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  • 03 May 2011
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First Look: May 3

as well as economic value and who pair micromanagement with big-picture aspirations about the future. The authors, who have studied, taught, and interviewed executives in some of the world's leading companies, assert that such leaders... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 14 Feb 2022
  • Research & Ideas

Curiosity, Not Coding: 6 Skills Leaders Need in the Digital Age

learning, pivoting all along the way. Though it won’t be easy, even perfectionist Type-A personalities must open their minds to a more experimental approach. Those who rely on traditional strategic thinking—an approach one roundtable... View Details
Keywords: by Linda A. Hill, Ann Le Cam, Sunand Menon, and Emily Tedards; Technology
  • 16 Jul 2013
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First Look: July 16

between bundling and indirect network effects, we find that they act as substitute strategies, with a lower relative effectiveness for bundling when network effects are stronger. 2013 pub From Social Control to Financial Economics: The Linked Ecologies of View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
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Entrepreneurial Management - Faculty & Research

established firms by examining the antecedents and consequences of various forms of entrepreneurial opportunity identification and opportunity pursuit for individuals, organizations, and industries. We see experimentation and innovation... View Details
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Entrepreneurship - Faculty & Research

form surrounding innovation and influence when innovation is more likely to occur. These factors not only govern how much experimentation is undertaken in the economy, but also the trajectory of experimentation, with potentially very deep... View Details
  • 28 Jul 2015
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First Look: July 28, 2015

credibility of these reviews is fundamentally undermined when businesses commit review fraud, creating fake reviews for themselves or their competitors. We investigate the economic incentives to commit review fraud on the popular review... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
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Technology & Innovation - Faculty & Research

driver of wealth creation and economic growth. Partnerships to foster the translational processes from public research organizations, such as universities and hospitals, to private firms are a policy tool that has attracted increased... View Details
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2023 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

economic inequality, driving environmental destruction, and sustaining systems of racial injustice. Join Professor Debora Spar and a panel of fellow alumni for a discussion about where business and society interact and occasionally... View Details
  • 17 Apr 2012
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First Look: April 17

http://www.people.hbs.edu/mnorton/aknin%20dunn%20norton.pdf Correlation in the Multiplayer Electronic Mail Game Authors:Peter A. Coles and Ran Shorrer Publication:B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics (forthcoming) Abstract In variants of... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 18 Jul 2023
  • Research & Ideas

Will Global Demand for Oil Peak This Decade?

Is the globe’s thirst for oil finally topping out? A major international energy watcher says yes, predicting last month that demand for global oil for transport will peak around 2026, plateau for all uses by 2028, and possibly hit a zenith by the end of the decade.... View Details
Keywords: by Alvin Powell, Harvard Gazette; Energy; Industrial Products; Auto; Green Technology
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Business & Environment - Faculty & Research

experimental methods to further demonstrate causality and to consider the effects of potential moderators. These findings have implications for decisions related to product pricing, placement and assortment, store layout, and the choice... View Details
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Human Behavior & Decision-Making - Faculty & Research

by Attractive Men By: Alison Wood Brooks , Laura Huang, Sarah Kearney and Fiona Murray Entrepreneurship is a central path to job creation, economic growth, and prosperity. In the earliest stages of start-up business creation, the matching... View Details
  • 16 Nov 2010
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First Look: November 16, 2010

We close with an attempt to identify strategies to close the gap between the unethical people we are and the ethical people that we strive to be. Truth in Giving: Experimental Evidence on the Welfare Effects of Informed Giving to the Poor... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

    Alan D. MacCormack

    Alan MacCormack is the MBA Class of 1949 Adjunct Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School, a member of The Digital, Data, and Design (D^3) Institute at Harvard, and a core faculty member... View Details

    Keywords: automotive; communications; computer; e-commerce industry; electronics; high technology; information technology industry; internet; semiconductor; software; telecommunications; venture capital industry
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    Leadership - Faculty & Research

    people (zones of attention), between feedback and evaluation (zones of judgment), between decision rights and improvement rights (zones of slack), and for set periods of experimentation (zones of time). By balancing transparency and... View Details
    • 13 Aug 2012
    • Research & Ideas

    When Good Incentives Lead to Bad Decisions

    loan officers were more judicious about issuing loans when their bonus incentives were tied to whether the loans performed well. More surprisingly, they found that incentives actually have the power to distort loan officers' perceptions of how a loan will perform. An... View Details
    Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Banking
    • 11 Dec 2007
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    First Look: December 11, 2007

    336-339 Abstract Experimental economics and social psychology share an interest in a widening subset of topics, relying on similar lab-based methods to address similar questions about human behavior, yet... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
    • 18 Dec 2012
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    First Look: December 18

    consistency between instrument, research question, and context. Paper: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1838538   Working PapersGrowth through Heterogeneous Innovations Authors:Akcigit, Ufuk, and William R. Kerr Abstract We study how exploration versus exploitation innovations... View Details
    Keywords: Carmen Nobel
    • 21 Apr 2015
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    First Look: April 21

    productivity and employment. There are few significant differences between industries with limited and high private equity activity. It is hard to find support for claims that economic activity in industries with private equity backing is... View Details
    Keywords: Carmen Nobel & Sean Silverthorne
    • 15 Sep 2022
    • Research & Ideas

    Looking For a Job? Some LinkedIn Connections Matter More Than Others

    advancement—especially important in a hot labor market at a time of economic uncertainty. “Your digital network can have lasting implications on how your career progresses, not just over the next year, but over your whole life,” says... View Details
    Keywords: by Michael Blanding