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Using Fresh Starts to Nudge Increased Retirement Savings
By: John Beshears, Hengchen Dai, Katherine L. Milkman and Shlomo Benartzi
We conducted a field experiment to study the effect of framing future moments in time as new beginnings (or “fresh starts”). University employees (N=6,082) received mailings with an opportunity to choose between increasing their contributions to a savings plan...
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Beshears, John, Hengchen Dai, Katherine L. Milkman, and Shlomo Benartzi. "Using Fresh Starts to Nudge Increased Retirement Savings." Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes 167 (November 2021): 72–87.
- October 2021
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Changing Gambling Behavior through Experiential Learning
By: Shawn A. Cole, Martin Abel and Bilal Zia
This paper tests experiential learning as a debiasing tool to reduce gambling in South Africa, through a randomized field experiment. The study implements a simple, interactive game that simulates the odds of winning the national lottery through dice rolling....
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Cole, Shawn A., Martin Abel, and Bilal Zia. "Changing Gambling Behavior through Experiential Learning." World Bank Economic Review 35, no. 3 (October 2021).
- September–October 2017
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When It's Time to Expand Beyond the Base
By: Marco Bertini and Nader Tavassoli
Bertini, Marco, and Nader Tavassoli. "When It's Time to Expand Beyond the Base." Harvard Business Review 95, no. 5 (September–October 2017): 143–147.
- September 30, 2020
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How Nonprofit Foundations Can Sustainably Fund Disease Research
By: Richard G. Hamermesh and Kathy Giusti
Hamermesh, Richard G., and Kathy Giusti. "How Nonprofit Foundations Can Sustainably Fund Disease Research." Harvard Business Review Digital Articles (September 30, 2020).
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A Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing Comparison of Cataract Surgeries Across Distinct Settings in Three Countries: U.S., India, and Nepal
By: Robert S. Kaplan, Jiayin Xue, John Hinkle, Mary-Grace Reeves, Luo Luo Zheng, Vengadesan Natarajan, Shyam Vyas, Radhika Upreti Oli, Matt Oliva, Arnold Milstein, Geoff Tabin, Jeffrey L. Goldberg and Kevin Schulman
U.S.-based cataract surgeries are costly compared with those performed in high-quality Indian and Nepalese eye centers. The authors used time-driven activity-based costing to evaluate phacoemulsification surgery across four sites: a U.S.-based academic hospital...
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Keywords:
Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing;
Cost Accounting;
Health Care and Treatment;
Health Industry;
India;
Nepal;
United States
Kaplan, Robert S., Jiayin Xue, John Hinkle, Mary-Grace Reeves, Luo Luo Zheng, Vengadesan Natarajan, Shyam Vyas, Radhika Upreti Oli, Matt Oliva, Arnold Milstein, Geoff Tabin, Jeffrey L. Goldberg, and Kevin Schulman. "A Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing Comparison of Cataract Surgeries Across Distinct Settings in Three Countries: U.S., India, and Nepal." NEJM Catalyst Innovations in Care Delivery 2, no. 9 (September 2021).
- 2021
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An Empirical Examination of Sell-Side Brokerage Analysts' Published Research, Concierge Services, and High-Touch Services
By: David A. Maber, Boris Groysberg and Paul M. Healy
This paper uses a proprietary panel dataset to categorize and quantify the activities that sell-side brokerage analysts use to build and sustain their network of buy-side client relations. We then examine the marginal impact of these activities on key analyst outcome...
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Maber, David A., Boris Groysberg, and Paul M. Healy. "An Empirical Examination of Sell-Side Brokerage Analysts' Published Research, Concierge Services, and High-Touch Services." European Accounting Review 30, no. 4 (2021): 827–853.
- 2021
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How Top Managers Use the Entrepreneurial Gap to Drive Strategic Change
By: Robert L. Simons and Antonio Davila
Prior research provides strong evidence for the association between business strategy and the design and use of management control systems. We complement this research by examining the role of management control systems in situations of strategic change. We report the...
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Keywords:
Management Control Systems;
Accountability;
Strategic Change;
Organization Change And Adaptation;
Organizational Performance;
Management Systems;
Organizational Structure;
Corporate Accountability;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Performance
Simons, Robert L., and Antonio Davila. "How Top Managers Use the Entrepreneurial Gap to Drive Strategic Change." European Accounting Review 30, no. 4 (2021): 583–609.
- September 2021
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Income More Reliably Predicts Frequent Than Intense Happiness
By: Jon M. Jachimowicz, Ruo Mo, Adam Eric Greenberg, Bertus Jeronimus and Ashley V. Whillans
There is widespread consensus that income and subjective well-being are linked, but when and why they are connected is subject to ongoing debate. We draw on prior research that distinguishes between the frequency and intensity of happiness to suggest that higher income...
