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  • 10 Dec 2013
  • First Look

First Look: December 10

  Publications August 2013 Strategic Management Journal Location Choices under Strategic Interactions By: Alcácer, Juan, Minyuan Zhao, and Cristian Dezso Abstract—The literature on location choices has mostly emphasized the impact of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 21 Mar 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Are We Thinking Too Little, or Too Much?

shortcuts and heuristics, and therefore they're susceptible to biases and mistakes. The implication is that if maybe they thought more, they'd do better. "And then there's... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • 01 Dec 2016
  • News

Takeaways

organization’s collective wisdom in the process.” —Catherine J. Turco (MBA 2003), The Conversational Firm “Work through gray-area problems as a manager, using the best advice and information, and then... View Details
  • 07 Apr 2009
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First Look: April 7, 2009

Experiences, and Overindebtedness Authors:Annamaria Lusardi and Peter Tufano Publication:NBER Working Paper Series, No. 14808, March 2009 Abstract We analyze a national sample of Americans with respect to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 23 Feb 2011
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First Look: Feb. 23

  PublicationsEngineers and the State in Modern China Author:William C. Kirby Publication:In Prospects for the Professions in China, edited by William P. Alford, William C. Kirby, and Kenneth Winston,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • January 2008
  • Article

Nonemployment Stigma as Rational Herding: A Field Experiment

By: Felix Oberholzer-Gee
Long spells of unemployment are known to reduce the likelihood of re-employment, but it is difficult to discern the reasons for this observation. Using an experimental method that controls for search intensity and possible discouragement of job applicants, I document... View Details
Keywords: Job Search; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Employment; Cognition and Thinking; Perception; Creativity; Human Needs; Job Interviews; Selection and Staffing; Recruitment; Managerial Roles; Judgments; Employment Industry
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  • 28 Nov 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Rethinking the Fairness of Organ Transplants

policy and has put out a formal request for information to help guide that decision-making process, to which Trichakis, Bertsimas, and Farias are contributing. Their key idea... View Details
Keywords: by Dennis Fisher; Health
  • 20 Jan 2015
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First Look: January 20

dampen competition, both online and in-store, and its effectiveness in this respect depends on the decision-making stage of various consumers and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 23 Jan 2019
  • Blog Post

The First Five Years: '30 under 30' Edition

way or another.” Can you finish this statement? "My HBS experience was..." Pradhan: “All about the people I met and the time I spent with them.” Gandhi: “Challenging, energizing, empowering, and... View Details
  • 02 Jun 2010
  • First Look

First Look: June 2

medical schools continue to focus on the basic sciences, to the exclusion of such managerial topics as running effective teams. The approach to executing reform appears to assume that practice managers and entrepreneurs can undertake the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 23 Dec 2008
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First Look: December 23, 2008

Examining mechanisms, we demonstrate that cognitive ability increases participation; however, and in contrast to previous research, financial literacy education does not affect decisions. We conclude by discussing how education may affect... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 26 Mar 2013
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First Look: March 26

manager who is the head of the new business segment. Used in combination, the cases explore these very different perspectives, the different levels of subject matter expertise brought to the table by each team member, and they highlight... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 07 Feb 2005
  • What Do You Think?

If You Blink, Will You Miss?

practiced. According to Maris Martinsons, "There is strong evidence to suggest that selections a) within a specified domain of expertise, b) involving a small number of choices, and c) ranging from simple to a moderate level of... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 05 Sep 2008
  • What Do You Think?

Is Case Method Instruction Due for an Overhaul?

"Cases help to develop 'pattern recognition' skills that are very important in decision-making ...." Dave Schnedler added that cases help develop "critical thinking," teach that "digging hard pays off,"... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett; Education
  • 10 Dec 2007
  • HBS Case

One Laptop per Child

bureaucracy, and decision-making hurdles can all interfere with early public sector adoption of even the most worthy innovation, he says. This slower-than-expected adoption and... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Computer
  • 26 Jun 2012
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First Look: June 26

and (b) develop a personal involvement in the deployment and interpretation of those tools in important decision-making forums. Based on experts' ability to combine View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 May 2013
  • News

Lynn Thoman, MBA 1979

over the world.” Lessons gained from the case study method, in particular, have stayed with her. “It’s a discipline that encourages you to step back and learn from many perspectives,” Thoman says, adding that her HBS experience has... View Details
  • 01 Jun 2009
  • News

Faculty Books

Dilemmas, Social Values, and Ethical Judgments edited by Roderick M. Kramer, Ann Tenbrunsel, and Max H. Bazerman (Routledge) In honor of David Messick, emeritus professor of... View Details
Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools
  • 20 Aug 2014
  • Research & Ideas

Dragging Patent Trolls Into the Light

infringing on technology patents—and win many of them In the past few years, NPEs have sued Apple, Samsung, eHarmony, Martha Stewart Living, and hundreds of other companies, sometimes winning judgments for... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Legal Services
  • 10 Nov 2003
  • Research & Ideas

The Hard Numbers on Social Investments

team observed that members who invested in deals that were also receiving capital from professional investors fared better, as did those who joined other IC members in investing, as opposed to those who were the single IC investor in a deal. In other words, relying on... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls