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  • 24 Jul 2006
  • Research & Ideas

How Kayak Users Built a New Industry

Experimentation with many different kayak designs went on in the user-innovation community for about ten years. Then a really superior, "breakthrough" hull design emerged—the center-buoyant planing hull. As a result, the market... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Entertainment & Recreation
  • 18 May 2010
  • First Look

First Look: May 18

paper: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1320187 Unraveling Results from Comparable Demand and Supply: An Experimental Investigation Authors:Muriel Niederle, Alvin E. Roth, and M. Utku Ünver Abstract Markets sometimes... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 17 Sep 2007
  • Research & Ideas

Broadband: Remaking the Advertising Industry

television programming but also in new areas like gaming. “It's a different kind of creativity.” There's all this experimentation on the Internet because the number of people using the Web is going up all the time. Most people have... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Advertising; Media & Broadcasting; Publishing
  • 02 Jun 2009
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First Look: June 2, 2009

  Working PapersTruth in Giving: Experimental Evidence on the Welfare Effects of Informed Giving to the Poor Authors:Christina Fong and Felix Oberholzer-Gee Abstract It is often difficult for donors to predict the value of charitable... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Sep 2018
  • News

New Ways to Stay Connected

2018) Short Intensive Programs Ramana Nanda, Sarofim-Rock Professor of Business Administration, taught the HBS Startup Bootcamp SIP in January. Ramana Nanda, Sarofim-Rock Professor of Business Administration, taught the HBS Startup Bootcamp SIP in January. Building on... View Details
  • 19 Jan 2016
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January 19, 2016

documents a role for debt financing related to innovation. We highlight the new literature on learning and experimentation across multi-stage innovation projects and how this impacts optimal financing design. We further highlight the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Mar 2018
  • What Do You Think?

Two Decades Later, is the 'New Economy' Finally Here?

create platforms to automate peer-to-peer engagement, and leverage assets by sharing and renting vs. owning. They emphasize experimentation (“fail fast” without career limiting consequences) versus long-range strategic planning, operate... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 13 Sep 2016
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September 13, 2016

enjoyment. Study 2 replicated these findings for family rituals pertaining to a secular holiday, New Year’s Eve. Study 3 used experimental design and had participants either describe their rituals and then report their holiday enjoyment... View Details
  • 19 Aug 2013
  • Research & Ideas

Studying How Income Inequality Shapes Behavior

University colleague Ray Fisman (HBS PhDBE 1998l, and Nancy Adler of the University of California, San Francisco. The first experiments will take place later this year at Harvard Business School's Computer Lab for Experimental Research.... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 02 Sep 2014
  • Research & Ideas

Food Stamp Entrepreneurs: How Public Assistance Enables Business Bootstrapping

Participation. He compared data for households that fell just above the SCHIP income eligibility threshold with those that fell just below it, before and after the program took effect. This mimicked the effect of experimental treatment... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Health
  • 30 May 2007
  • Research & Ideas

Health Care Under a Research Microscope

death. Professor Alvin Roth has used his expertise in game theory, experimental economics, and market design to create a program that helps match kidney donors with potential recipients. His work also matches medical residents with jobs... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Health; Biotechnology
  • 05 Jul 2004
  • Research & Ideas

Radical Change, Entrepreneurial Opportunity

developing a common perspective about a new technology is joint experimentation with customers. Conducting market research in really new markets has limited value because users don't have any experience with the products, so it's hard for... View Details
Keywords: by Michael J. Roberts; Technology
  • 02 Oct 2018
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New Research and Ideas, October 2, 2018

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55043 Machine Learning and Human Capital: Experimental Evidence on Productivity Complementarities By: Choudhury, Prithwiraj, Evan Starr, and Rajshree Agarwal Abstract—Machine learning... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 11 Oct 2016
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October 11, 2016

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=45842 Effectiveness of Paid Search Advertising: Experimental Evidence By: Dai, Weijia (Daisy), and Michael Luca Abstract—Paid search has become an increasingly common form of advertising,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 08 May 2012
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First Look: May 8

  PublicationsTo Think or Not To Think about Trauma? An Experimental Investigation into Unconscious Thought and Intrusion Development Authors:Julie Krans and Maarten W. Bos Publication:Journal of View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 27 Jan 2009
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First Look: January 27, 2009

a successful transformation in your company. Spousal Control and Intra-Household Decision Making: An Experimental Study in the Philippines Author:Nava Ashraf Publication:American Economic Review (forthcoming) Abstract Using an View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 18 Apr 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, April 18, 2018

benefits. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54377 Is Overconfidence a Motivated Bias? Experimental Evidence By: Logg, Jennifer M., Uriel Haran, and Don A. Moore Abstract—Are overconfident beliefs... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 19 Jul 2016
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July 19, 2016

assessed by understanding patterns of coupling among components in a system. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51343 in press Journal of Experimental Psychology: General Experience Theory, or How Desserts... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 14 Oct 2014
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First Look: October 14

for set periods of experimentation (zones of time). By balancing transparency and privacy, organizations can encourage just the right amount of "deviance" to foster innovative behavior and boost productivity. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 16 Feb 2016
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February 16, 2016

embraced these progressive prescriptions for public-private regulation. This essay explains how a subset of USCC members fostered industry-wide "codes of fair competition" by participating in experimental studies like those... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne