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- 24 Oct 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 24, 2017
size of the LGBT population are misestimated, likely substantially. In a series of online experiments using a large and diverse but non-representative sample, we compare estimates from the standard methodology of asking sensitive... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Apr 2019
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New Research and Ideas, April 30, 2019
prevent the deepest recession in postwar history. A Crisis of Beliefs makes us rethink the financial crisis and the nature of economic risk. In this authoritative and comprehensive book, two of today’s most insightful economists reveal... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 12 Dec 2019
- Research & Ideas
How to Turn Down the Boil on Group Conflict
Inaccurate Group Meta-Perceptions Drive Negative Out-Group Attributions in Competitive Contexts, was published in November 2019 in the journal Nature Human Behavior. We want to compromise In a series of experiments, Lees and Cikara found... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 01 Aug 2019
- What Do You Think?
Has the Twitter Age Left the Case Method Behind?
up in class.” But Jan G countered, “With proper facilitation, the learning you mention, of valuing diverse experiences, thought patterns and viewpoints for the corporation, should naturally happen Which makes all of us realize it is not... View Details
- 26 Oct 2010
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First Look: October 26, 2010
Leadership—An Ontological Model' Authors:Werner Erhard, Michael C. Jensen, Steve Zaffron, and Kari L. Granger Abstract This course is designed to leave students being leaders and exercising leadership effectively as their natural... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Oct 2015
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October 13, 2015
has been shown to improve consumer perceptions of service value, existing theory posits that increased contact between consumers and producers may diminish work performance. Two field and two laboratory View Details
- 28 Feb 2017
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First Look at New Research, February 28
success factors for managing business experiments at the “incubation moment,” which appear to improve the prospects of success. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52307 forthcoming Strategy Science... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Jan 2014
- What Do You Think?
Do Productivity Increases Contribute to Social Inequality?
natural state which a country must get to, to move to the next level " Ken Black commented: "Of course productivity contributes to social inequality, but there are a lot of non-productive people in various positions doing very... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 26 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
Manager or Mentor? Why You Must Be Both
what exactly is a developmental relationship? It pivots on the experience that an individual has when they're engaged in their work, he said. That experience can be heavily slanted along racial or gender... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 27 Mar 2018
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First Look at New Research, March 27, 2018
reforms have the strongest impact in medical fields in which the probability of facing a malpractice claim is the largest, and they do not seem to affect the amount of new technologies of the highest and lowest quality. Our results... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Jun 2004
- Research & Ideas
Music Downloads: Pirates—or Customers?
a chance to implement an effective legal strategy in all these countries. The RIAA's legal strategy is hopeless and smacks of short-sighted panic. Those who dream of legal solutions do not recognize the truly global nature of the... View Details
- 05 Oct 2016
- Research & Ideas
Why Don't More People Get Flu Shots at Work?
the start of the influenza season in the United States. “It’s quite strong evidence that just the natural course of your day bringing you by the flu shot clinic increases your likelihood of getting a flu shot” Getting employees to go to... View Details
- 10 Dec 2012
- Research & Ideas
Why We Blab Our Intimate Secrets on Facebook
targeted advertising for the same reason: they didn't want anyone tracking their behavior. On the other hand, millions of people routinely share the most intimate details of their lives via various social media sites. With a series of View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 25 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
Chasing Stars: Why the Mighty Red Sox Struck Out
have studied the issue in multiple industries, including the equally competitive fields of sports and investment banking. After examining the careers of more than 1,000 Wall Street analysts, for instance, they found that analysts who were... View Details
- 20 Feb 2007
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First Look: February 20, 2007
Law of Business Organization Authors:William T. Allen, Reinier Kraakman, and Guhan Subramanian Publication:2nd ed. Aspen Publishers, Inc., 2007 Abstract In Commentary and Cases on the Law of Business Organization, this outstanding author team brings clarity and insight... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 07 Feb 2005
- Research & Ideas
How “Career Imprinting” Shapes Leaders
We all know the importance of mentors and other early career experiences in shaping the kind of leaders we ultimately become. But how important to that development are the particular companies we work for? For Harvard Business School... View Details
Keywords: by Mallory Stark
- 13 Feb 2006
- Research & Ideas
Turning High Potential into Real Reward
solely a product problem. NB: I imagine that doing a good job of picking that mainstream market is a function of the entrepreneur's own experience in an industry and his or her intuition about the future. Lassiter: Certainly in the cases... View Details
- 18 Mar 2001
- Research & Ideas
Want to Be an Entrepreneur? [Part I]
funding—to terminate the experiment if it appears unpromising, and to cut their losses. This model—organizing a business so it is "scheduled to run out of capital periodically," as Sahlman has written—has View Details
Keywords: by John S. Rosenberg
- 11 Oct 2022
- Research & Ideas
Shrinking the Racial Wealth Gap, One Mortgage at a Time
$260,000. Minority applicants had a 22 percent probability of being matched with minority loan officers, the authors found. Meanwhile, white applicants had a 95 percent probability of working with a white loan officer. More minority officers could help even the playing... View Details
- 04 Jan 2012
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First Look: January 4
information revelation v. concealment at different stages of the campaign. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/12-046.pdf What Makes the Bonding Stick? A Natural Experiment Involving the U.S.... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel