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- 16 Dec 2020
- Blog Post
Faculty Books Published in 2020
flip them in your favor, you create an edge—and your hard work works harder for you. Experimentation Works: The Surprising Power of Business Experiments by Stefan Thomke Don’t fly blind. See how the power of experiments works for you.... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 07 Aug 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, August 8, 2018
better joint outcomes. Study 2 demonstrates the causal impact of handshaking using experimental methodology. Study 3 suggests one driver of the cooperative consequence of handshaking: negotiators expected partners who shook hands to... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Jun 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, June 13
experimentally dissociable, little is known about ambiguity sensitivity in individuals who engage in chronic antisocial behavior. We used a financial decision-making task in a high-risk community-based sample to test for associations... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Jul 2015
- Research & Ideas
‘Humblebragging’ is a Bad Strategy, Especially in a Job Interview
common tool in experimental economics, the dictator game has one player determining how to split an endowment between himself and another player.) The prediction bore out. In a series of experiments involving 154 participants, those... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 29 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 29
than people with less money, our research demonstrates that how people spend their money also matters for their happiness. In particular, both correlational and experimental studies show that people who spend money on others report... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Apr 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, April 24, 2018
Harvard Business Review Managing Political Misfits By: Bermiss, Y. Sekou, and Rory McDonald Abstract—Not all employees agree with your politics. That's OK. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54406 forthcoming Management Science The ABCs... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 May 2012
- What Do You Think?
Can the “Leadership Industry” Fulfill Its Promise?
those who cater to them, are willing to give it. As Sharath K put it, "Leadership needs to be learned by experimentation over a lifetime." There is perhaps too little emphasis on the development of self-knowledge. Wendy-Anne... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
Case Study: Off to a Fine Art
too. Perhaps they can offset the upfront cost of capital until order volume reaches the appropriate tipping point. The company can purchase inventory with a traditional financial vehicle from there. —Brad Cowdrey (OPM 49, 2017) I appreciate the View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 18 Jun 2014
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: ‘Collective Genius’
organizational context, with the right leadership, a group can amplify the diverse talents and ideas of its individual members. Leaders Foster Discovery-driven Learning Innovation usually arises from an often lengthy period of conscious View Details
- 05 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
How Bank of America Turned Branches into Service-Development Laboratories
particular focus on enhancing the reliability of the tests' results and the accuracy of their measurement. As Milton Jones, one of the bank's group presidents, constantly reminded the team: "At the end of the day, the most critical aspect of View Details
- 26 Sep 2024
- Blog Post
Syngenta Tomato Vision
experimental robot picking tomatoes. Image source: Syngenta YouTube, "Experience Tomato Vision" Lastly, we met with the Tomato Business Unit Head and the Sustainability Lead to understand Syngenta’s sustainability strategy. The team... View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
New HBS Portal Offers Alumni Just-In-Time Business Information
CareerSearch. "We've negotiated special licenses for these services on the portal - services that are otherwise unavailable to individual subscribers," explains Michalak. A Community-Wide Effort The development of HBS Working Knowledge began in earnest a year ago with... View Details
- 13 Feb 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 13, 2018
appear prosocial and not to appear greedy—relates to individuals' volunteer reputations. Experimental results support this possibility. Individuals with past histories of volunteering are less responsive to image concerns if their... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 15
under risk), one-shot decisions from experience, and repeated decisions from experience. Each competition was based on two experimental datasets: an estimation dataset and a competition dataset. The studies that generated the two datasets... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- Web
Women's Leadership in Technology and Finance - Blog: RGE Report
service. Learn what works and make note of what doesn’t . This will ultimately put you at a great advantage when making business decisions, as you will center the development of the core offerings. Experimentation will curb your fear of... View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Straddling Two Worlds
was one of Tierney's first lessons in compartmentalizing his dual interests — that of running a highly profitable enterprise and that of helping those less fortunate than himself. After some experimentation with combining the two, he... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 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
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2.1.4 Classroom Non-Attribution | MBA
rights, differences, and dignity of others,” maintain “honesty and integrity in dealing with all members of the community,” and demonstrate “accountability for personal behavior.” Because it is especially important for students to bring an attitude of openness and... View Details
- 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