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Anger and Regulation
By: Rafael Di Tella and Juan Dubra
We study a model in which agents experience anger when they see a firm that has displayed insufficient concern for the welfare of its clients (i.e., altruism) making high profits. Regulation can increase welfare, for example, through fines (even with no changes in...
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Altruism;
Populism;
Public Relations;
Profit;
Consumer Behavior;
Perception;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms
Di Tella, Rafael, and Juan Dubra. "Anger and Regulation." Scandinavian Journal of Economics 116, no. 3 (July 2014): 734–765.
- 2023
- Working Paper
The Subjective Expected Utility Approach and a Framework for Defining Project Risk in Terms of Novelty and Feasibility—A Response to Franzoni and Stephan (2023), ‘Uncertainty and Risk-Taking in Science’
In their Discussion Paper, Franzoni and Stephan (F&S, 2023) discuss the shortcomings of existing peer review models in shaping the funding of risky science. Their discussion offers a conceptual framework for incorporating risk into peer review models of research...
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Lane, Jacqueline N. "The Subjective Expected Utility Approach and a Framework for Defining Project Risk in Terms of Novelty and Feasibility—A Response to Franzoni and Stephan (2023), ‘Uncertainty and Risk-Taking in Science’." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 23-037, January 2023.
- 19 Jun 2013
- Research & Ideas
Analyzing Institutions to Solve Big Problems
twenty-first century, social responsibility, social entrepreneurship and hybrid for-profit/nonprofit organizations, the transformation of work, globalization, collective action, and the recent financial...
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by Carmen Nobel & Anna Secino
- 13 Oct 2003
- Research & Ideas
Negotiating Challenges for Women Leaders
negotiation? That's a big motivation for us. When we think about what might make women walk into a negotiation with, say, lower expectations than men, one of the explanations for that comes from social psychology. It's called the...
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by Martha Lagace
- 10 Mar 2008
- Research & Ideas
Encouraging Entrepreneurs: Lessons for Government Policy
growing academic interest in the influence of social networks on entrepreneurial successes and failures, Nanda says. As an example, he cites Regional Advantage: Culture and Competition in Silicon Valley and Route 128, a 1994 book by...
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by Julia Hanna
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Plugged In
aesthetics." 2. TARGET THE TASTEMAKERS To reach the cool kids, Camargo and Cadillac partnered with IvyConnect, a members-only social network founded by Philipp Triebel and Beri Meric (both MBA 2010). "Using the power of View Details
- 12 Dec 2019
- Research & Ideas
How to Turn Down the Boil on Group Conflict
organizations predict how people outside of the organization perceive it, and how they might get that judgment wrong,” Lees says. “It didn’t take me long to realize how that sort of judgment applies in other contexts.” He teamed up with Cikara, whose lab has looked at...
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by Michael Blanding
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Bright Ideas: The Creative Power of Groups
Business School Press), a new book by HBS professor Dorothy Leonard and Professor Walter Swap of Tufts University. The authors not only disprove the stereotypical perception of group creativity as an oxymoron but show how the group...
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by Laurie Joan Aron
- 01 Dec 2003
- What Do You Think?
Is This the Twilight Era for the Managed Mutual Fund?
savings, particularly in a future in which Social Security will account for a smaller share of retirement income. How can their options best be preserved? Is the managed mutual fund worth saving? If so, what needs to be done? And how fast...
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by James Heskett
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Rethinking the MBA
were a time for institutions to reconsider their goals and direction, it is now. There is, for example, a growing social perception that the MBA degree needs to do more around the roles and responsibilities...
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- 21 Feb 2012
- Research & Ideas
Leadership Program for Women Targets Subtle Promotion Biases
behaviors can be seen as abrasive instead of assertive, arrogant instead of self-confident, and self-promoting instead of entrepreneurial. These perceptions can hold women back. "We cannot just tell women that if they want to take...
