Learning Logic - Publications - Faculty & Research

26 Sep 2024
HBS Case

If a Car Can Drive Itself, Can It Make Life-or-Death Decisions?

system doesn’t absolve leaders of responsibility, either. “Be vigilant,” Badaracco says. “Try to control the uses of what you produce, and develop a value, or a culture, of aggressive responsibility.” Learn a little from monks and... View Details

Keywords: by Tom Quinn; Auto; Technology

24 Feb 2009
First Look

First Look: February 24, 2009

organizations. One set of activities shown to improve organizational learning of new work practices is learn-how. Learn-how refers to learning activities that combine experimentation, adaptation-in-use, and... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

15 May 2019
Research Event

The Unconventional Capitalism That Shapes Business History

Lalocracio In thinking about the current contested state of global capitalism, and what to do about it, much can be learned from the debates I heard at the recent Harvard Business School conference, Seeking the Unconventional in Forging... View Details

Keywords: by Geoffrey G. Jones; Education

15 Jan 2007
Research & Ideas

The Business of Free Software

variety of corporations for very logical purposes," notes Iansiti. "If you have an environment in which part of the service you provide and the product you sell can be given away for free, that changes the dynamics of the... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Computer

28 May 2012
Research & Ideas

A Pragmatic Alternative for Creating a Corporate Social Responsibility Strategy

to find a profit linkage, that's a hard test on CSR. It might not lead to that” "You have to have a rationale and logic for why you're doing a particular program. Somebody should be able to articulate what the benefits are because if you... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

07 Sep 2010
Research & Ideas

Mindful Leadership: When East Meets West

others. Self-awareness starts with understanding one's life story and the impact of one's crucibles, and reflecting on how these contribute to motivations and behaviors. As people come to accept the less-favored parts of themselves that they do not like or have... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

01 Nov 2011
First Look

First Look: Nov. 1

short-term profits and returns to shareholders at the expense of worker safety and health, the environment, and society in general. In this article, I argue that a very different logic informs the practices of most high-performing and... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

17 Mar 2022
Research & Ideas

Navigating Tradeoffs: How Purpose Becomes a Company's ‘Lighthouse in the Storm’

plastic seemed like a godsend: perhaps Gotham Greens could create packaging from plastic that degraded naturally and replenished the soil. As team members learned more about this option, however, they concluded that compostable plastic... View Details

Keywords: by Ranjay Gulati

21 Mar 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research, March 21

activity the CEOs undertake during one workweek and (ii) a machine learning algorithm that projects these data onto scalar CEO behavior indices. Low values of the index are associated with plant visits and one-on-one meetings with... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

28 Jan 2015
Research & Ideas

Ground Game, Air Wars, and Other Marketing Lessons From Presidential Elections

executives can learn lessons about promoting products from this research as well. "If you think of a candidate as a product—either you buy Obama or you buy Romney—then the logic would hold the same for a... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

01 Dec 2021
What Do You Think?

How Will the Metaverse Affect Productivity?

productive in it. On the other hand, phenomena that didn’t live up to expectations, at least for many years, were improvements in productivity, to the extent they can be measured. There are many explanations. We had to learn how to use... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

11 Feb 2002
Research & Ideas

Guts and Bliss: The Entrepreneur’s Journey

it over there and jump on it." Now, she said, thanks to expert coaching, the kids have learned to communicate, coordinate, pass the ball off to their teammates and get it back. Good businesses that want to grow know how to do a... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

12 Feb 2007
Lessons from the Classroom

‘UpTick’ Brings Wall Street Pressure to Students

simulation program that enables a classroom full of students to participate in situations that demand the sort of real-time decisions made in real-world markets. Simulations mirror historical (but disguised) examples, such as Apple Computer's stock market performance... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Financial Services; Education

17 Feb 2016
Research & Ideas

Man vs. Machine: Which Makes Better Hires?

what should you be doing with this information?” Testing companies use a rash of custom-designed assessments, including personality tests, skills assessments, math and logic problems, and judgment tests, on hypothetical work situations.... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Employment

17 Sep 2001
Research & Ideas

Is There Help for the Big Ticket Buyer?

territory, all of them are looking for guidance on how to make more rational consumption decisions. Those who know me will not be surprised to learn that I have strong opinions on these issues, many of them informed by research on... View Details

Keywords: by Max H. Bazerman

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Porter’s Perspective: Competing in the Global Economy

practitioners and academicians alike. As I started doing further studies with countries and states, the cluster component became a significant stream in my research. In this new chapter, I try to draw together almost a decade of further View Details

Keywords: Re: Michael E. Porter

11 Sep 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, September 11, 2018

Information or Wing It? A Model of Dynamic Pricing with Seller Learning By: Huang, Guofang, Hong Luo, and Jing Xia Abstract—Pricing idiosyncratic products is often challenging because the seller, ex ante, lacks information about the... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

14 Apr 2008
Research & Ideas

The Surprising Right Fit for Software Testing

part-time consultants are considered best-in-class—they are paid industry-competitive wages, and customers include LEGO, Microsoft, and Oracle—75 percent of them live with what others might consider a handicap: They have Asperger syndrome or some form of ASD. Austin... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Video Game; Web Services; Computer

14 Nov 2007
First Look

First Look: November 14, 2007

sectors beyond the original bath soap category. The development causes the brand team to take a fresh look at the clichés of the beauty industry. The result is the controversial Real Beauty campaign. As the campaign unfolds, Unilever View Details