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- 05 Apr 2011
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First Look: April 5
those that return instantaneous results—even when those results are identical. In five experiments that simulate service experiences in the domains of online travel and online dating, we demonstrate the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
At the Center of Corporate Scandal Where Do We Go From Here?
unmatched in the world. But the engine has grown so complex, and its capabilities so swift and powerful, that it has outstripped the governance mechanisms designed in a simpler time. We have made markets much more dynamic and far more... View Details
Keywords: by Kim B. Clark
- 07 Nov 2017
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New Research and Ideas: November 7, 2017
Goals Challenges Traditional Organizational Designs By: Battilana, Julie, Michael Fuerstein, and Michael Lee Abstract—For an extended period during the first half of the 20th century, industrial democracy was a vibrant movement, with... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 25 Nov 2013
- Research & Ideas
Hiding From Managers Can Increase Your Productivity
(and improve) line operations as temporary issues arose; it prevented unproductive distractions and provided workers with increased focus; and it let the line experiment with new ideas prior to explaining them to management. Indeed, the... View Details
- 30 Jan 2012
- Research & Ideas
Measuring the Efficacy of the World’s Managers
seven years, large teams of affiliated WMS analysts have interviewed managers at some 10,000 organizations in 20 countries, setting out to determine how and why management practices differ vastly in style and quality. Best Practices The researchers used an evaluation... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 11 Jul 2006
- First Look
First Look: July 11, 2006
and, eventually, through its decision to execute a management buyout to exit the public market. Explored at the corporate level is the tension between Edison's effort to generate profits and achieve excellent educational outcomes. Brief descriptions are provided of the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Jun 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, June 27
Policy Experiment By: Alfaro, Laura, Anusha Chari, and Fabio Kanczuk Abstract—Emerging-market governments adopted capital control taxes to manage the massive surge in foreign capital inflows in the aftermath of the global financial... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 31 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
Why These Business School Professors Oppose Trump's Executive Order on Immigration
especially when they don’t have any knowledge of a subject. Designating a common enemy has always been an efficient way at uniting people. It also typically leads to scapegoating. Politicians’ role should be to educate the people and... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 20 Jun 2016
- Research & Ideas
When Predicting Other People's Preferences, You're Probably Wrong
be less likely to predict that John also enjoys conducting social science research at Harvard. FIVE EXPERIMENTS The researchers conducted five studies to determine when and why people assume that others are incapable of liking dissimilar... View Details
- 21 May 2007
- Research & Ideas
Fixing the Marketing-CEO Disconnect
measuring "innovative beverages" as a key metric. As a result, their efforts were focused on designing complex drinks that ultimately slowed their operations. They subsequently learned that customers valued fast service more... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Nov 2000
- Research & Ideas
Moving from Supply Chains to Supply Networks
principles in a way that matches the context of the particular company, industry, and supply chain. EE: How would you summarize the program's takeaway value to participants? Or stated another way, how will this learning experience benefit... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 17 Dec 2013
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First Look: December 17
fertility is characterized by moral hazard due to the fact that most contraception can only be perfectly observed by the woman. Using an experiment in Zambia that varied whether women were given access to contraceptives alone or with... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 05 May 2009
- First Look
First Look: May 5, 2009
Banerjee and Lakshmi Iyer Publication:Natural Experiments in History, edited by Jared Diamond and James Robinson. Harvard University Press, forthcoming No abstract is available at this time. Download the paper:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 04 Mar 2014
- First Look
First Look: March 4
opportunities they'll pursue and which they'll decline, rather than simply reacting to emergencies, leaders can and do engage meaningfully with work, family, and community. They've discovered through hard experience that prospering in the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Dec 2012
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 11
information about address value and assuring allocative efficiency. Download the paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=41297 Vulnerable Banks Authors:Greenwood, Robin, Augustin Landier, and David Thesmar Abstract When a bank View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Jan 2014
- First Look
First Look: January 21
several mechanisms: by conferring employer recognition, by enhancing social visibility, and by facilitating social comparison. In a nationwide health worker training program in Zambia, we design a field View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 29
the level of new investment. But, in the case of investment centers, Economic Value Added, or EVA, is likely to be the most effective single-period measure because it is designed to encourage only value-increasing investment decisions.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 25 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
Chasing Stars: Why the Mighty Red Sox Struck Out
year with the Angels was 3.83.) Gonzalez, the hotshot first baseman, was great most of the season but collapsed in September--his first experience in a high-stakes playoff run. Crawford, a near league MVP while playing for Tampa in 2010,... View Details
- 29 Oct 2000
- Research & Ideas
Building a Powerful Prestige Brand
committed. Even if they had wanted to sell in chain stores, the Lauders could not afford the large sales force necessary to service such outlets. Because she wanted to reach women who did not necessarily have much experience with makeup,... View Details
- 01 May 2007
- First Look
First Look: May 1, 2007
integrated innovation? Our model has firms with limited visibility that either control all aspects of product innovation (integrated innovation) or open their designs to components developed by other players (open innovation). We show... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne