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- 05 Dec 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, December 5, 2017
conformity comes at a steep price for our careers and personal lives. When we mindlessly accept rules and norms rather than questioning and constructively rebelling against them, we ultimately end up stuck and unfulfilled. As leaders, we are less View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Dec 2015
- News
The Year in Ideas 2015
saying, “I just can’t get any work done; the media keeps calling about my last study.” But she knows better. That working paper, coauthored with HBS faculty, dissected the humblebrag, finding that “bragging masked by a complaint” makes you less likable, and isn’t View Details
- 21 Dec 2010
- First Look
First Look: December 21
characteristics, in particular age. In a second treatment we explicitly tell children not to cheat. This request has a dampening effect on their tendency to over-report the prize-winning outcome, especially...
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- 08 Aug 2017
- First Look
First Look at Research and Ideas, August 8, 2017
using money to buy time can protect people from the detrimental effects of time pressure on life satisfaction. Publisher's link: https://pubwww.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52953 Governance Through Shame and Aspiration: Index Creation...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 28 May 2019
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2019
Disabilities by Laure Wang (MBA 1997) Self-published This book is a guide for everyone—caregivers, therapists, and people with physical disabilities—based on Wang’s experiences, and can serve as a handbook of etiquette for the treatment...
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- 27 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 27
of rapid technological change. Free to Punish? The American Dream and the Harsh Treatment of Criminals Authors:Rafael Di Tella Publication:CATO Papers on Public Policy 1 (2011) Abstract We describe the evolution of selective aspects of...
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Carmen Nobel
- 08 Mar 2019
- Blog Post
Reclaiming Feminism: A Celebration of International Women’s Day
but I stand as 10,000." We stand on the shoulders of giants and are reaching back for those who come behind us. Lieutenant Commander Alison Wagner (MBA '19) To me, feminism is synonymous with advocacy—advocating for equal rights and View Details
- 31 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
Why These Business School Professors Oppose Trump's Executive Order on Immigration
Chad Sparber looked at changes in applications to U.S. colleges before and after the reduction in the annual quota of H-1B visas that took effect in 2003. (The H-1B visa is the United States’ largest visa for skilled temporary work.) Even...
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- 04 Feb 2014
- First Look
First Look: February 4
Washington State) and by participants with responsibility to enforce rules in an experimental lab setting. We also show that this effect is driven by psychological reactance. We discuss both the theoretical and practical implications of...
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Sean Silverthlorne
- 13 Mar 2018
- News
Leadership Lessons from the “Lone Survivor” Mission
effective in the moment. But learning those skills later on in life on how to reflect, on how to really parse what I was feeling and thinking at that time, and not only what it means to me, but what it means to other leaders, that only...
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- 20 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
Here’s How Businessman Trump Is Likely to Approach the Presidency
that his or her followers accord the organization, including its values, its charter, and those charged with serving as stewards of these critical aspects. We have yet to see Mr. Trump evidence such respect or incite it among his fellow Americans. Anyone we would say...
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by Christina Pazzanese
- 20 Nov 2006
- Research & Ideas
Open Source Science: A New Model for Innovation
innovation and product development strategies. His latest research analyzes how open source norms of transparency, permeable access, and collaboration might work with scientists. What he and his coauthors discovered: "broadcasting" or introducing problems to...
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by Martha Lagace
- 03 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 3, 2006
highlights the process through which diversity initiatives become successful and offers insight into how organizations can more effectively recruit and retain a diverse workforce. Download working paper:...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Jun 2002
- Research & Ideas
How to Look at Globalization Now
global share have been dispersed across an increasing number of competitors—deconcentrating effects that the recent wave of mergers and acquisitions has barely begun to reverse. Yet more than one large automaker seems to have engaged in...
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by Martha Lagace
- Web
Annual Report 2019 - Annual Report 2019
Economic Council Larry Summers—examined the decisions they made and steps they took to try to stabilize the financial system. Professors Robin Greenwood and David Scharfstein co-chaired the conference to, in Greenwood’s words, “better understand the past and prepare...
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- 04 Apr 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 4
elections shows that voter registration requirements have significant effects on turnout, resulting in unequal participation. We assigned 20,500 apartments to one control or six treatment groups that...
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Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Podcast - Managing the Future of Work
Philadelphia. So we founded the company virtually, and we always had a virtual relationship. Less than 15 years later, Veeva is a publicly traded company, helping the pharma industry make the big shift to digital so companies can get new View Details
- 15 Sep 2011
- Research & Ideas
High Ambition Leadership
improvement processes of one kind or another, innovation, and so on. With a few notable exceptions—including Jim Collins's work on "Level Five" leaders, and the treatment of leadership both in my previous book, High Commitment, High...
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by Martha Lagace
- 03 Jan 2017
- First Look
January 3, 2017
support for Trump, the candidate who scores lower on competence in our survey. But two groups respond to the treatment with a large (between 5 and 7 percentage points) increase in their support for Donald Trump: those living in rural...
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Carmen Nobel
- 18 Aug 2011
- Lessons from the Classroom
Business Plan Contest: 15 Years of Building Better Entrepreneurs
money, bought out his partner, and relaunched the company with new people, eventually moving over to an advisory role as chairman of the board. Potentia initially accepted small amounts of funding to pursue several ideas before zooming in on a View Details