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by Maggie Starvish
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Dispatches from the Global Classroom
lessons or definitive answers. But somewhere in the two-day span we spend talking with villagers, sharing their food, and sleeping in their homes, perceptions shift. It’s one thing to read a newspaper article about the impact of...
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- 17 Mar 2020
- Working Paper Summaries
From Sweetheart to Scapegoat: Brand Selfie-Taking Shapes Consumer Behavior
- 2024
- Working Paper
The Revised-Is-Quality Heuristic: Why Consumers Prefer Products Labeled as Revised
By: Ximena Garcia-Rada, Leslie K. John, Ed O’Brien and Michael I. Norton
From downloading never-ending updates to tracking ever-newer releases, consumers
today are surrounded by revised products that purport to have improved upon their predecessors.
Seven experiments examine when and why consumers rely on a “revised-is-quality”...
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Product Change;
Versioning;
Expectancy Effects;
Heuristics;
Intuitive Processing;
Product Marketing;
Change;
Perception;
Consumer Behavior
Garcia-Rada, Ximena, Leslie K. John, Ed O’Brien, and Michael I. Norton. "The Revised-Is-Quality Heuristic: Why Consumers Prefer Products Labeled as Revised." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 19-087, February 2019. (Revised September 2024. Revise and resubmit, Journal of Marketing Research.)
- 2020
- Working Paper
Older People Are Less Pessimistic About the Health Risks of COVID-19
By: Pedro Bordalo, Katherine B. Coffman, Nicola Gennaioli and Andrei Shleifer
A central question for understanding behaviour during the COVID-19 pandemic, at both the individual and collective levels, is how people perceive the health and economic risks they face. We conducted a survey of over 1,500 Americans from May 6–13, 2020, to understand...
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Bordalo, Pedro, Katherine B. Coffman, Nicola Gennaioli, and Andrei Shleifer. "Older People Are Less Pessimistic About the Health Risks of COVID-19." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 27494, July 2020.
- December 2001
- Background Note
Reporting on Agribusiness in the 21st Century
By: Ray A. Goldberg and Anne M Fitzgerald
Agriculture is not what it used to be. Neither is coverage of the industry by news organizations. A century ago, about 40% of the U.S. population lived on the farm, and one in three U.S. jobs was tied to agriculture. It made sense for daily newspapers to cover farming...
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Agribusiness;
Newspapers;
Media;
Perception;
Change;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
United States
Goldberg, Ray A., and Anne M Fitzgerald. "Reporting on Agribusiness in the 21st Century." Harvard Business School Background Note 902-421, December 2001.
- October 2022
- Article
Underestimating Counterparts' Learning Goals Impairs Conflictual Conversations
By: Hanne K. Collins, Charles A. Dorison, Francesca Gino and Julia A. Minson
Given the many contexts in which people have difficulty engaging with views that disagree with their own— from political discussions to workplace conflicts—it is critical to understand how conflictual conversations can be improved. Whereas previous work has focused on...
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Interpersonal Communication;
Conflict and Resolution;
Values and Beliefs;
Learning;
Perception
Collins, Hanne K., Charles A. Dorison, Francesca Gino, and Julia A. Minson. "Underestimating Counterparts' Learning Goals Impairs Conflictual Conversations." Psychological Science 33, no. 10 (October 2022): 1732–1752.
- 11 Dec 2019
- Working Paper Summaries
When to Apply?
- 19 Jun 2007
- First Look
First Look: June 19, 2007
countries between 1985 and 2000, we find that the growth effects of FDI increase when we account for the quality of FDI. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-072.pdf How Well Do Social Ratings Actually Measure Corporate...
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Martha Lagace
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Naturals and Strivers: Preferences and Beliefs about Sources of Achievement
By: Chia-Jung Tsay and Mahzarin R. Banaji
To understand how talent and achievement are perceived, three experiments compared the assessments of "naturals" and "strivers." Professional musicians learned about two pianists, equal in achievement but who varied in the source of achievement: the "natural" with...
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