Design Research - Publications - Faculty & Research

Passion Penalizes Women and Advantages (Unexceptional) Men in High-Potential Designations

High potential programs offer a swift path up the corporate ladder for those who secure a place on them. However, the evaluation of “potential” occurs under considerable uncertainty, creating fertile ground for gender bias. We document that men are more likely than... View Details

19 Feb 2019
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New Research and Ideas, February 19, 2019

architecture. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55689 2019 Handbook of Behavioral Economics: Foundations and Applications 2 Behavioral Economics and Health-Care Markets By: Chandra, Amitabh, Benjamin Handel, and Joshua Schwartzstein... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

October 2012
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Designing a Culture of Collaboration at Lake Nona Medical City

By: Amy C. Edmondson, Sydney Ribot and Tiona Zuzul

Describes Lake Nona, a 7,000-acre residential and research cluster in central Florida, and its process and innovation culture, and Lake Nona Institute, the organization behind the planning and governance of this new eco-friendly community. Emphasis is placed on the... View Details

Keywords: Collaboration; Innovation; Health Care; Real Estate; Entrepreneurship; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Governance; Real Estate Industry; Florida

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Business & Environment - Faculty & Research

innovation, in the sense that research can be directed to either clean or dirty technologies. If dirty technologies are more advanced to start with, the potential transition to clean technology can be difficult both because clean View Details

01 Dec 2023
News

Research Brief: Staying in the Game

and stay in business. But in a 2020 survey of 1,500 small-business owners, only 34 percent of respondents were familiar with the differences between the two types, and half were unaware that a business can operate after filing for bankruptcy. In fact, in February 2020,... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Myers; Administration of Economic Programs; Government

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Initiatives & Projects - Faculty & Research

Research Initiatives & Projects Throughout the School’s history, a hallmark of HBS faculty research has been its power in practice. Increasingly, this impact extends beyond the management of firms to the... View Details

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Strategy Curriculum - Faculty & Research

and how to sustain competitive advantage. How to generate superior value for customers by designing the optimum configuration of the product mix and functional activities. How to balance the opportunities and risks associated with dynamic... View Details

14 Jun 2017
Working Paper Summaries

Minimizing Justified Envy in School Choice: The Design of New Orleans' OneApp

Keywords: by Atila Abdulkadiroglu, Yeon-Koo Che, Parag A. Pathak, Alvin E. Roth, and Oliver Tercieux; Education

19 Mar 2019
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New Research and Ideas, March 19, 2019

the prospects for implementation in the field. We present the decision process and competition design considerations that lead to these successful outcomes as a model for researchers who want to use... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

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Accounting & Management - Faculty & Research

broad areas: Financial Reporting and Analysis and Management Accounting. Our research helps scholars and educators understand current best practices for the design and use of performance measurement systems... View Details

03 Jul 2018
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New Research and Ideas, July 3, 2018

link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54665 forthcoming R&D Management An Exploratory Study of Product Development in Emerging Economies: Evidence from Medical Device Testing in India By: Gupta, Budhaditya, and Stefan Thomke Abstract—Recent View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

18 Dec 2018
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New Research and Ideas, December 18, 2018

Business School Case 118-017 Royal Philips: Designing Toward Profound Change This case explores Royal Philips CEO Frans van Houten's bold use of design research to inform a... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

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Seminars & Conferences - Faculty & Research

Seminars & Conferences Seminars & Conferences The Digital Data, and Design (D^3) Institute at Harvard Events The D^3 builds community and expertise around the digital transformation of the economy at HBS and beyond through curated... View Details

22 Jan 2019
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New Research and Ideas, January 22, 2019

enterprises seem incapable of transformative innovation, it is due to how we design and manage them, rather than anything inherent in their scale. In fact, Creative Construction argues, if used properly, scale can be an asset, rather than... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

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Health Care - Faculty & Research

Bandiera and B. Kelsey Jack A substantial body of research investigates the effect of pay for performance in firms, yet less is known about the effect of non-financial rewards, especially in organizations that hire individuals to perform... View Details

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

much more limited application. Early diffusion was accordingly rapid in these narrower applications but limited in scope until tractor technology generalized. The sequence of diffusion is consistent with a model of research and... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

09 Apr 2019
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New Research and Ideas, April 9, 2019

Stolarz-Fantino argue that specific design features of our research mean that it cannot have policy implications and that researchers “need to consider profit maximization in... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

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About Us - Research Computing Services

Design Fuzzy Matching Large Language Models (LLMs) Machine Learning Natural Language Processing Revise and Resubmit Support Simulations Visualizations Software Licensing (login required) HBS has university-wide licenses for most View Details

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Data Storage - Research Computing Services

Compute Cluster and Data Storage Data Storage 3ms There are three different sets of storage locations that are available for research work, depending on the particular usage patterns, size consideration, and number of people involved in... View Details

September 2015 (Revised March 2025)
Technical Note

FIELD Global Capstone: Developing Customer Empathy

By: Jill Avery

The Design Thinking process begins with empathizing with potential customers. Empathizing, being aware of, interpreting, and understanding the thoughts of others, as well as being able to vicariously experience them oneself, requires the careful and deliberate study of... View Details