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  • 17 Dec 2012
  • Research & Ideas

Teaming in the Twenty-First Century

is the engine of organizational learning," says Edmondson. From Theory To Practice In the book, Edmondson makes the case for managers to shift from holding a static view of teamwork to this dynamic one. Real-world examples drawn from her View Details
Keywords: by Maggie Starvish
  • 05 Oct 2010
  • First Look

First Look: October 5, 2010

a vicious cycle of accelerating decline. Our results have important implications for understanding managerial incentives and the internal processes that lead to sustained advantage. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/11-033.pdf The Artful Dodger:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 14 Jan 2013
  • Research & Ideas

Few Women on Boards: Is There a Fix?

Research Institute. Yet in 2012, women held only 14 percent of the board seats at companies on the S&P Composite 1500 Index, according to Ernst & Young. “Diversity is about counting the numbers; inclusiveness is about making the... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • 13 Jul 2016
  • HBS Case

How Uber, Airbnb, and Etsy Attracted Their First 1,000 Customers

tier naturally followed them. LESSON THREE: SEQUENCING IS EVERYTHING Uber and Airbnb were also smart about how they chose to expand, picking the right cities at the right time to maximize their success. Since Uber’s main competition was taxi cab companies, the startup... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Retail; Service; Transportation
  • 02 Feb 2016
  • First Look

February 2, 2016

Abstract—This article seeks to encourage scholars to conduct research that is more relevant to the decisions faced by managers and policymakers. I define relevant research papers as those whose View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 17 Feb 2016
  • Research & Ideas

Man vs. Machine: Which Makes Better Hires?

popular in the 1950s and ’60s as a way of sifting through bulging applicant pools. After researchers questioned its reliability, testing fell out of use in favor of personal interviews. Now, with the... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Employment
  • 16 Jul 2024
  • Research & Ideas

Weighing Digital Tradeoffs in Private Equity

about their interest in digital opportunities as they weigh whether to sell. As generative AI and other new technologies emerge, that question may become increasingly relevant to success, the researchers... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services
  • 16 Sep 2013
  • Research & Ideas

Earnings Calls That Get Lost in Translation

reaction on capital markets. It was written by Harvard Business School assistant professors Gwen Yu and Francois Brochet, with MIT Sloan of Management doctoral student Patricia Naranjo. Although targeted at foreign executives, the View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 07 Jul 2023
  • Blog Post

Looking to Leave a Mark? Memorable Leaders Don't Just Spout Statistics, They Tell Stories

Harvard Business School. People are more likely to recall information over a longer period when it’s wrapped in an anecdote as opposed to statistics, according to the study, "Stories, Statistics and Memory.” Graeber’s research validates... View Details
  • 28 Aug 2012
  • First Look

First Look: August 28

the paper: http://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0042673 Mandatory IFRS Adoption and Financial Statement Comparability Authors: Francois Brochet, Alan Jagolinzer, and Edward J. Riedl Publication: Contemporary Accounting Research... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 12 Oct 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Creating Online Ads We Want to Watch

viewer's attention cannot be purchased by an advertiser but must be gained by the ad. Thus, he is helping advertisers to make online video ads so riveting that users want to watch them. His experimental research looks at the emotional... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Consumer Products
  • 22 Feb 2000
  • Research & Ideas

The Mind of the Market: Extending the Frontiers of Marketing Thought

And, it might seem appropriate to ask, how do such philosophical questions relate to marketing? Zaltman's eponymous research tool, the Zaltman Metaphor Elicitation Technique, called ZMET for short, was... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 2022
  • Article

Exploring Counterfactual Explanations Through the Lens of Adversarial Examples: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis.

By: Martin Pawelczyk, Chirag Agarwal, Shalmali Joshi, Sohini Upadhyay and Himabindu Lakkaraju
As machine learning (ML) models become more widely deployed in high-stakes applications, counterfactual explanations have emerged as key tools for providing actionable model explanations in practice. Despite the growing popularity of counterfactual explanations, a... View Details
Keywords: Machine Learning Models; Counterfactual Explanations; Adversarial Examples; Mathematical Methods
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  • 01 Feb 2016
  • Research & Ideas

CEOs and Coaches: How Important is Organizational 'Fit?'

quantitatively, that it definitely matters which coach is matched up with which team" The question of whether matching matters takes on critical significance in the corporate world as well. Choosing talented employees makes a great... View Details
Keywords: by Boris Groysberg & Abhijit Naik; Sports
  • 09 Feb 2016
  • First Look

February 9, 2016

Prior research says little on this question because it has tended to study design change and identity change separately. This paper links the two by examining how the United States' Federal Bureau of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Web

Entrepreneurs-in-Residence - Entrepreneurship

come to campus to meet with students 1:1, help facilitate Rock Center programs, and work with faculty on research and course development. To schedule an appointment with a EiR, follow these steps: Click on the EiR's name below. Visit... View Details
  • 17 Apr 2012
  • First Look

First Look: April 17

Maarten Bos, Rick B. Van Baaren, and Ap Dijksterhuis Publication:Journal of Sleep Research (forthcoming) Abstract Both scientists and artists have suggested that sleep facilitates creativity, and this idea has received substantial... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • September 1993 (Revised June 1994)
  • Case

Hewlett-Packard: Singapore (A)

By: Dorothy A. Leonard
In the over 20 years since Hewlett-Packard (HP) set up a manufacturing site in Singapore to produce calculators, HP has invested managerial talent and resources in developing its licensor into a technology development partner. The case details the growth of high-volume... View Details
Keywords: Information Technology; Multinational Firms and Management; Market Entry and Exit; Competency and Skills; Research and Development; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Product Development; Computer Industry; Singapore
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  • Research Summary

Supply Chain Inventory Planning

My work studies management decision-making in demand and supply planning contexts with a focus on forecasting and inventory planning decisions.  I examine these decision-making processes from both a supply chain (i.e. across firm) and an... View Details

  • 10 Jan 2005
  • Research & Ideas

How to Put Meaning Back into Leading

Hill-Popper. Yet the focus on economic results usually gives a one-sided picture of what leaders can accomplish. For the well-being of business and society, the HBS scholars say, future research on leadership effectiveness should also... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace