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- December 1998 (Revised April 1999)
- Case
Mind of the Market: Genetics and Behavior, Primer Five
By: Gerald Zaltman and Kathryn A. Braun
Zaltman, Gerald, and Kathryn A. Braun. "Mind of the Market: Genetics and Behavior, Primer Five." Harvard Business School Case 599-005, December 1998. (Revised April 1999.)
- Article
Common Variants of the Oxytocin Receptor Gene Do Not Predict the Positive Mood Benefits of Prosocial Spending
By: Ashley V. Whillans, Lara B. Aknin, Colin Ross, Lihan Chen and Frances S. Chen
Who benefits most from helping others? Previous research suggests that common polymorphisms of the oxytocin receptor gene (OXTR) predict whether people behave generously and experience increases in positive mood in response to socially-focused experiences in daily...
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Keywords:
Prosocial Behavior;
Positivity;
Behavior Genetics;
Individual Differences;
Behavior;
Emotions;
Genetics;
Spending
Whillans, Ashley V., Lara B. Aknin, Colin Ross, Lihan Chen, and Frances S. Chen. "Common Variants of the Oxytocin Receptor Gene Do Not Predict the Positive Mood Benefits of Prosocial Spending." Emotion 20, no. 5 (August 2020): 734–749.
- May 2020
- Article
Ancient Origins of the Global Variation in Economic Preferences
By: Anke Becker, Benjamin Enke and Armin Falk
This paper shows that contemporary population-level heterogeneity in risk aversion, time preference, altruism, positive reciprocity, negative reciprocity, and trust partly traces back to the structure of the migration patterns of our very early ancestors. To document...
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Keywords:
Migration Patterns;
Behavioral Economics;
Preferences;
Microeconomics;
Demography;
Decision Making;
Risk and Uncertainty;
History;
Global Range
Becker, Anke, Benjamin Enke, and Armin Falk. "Ancient Origins of the Global Variation in Economic Preferences." AEA Papers and Proceedings 110 (May 2020): 319–323.
- September 2017 (Revised February 2023)
- Case
Intermountain Healthcare: Pursuing Precision Medicine
By: Richard G. Hamermesh, Kathy E. Giusti, Robert S. Huckman and Julia Kelley
Headquartered in Salt Lake City, Intermountain Healthcare operates 23 hospitals and hundreds of clinics in Utah and Idaho and provides insurance to approximately 850,000 patients through its insurance arm, SelectHealth. In 2013, Intermountain, known for its commitment...
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Keywords:
Precision Medicine;
Healthcare;
Innovation;
Cancer;
Cancer Research;
Health Care;
Technology;
Health Care and Treatment;
Innovation Leadership;
Disruptive Innovation;
Entrepreneurship;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Health Industry;
Insurance Industry;
Utah;
United States;
North America
Hamermesh, Richard G., Kathy E. Giusti, Robert S. Huckman, and Julia Kelley. "Intermountain Healthcare: Pursuing Precision Medicine." Harvard Business School Case 818-018, September 2017. (Revised February 2023.)
- September 2014
- Article
Advancing Consumer Neuroscience
By: Ale Smidts, Ming Hsu, Alan G. Sanfey, Maarten A. S. Boksem, Richard B. Ebstein, Scott A. Huettel, Joe W. Kable, Uma R. Karmarkar, Shinobu Kitayama, Brian Knutson, Israel Liberzon, Terry Lohrenz, Mirre Stallen and Carolyn Yoon
In the first decade of consumer neuroscience, strong progress has been made in understanding how neuroscience can inform consumer decision making. Here, we sketch the development of this discipline and compare it to that of the adjacent field of neuroeconomics. We...
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Keywords:
Consumer Neuroscience;
Neuroeconomics;
Social Neuroscience;
Genes;
Machine Learning;
Meta-analysis;
Consumer Behavior;
Decision Making;
Science
Smidts, Ale, Ming Hsu, Alan G. Sanfey, Maarten A. S. Boksem, Richard B. Ebstein, Scott A. Huettel, Joe W. Kable, Uma R. Karmarkar, Shinobu Kitayama, Brian Knutson, Israel Liberzon, Terry Lohrenz, Mirre Stallen, and Carolyn Yoon. "Advancing Consumer Neuroscience." Marketing Letters 25, no. 3 (September 2014): 257–267.
