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  • 25 Mar 2014
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First Look: March 25

link: http://www.palgrave.com/Products/TitlePrint.aspx?PID=362801 August 2013 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Investors Prefer Entrepreneurial Ventures Pitched by Attractive Men By: Brooks, Alison Wood, Laura Huang, Sarah... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 28 Feb 2012
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First Look: Feb. 28

characteristics, relationships, and behavioral norms. We suggest that an equally important trust mechanism is "reflected knowledge," knowledge focal actors' gain about the personal characteristics, relationships, and View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

    Rakesh Khurana

    Rakesh Khurana is the Marvin Bower Professor of Leadership Development at the Harvard Business School. He is also Professor of Sociology at Harvard University, co-Master of Cabot House at Harvard College, and the Danoff Dean of Harvard College. 

    Professor... View Details

    Keywords: executive search
    • 17 May 2016
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    May 17, 2016

    2016 New York: Oxford University Press Consumers, Corporations, and Public Health: A Case-Based Approach to Sustainable Business By: John A. Quelch. Abstract—The public health footprint associated with corporate behavior has come under... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • March 2022 (Revised March 2024)
    • Case

    Hometown Foods: Changing Price amid Inflation

    By: Julian De Freitas, Jeremy Yang and Das Narayandas
    During the early part of the 2021 Covid-19 pandemic, Hometown Foods, a large seller of flour-based products, thrived as consumers hoarded baked goods and took up baking to pass the time and find comfort. Then, amid growing shortages in commodities, a vaccine arrived,... View Details
    Keywords: COVID-19 Pandemic; Consumer Behavior; Supply Chain; Inflation and Deflation; Spending; Price Bubble; Price; Volatility; Food and Beverage Industry
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    • 25 Oct 2016
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    October 25, 2016

    Business Review To Increase Sales, Get Customers to Commit a Little at a Time By: Cespedes, Frank V., and David Hoffeld Abstract—This article discusses what behavioral research does and does not tell us about factors that aid the... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • October–November 2019
    • Article

    A New Perspective on Post-Earnings-Announcement-Drift: Using a Relative Drift Measure

    By: Michael Clement, Joonho Lee and Kevin Ow Yong
    Prior research finds that there is a delayed reaction to both analyst-based earnings surprises and random-walk-based earnings surprises. Focusing on the market reaction from the post-announcement window, prior studies show that analyst-based drift is larger than random... View Details
    Keywords: Business Earnings; Financial Reporting; Market Timing; Behavioral Finance
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    Innovating in Energy: Learning from High-Potential Ventures

    By: Joseph B. Lassiter

    My work at HBS has always focused on high-potential ventures.  Most recently, these have been professionally financed start-ups and buyouts in newly emerging energy and cleantech businesses. These ventures tend to be based on innovative insights into technology and... View Details

    • December 2019 (Revised March 2020)
    • Case

    Impossible Foods

    By: Jose B. Alvarez and Natalie Kindred
    Impossible Foods founder and CEO Pat Brown started the company out of concern over livestock production’s impact on climate change. Impossible’s mission is to end consumption of animals by 2035, and its strategy is to develop and market plant-based foods so similar to... View Details
    Keywords: Agribusiness; Food; Consumer Behavior; Behavior; Venture Capital; Technological Innovation; Innovation Strategy; Entrepreneurship; Marketing Strategy; Distribution; Production; Product Development; Product Positioning; Growth Management; Global Strategy; Competition; Climate Change; Environmental Sustainability; Animal-Based Agribusiness; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Technology Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Consumer Products Industry; United States; China; Asia; California; Hong Kong; Taiwan
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    • 21 Jan 2014
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    First Look: January 21

    Publications August 2013 Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization Awards Unbundled: Evidence from a Natural Field Experiment By: Ashraf, Nava, Oriana Bandiera, and Scott Lee Abstract—Organizations often use non-monetary awards to... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 19 Sep 2011
    • Research & Ideas

    Doomsday Coming for Catastrophic Risk Insurers?

    behavioral issues. Say you work at an insurance agency. Your job is to devise protection, and you've discovered, as many insurers do, that catastrophic reinsurance is expensive. Meanwhile, your boss has been hounding you for months to... View Details
    Keywords: by Maggie Starvish; Financial Services
    • 11 Aug 2014
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Decision Making Under Information Asymmetry: Experimental Evidence on Belief Refinements

    Keywords: by William Schmidt & Ryan W. Buell
    • 08 Dec 2015
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    December 8, 2015

    that may arise. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50144 2015 The Cambridge Handbook of Consumer Psychology The Consumer Psychology of Online Privacy: Insights and Opportunities from Behavioral Decision... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 11 Mar 2014
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    First Look: March 11

    behavior and cognition miss. The chapter seeks to establish a theoretical foundation for a turn towards historicism in entrepreneurial studies, which is already partly underway. The authors stress that the path will not be easy, but that... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 21 Nov 2023
    • Research & Ideas

    Employee Negativity Is Like Wildfire. Manage It Before It Spreads.

    the emotional impact. Goldenberg uses the example of an investor forum after a less-than-stellar earnings call. As stock prices drop, forum members often share explanations for the reported profits, which might be lower due to a recent... View Details
    Keywords: by Kristen Senz
    • 04 Dec 2018
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    New Research and Ideas, December 4, 2018

    link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55322 forthcoming Journal of Financial Economics Governance Through Shame and Aspiration: Index Creation and Corporate Behavior By: Chattopadhyay, Akash, Matthew D. Shaffer, and... View Details
    Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
    • 2011
    • Chapter

    How Does Simplified Disclosure Affect Individuals' Mutual Fund Choices?

    By: John Beshears, James J. Choi, David Laibson and Brigitte C. Madrian
    We use an experiment to estimate the effect of the SEC's Summary Prospectus, which simplifies mutual fund disclosure. Our subjects chose an equity portfolio and a bond portfolio. Subjects received either statutory prospectuses or Summary Prospectuses. We find no... View Details
    Keywords: Information; Corporate Disclosure; Decision Choices and Conditions; Consumer Behavior; Retirement; Personal Finance; Investment Funds; Microeconomics
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    • 15 Jun 2012
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Reaching for Yield in the Bond Market

    Keywords: by Bo Becker & Victoria Ivashina
    • 26 Jul 2011
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    First Look: July 26

      PublicationsPolicy Bundling to Overcome Loss Aversion: A Method for Improving Legislative Outcomes Authors:Katherine L. Milkman, Mary Carol Mazza, Lisa L. Shu, Chia-Jung Tsay, and Max H. Bazerman Publication:Organizational Behavior and... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 19 Jun 2018
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    New Research and Ideas, June 19, 2018

    Applied Corporate Finance Investors as Stewards of the Commons? By: Serafeim, George Abstract—Over the past few years, there has been a significant increase in the number of initiatives seeking to mobilize View Details
    Keywords: Dina Gerdeman