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Jachimowicz, Jon M., Ruo Mo, Adam Eric Greenberg, Bertus Jeronimus, and Ashley V. Whillans. "Income More Reliably Predicts Frequent Than Intense Happiness." Social Psychological & Personality Science 12, no. 7 (September 2021): 1294–1306.
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The Pitfalls of Pricing Algorithms: Be Mindful of How They Can Hurt Your Brand
By: Marco Bertini and Oded Koenigsberg
More and more companies are relying on pricing algorithms to maximize profits. The use of artificial intelligence and machine learning enables real-time price adjustments based on supply and demand, competitors’ activities, delivery schedules, and so forth. But...
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Keywords:
Algorithmic Pricing;
Dynamic Pricing;
Price;
Change;
Technology;
Brands and Branding;
Perception;
Consumer Behavior
Bertini, Marco, and Oded Koenigsberg. "The Pitfalls of Pricing Algorithms: Be Mindful of How They Can Hurt Your Brand." Harvard Business Review 99, no. 5 (September–October 2021): 74–83.
- Fall 2021
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The Problem of Social Benefit
By: Frank Nagle
Economists have obsessed over the question of negative externalities, but market arrangements can also generate positive externalities. We should consider how to harness them for public good.
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Nagle, Frank. "The Problem of Social Benefit." Stanford Social Innovation Review 19, no. 4 (Fall 2021): 34–39.
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What Evolution Can Teach Us About Innovation
By: Noubar Afeyan and Gary P. Pisano
Many people believe that the process for achieving breakthrough innovations is chaotic, random, and unmanageable. But that view is flawed, the authors argue. Breakthroughs can be systematically generated using a process modeled on the principles that drive evolution in...
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Keywords:
Breakthrough Innovation;
Variance Generation;
Selection Pressure;
Emergent Discovery;
Innovation and Invention;
Value Creation;
Innovation Leadership
Afeyan, Noubar, and Gary P. Pisano. "What Evolution Can Teach Us About Innovation." Harvard Business Review 99, no. 5 (September–October 2021): 62–72.
- 2021
- Working Paper
BEAT Unintended Bias in Personalized Policies
By: Eva Ascarza and Ayelet Israeli
An inherent risk of algorithmic personalization is disproportionate targeting of individuals from certain groups (or demographic characteristics such as gender or race), even when the decision maker does not intend to discriminate based on those \protected" attributes....
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Ascarza, Eva, and Ayelet Israeli. "BEAT Unintended Bias in Personalized Policies." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 22-010, August 2021.
- August 19, 2021
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How to Build a Life: Fake Forgiveness Is Toxic for Relationships
By: Arthur C. Brooks
Brooks, Arthur C. "How to Build a Life: Fake Forgiveness Is Toxic for Relationships." The Atlantic (August 19, 2021).
- August 2021
- Case
Launching Casabe: Matching A Founder’s Vision with Growth Capital
By: Emily R. McComb
- August 2021
- Supplement
Wirecard: The Downfall of a German Fintech Star
By: Jonas Heese
Heese, Jonas. "Wirecard: The Downfall of a German Fintech Star ." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Supplement 120-715, August 2021.
- August 2021
- Supplement
Shorefast: A Strange and Familiar Way to Reimagine Capitalism: Zita Cobb, Founder and CEO
By: Brian Trelstad
Trelstad, Brian. "Shorefast: A Strange and Familiar Way to Reimagine Capitalism: Zita Cobb, Founder and CEO." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Supplement 322-701, August 2021.
- August 2021
- Supplement
The London 2012 Olympic Games Video Supplement
Gourville, John T. "The London 2012 Olympic Games Video Supplement." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Supplement 521-718, August 2021.
- August 18, 2020
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What It Takes to Lead a Disease Research Foundation
By: Richard G. Hamermesh and Kathy Giusti
Hamermesh, Richard G., and Kathy Giusti. "What It Takes to Lead a Disease Research Foundation." Harvard Business Review Digital Articles (August 18, 2020).
- Summer 2021
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Predictable Country-level Bias in the Reporting of COVID-19 Deaths
We examine whether a country’s management of the COVID-19 pandemic relate to the downward biasing of the number of reported deaths from COVID-19. Using deviations from historical averages of the total number of monthly deaths within a country, we find that the...
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Keywords:
COVID-19;
Deaths;
Reporting;
Incentives;
Government Policy;
Health Pandemics;
Health Care and Treatment;
Country;
Crisis Management;
Outcome or Result;
Reports;
Policy
Kobilov, Botir, Ethan Rouen, and George Serafeim. "Predictable Country-level Bias in the Reporting of COVID-19 Deaths." Journal of Government and Economics 2 (Summer 2021).