- Web
Curriculum - MBA
the economics of a business, this course provides a broad view of how accounting contributes to an organization.. Leadership & Organizational Behavior Harvard Business School This course focuses on how managers become effective leaders by...
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- 10 Oct 2007
- First Look
First Look: First Look: October 10
Abstract We study the effect of small windfalls on consumer-spending decisions by examining the purchasing behavior of a sample of online grocery shoppers over the course of a year. We compare the purchases customers make when redeeming a...
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Martha Lagace
- 21 Jan 2014
- First Look
First Look: January 21
Publications August 2013 Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization Awards Unbundled: Evidence from a Natural Field Experiment By: Ashraf, Nava, Oriana Bandiera, and Scott Lee Abstract—Organizations often use non-monetary awards to...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
Money Does Grow on (Family) Trees
records and community graveyards. Stanley Diamond (MBA 1958) traces his own interest in ancestry back to this era. In 1977, Diamond’s nephew Mark Diamond (MBA 1978) was diagnosed as a carrier of beta thalassemia, a genetic condition that...
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- 01 Dec 2023
- News
Wide Horizon
There were three critical events that led John Rodakis (MBA 1997) to form the nonprofit N of One in 2014 and ultimately dedicate his life to surfacing breakthrough autism research. The first occurred on Thanksgiving of 2012. He had driven about four hours with his wife...
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Dan Morrell; Photos by Sarah Wilson
- 20 Jul 2011
- Research & Ideas
Five Discovery Skills that Distinguish Great Innovators
that distinguish innovative entrepreneurs and executives from run-of-the-mill managers. What Makes Innovators Different? So what makes innovators different from the rest of us? Most of us believe this question has been answered. It's a View Details
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Topics - HBS Working Knowledge
Reports (2) Annuities (1) Arts (2) Asset Management (3) Asset Pricing (4) Assets (9) Attitudes (16) Auctions (4) Balanced Scorecard (11) Banks and Banking (28) Behavioral Finance (7) Behavior (72) Bids and...
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- 05 Sep 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 5, 2017
forthcoming Journal of Financial Economics The Effects of Media Slant on Firm Behavior By: Baloria, Vishal P., and Jonas Heese Abstract—The media can impose reputational costs on firms because of its important role as an information...
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Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Recruiting Partners - Health Care
Bayside Oncology Beacon Health Options Beckman Coulter, Inc. Becton, Dickinson & Co. Behavioral Intervention Association (BIA) Bethesda Hospital Foundation Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Biocell...
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- 21 Feb 2005
- Op-Ed
Is Business Management a Profession?
executive compensation. Yet while laws, regulations, and policies have a clear role to play here, they are a relatively expensive and inefficient way for a society to promote responsible conduct and trustworthy business leadership. In the case of bad View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Alumni Take Cold Calls in New York City
focused on 23andMe, whose sale of genetic testing kits directly to consumers was challenged by the Food & Drug Administration. Quelch, who coauthored the case, is also on the faculty of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. The...
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- 23 Nov 2010
- First Look
First Look: November 23
Publications Blind Ethics: Closing One's Eyes Polarizes Moral Judgment and Discourages Dishonest Behavior Authors: E. M. Caruso and F. Gino Publication: Cognition (forthcoming) Abstract Four experiments demonstrate that closing one's eyes...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Jun 2021
- Research & Ideas
Tell Me What to Do: When Bad News Is a Big Relief
surgery for a genetic condition. “I was lying in the MRI thinking, ‘I hope they find just the shadow of something suspicious and bad because then the decision won’t be up to me,’” she says. “Afterward, I was like, ‘That’s the craziest,...
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by Michael Blanding
- 01 Aug 2001
- News
Ray A. Goldberg (MBA '50)
companies and countries worldwide and, before retiring in 1997, had taught some seven thousand Harvard MBA students and ten thousand Executive Education participants. Most recently, Goldberg has focused on the impact that advances in View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Blissful Thinking
problem: Your genetic proclivities are not biasing you toward happiness.” “Your dreams are liars. Here’s the problem: Your genetic proclivities are not biasing you toward happiness.” The big problem that...
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Dan Morrell; illustration by Dan Winters