Natural Field Experiment - Publications - Faculty & Research

26 Feb 2008
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First Look: February 26, 2008

less individualism. We provide three short models that help interpret this correlation. One implication of this finding is that societies that depend heavily on oil, and perhaps natural resources more generally, will View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Jan 2012
News

E. Roe Stamps IV, MBA 1974

came in the field of health care, the firm’s investments now include software, communications technology, semiconductors and electronics, and financial services. With nearly $15 billion under management and over 140 employees, Summit has... View Details

22 Apr 2022
Research & Ideas

Companies Can Expand Their Talent Pool by Giving Ex-Convicts a Second Chance

if restricting background checks might backfire, especially if employers resort to racial stereotypes to guess who might have a criminal record—and avoid hiring those people. So the researchers conducted field View Details

Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald

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Why HBS? - Doctoral

methodology required to pursue their research interests, including field studies, large-scale statistical analysis, consumer panel research, behavioral experiments and theoretical and empirical modelling.... View Details

10 Aug 2016
Blog Post

3 Benefits of the Case Method

Furthermore, the in-class experience helped me learn more about my classmates as individuals, uncovering shared interests and strengthening friendships. The people with whom I shared the HBS experience are... View Details

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Frequently Asked Questions | HBS Online

the Credential Verification page: School: Harvard Business School Online Dates Attended: [The year you participated in the program] Degree: Other; Certificate in Transforming Customer Experiences Field of... View Details

19 Jun 2018
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New Research and Ideas, June 19, 2018

Summer 2018 RAND Journal of Economics Scale versus Scope in the Diffusion of New Technology: Evidence from the Farm Tractor By: Gross, Daniel P. Abstract—Although tractors are now used in nearly every agricultural field operation and in... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

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Harvard Environmental Centers - Business & Environment

MBA Experience Harvard Environmental Centers 2ms The Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability at Harvard University The Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability serves as a fulcrum for collaboration across Harvard’s many... View Details

01 Feb 2022
Book

Innovation Isn’t Just for Startups: How Big Companies Can Succeed

identity she created within the team. Purpose is the fuel on which Corporate Explorers thrive. It is critical to success, whether it comes naturally from deep personal experience or from an intense,... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert

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Online Management Course | HBS Online

participants throughout the course. Learn about bringing this course to your organization . Learner Stories 87% acquired new skills that were immediately applicable This program debunked many myths about management. I highly recommend anyone with or without managerial... View Details

20 May 2024
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Get to Know Class Day Student Speaker Erik Roberts

Roberts went into consulting to dip his toes into the field of business and discover his passions. He worked in sectors such as economic development and climate and sustainability, founded a nonprofit academy to deliver capability... View Details

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Global Opportunity Fellowship GO: AFRICA - Alumni

Africa will contribute to your career development. The nature of your role, the specific activities you will perform, projects you are expected to complete with clear deliverables, and how your role fits within the organization. Why you... View Details

24 Jan 2018
Research & Ideas

How to Get People Addicted to a Good Habit

habit-forming behavior, whether people recognized it as such, whether it was possible to induce the habit with experimental interventions, and whether the habit would continue after the interventions ceased. The field View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

09 Jan 2020
Book

Rethinking Business Strategy in the Age of AI

displaces human activity, it will also push people out of jobs. To what degree will this happen? Iansiti: There’s a pretty good consensus that there’s going to be a massive transformation in the nature of work. Every job can be done... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

17 Sep 2013
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First Look: September 17

In some cases, people can spare themselves the trouble of deliberation and instead "decide by mind wandering" yet experience no decrease in satisfaction. September 2013 Review of Financial Studies Expectations of Returns and... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

07 Dec 2010
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First Look: Dec. 7

productive even when they are engaging in leisure activities, as they "check off" items on an "experiential check list" and build their "experiential CV." A series of laboratory and field studies shows that... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

04 Mar 2019
What Do You Think?

What’s the Antidote to Surveillance Capitalism?

experience as free raw material for hidden commercial practices of extraction, prediction, and sales,” “a parasitic economic logic,” “a rogue mutation of capitalism marked by concentrations of wealth,” “as significant a threat to human... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Advertising; Consumer Products

10 Oct 2023
Blog Post

Policy Drivers for Environmental Justice: What Businesses Need to Know

group experiences common conditions.”[10] Building from this definition, the White House’s page on Justice40 defines disadvantaged communities (DACs) as communities “marginalized, underserved, and overburdened by pollution.”[11] In the... View Details

10 Nov 2015
Op-Ed

Authentic Leadership Rediscovered

Approach to Leadership Development My 2007 book, True North, showed people how they could develop themselves as authentic leaders. Whereas Authentic Leadership was based on my personal experiences in leading, True North was built on View Details

Keywords: by Bill George

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Nonprofit Strategy & Governance | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

groups. To study other-regarding behavior, we fielded an experiment through a text-to-give campaign in Greece. How Social Entrepreneurs Zig-Zag Their Way to Impact at Scale By: V. Kasturi Rangan & Tricia... View Details

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