Quasi Field Experiment - Publications - Faculty & Research

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Financial Management of Smaller Firms - Course Catalog

the experience of entrepreneurs as they search for a smaller company, acquire it and grow it successfully, and then confront the decision of when to sell the business so that they can realize the benefits of their entrepreneurial venture.... View Details

01 Mar 2016
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Faculty Q&A: Price Check

of all the others. After we built and implemented a software tool to make demand predictions and optimize prices, we ran a field experiment to test the impact of our tool and saw a 10 percent revenue... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Nonstore Retailers; Retail Trade

24 Jun 2013
Research & Ideas

Is Your iPhone Turning You Into a Wimp?

over a little screen. (Usage varies according to the type of smartphone: iPhone users spend an average of one hour and 15 minutes with their phones each day, with only 22 percent of that time devoted to talking.) The Lab Experiment Bos... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Technology; Consumer Products

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Print View - Course Catalog

personal productivity systems; students might report the results of a laboratory-style experiment exploring a novel source of motivation; or students might share a synthesis of lessons learned from a handful of interviews conducted with... View Details

10 Jul 2000
Research & Ideas

Entrepreneurship in Europe

entrepreneurship, a field they hadn't considered academic for a long time. The emergence of global start-ups, said Kuemmerle, has occurred very quickly. "An early global presence is very important, because business models are... View Details

Keywords: by Kenneth Liss

25 Oct 2011
Research & Ideas

Chasing Stars: Why the Mighty Red Sox Struck Out

have studied the issue in multiple industries, including the equally competitive fields of sports and investment banking. After examining the careers of more than 1,000 Wall Street analysts, for instance, they found that analysts who were... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Sports; Banking

20 Feb 2007
First Look

First Look: February 20, 2007

Law of Business Organization Authors:William T. Allen, Reinier Kraakman, and Guhan Subramanian Publication:2nd ed. Aspen Publishers, Inc., 2007 Abstract In Commentary and Cases on the Law of Business Organization, this outstanding author team brings clarity and insight... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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2017 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

exploration of innovation in instruction. Applied Theatre is an evolving field where various methodologies, skills, or practices native to theater disciplines are applied in non-theatrical settings. This practice facilitates View Details

02 Jun 2011
Research & Ideas

Signing at the Top: The Key to Preventing Tax Fraud?

cheat based on our lab and field studies; we thought it was now time to examine how to prevent people from cheating." The key, according to the researchers, lies in increasing ethical salience: inducing people to pay greater attention to... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Accounting

21 Nov 2024
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Thoughts on the JD/MBA From a Recent Grad

for the District of Columbia. Here, she highlights experiences unique to JD/MBA students. Why Pursue a Joint Degree Program? JD/MBA programs are ideal for those with varied interests wishing to explore career paths in both business and... View Details

02 Jun 2008
Research & Ideas

Spending on Happiness

little as $5 in our final study—may be sufficient to produce non-trivial gains in happiness on a given day." Norton and colleagues found these results to hold in three different studies: a nationally representative survey, a field... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert

01 Jun 2013
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Collective Wisdom

understanding how communities and contests can be better designed and managed to solve real-world challenges. My colleagues and I at the lab work closely with our partners to design field experiments that... View Details

Keywords: crowdsourcing; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

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Engineering Meets Advocacy: Driving Innovation in Women’s Health - Blog: Health Supplement

major technological waves. We saw it with the rise of computing, and we’re already seeing signs of it with AI. Recent trends show that women are less likely to experiment with or adopt these tools. That’s deeply concerning, because this... View Details

01 Dec 2020
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Tried and Tested

the answer. Do you guess or skip that question? You could look at field data and see that women skip more questions than men, but it would be hard to really know why. So I designed a lab experiment where I... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Scientific Research and Development Services

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Michael Son

asphalt that could be applied without heating, Mike found market adoption difficult. "Let's just say I faced ‘entrenched interests,'" Mike says, warily. "The experience exposed me to the real world — of practical things you... View Details

01 Sep 2005
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New Art

other depicts three old men in party hats dangling their feet into an open grave. “Mixing provocative, thoughtful art in amongst the students enriches the learning experience and sparks creative thinking,” says Schwartz, president and CEO... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

05 Dec 2022
Blog Post

2022 Climate Symposium: Tackling Climate Together

Future; Commercializing Climate Tech; The Future of Food When asked about the experience the co-chairs hoped to cultivate during the Symposium, Angela Son explained: “I hope that our attendees not only learned something new about their... View Details

08 Jul 2014
First Look

First Look: July 8

way. Publisher's link: http://www.amacombooks.org/book.cfm?isbn=9780814434093 Forthcoming Journal of Public Economics No Margin, No Mission? A Field Experiment on Incentives for Public Services Delivery. By:... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

13 Feb 2013
Research & Ideas

5 Weight Loss Tips From Behavioral Economists

Later: Decreasing Impatience over Time in Online Grocery Orders" by Todd Rogers, Katherine L. Milkman, and Max H. Bazerman. TIP #2 - Put your money where your mouth is. Leslie John, now an assistant professor at HBS, led an experiment at... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

01 Sep 2003
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Dean Clark Reflects on the School’s Key Initiatives

key areas of work that reflect our commitment to improving the way we carry out our mission. MBA Admissions We continue to seek outstanding students from a wide range of backgrounds whose experience will enrich our classrooms. We... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

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