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- 01 Dec 2023
- News
Drop Everything, Read This
develop a practice to harness the rhythms and movements around us. Rubin also draws on spiritual ideas, such as to “play, explore, and test without an attachment to results,” to nourish creativity. “The making of art is not a competitive act,” he writes. As MBA... View Details
- 2015
- Working Paper
Understanding Conformity: An Experimental Investigation
By: B. Douglas Bernheim and Christine L Exley
Some theories of conformity hold that social equilibrium either standardizes inferences or promotes a shared understanding of conventions and norms among individuals with fixed heterogeneous preferences (belief mechanisms). Others depict tastes as fluid and hence... View Details
Keywords: Conformity; Norms; Image Motivation; Prosocial Behavior; Motivation and Incentives; Behavior; Standards
Bernheim, B. Douglas, and Christine L Exley. "Understanding Conformity: An Experimental Investigation." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 16-070, December 2015.
- 24 Jun 2015
- HBS Case
Upgrading School with a Startup Mentality
research associates Kyla Wilkes and Christine S. An. Though the company is still in its infancy, Kim believes it offers a compelling example of how startup principles could be transformative for a United States educational system often... View Details
- March 2018
- Technical Note
Internet Data Capping Note (B)
By: Shane Greenstein and Christine Snively
The B note brings the reader up through early 2017 and addresses an informal review carried out by the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (WTB) on sponsored data and zero-rating data plans in the mobile broadband market. View Details
- Article
Multivoxel Patterns in Face-sensitive Temporal Regions Reveal an Encoding Schema Based on Detecting Life in a Face
By: Christine E. Looser, J. Swaroop Guntupalli and Thalia Wheatley
More than a decade of research has demonstrated that faces evoke prioritized processing in a 'core face network' of three brain regions. However, whether these regions prioritize the detection of global facial form (shared by humans and mannequins) or the detection of... View Details
Keywords: Brain Imaging; Social Psychology; Mind Perception; Identity; Science; Cognition and Thinking
Looser, Christine E., J. Swaroop Guntupalli, and Thalia Wheatley. "Multivoxel Patterns in Face-sensitive Temporal Regions Reveal an Encoding Schema Based on Detecting Life in a Face." Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience 8, no. 7 (October 2013): 799–805.
- Web
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Library Search Search Search Lehman Brothers: 1850 - 2008 Resources Site Credits Site Credits EXHIBITION TEAM Laura Linard Melissa Banta Melissa Murphy Michelle Jarvis Liat Spiro Jennifer Skarbek Christine Riggle Tim Mahoney CONSERVATION... View Details
- 29 May 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 29, 2018
policies, non-CEO executives’ behavior, and tail risk vary with CEO materialism. We document that the proportion of banks run by materialistic CEOs increased significantly from 1994 to 2004, that the strength of risk management functions... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- Web
HBS - The year in Review
Christine Exley Negotiation, Organizations & Markets Emil Siriwardane Finance Staff Shine Through The faculty and leadership have noted over the years that the staff members are the fuel that propels the... View Details
- 05 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 5, 2019
coders display pervasive stereotypes, associating warmth with women and competence and negativity with men. We also find that warmer participants, particularly warmer women, are under-rewarded by their groups. Equity Concerns Are Narrowly... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 31 May 2016
- First Look
May 31, 2016
have a higher probability of walking by the clinic for reasons other than vaccination. Method: We obtained data from an employer with a free workplace influenza vaccination clinic. Using each employee’s building entry/exit swipe card... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Article
The Tipping Point of Animacy: How, When, and Where We Perceive Life in a Face
By: Christine E. Looser and Thalia Wheatley
Faces capture humans' attention; yet, beyond aesthetic appreciation, it is presumably not the face itself that interests people but the mind behind it. Minds think, feel, and act in ways that have direct consequences for well-being, but despite their importance, how... View Details
Looser, Christine E., and Thalia Wheatley. "The Tipping Point of Animacy: How, When, and Where We Perceive Life in a Face." Psychological Science 21, no. 12 (December 2010).
- 19 Jun 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, June 19, 2018
investors, could provide this commitment mechanism. Common ownership of competitors within industries and long-time horizons in ownership of shares are key characteristics for investors that could act as stewards of the commons. Social pressure fueled View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- June 2021
- Article
The Role of Beliefs in Driving Gender Discrimination
By: Katherine B. Coffman, Christine L. Exley and Muriel Niederle
While there is ample evidence of discrimination against women in the workplace, it can be difficult to understand what factors contribute to discriminatory behavior. We use an experiment to both document discrimination and unpack its sources. First, we show that, on... View Details
Keywords: Gender Discrimination; Behavioral Decision Making; Gender; Attitudes; Prejudice and Bias; Economics; Behavior; Decision Making
Coffman, Katherine B., Christine L. Exley, and Muriel Niederle. "The Role of Beliefs in Driving Gender Discrimination." Management Science 67, no. 6 (June 2021).
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
I Gave at the Office
Julian Zlatev and Christine Exley (Image by John Ritter) Both Associate Professor Christine Exley and Assistant... View Details
- March 2014 (Revised January 2015)
- Case
Ghurka
By: Jose B. Alvarez, Walter J. Salmon and Christine Snively
Ghurka was a 38-year-old luxury leather goods brand that specialized in leather and twill luggage, handbags, and accessories. Brightwork Brand Holdings Corp. acquired it as an asset purchase in 2011. Ghurka, under CEO John Reuter, worked to re-launch the brand with a... View Details
- 02 Aug 2016
- First Look
August 2, 2016
forthcoming Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes Don't Stop Believing: Rituals Improve Performance by Decreasing Anxiety By: Brooks, Alison Wood, Julianna Schroeder, Jane Risen, Francesca Gino, Adam D. Galinsky, Michael I.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Events - Private Capital Project
webinar featured Abdulaziz Albassam (CEO, AIMS Investments), Karim El Solh (Co-Founder & CEO, Gulf Capital), and Tariq Al-Sudairy (Managing Director & CEO, Jadwa Investment), and was moderated by Professor Josh Lerner (Co-Head of the HBS... View Details
- 2014
- Article
Why Was Boston Strong?: Law Enforcement Lessons from the Boston Marathon Bombing
By: Dutch Leonard, Christine M. Cole and Arnold M. Howitt
On April 15, 2013, at 2:49 pm, an improvised explosive device (IED) detonated near the finish line of the Boston Marathon. Three people died, and more than 260 others needed hospital care, many having lost limbs or suffered horrific wounds. Those explosions began about... View Details
Keywords: Boston Marathon Bombing; Disaster Response; Emergency Management; Crisis Management; Law Enforcement
Leonard, Dutch, Christine M. Cole, and Arnold M. Howitt. "Why Was Boston Strong? Law Enforcement Lessons from the Boston Marathon Bombing." Gazette (Royal Canadian Mounted Police) 76, no. 4 (2014): 14–16.
- January 2015
- Case
Chevron Under Fire
By: George Serafeim, Rebecca Henderson and Christine Snively
Oil giant, Chevron, faced numerous challenges on environmental, social and governance (ESG) grounds in the first decade of the 21st century, including some major lawsuits and actions by NGOs. The case describes those challenges and raises questions about what is the... View Details
- 2007
- Working Paper
The New Market for Federal Judicial Law Clerks
By: Christopher Avery, Christine Jolls, Richard Posner and Alvin E. Roth
In the past, judges have often hired applicants for judicial clerkships as early as the beginning of the second year of law school for positions commencing approximately two years down the road. In the new hiring regime for federal judicial law clerks, by contrast,... View Details