Randomized Field Experiment - Publications - Faculty & Research

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

11 Jan 2017
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Leadership and Diversity at HBS

City. His determination and grit from the football field translated well to the workplace, and he later went on to work in private equity before applying to HBS. We checked in with Bruce to learn more about his time at HBS and his... View Details

15 Feb 2016
Blog Post

Coming to HBS with a Non-Finance Background

First off, apply – go for it! It’s one of the best decisions I ever made. If you do decide to apply and go to business school, I would also consider doing something totally different career wise, such as an externship, for 3-4 months, if you can. The unique View Details

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

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Reweaving Ourselves and the World: New Perspectives on Climate Change - Course Catalog

course, know the answer to these questions, but this class is for you if you’re looking for a highly interdisciplinary, collective conversation about them, pulling together students from across the university and leading-edge practitioners from a wide variety of... View Details

10 Jun 2021
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Managing Sustainable Advantage with Key ESG Cofounders, Anne-Marie Schoonbeek and Heleen van Poecke

to joining HBS, Schoonbeek worked at McKinsey for two years analyzing a range of business problems in different industries. “HBS was a very logical extension to that experience because after a few years at McKinsey you have an... View Details

11 Dec 2014
News

Fashion's Retail Revolution

field trips. “Department stores were the arbiters of fashion,” says Rajiv Lal, the Stanley Roth, Sr. Professor of Retailing at HBS, whose current research looks at the uncertain future of today’s department stores. Then, you were likely... View Details

Keywords: April White; fashion; Leather and Allied Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Finance

22 Feb 2022
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Lessons Learned from My HBS Career Journey in Environmental Sustainability

a battery startup, and this experience along with the conversations I had with HBS Career & Professional Development (CPD), convinced me to pursue an internship at a battery startup. Exploring the Startup Space Finding a startup role,... View Details

Keywords: Energy / Cleantech

21 Oct 2008
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First Look: October 21, 2008

Working PapersCan Higher Prices Stimulate Product Use? Evidence from a Field Experiment in Zambia (revised) Authors:Nava Ashraf, James Berry, and Jesse M. Shapiro Abstract The controversy over whether and... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

27 Dec 2015
Research & Ideas

The Most Popular Stories and Research Papers of 2015

healthy competition to increase patient value. Incentives versus Reciprocity: Insights from a Field Experiment (523) What are the most effective forms of sales force compensation? Findings provided by Doug... View Details

19 Mar 2019
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New Research and Ideas, March 19, 2019

sequence of actions can have different psychological effects due to the role of mutual agreement. Finally, we contribute to research on consumers’ shared experiences by suggesting a novel mechanism for committing to such experiences:... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

23 Jul 2001
Research & Ideas

Looking for CEOs in All the Wrong Places

ability, even when experience and academic research have shown that link to be tenuous. Other circumstances such as market conditions and the skills and experience of the company's senior management team can... View Details

Keywords: by Peter K. Jacobs; Employment

01 May 2007
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First Look: May 1, 2007

organization members. Building on existing research about the management of multiple identity organizations, we report results from a longitudinal field study of lower-level members of a multiple identity organization and develop a... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

10 Oct 2000
Research & Ideas

Cross-Sector Collaboration: Lessons from the International Trachoma Initiative

both Clark and Pfizer. The Clark Foundation had spent 25 years funding research to prevent tropical diseases and now had an opportunity to leverage this experience and see its research applied in affected communities. Indeed, it had... View Details

Keywords: by Diana Barrett, James Austin & Sheila McCarthy

15 Nov 2020
News

Exploring China’s Belt & Road Initiative

Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). The culmination of an immersive field course, the trip brought the students’ classroom learning to life and offered insight into one of China’s major political and economic development programs. Combining... View Details

01 Feb 1999
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Short Takes

Bulletin. In her working paper, "Psychological Safety and Learning Behavior in Work Teams," Edmondson presents field research she conducted at Office Design Incorporated (ODI), a midwestern manufacturer of office systems and furniture... View Details

Keywords: Judith A. Ross

01 Mar 2010
News

Alumni Books

large book on the life and work of the late Stanley Meltzoff, a noted U.S. commercial artist, has nearly 190 color plates showing works ranging from illustrations for the Armed Forces’ Stars and Stripes and his covers for Field & Stream,... View Details

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

01 Dec 2010
News

Do Good: Eat Chocolate

A FEEL-GOOD HIGH: Founder Sarah Endline with sweetriot’s tiny treats. As a girl in Auburn, Michigan, a small town two hours north of Detroit, Sarah Endline (MBA 2001) grew up with a clear understanding of the link between crops in the View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; candy; chocolate; Crop Production; Agriculture; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing

08 Jun 2009
Research & Ideas

The Return of the Salesman

Traveling Salesman in American Culture (1995) and my book, Birth of a Salesman (2004). In the past few years, scholars have done a lot of work on 20th-century salespeople in Europe, comparing these experiences with those in the United... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail

22 Jan 2025
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Career Risks and Professional Growth: Finding a Fulfilling Career with Paige Arnof-Fenn (MBA 1991)

leap wasn’t without its struggles. I had to prove myself in a new field and convince recruiters that my analytical background gave me a unique advantage as a marketer. Persistence and self-belief became my greatest allies. After HBS, I... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

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