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- 30 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 30
perceive the quality of others' decisions to be greater when other individuals engage in the right amount of thinking for the situation. These assessments then affect observers' own decisions and openness to influence. Publisher's link: View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 30 Nov 2022
- Research & Ideas
Recruiters: Highlight Your Company’s Diversity, Not Just Perks and Pay
Why diverse organizations are attractive The researchers sent follow-up questions to ask why applicants value diversity information. “Many indicate that such information was useful because it signals the View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Sep 2020
- Research & Ideas
How Leaders Can Navigate Politicized Conversations and Inspire Collaboration
interested in improving their conversation styles to create higher quality collaboration. Francesca Gino, the Tandon Family Professor at Harvard Business School and author of Rebel Talent, began researching the conversation styles of... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 01 Jun 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Surprising Benefits of Oversharing
said they "frequently" tried to gain access to another person's email account, for instance, or faked a sick day at work. "We like people who are honest," concludes John. "It signals trustworthiness, and that... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- Web
In the News - Creating Emerging Markets
Money Control Is there such a thing as an Indian way of doing business? Harvard Business School professors Geoffrey Jones and Tarun Khanna say yes, and no... 19 MAR 2022 HBS Working Knowledge Five Qualities That Help Companies Thrive for... View Details
- 02 May 2025
- Blog Post
How to Work with Search Firms
Have personal qualities that would make them strong candidates Have strong experience in a parallel industry Be a wild card — an unlikely candidate referred by the client or a trusted contact Ultimately, candidates with exceptional depth... View Details
- Web
Technology & Operations Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research
Competition Prize from the College of Behavioral Operations at the Production and Operations Management Society (POMS). Frances X. Frei : Fixable awarded the Signal Awards Gold prize for “Advice & How-To” podcast in 2024. Shane M.... View Details
- 26 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
When Silence Spells Trouble at Work
prevalent in organizations. ... How easy it is for a boss to send a powerful signal that a worker should be quiet. —Leslie A. Perlow Silence often starts when we choose not to confront a difference. Given the dissimilarities in our... View Details
Keywords: by Leslie A. Perlow
- 22 Feb 2021
- Book
Reaching Today's Omnichannel Customer Takes a New Sales Strategy
Selling is changing, but broad generalizations and false dichotomies about ecommerce, big data, and other trends—hallmarks of current sales advice—are keeping business leaders from making sound decisions, says Frank Cespedes, author of a new book that aims to separate... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 28 Feb 2023
- Blog Post
Celebrating Socioeconomic Diversity and Inclusion at HBS (Part 1)
essential to quality of life. Education breeds opportunity which, in turn, elevates life. So having parents and grandparents who were not afforded those opportunities meant that their lives took forms different from what mine ever will.... View Details
- 14 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Restarting Under Uncertainty: Managerial Experiences from Around the World
signals and quickly adapt their activities to newly emerging information. They actively cooperate with external stakeholders (including, in some instances, their competitors) to pool and disseminate information and safeguard the stability... View Details
- 23 Sep 2013
- Research & Ideas
Status: When and Why It Matters
with central players because that signals you have the quality to solicit those relationships," Malter says. "But there comes the point at which you have to switch from partnering with the central... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Books
Predictable Surprises by Max H. Bazerman and Michael D. Watkins (Harvard Business School Press) Professor Bazerman and his coauthor show that many disasters are preceded by clear warning signals that leaders either miss — or purposely... View Details
- 26 Apr 2011
- First Look
First Look: April 26
http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/11-106.pdf Signaling to Partially Informed Investors in the Newsvendor Model Authors:Vishal Gaur, Richard Lai, Ananth Raman, and William Schmidt Abstract We investigate a puzzling phenomenon in which firms... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
Has Occupational Licensing Outlived Its Usefulness?
of training—while others having laxer or no regulation. The setting allows us to answer two questions. First, we can evaluate whether consumers care about occupational licensing requirements, in the absolute and compared to other quality... View Details
- 08 Dec 2015
- First Look
December 8, 2015
quality and efficiency. The introduction of this transparency contributed to a 22.2% increase in customer-reported quality and reduced throughput times by 19.2%. Laboratory studies revealed that customers... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Jun 2019
- Blog Post
Why I Would Have Applied to the MS/MBA Biotechnology: Life Sciences Program
F-Prime immensely – there were days I found myself knee-deep in technology diligence with scientific/medical experts in one meeting while structuring deals and meeting entrepreneurs in another. My exposure to CEOs and VC Partners showed me the essential View Details
- 28 May 2008
- First Look
First Look: May 28, 2008
real-world relevance. This relevance-rigor gap affects the quality of our teaching as well as the institutional legitimacy of our business schools. We argue that executive education is an underutilized context that can enhance the View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 13 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 13
Abstract Governments and other organizations often outsource activities to achieve cost savings from market competition. Yet such benefits are often accompanied by poor quality resulting from moral hazard, which can be particularly... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Apr 2020
- Book
Why COVID-19 Raises the Stakes for Healthy Buildings
office building most likely will not return to “normal.” Even before the pandemic struck, there were plenty of reasons to be concerned about air quality and ventilation in the buildings where we live and work. After all, healthier indoor... View Details