to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 14 Jan 2008
  • Research & Ideas

Mapping Polluters, Encouraging Protectors

Toffel. "We decided to bridge this impasse by creating the experiment inherent in MapEcos, providing a diverse group of companies the opportunity to disclose their environmental management efforts. The map provides both the stimulus... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Manufacturing; Chemical
  • 05 Dec 2005
  • Research & Ideas

VCs Survey Post-Bubble Opportunities

venture and how you behaved when things didn't go well." History points to the importance of people skills in successful ventures, agreed Sahlman. But what roles do operating experience and technical knowledge play in a firm's... View Details
Keywords: by Julie Hanna; Financial Services
  • 24 May 2004
  • Research & Ideas

When Reputation Trumps Regulation

foreign presence to gather the evidence necessary for a successful prosecution in U.S. federal court. Firms with reputational assets have a strong positive incentive to continue to live up to those reputations. The SEC has historically had no foreign View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen
  • 25 Oct 2016
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October 25, 2016

Experiences Increase Immoral Behavior By: Lu, J., A. Galinsky, W. Maddux, A. Chakroff, J. Quoidbach, and F. Gino Abstract—Due to the unprecedented pace of globalization, foreign experiences are increasingly... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 03 Nov 2009
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First Look: Nov. 3

Field Experiment in Zambia Authors:Nava Ashraf, James Berry, and Jesse M. Shapiro Publication:American Economic Review (forthcoming) Abstract The controversy over whether and how much to charge for health... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 25 Feb 2014
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First Look: February 25

1990s and 2000s magnified these challenges, as illustrated by the deployment of the descendent of the NCSA HTTPd server, otherwise known as Apache. This study asks whether this experience could produce measurement issues in standard... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 09 Dec 2008
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First Look: December 9, 2008

of Blue album in 1959. Students consider how and why Davis, who had already proven he was tops in his field, created a new disruptive innovation in the field of jazz, in the process creating the most commercially successful jazz album of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 02 Jul 2010
  • What Do You Think?

Is Profit as a “Direct Goal” Overrated?

directly, why then do managers (irrationally) choose to pursue profit directly rather than indirectly? I think the answer is to be found more in psychology than in economics." Does that account for the increasing interest in the View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
  • 05 Mar 2019
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New Research and Ideas, March 5, 2019

Limits of Peer Effects on Startup Team Performance By: Hasan, Sharique, and Rembrand Koning Abstract— We conduct a field experiment at an entrepreneurship bootcamp to investigate whether interaction with... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 29 May 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Race Does Matter in Mentoring

and design assignments. The education facilitated his transition into management when he was finally promoted two years later. Once in middle management, Williams's career took off; he was charged with coordinating the engineering, manufacturing, and View Details
Keywords: by David A. Thomas
  • 22 Sep 2009
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First Look: September 22

experience high costs of capital that are only partly mitigated by the presence of venture capital, the evidence for high costs of R&D capital for large firms is mixed. Nevertheless, large established firms do appear to prefer... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 13 Mar 2007
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First Look: March 13, 2007

of the microfinance industry and the challenges of investing in this new field of the emerging markets. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=307078 Organic Growth at Wal-Mart Harvard Business... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 05 Jul 2016
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July 5, 2016

that neither view is quite right. Although the new forms (built upon a half-century of research on and experience with self-managed teams) can help organizations become more adaptable and nimble, most companies shouldn't adopt their... 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
  • 08 Dec 2015
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December 8, 2015

desire to signal to others. We present a field experiment where participants could choose to give up money if they did not follow through with an action. If their commitment choice was made public rather... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 10 Apr 2018
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First Look at New Research, April 10, 2018

Using both field and laboratory data, we find that grocery spending decreases with religiosity. Specifically, we document that people who live in more religious U.S. counties spend less money on groceries and make fewer unplanned... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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