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- 01 Jun 1997
- News
MBA Program:Rapid Innovation in '96
experimentation in the required curriculum (RC). One aspect of the MBA Program that has been refined in the process is Foundations, a set of brief courses ("modules") in the initial weeks of each term in the RC. An introduction to the... View Details
- 28 Jan 2011
- News
HBS Faculty Approves Curriculum Innovation
the culmination of faculty research, wide-ranging discussions, and curricular experimentation that picked up momentum during the School's 100th Anniversary celebration in 2008. During that year, HBS hosted two colloquia on the future of... 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
- 10 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: January 10
own childhood leads people to experience feelings of moral purity and to behave prosocially. In Experiment 1, participants instructed to recall memories from their childhood were more likely to help the experimenter with a supplementary... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Feb 2021
- Blog Post
SIPs in 2021
work and obtain feedback from three coaches. Each team specified areas for which they wanted advice—such as their understanding of the customer problem, their experimentations validating key business assumptions, whether they had... View Details
- 05 Jul 2006
- First Look
First Look: July 5, 2006
"Race-Based Judgments, Race-Neutral Justifications: Experimental Examination of Peremptory Use and the Batson Challenge Procedure." Samuel R. Sommers and Michael I. Norton Law and Human Behavior (in press). The peremptory... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Jul 2006
- Research & Ideas
Reinventing the Dowdy Savings Bond
offered filers the option of investing part of their refunds in savings bonds at fifteen H&R Block offices north of Chicago in March and April 2006. This pretest was designed to pave the way for more substantial experimentation this... View Details
- 07 Oct 2014
- First Look
First Look: October 7
difference across innovation systems is whether disclosure is of intermediate progress and solutions or of completed innovations. We present experimental evidence that links intermediate versus final disclosure not just with quantitative... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jul 2013
- Research & Ideas
Crowdfunding a Poor Investment?
democratize entry and allow for more experimentation to take place," says Nanda. "On the other hand, skeptics will say that these are companies that should not have been funded in the first place, and when it's time to scale up... View Details
- 23 Oct 2007
- First Look
First Look: October 23, 2007
features of the institution—the incentives staff face and how the institution is governed—remain largely unchanged. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-027.pdf The Dynamic Interplay of Inequality and Trust—An View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Jul 2015
- First Look
First Look: July 28, 2015
strategic management and to the literature on information disclosure. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=40289 Experimental Evidence on Decision Making Under Information Asymmetry By: Schmidt, William,... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2019
business that benefit employees, consumers, and society. The key: a relentless self-renewal process where companies realize the future they envision, rather than only responding to changes in the environment. Experimentation Works: The... View Details
- 12 Jun 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, June 12, 2018
period. Stock indexes can transform longstanding behavior via nonpecuniary channels. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53030 Machine Learning and Human Capital: Experimental Evidence on Productivity... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 20 Dec 2018
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Stories and Research Papers of 2018
Gone Too Far When Ethan Bernstein used wearable technology to track workers around their open office, he discovered many were trying to avoid collaboration rather than engage in it. How to Get People Addicted to a Good Habit Reshmaan Hussam and colleagues used View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Aug 2014
- News
Closing the Education Gap
gaps.” The mother of three has been using her business acumen in a dynamic partnership with economics professors John List and Steven Levitt at the University of Chicago and Roland Fryer at Harvard University, through the Chicago Heights Early Childhood Center (CHECC),... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
HBS Faculty Approves Curriculum Innovations
the culmination of faculty research, wide-ranging discussions, and curricular experimentation that picked up momentum during the School’s 100th anniversary celebration in 2008. During that year, HBS hosted two colloquia on the future of... View Details
- 16 Jun 2015
- First Look
First Look: June 16, 2015
itself, requires continual experimentation and adaptation. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=49244 Working Papers Accounting Data, Market Values, and the Cross Section of Expected Returns Worldwide By:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Oct 2013
- What Do You Think?
Is Leadership an Increasingly Difficult Balancing Act?
McDonald of Procter & Gamble and the company's shift to more emphasis on digital media as an example, commented that "it is possible to allow experimentation trial and error without the CEO looking foolish because he or she does... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 23 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 23, 2008
http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/ b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=308035 PublicationsWarmth and Competence as Universal Dimensions of Social Perception: The Stereotype Content Model and the BIAS Map Authors:Amy J.C. Cuddy, Susan T. Fiske and Peter... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace