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- February 2021
- Article
Testing the Waters: Behavior across Participant Pools
By: Erik Snowberg and Leeat Yariv
We leverage a large-scale incentivized survey eliciting behaviors from (almost) an entire university student population, a representative sample of the U.S. population, and Amazon Mechanical Turk (MTurk) to address concerns about the external validity of experiments... View Details
Keywords: Lab Selection; External Validity; Experiments; Behavior; Surveys; Analytics and Data Science; Analysis
Snowberg, Erik, and Leeat Yariv. "Testing the Waters: Behavior across Participant Pools." American Economic Review 111, no. 2 (February 2021): 687–719.
- August 1995 (Revised January 1997)
- Exercise
Consumer Behavior Exercise (B)
By: John A. Deighton and Susan M. Fournier
Students are instructed to interview a recent purchaser of a high-involvement/utilitarian product or service in depth about his/her buying decision. The exercise provides students with first-hand understanding of important concepts in consumer choice domain (e.g.,... View Details
Keywords: Consumer Behavior
Deighton, John A., and Susan M. Fournier. "Consumer Behavior Exercise (B)." Harvard Business School Exercise 596-040, August 1995. (Revised January 1997.)
- Research Summary
The Learning As BehaviorS (LABS) Model
The Learning As BehaviorS (LABS) Model of Expertise Development integrates research from management, cognitive psychology, educational psychology and neuroscience to describe the process of how a novice achieves expertise. Defining expertise as the ability to... View Details
- February 2007
- Article
Strategic Bidder Behavior in Sponsored Search Auctions
By: Benjamin Edelman and Michael Ostrovsky
We examine sponsored search auctions run by Overture (now part of Yahoo!) and Google and present evidence of strategic bidder behavior in these auctions. Between June 15, 2002, and June 14, 2003, we estimate that Overture's revenue from sponsored search might have been... View Details
Keywords: Auctions; Strategy; Behavior; Revenue; Performance Efficiency; Bids and Bidding; Search Technology
Edelman, Benjamin, and Michael Ostrovsky. "Strategic Bidder Behavior in Sponsored Search Auctions." Decision Support Systems 43, no. 1 (February 2007): 192–198. (Winner of Emerald Citations of Excellence.)
- 1986
- Book
Cases in Consumer Behavior
By: F. Stewart DeBruicker, John A. Quelch and Scott Ward
DeBruicker, F. Stewart, John A. Quelch, and Scott Ward. Cases in Consumer Behavior. 2nd ed. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1986.
- 2013
- Chapter
Behavioral Corporate Finance: A Current Survey
By: Malcolm Baker and Jeffrey Wurgler
We survey the theory and evidence of behavioral corporate finance, which generally takes one of two approaches. The market timing and catering approach views managerial financing and investment decisions as rational managerial responses to securities mispricing. The... View Details
Keywords: Managerial Roles; Theory; Corporate Finance; Financial Management; Investment; Market Timing; Behavioral Finance; Prejudice and Bias; Economics; Forecasting and Prediction
Baker, Malcolm, and Jeffrey Wurgler. "Behavioral Corporate Finance: A Current Survey." In Handbook of the Economics of Finance, Volume 2A: Corporate Finance, edited by George M. Constantinides, Milton Harris, and Rene M. Stulz, 357–424. Handbooks in Economics. New York: Elsevier, 2013.
- 12 Jul 2007
- Working Paper Summaries
Toward a Theory of Behavioral Operations
Keywords: by Francesca Gino & Gary Pisano
- 19 Feb 2021
- News
Behavioral Ethics: The Science
- 13 Feb 2013
- Research & Ideas
5 Weight Loss Tips From Behavioral Economists
goal of the experiment was to test whether knowing about our peers' health behavior has a direct effect on our own health behavior. In other words, are we more or less likely to go to the gym every day if we know whether our friends are... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 21 Feb 2019
- Blog Post
Machine Learning and Behavioral Economics
This is a repost from the recruiting blog. For John Bracaglia, his academic and professional careers have been driven by two themes: “machine learning and behavioral economics,” he says. “The two work together. Machine learning is about... View Details
- 2016
- Other Teaching and Training Material
Organizational Behavior Reading: Decision Making
By: Francesca Gino, Max Bazerman and Katherine Shonk
This Reading argues that decision making is systematically flawed and introduces methods to improve decision-making effectiveness. The Essential Reading section covers the rational decision-making model and three important ideas that challenge it: Herbert Simon's... View Details
Gino, Francesca, Max Bazerman, and Katherine Shonk. "Organizational Behavior Reading: Decision Making." Core Curriculum Readings Series. Boston, MA: Harvard Business Publishing 8383, 2016. Electronic.
- TeachingInterests
Behavioral Finance (Econ 970, Spring 2015)
Second-year undergraduate course covering recent advances in the field of behavioral finance. The course begins by examining some of the most canonical pricing anomalies, such as claims to identical cashflows trading at different prices in different markets, and... View Details
- 1987
- Book
The Handbook of Organizational Behavior
By: Jay W. Lorsch
Lorsch, Jay W., ed. The Handbook of Organizational Behavior. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1987.
- 1979
- Article
Organizational Behavior for Executives
By: Roy Lewicki and John J. Gabarro
Lewicki, Roy, and John J. Gabarro. "Organizational Behavior for Executives." Exchange: The Organizational Behavior Teaching Journal 4, no. 4 (1979).
- August 1995 (Revised January 1997)
- Exercise
Consumer Behavior Exercise (E)
By: John A. Deighton and Susan M. Fournier
Students are instructed to interview a recent purchaser of a high-involvement product or service in depth about his/her ownership and usage experiences. The exercise provides students with first-hand understanding of important concepts in consumption domain (e.g.,... View Details
Keywords: Consumer Behavior
Deighton, John A., and Susan M. Fournier. "Consumer Behavior Exercise (E)." Harvard Business School Exercise 596-043, August 1995. (Revised January 1997.)
- 08 Jun 2017
- News
Behavioral ‘Nudges’ Offer a Cost-Effective Policy Tool
- March 1997
- Background Note
Note on Customer Behavior
By: Gerald Zaltman
A review of selected key concepts that are useful for understanding customers. The importance of understanding customers is also discussed, along with a short description of new frontiers in the study of customer behavior. View Details
- Teaching Interest
Leadership and Organizational Behavior (LEAD)
Professor Bernstein taught Leadership and Organizational Behavior (LEAD) from 2013-2016 (7 sections). This course focuses on how managers become effective leaders by addressing the human side of enterprise.
The course is divided into five modules: