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- January 11, 2013
- Editorial
TED Weekends: Life Hack With Body Language
By: Amy Cuddy
Keywords:
Nonverbal Behavior;
Power;
Psychology;
Hormones;
Nonverbal Communication;
Behavior;
Power and Influence
Cuddy, Amy. "TED Weekends: Life Hack With Body Language." Huffington Post (January 11, 2013). (Editorial.)
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Research Brief: The Power of Could
Say you’re in a bind, a tough one. You’ve got cancer and your only hope is chemo—the problem is, it’s wildly expensive and you’re flat broke. Do you follow your moral compass, even if it means dying? Or do you leverage your knack for chemistry and raise some quick cash...
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- 01 Sep 2013
- News
Noted & Quoted
“I showed it to [Putin], and he put it on and he goes, 'I can kill someone with this ring.' He put it in his pocket, and three KGB guys got around him and walked out.” —New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft (MBA 1965), on the 2005 disappearance of his $25,000 Super...
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- 01 Dec 2017
- News
HBS Fund Advances Global Strategy
Publishing. Gifts of all sizes to the HBS Fund for Leadership and Innovation help fuel the School’s ambitious international strategy to expand the scope of faculty research, develop students’ global intelligence, engage alumni, and View Details
- 25 Jun 2019
- Research & Ideas
The Powerful Strategic Tool Companies Should Not Try to Control
rules to try to influence behavior. Doing so, however, requires firms to understand and abide by the community ethos. Kost: Could you tell me about a case in which a company used the expertise and feedback of a user community to gain...
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by Danielle Kost
- 18 Apr 2007
- HBS Case
How Magazine Luiza Courts the Poor
an amazing influence on customer behavior. Launched in 1957 with a single department store, Magazine Luiza operated as a family-run business until 1991, when the niece of one of the founders, Luiza Helena Trajano Rodrigues, assumed the...
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- Profile
Laura Mackay
argument, and to influence and persuade others-critical capabilities for effective leaders. Furthermore, I wanted to be at a place at the forefront of healthcare innovation where I would have access to and be a part of the latest...
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- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Designing Change
come easily, of course. For starters, Kahn has little leverage to convince independent affiliates to adopt the new logo and the added expense of new marketing materials. Faced with the task of influencing affiliates over which he has no...
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Julia Hanna
- July 1977
- Article
Social Roles, Social Control and Biases in Social Perception Processes
By: L. D. Ross, T. M. Amabile and J. Steinmetz
To make accurate social judgments, an individual must both recognize and adequately correct for the self-presentation advantages or disadvantages conferred upon actors by their social roles. Two experiments using 120 undergraduates examined social perceptions formed...
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Keywords:
Perception;
Prejudice and Bias;
Social Psychology;
Judgments;
Power and Influence;
Status and Position;
Situation or Environment
Ross, L. D., T. M. Amabile, and J. Steinmetz. "Social Roles, Social Control and Biases in Social Perception Processes." Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 35, no. 7 (July 1977): 485–494.
- June 10, 2021
- Article
How to Be a Purpose-Driven Leader in a Capitalist World
By: Celia Bravard, John Pontillo and Andrew J. Hoffman
Today’s business school education isn’t suited to the big challenges facing the world — climate change, economic inequality and racial injustice — that the leaders of tomorrow will be expected to solve. So, how can students and young professionals succeed in a system...
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Keywords:
Values and Beliefs;
Mission and Purpose;
Social Issues;
Power and Influence;
Social and Collaborative Networks;
Opportunities
Bravard, Celia, John Pontillo, and Andrew J. Hoffman. "How to Be a Purpose-Driven Leader in a Capitalist World." Harvard Business Review (website) (June 10, 2021).
- June 2005 (Revised January 2008)
- Case
Corey Robinson at Sprint Corporation (A)
By: Linda A. Hill, Anthony Mayo and Lisa Pode
Corey Robinson is promoted to a new position at Sprint during a time of much internal change within the company. Asks readers to consider how he sets the tone to his new management team and how effective he is in building credibility in his new leadership role. A...
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Keywords:
Leadership Style;
Management Skills;
Management Teams;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Performance Effectiveness;
Personal Development and Career;
Power and Influence;
Telecommunications Industry
Hill, Linda A., Anthony Mayo, and Lisa Pode. "Corey Robinson at Sprint Corporation (A)." Harvard Business School Case 405-094, June 2005. (Revised January 2008.)
- Portrait Project
Jimmy Tran
nature as I tinker behind facts and figures to determine the right course of action. Yet even in the most technical problems, I seek out the human element of my work. No matter where life takes me, I will cling to the zeal and excitement of the inquisitive spirit...
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- Portrait Project
Jon Rudoe
I am deeply attached to a simple idea: If every human being can work to make things better in whatever place they have influence then the world will also be a better place. No matter at what scale each person changes the world, this is...
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- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Creating a mathematical method to understand consumer behavior in a digital world
Sunil Gupta, Edward W. Carter Professor of Business Administration, focuses on understanding customers and how they make decisions in a digital world. Gupta has tackled one of the most vexing questions in studies of consumer behavior: What is the role of the social...
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- Student-Profile
Mengjie "Magie" Cheng
systems, and technological innovation. One project, which is relevant to both the marketing and information systems, examines social media influencer reputation. In this project, Magie and her co-authors look at View Details
- 21 Mar 2016
- HBS Case
Can Customer Reviews Be 'Managed?'
reviews, online reviews, TripAdvisor being the biggest. The second one is location of the hotel and the third is price. So companies control price. They don’t control location. They control where they set up but once they set up they can’t change that anymore. So now...
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- 18 Nov 2014
- First Look
First Look: November 18
television advertising influences online shopping. We construct a massive dataset spanning $3.4 billion in spending by 20 brands, including measures of brands' website traffic and transactions as well as ad content measures for 1,224...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 2024
- Article
Crucibles, Multiple Sensitive Periods, and Career Progression
By: Prithwiraj Choudhury, Sunasir Dutta, Hise O. Gibson and Eric Lin
We study the effects of crucible experiences along multiple sensitive periods on career progression. While prior literature has hinted that individuals can be imprinted during multiple sensitive periods, not just during the early career, there has been scant attention...
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Military Service;
Personal Development and Career;
Transformation;
Power and Influence;
Learning;
Human Capital
Choudhury, Prithwiraj, Sunasir Dutta, Hise O. Gibson, and Eric Lin. "Crucibles, Multiple Sensitive Periods, and Career Progression." Academy of Management Proceedings (2024).
- March 2021 (Revised August 2023)
- Case
Helen Keller: Changing the World
By: Robert Simons and Shirley Sun
This case describes the rise of Helen Keller who at 19 months became deaf and blind. Refusing to be sidelined from life, Keller showed great determination in learning how to communicate with others, employing tutors and travelling to Boston to enroll in the Perkins...
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Keywords:
Mission And Purpose;
Values And Beliefs;
Success;
Diversity;
Leading Change;
Personal Development and Career;
Personal Characteristics;
Power and Influence
Simons, Robert, and Shirley Sun. "Helen Keller: Changing the World." Harvard Business School Case 121-071, March 2021. (Revised August 2023.)