Human Behavior - Publications - Faculty & Research

20 Feb 2018
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, February 20, 2018

to raise additional capital. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53962 forthcoming Games and Economic Behavior Strategy-Proofness of Worker-Optimal Matching with Continuously Transferable Utility By:... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

03 Jan 2017
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January 3, 2017

interaction of goals and measures with human behavior. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/117112-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 117-113 Management Control Systems Module 13: Identifying Strategic Risk This... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

18 Feb 2009
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First Look: February 18, 2009

selection, and creating separate committees for professional practice, ethics, and compliance and operations; and enhancing its ethics and compliance program through human resource processes (e.g., recruiting, orientation, training, and... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

Blog

Two-Year Action Plan Update: Q+A with Terrill Drake, Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer at Harvard Business School

with that group. The University office is an excellent resource across a range of issues and they are working on professional development opportunities for staff across the schools and creating alignment with the University's priorities—such as the reports on the... View Details

14 Dec 2011
Research & Ideas

The New Measures for Improving Nonprofit Performance

organizations as being focused on tangible hard metrics like profit or market capitalization. But for-profits also do a lot of organizational capacity-building work. Venture capital investments are very much about building the organization, by making investments in... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

18 Mar 2014
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First Look: March 18

Publications August 2013 Social Science & Medicine Who Donates Their Bodies to Science? The Combined Role of Gender and Migration Status Among California Whole-body Donors By: Asad, Asad L., Michel Anteby, and Filiz Garip Abstract—The number of View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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2035. These technologies predict behavior and increasingly create behavior. They learn and improve relentlessly. They make better decisions than humans in an increasing number of contexts. They are... View Details

16 Dec 2020
Blog Post

Alumni on the Black Lives Matter Movement

education or job opportunities. I’m talking about fundamental human and civil rights and the dignity and respect that comes with them. I’m talking about something as mundane as going for a jog.” In an interview with Fortune, Mason... View Details

21 Aug 2018
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New Research and Ideas, August 21, 2018

point higher fee relative to the notional invested for selling the dominated bond on average. I develop and estimate a broker intermediated search model that rationalizes this behavior and quantifies the distortions in these markets. In... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

15 Sep 2009
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First Look: September 15

West, and Christian Lebiere Publication:Special Issue on Decisions from Experience. Journal of Behavioral Decision Making (forthcoming) Abstract Erev, Ert, and Roth organized three choice prediction competitions focused on three related... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

Career Coach

Deborah Resnick

Deborah (HBS '06) has deep expertise in consulting (breaking into consulting, navigating a career in consulting, and breaking out!), complemented by a diverse set of operational and managerial experience across Fortune 500 companies and a private-equity backed natural... View Details

Keywords: Consulting; Consumer Products; Retail

Career Coach

Matt Spielman

Matt (Columbia ’94, HBS ’99) is the Founder and Managing Partner of Inflection Point Partners, an executive coaching and leadership development firm dedicated to igniting careers and energizing lives. Matt and his team at Inflection Point form meaningful partnerships... View Details

Keywords: Consumer Products; Entertainment / Media; Entrepreneurship; Financial Services (All); Investment Banking; Financial Services (All); Investment Management; Financial Services (All); Sports; Technology; Venture Capital; Financial Services (All)

March 2023 (Revised June 2023)
Teaching Note

Ransomware Attack at Springhill Medical Center

By: Suraj Srinivasan and Li-Kuan (Jason) Ni

Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 123-065. In July, 2019, Springhill Medical Center (“SMC”) in Mobile, Alabama fell prey to a malicious ransomware attack that crippled the hospital’s internal network systems and public-facing web page. While the hospital rushed to... View Details

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10 Jan 2005
Research & Ideas

Motivation and the Cross-Sector Alliance

motivations by plotting them on the two axes. The resulting location is a qualitative self-assessment and judgment of what is the driving behavior rather than a precise calculation. Figure 2: Cross-Sector Collaboration Motivational... View Details

Keywords: by James Austin, Ezequiel Reficco & SEKN research team

Career Coach

Martin November

Marty (HBS '98) is an MD/MBA and practicing OBGYN physician who has broad expertise in the healthcare sector as the former Medical Director for Patient Safety and Risk Management at Atrius Health, Harvard Medical School teaching faculty and hospital division director,... View Details

Keywords: Consulting; Education; Entrepreneurship; Government; Health Care; Insurance; Publishing / Communications / Advertising; Social Enterprise; Startup - Founder; Entrepreneurship; Startup - Joiner; Entrepreneurship

Career Coach

Carole Carlson

Carole (HBS '98) has a wide ranging business background, with particular expertise coaching MBAs and executives. She has a passion for helping individuals develop their career vision and implement it via practical job search skills, including strategy development,... View Details

Keywords: Consulting; Education; Entrepreneurship; Government; Health Care; Hospitality; Real Estate; Social Enterprise

November 2017
Teaching Note

Reinventing Best Buy

By: John R. Wells and Gabriel Ellsworth

Teaching Note for HBS No. 716-455. On March 1, 2017, Best Buy Company, Inc., North America’s largest retailer of consumer electronics and appliances, announced a third year of comparable-store sales increases and a 20.8% increase in domestic comparable online sales.... View Details

Keywords: Best Buy; Hubert Joly; Renew Blue; Showrooming; Webrooming; E-commerce; E-Commerce Strategy; Online Retail; Multichannel Retailing; Omnichannel; Marketplaces; Turnaround; Consumer Electronics; Consumer Electronics Accessories; Appliances; Stores-within-stores; Store Experience; Store Size; Store Pickup; Store Management; Delivery; Delivery Models; Amazon; Amazon.com; Pricing Strategy; Business Subsidiaries; Business Units; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Model; For-Profit Firms; Customer Focus and Relationships; Customer Satisfaction; Entertainment; Film Entertainment; Games, Gaming, and Gambling; Music Entertainment; Television Entertainment; Theater Entertainment; Price; Profit; Revenue; Geographic Scope; Multinational Firms and Management; Business History; Cost; Selection and Staffing; Reports; Technological Innovation; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Human Capital; Leading Change; Business or Company Management; Goals and Objectives; Growth and Development; Growth and Development Strategy; Management Teams; Brands and Branding; Product Marketing; Consumer Behavior; Demand and Consumers; Media; Distribution; Order Taking and Fulfillment; Distribution Channels; Infrastructure; Product; Service Delivery; Service Operations; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Public Ownership; Problems and Challenges; Programs; Groups and Teams; Sales; Salesforce Management; Strategy; Adaptation; Business Strategy; Competition; Competitive Advantage; Competitive Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Expansion; Technology; Hardware; Information Technology; Internet; Mobile Technology; Online Technology; Search Technology; Software; Web; Web Sites; Wireless Technology; Resource Allocation; Computer Industry; Electronics Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Information Technology Industry; Retail Industry; Service Industry; Technology Industry; Telecommunications Industry; Video Game Industry; United States; Minnesota; Minneapolis; Saint Paul; St. Paul