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- 27 Jan 2009
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First Look: January 27, 2009
gain more experience with online DVD rentals, the extent to which they hold should films longer than want films decreases. Our results suggest that present bias has a meaningful impact on choice in the field... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- Profile
Phillip Michael Strazzulla
lucky because you have ten or twenty classmates with experience in that field who you can email and say, `Let’s have coffee at Spangler and I’m going to ask you some questions.’ You would probably ask three... View Details
- 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
- 03 Oct 2017
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First Look at Research and Ideas, October 3, 2017
marriage market, this study provides timely and compelling empirical evidence of the unintended consequences on later life outcomes of sex selection in India. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53295 Habit Formation and Rational... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Feb 2012
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First Look: February 14
research, we propose that socialization leads to more effective employment relationships when it starts with newcomers expressing their personal identities. In a field experiment carried out in a large... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 21 Mar 2017
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First Look at New Research, March 21
hiring manager, which in turn lead to less support for the hiring decision. We find support for our model in two experimental studies and two field studies. We discuss implications for the literature on referral practices, ethics, and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Dec 2006
- Research & Ideas
Improving Public Health for the Poor
low cost or a business providing goods or services that end or reduce respiratory ailments. Bringing together public healthcare and market forces "could have huge impact," says Chu. That feeling was underscored by Chu's own extensive View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Higher Ground
on his rapport with the musicians and—in a field where operating budgets depend heavily on philanthropic support—his ability to work a room, the serious matter of contract negotiation began in late spring 2005. With all the particulars... View Details
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
Starting Up and Starting Over
himself had detected a groundswell of impending postwar entrepreneurialism among his fellow GIs, based on conversations with them during his service in the Pacific. Back at Soldiers Field in 1946, Mace, with the backing of Dean David, set... View Details
- 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
- 30 May 2007
- Research & Ideas
Health Care Under a Research Microscope
regulated industry, so anyone who's interested in business and government would be a player. It has a social and ethical component to it. So this is fertile ground to study a lot of other phenomena." The School has assembled a talented set of practitioners and... View Details
- 04 Feb 2022
- Blog Post
Energy and Cleantech: Career Advice from the Career & Professional Development Office
about 80% of them today versus 50% in 2017. CPD has responded to this growing interest by adding career coaches with experience in energy, cleantech, mobility, and impact investing, and increasing the number of coaches who work in VC and... View Details
- 09 Jun 2015
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First Look: June 9, 2015
benefit from revealing unit cost information to consumers. A natural field experiment conducted with an online retailer suggests that cost transparency boosts sales. Six subsequent controlled lab View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Sep 2012
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First Look: September 18
Drawing on authenticity research, we propose that the initial stage of socialization leads to more effective employment relationships when it starts with newcomers expressing their personal identities. In a field View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Jul 2016
- Blog Post
Advice on Switching Careers While at HBS
It is a feeling that is familiar to many of us, the “career switchers”: beginning an MBA program with a keen interest in a different industry, yet not really sure where to start. I had worked in management consulting for three years before HBS, and while I loved my... View Details
- 11 Feb 2016
- Blog Post
First Came Love, then Came Business School
the same days off and holidays! We have had the chance to go to some incredible places with the friends we have met here at HBS. We know how lucky we are to have the chance to travel together. We chose to go to different locations for View Details
- 25 Aug 2014
- News
Gerald Chertavian, MBA 1992
Up stems from his experience as a volunteer in the Big Brother Big Sister program. After earning a degree in economics from Bowdoin College, Chertavian worked at Chemical Bank in New York City, where he volunteered as a mentor to... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Looking for a Leader: The Role of Executive Search Firms
field research. Over a period of six years, he interviewed nearly forty board members of Fortune 500 companies who, together, had participated in more than a hundred CEO successions. Subsequently, he visited leading executive search... View Details
- 11 Jun 2020
- Blog Post
Know Your Audience - Recruiting HBS Students for Venture Capital
prior finance experience, they bring a combined 14 years of Career & Professional Development expertise, helping firms develop their HBS recruiting strategy and connect with students. A Vested Interest in Venture Capital HBS students are highly motivated to enter... View Details
Keywords: Venture Capital / Private Equity
- 01 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 1
experience yields improved performance. Experience, however, can take many forms. Building on recent studies on learning in operations, we distinguish between repetition of task (i.e., prior experience with... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace