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- 24 Oct 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 24, 2017
within people affect performance in tasks that involve interactions between people through two mechanisms: role-immersion, operationalized as intrinsic motivation, and role-taking, operationalized as perspective-taking. In Study 1, a longitudinal View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Feb 2013
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First Look: Feb. 12
organizational networks, and new avenues of sustainable business growth. Providing comprehensive coverage of the field of management, the encyclopedia spans fourteen subject volumes providing a landmark work of reference for scholars,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Feb 2014
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First Look: February 25
When, and How Much to Entertain Consumers in Advertisements? A Web-based Facial Tracking Field Study By: Teixeira, Thales, Rosalind Picard, and Rana el Kaliouby Abstract—The presence of positive entertainment (e.g., visual imagery, upbeat... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Jan 2013
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First Look: Jan. 22
similar concepts, such as path dependence and cohort effects. We then provide a framework to order and unite the splintered field of imprinting research at different levels of analysis. In doing so, we identify economic, technological,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Feb 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Power of the Noncompete Clause
Marx—who holds six patents—spent ten years as an inventor and executive in the field of speech recognition. In this e-mail interview, he discusses the impact of noncompetes for inventors and those who would tie their hands. Martha Lagace:... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 27 Feb 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, February 27, 2018
entrepreneurs. A field study conducted on question-and-answer interactions at TechCrunch Disrupt New York City during 2010 through 2016 reveals that investors tend to ask male entrepreneurs promotion-focused questions and female... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Oct 2013
- Op-Ed
Response to Readers: Combating Climate Change with Nuclear Power and Fracking
With more than 7,500 views and 180-plus tweets, I want to thank everyone for taking the time to read the original HBS Working Knowledge piece, The Case for Combating Climate Change with Nuclear Power and Fracking, and, in particular, for sharing your thoughts with one... View Details
- 04 Nov 2008
- First Look
First Look: November 4, 2008
Inc.—Engineered Products Division Harvard Business School Case 709-434 Curled Metal Incorporated has declining sales but has developed a new product (curled metal pile driver pads) that, in field tests, deliver customer benefits that are... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 10 Oct 2007
- First Look
First Look: First Look: October 10
We illustrate our ideas with examples from field studies across numerous industry contexts, and conclude with a discussion of implications of this complex relationship for performance management. View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 07 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
XTV: Xerox’s Attempted Recovery From “Fumbling the Future”
electronic-document access technologies, and on previous PARC research in fields like cognition and anthropology. The culmination of these efforts in 1991 produced two innovative systems devices: the E-Case, a portable electronic-document... View Details
Keywords: by Henry Chesbrough
- 06 Mar 2018
- First Look
First Look at Research and Ideas, March 6, 2018
paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50612 Surfacing the Submerged State: Operational Transparency Increases Trust in and Engagement with Government By: Buell, Ryan W., Ethan Porter, and Michael I. Norton Abstract—Three studies, using original... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Jul 2018
- What Do You Think?
Should CEO Satya Nadella Cancel Microsoft’s Contract with ICE?
“I would caution Nadella to remember he has a duty to Microsoft shareholders. If at an annual meeting it was decided that a majority of shareholders supported the concept of not providing product and services to a government agency, I would support (it).” Ricky View Details
- 24 Jun 2013
- Research & Ideas
Is Your iPhone Turning You Into a Wimp?
tell." Next Steps In a related line of work, the researchers are studying whether our behavior is affected by how we sleep - curled up in the fetal position, for example, versus limbs sprawled across the bed. Bos and Cuddy also are planning to conduct a View Details
- 07 Jul 2010
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First Look: July 7
even small differences in members' status perceptions—differences that may not be apparent to the members themselves—can diminish coordination, generate task conflict, and weaken performance. Survey data from a longitudinal field study of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Porter’s Perspective: Competing in the Global Economy
interconnected companies, specialized suppliers, service providers, firms in related industries, and associated institutions in particular fields that compete but also cooperate") in your 1990 book The Competitive Advantage of... View Details
Keywords: Re: Michael E. Porter
- 03 Sep 2013
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First Look: September 3
with moderately popular blogs and seem to persist after participants enroll in the program. Working Papers Social Comparisons and Deception Across Workplace Hierarchies: Field and Experimental Evidence By: Edelman, Benjamin, and Ian... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Jan 2009
- First Look
First Look: January 27, 2009
documents/opim/seminars/Steffenson_McElheran_JMP_011408.pdf Highbrow Films Gather Dust: Time-inconsistent Preferences and Online DVD Rentals Authors:Katherine L. Milkman, Todd Rogers, and Max H. Bazerman Publication:Management Science (in press) Abstract We report on a... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 26 Feb 2019
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New Research and Ideas, February 26, 2019
Many managers interpret Reg FD subjectively, often relying on individual industry norms to decide where to draw the line. Ultimately, the ambiguity of Reg FD leads to considerable variation in the information managers privately provide to investors, undermining the... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 08 Aug 2017
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First Look at Research and Ideas, August 8, 2017
we show that individuals who spend money on time-saving services report greater life satisfaction. A field experiment provides causal evidence that working adults report greater happiness after spending money on a time-saving purchase... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Mar 2017
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First Look at New Research, March 7
Abstract—Himachal Pradesh outperforms other Indian states in implementing universal primary education. Through comparative field research, this article finds that bureaucratic norms—unwritten rules that guide public officials—influence... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne