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- 23 Aug 2019
- Blog Post
A Summer of Peaks and Swells: Interning at Patagonia
Before arriving to Harvard Business School, I had built my career around bringing crazy ideas to life at Google in a variety of operations, strategy, and design roles. I was surrounded by incredible people, learned from world class... View Details
- March 2010
- Article
I'll Have the Ice Cream Soon and the Vegetables Later: A Study of Online Grocery Purchases and Order Lead Time
By: Katherine L. Milkman, Todd Rogers and Max Bazerman
How do decisions made for tomorrow or two days in the future differ from decisions made for several days in the future? We use data from an online grocer to address this question. In general, we find that as the delay between order completion and delivery increases,... View Details
Keywords: Time Management; Service Delivery; Internet and the Web; Decisions; Customers; Retail Industry
Milkman, Katherine L., Todd Rogers, and Max Bazerman. "I'll Have the Ice Cream Soon and the Vegetables Later: A Study of Online Grocery Purchases and Order Lead Time." Marketing Letters 21, no. 1 (March 2010): 17–35.
- 31 Jul 2019
- News
Skydeck Live: The Rise of the FOMO Sapiens
forces: The Fear of Missing Out and the Fear of a Better Option—or FOMO and FOBO, for short. And then he graduated and started his career, and mostly forgot about it. Until about ten years later, when FOMO... View Details
- 31 Oct 2004
- What Do You Think?
Should the Wisdom of Crowds Influence Our Thinking About Leadership?
Summing Up Whether or not this month's respondents represent a self-selected sample of enthusiasts for the book, The Wisdom of Crowds, they agree that the findings it presents have strong implications for... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 1999
- Article
Ethical Universals in Practice: An Analysis of Five Principles
By: M. C. Moldoveanu and H. H. Stevenson
Moldoveanu, M. C., and H. H. Stevenson. "Ethical Universals in Practice: An Analysis of Five Principles." Journal of Socio-Economics 28, no. 1 (1999).
- 09 Jul 2009
- Working Paper Summaries
Performance Pressure as a Double-Edged Sword: Enhancing Team Motivation While Undermining the Use of Team Knowledge
Keywords: by Heidi K. Gardner
- 12 May 2020
- Blog Post
The Importance of Coordination: Apoorva Pasricha Reflects on Crisis Leadership
she anticipates that “with our shelter-in-place orders, the nature of our work will not go back to normal. Economic recovery will be top of mind for everyone.” To address these... View Details
- 28 Apr 2020
- Blog Post
The Importance of Coordination: Apoorva Pasricha Reflects on Crisis Leadership
she anticipates that “with our shelter-in-place orders, the nature of our work will not go back to normal. Economic recovery will be top of mind for everyone.” To address these... View Details
- winter 2005
- Article
An Experimental Analysis of Ending Rules in Internet Auctions
By: Dan Ariely, Axel Ockenfels and A. E. Roth
Ariely, Dan, Axel Ockenfels, and A. E. Roth. "An Experimental Analysis of Ending Rules in Internet Auctions." RAND Journal of Economics 36, no. 4 (winter 2005): 891–908.
- 03 Jan 2013
- Working Paper Summaries
The Value of Advice: Evidence from Mobile Phone-Based Agricultural Extension
- 2010
- Working Paper
Will I Stay or Will I Go?: Cooperative and Competitive Effects of Workgroup Sex and Race Composition on Turnover
By: Kathleen L. McGinn and Katherine L Milkman
We develop an integrated theory of the social identity mechanisms linking workgroup sex and race composition across levels with individual turnover. Building on social identity research, we theorize that social cohesion (Tyler, 1999; Hogg and Terry, 2000) and social... View Details
Keywords: Competition; Ethnicity; Race; Groups and Teams; Identity; Resignation and Termination; Gender; Cooperation
McGinn, Kathleen L., and Katherine L Milkman. "Will I Stay or Will I Go? Cooperative and Competitive Effects of Workgroup Sex and Race Composition on Turnover." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 10-066, February 2010.
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
When a Rainy Day Comes: The Economics of Happiness
involving some 300,000 individuals in Europe and the United States over the last 25 years. Participants were asked to describe their state of mind by selecting one of three... View Details
- 15 Dec 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Surprisingly Successful Marriages of Multinationals and Social Brands
learning this new approach and identifying how it can enrich the rest of the company's operations. Q: What are some obstacles that companies considering these kinds of acquisition strategies need to be View Details
- 08 Feb 2023
HBS College Programs Information Session at University of Washington
Do you know where an MBA can take you? Open your mind to the breadth of career opportunities available in business and feel the flexibility of the MBA degree. Come learn more... View Details
- 21 Feb 2014
- Blog Post
Cautious Optimism: A Recap of the Harvard India Conference
leaders of Indian industry ranging from the senior-most leadership of India’s biggest CPG Company to some of the leading names in the Indian VC world. The second day at the... View Details
- 10 Oct 2016
- Book
Why White-Collar Criminals Commit Their Crimes
- 2007
- Chapter
Collaborative R&D in Management: The Practical Experience of Fenix and TruePoint in Bridging the Divide Between Scientific and Managerial Goals
By: Michael Beer and Niclas Adler
The gap between theory and practice has been of concern to both practitioners and academics, yet other than pleas to close the gap with more accessible writing by academics and more interest in research by practitioners few systematic efforts have been made to close... View Details
Keywords: Transformation; Knowledge Management; Management; Goals and Objectives; Performance Effectiveness; Performance Improvement; Practice; Research and Development; Social and Collaborative Networks; Theory; Value; United States
Beer, Michael, and Niclas Adler. "Collaborative R&D in Management: The Practical Experience of Fenix and TruePoint in Bridging the Divide Between Scientific and Managerial Goals." In Handbook of Collaborative Management Research, edited by A. B. Shani, N. Adler, N. Mohrman, W. A. Pasmore, and B. Stymne. Sage Publications, 2007.
- 02 Aug 2010
- Research & Ideas
Modern Indian Art: The Birth of a Market
categories such as art and fashion and examining the processes in commodity markets such as tobacco, financial services, and so on. We propose a theory of market creation processes that involve multiple... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Mar 2008
- Working Paper Summaries