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- 26 Mar 2012
- Research & Ideas
What Neuroscience Tells Us About Consumer Desire
with an ad campaign called "The Orange Underground," featuring a series of 30-second TV spots in which the Cheetos mascot, Chester Cheetah, encourages consumers to commit subversive acts with Cheetos. (In one commercial, an...
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- 06 Sep 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Power of Leadership Groups for Staying on Track
alike—have been uniformly positive. Many describe their experience as transformative. True North Groups have also been adopted by several other academic institutions. One MBA participant describes her True North Group as "one of my best experiences of my education. It...
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by Bill George
- 14 Oct 2014
- First Look
First Look: October 14
for set periods of experimentation (zones of time). By balancing transparency and privacy, organizations can encourage just the right amount of "deviance" to foster innovative behavior and boost productivity. Publisher's link:...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Aug 2014
- First Look
First Look: August 5
behavior is in fostering collaborations and translations between science and technology and encouraging riskier projects rather than purely increasing patenting. Download working paper: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2197876 The State of Small...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Feb 2010
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 9
Abstract Platform-mediated networks encompass several distinct types of participants, including end users, complementors, platform providers who facilitate users' access to complements, and sponsors who develop platform technologies. Each of these roles can be...
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Martha Lagace
- 08 Sep 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Height Tax, and Other New Ways to Think about Taxation
a wide range of responses. We were featured in the New York Times Magazine's annual "Year of Ideas" issue and in The Economist. These discussions, as well as most of the reaction we've received from fellow economists, have been View Details
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by Martha Lagace
- 01 Aug 2005
- Research & Ideas
How to Choose the Best Deal
he might unwittingly encourage the two sellers to collude. He also must consider his long-term relationships and reputation. Price concessions might come back to bite him when he seeks building permits or launches his marketing effort....
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by Michael Wheeler
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
New Releases: Alumni and Faculty Books
heartfelt stories to inspire and encourage you. Faculty Books Time Smart: How to Reclaim Your Time and Live a Happier Life By Ashley Whillans, Assistant Professor of Business Administration Harvard Business Review Press Four out of five...
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Margie Kelley
- 18 Dec 2012
- First Look
First Look: December 18
relationships when it instead primarily encourages newcomers to express their personal identities. In a field experiment carried out in a large business process outsourcing company, we found that initial socialization focused on personal...
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Carmen Nobel
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Print View - Course Catalog
lens of behavioral economics, experiments, and other forms of data. The course aims to help students (a) improve their ability to make decisions effectively, (b) understand how to create environments that encourage others to make wiser...
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- 23 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 23, 2019
GE Appliances (GEA) ushered in strategic and structural changes to encourage innovation and entrepreneurship at the U.S. company and to help it grow. Haier, which had a model designed to bring the company closer to users of its products,...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 09 Jan 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 9, 2018
Surprise Donation Ask By: Exley, Christine L., and Ragan Petrie Abstract—Individuals frequently exploit "flexibility" built into decision environments to give less. They use uncertainty to justify options benefiting themselves over others, they avoid...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Feb 2015
- Research & Ideas
Disruptors Sell What Customers Want and Let Competitors Sell What They Don’t
habits as well, such as a growing preference for sharing items rather than owning them, and encouraging "showrooming" where shoppers visit stores only to test products—then buy them more cheaply online. The user benefits from lower cost,...
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by Michael Blanding
- 14 Aug 2012
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First Look: August 14
(Dot) Com Karthik Ramanna and Rachna TahilyaniHarvard Business School Case 112-078 Anti-corruption web platform "ipaidabribe.com" leverages the transparency and anonymity of the Internet to encourage private citizens in India...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 31 Jul 2006
- Research & Ideas
When Not to Trust Your Gut
setting deadlines for low-priority tasks, or when you're informally discussing items that you plan to revisit later in more detail, System 1 thought will be sufficient. Taking the time to logically reason through every decision can be costly, even leading to decision...
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by Max H. Bazerman & Deepak Malhotra
- 27 Sep 2004
- Research & Ideas
IBM Finds Profit in Diversity
goals without providing the structures to educate senior executives in the specific challenges faced by various constituencies. In addition, these strategies often don't provide models that teach or encourage new behaviors. IBM has taken...
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by David A. Thomas
- 02 Jul 2024
- Book
Five Essential Elements to Build the Capital You Need to Lead
defensive back, and maybe he saw some innate coaching potential (my superpower) in the way I interacted with the other kids. Whatever the case may be, that capability, especially that coaching and encouraging potential, was the groundwork...
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by Dina Gerdeman
- 13 Feb 2024
- Blog Post
Harvard Students Reflect on COP28
enough to make an intervention comment at a UN policy action session on EV charging, a subject I’m passionate about. For students attending COP in the future, I would encourage you to clearly define what you want to achieve through COP28...
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- 14 Jan 2014
- First Look
First Look: January 14
Publications January 2014 Harvard Business Review IDEO's Culture of Helping By: Amabile, Teresa, Colin M. Fisher, and Julianna Pillemer Abstract—Leaders can do few things more important than encouraging helping behavior within their...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Apr 2012
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First Look: April 10
incumbent in the MMO market that Turbine enters, World of Warcraft. The case encourages students to explore the nature of the competition in the MMO market and to define characteristics of a successful business model. Purchase this...
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Carmen Nobel