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Effects of Description of Options on Parental Perinatal Decision-Making

By: Marlyse F. Haward, Leslie K. John, John M. Lorenz and Baruch Fischhoff
Objective: To examine whether parents' delivery room management decisions for extremely preterm infants are influenced by (a) the degree of detail with which options-comfort care (CC) or intensive care (IC)-are presented or (b) their order of presentation. Methods: 309... View Details
Keywords: Decision Making; Values and Beliefs; Personal Characteristics; Attitudes; Motivation and Incentives; Family and Family Relationships; Health Care and Treatment
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By: Iavor I. Bojinov
Over the last decade, technology companies like Amazon, Google, and Netflix have pioneered data-driven research and development processes centered on massive experimentation. However, as companies increase the breadth and scale of their experiments to millions of... View Details
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Over the last decade, technology companies like Amazon, Google, and Netflix have pioneered data-driven research and development processes centered on massive experimentation. However, as companies increase the breadth and scale of their experiments to millions of... View Details
  • 28 Feb 2018
  • HBS Seminar

Kartik Hosanagar, Wharton, University of Pennsylvania

  • October 2016
  • Article

Looking Across and Looking Beyond the Knowledge Frontier: Intellectual Distance and Resource Allocation in Science

By: Kevin J. Boudreau, Eva Guinan, Karim R. Lakhani and Christoph Riedl
Selecting among alternative innovative projects is a core management task in all innovating organizations. In this paper, we focus on the evaluation of frontier scientific research projects. We argue that the "intellectual distance" between the knowledge embodied in... View Details
Keywords: Knowledge; Innovation; Novelty; Evaluation; Resource Allocation; Decision Choices and Conditions; Innovation and Management; Science-Based Business; Experience and Expertise
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  • 11 Dec 2012
  • First Look

First Look: Dec. 11

information about address value and assuring allocative efficiency. Download the paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=41297 Vulnerable Banks Authors:Greenwood, Robin, Augustin Landier, and David Thesmar Abstract When a bank View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Faculty & Research

choice architecture for online privacy using a field experiment that randomizes cookie consent banners. We study three ways in which firms or policymakers can influence choices: (1) nudging users through... View Details
  • 17 Apr 2025
  • HBS Seminar

Maria De-Arteaga, McCombs School of Business, UT Austin

  • 22 May 2019
  • Blog Post

What is FIELD Global Immersion?

their RC Sections! Projects are then assigned to teams at random being mindful of potential conflicts of interest. What is GEO and what is its role in the planning and execution of FIELD? GEO is short for Global View Details
  • 25 Feb 2019
  • Research & Ideas

How Gender Stereotypes Kill a Woman’s Self-Confidence

tests, and to guess the performance of a random partner whose gender was revealed. Both men and women exaggerated the actual gender performance gaps on average, overstating the male advantage in male-typed domains as well as overstating... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 05 Sep 2023
  • Book

Failing Well: How Your ‘Intelligent Failure’ Unlocks Your Full Potential

Business School Professor Amy Edmondson argues in her new book Right Kind of Wrong: The Science of Failing Well. Alimta is an example of an “intelligent failure,” Edmondson says, because the scientists developing it had no way to advance their project other than to... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 03 Jan 2013
  • Working Paper Summaries

The Value of Advice: Evidence from Mobile Phone-Based Agricultural Extension

Keywords: by Shawn A. Cole; Agriculture & Agribusiness
  • 30 Apr 2021
  • Research & Ideas

Why Anger Makes a Wrongly Accused Person Look Guilty

co-worker. In each scenario, the researchers randomized Nathan’s response, telling subjects he either calmly denied the allegation, or flew off the handle and yelled angrily when confronted. Participants on average rated the guilt of the... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 31 Aug 2020
  • Blog Post

Five Important Steps before Taking the Entrepreneurial Leap

Dia&Co as well as their private label business. At Hilma, Nina leverages her expertise launching innovative products in the DTC and retail space, her Harvard MBA, and personal experiences of being raised by two doctors. Nina... View Details
  • 05 Nov 2020
  • Blog Post

12 Weeks of VC Summer: Remote Edition

would I be able to pick up the necessary skills to succeed in a new role and build meaningful relationships with the team and the entrepreneurs? Would I enjoy this experience? I had some previous experience working remotely, but being new... View Details
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Technology & Operations Management - Faculty & Research

consequences of choice architecture for online privacy using a field experiment that randomizes cookie consent banners. We study three ways in which firms or policymakers can influence choices: (1) nudging... View Details
  • 26 Mar 2013
  • First Look

First Look: March 26

http://ssrn.com/abstract=2232177 How Elastic Are Preferences for Redistribution? Evidence from Randomized Survey Experiments By: Kuziemko, Ilyana, Michael I. Norton, Emmanuel Saez, and Stefanie Stantcheva... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 30 Oct 2018
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New Research and Ideas, October 30, 2018

methods (decision trees, random forests, K-nearest neighbors, and neural networks) to reveal patterns in data that could be used for theory building. We also illustrate how ML methods can illuminate interactions and non-linear effects... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 29 Aug 2006
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First Look: August 29, 2006

standard deviation of demand, one that has been employed successfully in the recent literature uses dispersion among experts' forecasts. However, there has been limited empirical validation of this methodology. In this paper we provide a general methodology for... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 22 May 2018
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New Research and Ideas, May 22, 2018

strong beliefs in the meaning of their work experience better performance. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54523 Negotiating a Better Future: How Interpersonal Skills Facilitate Inter-Generational... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman