Experimenters - Publications - Faculty & Research

18 Aug 2014
News

Fighting income inequality with early education reform

mother of three has been using her business acumen in a partnership with the University of Chicago through the Chicago Heights Early Childhood Center (CHECC), an experimental school program Dias Griffin founded in 2010 that has now helped... View Details

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Baker Library Strategic Plan, 2024-2025 | Baker Library

hidden in challenges. We seek novel and elegant solutions. We are entrepreneurial thinkers and problem-solvers Strategic Directions, Goals, & Objectives Amplify Our Visibility and Impact Set the Standard for Excellence in Business Leadership Transform Spaces for View Details

17 Nov 2011
Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: Organizational Design

solving in a multicultural context because it promotes a flow of novel ideas and concepts from cultures other than one's own. New ideas from other cultures can serve as raw materials for recombination or stimulate new thoughts. Combining social network analysis and... View Details

Keywords: Re: Ranjay Gulati & Raffaella Sadun

26 Feb 2014
Research & Ideas

How Grocery Bags Manipulate Your Mind

did something good for the environment, so you can have a cookie.” New experimental research shows that shoppers are more likely to buy virtuous organic items when they bring their own reusable bags to the store than when they opt for... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Retail

25 Jun 2013
First Look

First Look: June 25

Social Responsibility: Punishing Transgressions Under Conflicting Obligations By: Gino, Francesca, Celia Moore, and Lamar Pierce Abstract—This paper combines experimental and field data to examine how those with discretion over punishment... View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

08 Mar 2010
Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: Successful Negotiation

negotiation, part auction. Call it the negotiauction. Here's how to play the game. How Important Are Opening Talks In Determining A Negotiation's Outcome? Walking the Talk in Multiparty Bargaining: An Experimental Investigation At the... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

24 Jun 2013
Research & Ideas

Is Your iPhone Turning You Into a Wimp?

monitor? The answer may determine whether you'll play the wimp or the hero in your next office meeting. The body posture inherent in operating everyday gadgets affects not only your back, but your demeanor, reports a new experimental... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Technology; Consumer Products

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

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Negotiation - Course Catalog

experimenter and subject. Sometimes the most important learning comes from apparent "failure"-and so the course is designed to let you fail in the safe setting of a classroom, and thus help you avoid costly real mistakes. All of the... View Details

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Tough Tech Ventures - Course Catalog

strategies and tactics for managing risk vs. reward. Historically, most entrepreneurship courses (at HBS, and elsewhere) disproportionately focus on consumer- and /or software-centric business model and product experimentation tools... View Details

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

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Retail

01 Dec 2020
News

Tried and Tested

imbalanced gender dynamics around them. Now, as experimental economists, their research is helping define the complex factors that contribute to the workplace gender gap—and sparking ideas about how to mitigate it. Here, they talk about... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Scientific Research and Development Services

01 Jun 2000
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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

07 Jan 2022
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Learning to Fight

Courtesy Rick Sontag In 1994, Rick Sontag’s (MBA 1968) wife, Susan, was diagnosed with inoperable brain cancer. Thanks to an experimental treatment, Susan survived, though she continues to experience significant loss of cognitive function... View Details

01 Mar 2006
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Faculty Books

developing innovative products and services. He discusses the full range of activities required: learning about customer needs; managing experimentation and problem-solving; product-development process design and improvement; and... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

10 Sep 2024
Research & Ideas

What Happens When Business Owners Turn to ChatBots for Advice

AI can help you become a better writer, coder, and researcher. But can the powerful technology boost business acumen and economic performance? Sort of, says a recent study. An experimental artificial intelligence (AI) mentor designed to... View Details

Keywords: by Ben Rand

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

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Communications; Public Relations

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Success Academy Charter Schools | Information Technology

Success Academy’s adoption of business principals — high expectations, aggressive testing, spirit of innovation, and experimentation — contribute to positive outcomes for students. Professor Robin Greenwood, on location in Harlem for the... View Details

26 Aug 2014
First Look

First Look: August 26

http://www.people.hbs.edu/shanson/long_rate_paper_20140814_FINAL.pdf August 2014 Journal of Experimental Psychology: General Guilt Enhances Sense of Control and Drives Risky Judgments By: Kouchaki, M., C. Oveis, and F. Gino Abstract—The... View Details