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  • 01 Sep 2009
  • News

Over the Top

Illustration by Ken Orvidas/theispot.com In the search for culprits in the global financial meltdown, bloated executive pay and the excessive risk-taking behavior it fueled stand out as prime suspects. Of the two, pay dominates the... View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Finance; Government
  • 11 May 2017
  • News

Going with the Flow

the behavior and economics in agriculture, and, secondly, in industry. Misuse with no consequences and the lack of incentives for proper use are extremely problematic. At WaterRev, we are investing in... View Details
Keywords: Robert S. Benchley
  • 26 Feb 2013
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First Look: Feb. 26

call in sick to retain eligibility. Second, employees with perfect pre-program attendance or high productivity suffered a 6% to 8% productivity decrease after program introduction, suggesting they were demotivated by awards for good View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 28 Oct 2015
  • Research & Ideas

A Dedication to Creation: India's Ad Man Ranjan Kapur

as a glamorous thing. You were dealing with multinational companies coming from the United Kingdom and the United States, so it became much more of an elitist culture. Q: What was the economic scene like for entrepreneurs in India during... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Advertising
  • 13 May 2014
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First Look: May 13

networking. Drawing from moral psychology research, we posit that this intentional behavior has unintended consequences for an individual's morality. Unlike personal networking in pursuit of emotional support or friendship, and unlike... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 15 Aug 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 15, 2017

about favorable future policy changes. A lab experiment involving monetary bets on the future popularity of politicians and a field experiment involving political donations (N = 660,542) demonstrated that BFF can influence people’s View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 17 Mar 2015
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First Look: March 17

  Publications March 2015 Journal of Financial Economics Banks as Patient Fixed-Income Investors By: Hanson, Samuel G., Andrei Shleifer, Jeremy C. Stein, and Robert W. Vishny Abstract—We examine the business model of traditional... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 30 Oct 2012
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First Look: October 30

  PublicationsHappy Money: The Science of Smarter Spending Authors:Elizabeth Dunn and Michael Norton Publication:Simon & Schuster, forthcoming Abstract If you think money can't buy happiness, you're not spending it right. Two rising stars in View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 02 Feb 2023
  • News

Can We Really Engineer a Climate Fix?

also an economic consideration. Because you have to have a whole measurement and verification process that says, yeah, in fact, you did capture these set of molecules. You actually did move them someplace where they can be stored or... View Details
  • 01 Sep 2015
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First Look -- September 1, 2015

high levels of reserves acts as a hedge against negative external shocks. A quantitative exercise, in which our model matches features of the Brazilian economic fluctuations and exchange-rate volatility, suggests this strategy to be... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 04 Oct 2011
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First Look: October 4

environmental protection was decoupled from regulation. These mechanisms include (a) the intense emphasis on economic growth leading to misaligned incentives and regulatory competition across regions, (b) fragmented bureaucratic... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Dec 2019
  • News

Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2019

underground economic activities work to put cyber currencies in context, the book discusses the benefits and drawbacks of the increased role of cyber currencies in today's underground economy. It also includes an appendix of illuminating... View Details
  • 27 Jan 2009
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First Look: January 27, 2009

  Working PapersWhen Does Domestic Saving Matter for Economic Growth? Authors:Philippe Aghion, Diego Comin, Peter Howitt, and Isabel Tecu Abstract Can a country grow faster by saving more? We address this question both theoretically and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 17 Sep 2013
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First Look: September 17

http://www.people.hbs.edu/shanson/shortint_text_20130814_FINAL.pdf September 2013 Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes Cheating More for Less: Upward Social Comparisons Motivate the Poorly Compensated to Cheat By: John,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 14 Dec 2010
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First Look: Dec. 14

of shared beliefs resulting in similar and concurrent firm behavior; second, that firms notice and imitate the behaviors of firms from the same prior industry; and third, that as firms gain experience with particular features, the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 28 Jan 2015
  • Research & Ideas

Ground Game, Air Wars, and Other Marketing Lessons From Presidential Elections

he says. "In certain elections, one party has the advantage. If that advantage is very small, because of economic reasons or other factors, then advertising has an effect. If the advantage is big, there is a limit to what advertising can... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • Web

Improve Decision-Making in Hiring: Common Pitfalls and How to Avoid Them - Recruiting

to make a lasting difference. What is Unconscious Bias? Unconscious or implicit bias is the term for the mental processes that cause a person to act in ways that reinforce stereotypes even when in our conscious mind we would deem that View Details
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Matt Spielman

Matt helped grow IAG Research, which became the arbiter of advertising effectiveness. IAG was acquired by Nielsen.   Matt holds a B.A. in Economics from Columbia College and an M.B.A. from HBS. He earned his Executive Coaching... View Details
Keywords: Consumer Products; Entertainment / Media; Entrepreneurship; Financial Services (All); Investment Banking; Financial Services (All); Investment Management; Financial Services (All); Sports; Technology; Venture Capital; Financial Services (All)
  • 26 Jun 2018
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New Research and Ideas, June 26, 2018

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54598 Governance Through Shame and Aspiration: Index Creation and Corporate Behavior By: Chattopadhyay, Akash, Matthew D. Shaffer, and Charles C.Y. Wang Abstract—After decades of both... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 30 May 2005
  • Research & Ideas

Germany’s Pioneering Corporate Managers

1933-1945; the Federal Republic (West Germany) or German Democratic Republic (East Germany) 1945-1989. In terms of political or economic history, these divisions make a lot of sense, but in terms of individuals' experiences or business... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne