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  • 08 Nov 2016
  • First Look

November 8, 2016

Dialogue on Liberal Arts and Sciences: Re-engagement, Re-imagination, and Experimentation By: Kirby, William C., and Marjk van der Wende Abstract—This book highlights the experiences of international leaders in liberal arts and science... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 21 Jun 2011
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First Look: June 21

results are consistent with an experimentation hypothesis in which tight monitoring of decisions leads to more control but less learning. An Evolutionary Approach to Financial History Author: Niall Ferguson Publication: Cold Spring Harbor... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 19 Jan 2021
  • In Practice

Leadership Advice for Biden: Restore a Sense of Calm

feel and be much compelled to shore up the core strengths of government. Our federal government must deliver with competence and strong coordination on all of its basic functions, especially these days. It also must find ways to be View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 02 Aug 2016
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August 2, 2016

desire to appear prosocial and not to appear greedy—relates to an individual's volunteer reputation. Experimental results support this possibility. Individuals with past histories of volunteering are less likely to volunteer if their... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 27 Nov 2006
  • Research & Ideas

Manly Men, Oil Platforms, and Breaking Stereotypes

relationships we identified in our case studies hold up across different teams and platforms. We are also planning to conduct some experimental studies to further examine the conditions that foster changes in masculine identity... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Energy; Utilities
  • 21 Dec 2010
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First Look: December 21

process of inferential learning. Drawing on the notions of knowledge reliability (the creation of shared meanings) and validity (understandings of cause and effect), we explore how organizations learn inferentially in dynamic environments, where active View Details
  • 08 Jun 2010
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First Look: June 8

higher utility (or satisfaction), higher execution effort (or motivation), faster coordination, less influence activities, and more communication, but also to less experimentation and less information collection. When two firms that are... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Apr 1996
  • News

Technology for Learning's Sake

complicated challenge. Early experience suggested that computer-aided case analysis could enhance classroom discussion and bring real-life business issues into sharper focus. Faculty engaged in a continual process of experimentation in... View Details
Keywords: by Deborah Blagg; photo by David Zadig
  • 17 Sep 2013
  • First Look

First Look: September 17

both explore and exploit-to compete in mature technologies and markets where efficiency, control, and incremental improvement are prized and to also compete in new technologies and markets where flexibility, autonomy, and experimentation... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 14 Mar 2019
  • News

The Merchant of Osaka

Setagaya ward. Just as importantly, the clinic succeeded as an experimental lab, a place to pilot new ideas incubated within Mediva. From that one neighborhood clinic a much bigger business took shape, all focused on the organizing... View Details
Keywords: Health, Social Assistance
  • 14 Feb 2012
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First Look: February 14

Dissonance Authors:R. Barkan, S. Ayal, F. Gino, and D. Ariely Publication:Journal of Experimental Psychology: General (forthcoming) Abstract Six studies demonstrate the "pot calling the kettle black" phenomenon whereby people... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 07 Dec 2010
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First Look: Dec. 7

monitoring" and entirely absent in those with "tight monitoring." The results are consistent with an experimentation hypothesis in which tight monitoring of decisions leads to more control but less learning. Download the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 14 Dec 2011
  • Research & Ideas

The New Measures for Improving Nonprofit Performance

that area. The real question is, when are these different methods appropriate, and under what circumstances? In international development there's been a lot of experimentation that hasn't quite made its way to the United States yet. A... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
  • 05 Mar 2019
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New Research and Ideas, March 5, 2019

Experimentation In August 2017, Commonwealth Bank of Australia was looking for ways to differentiate itself from competing banks and was also trying to improve the financial well-being of its customers. One domain where this was... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 19 Feb 2019
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New Research and Ideas, February 19, 2019

is accentuated when people engage in a holistic processing style, whether measured as an individual difference (Study 5A) or experimentally induced (Study 5B). Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55670... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 17 Jan 2017
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First Look at New Research: January 17

interactive control systems. The module discusses how top managers use the levers of control to inspire commitment to the organization’s purpose, stake out the territory for experimentation and competition, coordinate and monitor the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 31 Jul 2012
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First Look: July 31

concern with appearing fair to others. In Experiments 1-2, most 6- to 8-year-old children behaved fairly towards others when an experimenter was aware of their choices; fewer children opted to behave fairly, however, when they could be... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 15 Jul 2008
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First Look: July 15, 2008

decrease them during the downturn. Both results are in line with the behavior of inexperienced investors in experimental asset markets. The economic significance of young managers' actions is amplified by large inflows into their funds... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 15 Feb 2011
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First Look: Feb. 15

that recalling memories from one's own childhood lead people to experience feelings of moral purity and to behave prosocially. In Experiment 1, participants instructed to recall memories from their childhood were more likely to help the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 22 May 2020
  • Blog Post

Reflections on Service - Armed Forces Alumni Association Student Profiles

Graduate and a retired Army Experimental Test Pilot, so I grew up on military bases moving from one side of the US to the other. I loved the idea of helping others and doing something bigger than I could imagine in service to my country.... View Details