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- 28 Aug 2012
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First Look: August 28
paper conducts one of the first large-scale, establishment-level empirical studies of delegation within firms. Recent contributions to a rapidly growing theory literature have focused on the tradeoff between adaptation and coordination in determining organizational...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Sep 2016
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September 6, 2016
1959 as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Honda Motor Company to facilitate sales and distribution in the United States. The details of American Honda’s early history have long served as evidence in debates among scholars and practitioners...
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Carmen Nobel
- 18 Jun 2014
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: ‘Collective Genius’
organizations were able to: CollaborateEngage in discovery-driven learning Make integrative decisions Our leaders' uniform emphasis on fostering these three capabilities will not surprise anyone familiar with existing research on innovative prob¬lem solving. Much View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
The Accidental Innovator
deliver this spring’s Commencement address. As he greets a visitor to his bare-bones office in Mountain View, California, there’s little evidence of this former hedge-fund analyst’s meteoric rise to rock-star status as a kind of online...
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- 13 Feb 2006
- Research & Ideas
Turning High Potential into Real Reward
Professor Joseph B. Lassiter III's research explores entrepreneurial marketing in high-potential ventures. He describes entrepreneurial marketing as a mindset and a process, one that involves gathering specific evidence that convinces a...
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- 11 Oct 2004
- Research & Ideas
Four Ways to Create Lasting Change
(comparable-store sales increases). At Alpha, as "comps" began to suffer, the firm also started to collect anecdotal as well as more systematic evidence of declines in customer satisfaction. In particular, customers seemed...
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by Martha Lagace
- 03 Apr 2018
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New Research and Ideas, April 3, 2018
working paper: https://pubwww.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53681 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 both...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 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...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Feb 2011
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First Look: Feb. 23
(forthcoming) Abstract We here bring forward strong evidence that political instability impedes financial development, with its variation a primary determinant of differences in financial development around the world. As such, it needs to...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 09 May 2017
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New Research and Ideas, May 9
American Economic Review The Costs of Sovereign Default: Evidence from Argentina By: Hébert, Benjamin, and Jesse Schreger Abstract—We estimate the causal effect of sovereign default on the equity returns of Argentine firms. We identify...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Jan 2013
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First Look: January 15
particular setting. This paper exploits a plausibly exogenous change in the liability structure offered by a microfinance program in India, which shifted from individual to group liability lending. We find evidence that the lending model...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Jul 2016
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July 19, 2016
assessed by understanding patterns of coupling among components in a system. Publisher's link: https://pubwww.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51343 in press Journal of Experimental Psychology: General Experience Theory, or How Desserts...
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Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Inequality in the Digital Age: A Conversation with Mahzarin Banaji - Blog: RaGE Report
line with your own values? Whatever my values are, I'm totally committed to making sure that I behave in line with [them]. The last 50 to 60 years of my field, experimental psychology, has consistently shown that is not the case. People...
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- 29 Aug 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 29
using original experimental as well as field data from the city of Boston, Massachusetts, show that revealing the “submerged state”—ensuring that citizens can see the often-hidden work that government performs—enhances both perceptions of...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Nov 2013
- First Look
First Look: November 26
https://pubwww.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=45847 August 2013 Journal of Experimental Psychology: General Get Excited: Reappraising Pre-Performance Anxiety as Excitement By: Brooks, Alison Wood Abstract—Individuals often feel anxious...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Oct 2011
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First Look: October 12
punishment are correlated. We present three pieces of evidence (across countries, within the U.S., and an experimental exercise) that are consistent with the model. Download the paper:...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Oct 2010
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First Look: October 19, 2010
PublicationsFeeling Good about Giving: The Benefits (and Costs) of Self-interested Charitable Behavior Authors:L. Anik, L. B. Aknin, M. I. Norton, and E. W. Dunn Publication:In The Science of Giving: Experimental Approaches to the Study...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Jun 2014
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First Look: June 17
and David Drake Abstract—In an experimental newsvendor setting we investigate three phenomena: level behavior-the decision-maker's average ordering tendency; adjustment behavior-the tendency to adjust period-to-period order quantities;...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Jan 2013
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First Look: Jan. 29
reads for hospital customers. We examine more than 2.7 million cases read by 97 radiologists for 1,431 customers and find evidence supporting the benefits of customer-specific experience accumulated by individual radiologists....
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Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Jul 2009
- Research & Ideas
Markets or Communities? The Best Ways to Manage Outside Innovation
both worlds. Q: What are you working on currently? A: I am furthering my understanding of markets and communities for innovation by conducting field experiments in software development. My colleagues and I hope to provide experimental...
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