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- 20 Feb 2007
- First Look
First Look: February 20, 2007
of miscommunication among experimenters and theorists about how to evaluate a theory that can be rejected by sufficient data, but may nevertheless be a useful approximation. A standard experimental design... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 22 Oct 2018
- Sharpening Your Skills
Motivate Me, Please
when goals can go off the rails. Research Paper Is Overconfidence a Motivated Bias? Experimental Evidence People are most at risk of making overly positive self-assessments when their assessment criteria are not clearly defined. Yet, even... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Research Brief: Subject Expert Matters
they arrive at their decisions, and where biases may enter the process,” says Professor Karim Lakhani. The working paper “Do Experts Listen to Other Experts? Field Experimental Evidence from Scientific Peer Review,” by Lakhani and a group... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
- 17 May 2018
- Sharpening Your Skills
You Probably Have a Bias for Making Bad Decisions. Here's Why.
a Motivated Bias? Experimental Evidence People are most at risk of making overly positive self-assessments when their assessment criteria are not clearly defined. What do you think of this research? Has bias crawled into your own decision... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Aug 2011
- First Look
First Look: August 16
discontinuity. This might suggest that financing is not a central input of angel groups. Read the paper: http://www.people.hbs.edu/wkerr/KLS-Angels-June2011.pdf Incentive Schemes, Sorting and Behavioral Biases of Employees: Experimental... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Right from the Start: Common Traps for the New Leader
pace of change. Attempting Too Much It is important for the new leader to experiment to discover what works and what doesn't. But too much experimentation can deprive promise change initiatives of resources or the attention they need to... View Details
Keywords: by Dan Ciampa & Michael D. Watkins
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Behavioral Economics for Managerial Decision Making - Course Catalog
experimental methods, unintended consequences, fairness, and the public good. The course is centered on five themes: Understanding decision-making. How do people make decisions? We discuss the psychology and sociology of decision-making,... View Details
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Decoding the DNA of the Toyota Production System
specification, it is establishing a hypothesis that is then tested through action. This approach — the scientific method—is not imposed on workers, it's ingrained in them. And it stimulates them to engage in the kind of experimentation... View Details
- Blog
HBS Online and Executive Education Leadership: Q+A with Patrick Mullane and Luis Viceira
is a battleship, not a speed boat—anything we do takes a lot of planning and steering. But we're going to have to figure out a way to do quick innovative experiments in both the online and in-person realms to learn what we don't know. (LV): The View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- First Look
December 1, 2015
will have an important future impact on our understanding of consumer psychology. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50106 forthcoming Management Science Experimental Evidence of Pooling Outcomes Under... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Business Suits You: Experimenting with Professional Identity
junior professionals in consulting and investment banking firms. She found that these individuals had various methods of discovering how to create an effective image for themselves as senior managers. The most prevalent form of View Details
- 31 May 2016
- First Look
May 31, 2016
Experimental Social Psychology Visual Attention to Powerful Postures: People Reflexively Avert Their Gaze from Nonverbal Dominance Displays By: Holland, Elise, Elizabeth Baily Wolf, Christine Looser, and Amy Cuddy Abstract—This paper... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Nov 2020
- In Practice
How Retailers Can Thrive in a Shopping Season Like No Other
comes to Black Friday and this holiday season. Instead of projecting certainty in an uncertain world, I think retailers should double-down on experimentation as a strategy. Test multiple campaigns, messages, and promotions more than you... View Details
- 02 May 2016
- Research & Ideas
Why People Don’t Vote--and How a Good Ground Game Helps
Disenfranchisement: Experimental Evidence from France, conducted with French professors Céline Braconnier and Jean-Yves Dormagen, the researchers examined the difficulties citizens had in registering to vote in the French presidential... View Details
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Launching Tech Ventures - Course Catalog
development. Taking the perspective that a startup is an experimentation machine and that those experiments should cover all facets of the startup’s business model, we will explore six modules: 1. Ideation and Customer Value Proposition... View Details
- 10 May 2017
- Research & Ideas
Amazon Web Services Changed the Way VCs Fund Startups
out if this new strategy has paid off for investors and their portfolio companies. Nanda and colleagues present their findings in a paper scheduled to appear in a forthcoming issue of the Journal of Financial Economics, titled Cost of View Details
- 13 Feb 2013
- Research & Ideas
5 Weight Loss Tips From Behavioral Economists
students went through the experimental session wearing 15-pound backpacks, while the other half wore 5-pound backpacks. The results showed that participants wearing a heavy backpack indeed experienced higher levels of guilt than the light... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
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2.1.2 Using ChatGPT & Artificial Intelligence (AI) Tools | MBA
2.1.2 Using ChatGPT & Artificial Intelligence (AI) Tools The University supports responsible experimentation with generative AI tools, but there are important considerations to keep in mind when using these tools, including information... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Ask the Expert: On the Fly
couple of years will see more experimentation with baggage pricing. The success of Emirates is due in part to the fact that airline, airport, and air traffic control work together under one “boss” shareholder—ultimately owned by the... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Flexibility Is Key to Product Development in Internet Time
work out all of the interactions between modules every time you add a new function," asserts MacCormack. The authors also found that a design team with experience developing multiple product generations is helpful in a flexible process. Indeed, the evolution of... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross