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- 08 Mar 2012
- Working Paper Summaries
Customer-Driven Misconduct: How Competition Corrupts Business Practices
- 08 Nov 2017
- Research & Ideas
Handgun Waiting Periods Prevent Hundreds of Homicides Each Year
iStockPhoto State laws that require people to wait a few days before purchasing firearms reduce gun-related homicides by 17 percent, new research shows. Waiting periods saved 750 lives per year in the 17 states that had such policies in... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 23 Sep 2009
- Working Paper Summaries
Operational Failures and Problem Solving: An Empirical Study of Incident Reporting
- 16 Jun 2015
- Working Paper Summaries
Paying Up for Fair Pay: Consumers Prefer Firms with Lower CEO-to-Worker Pay Ratios
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Lead Organizational Change by Creating Dissatisfaction and Realigning the Organization with New Competitive Realities
By: Michael Beer and Edwin Locke
Beer, Michael, and Edwin Locke. "Lead Organizational Change by Creating Dissatisfaction and Realigning the Organization with New Competitive Realities." Chap. 26 in The Blackwell Handbook of Principles of Organizational Behavior, edited by Edwin A. Locke. Blackwell Publishers, 2000.
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
A Hollywood Backstory
Armbruster Photo courtesy of Michael Armbruster While Hollywood is more than capable of glorifying the cardinal sins, it's also adroit at depicting our shortcomings as human beings. Good protagonists in stories (and in life) think,... View Details
- 15 Feb 2008
- Working Paper Summaries
Embracing Commitment and Performance: CEOs and Practices Used to Manage Paradox
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
All For One
and mix freely. It hummed with activity. On a tour that first day, she was struck by just how animated the animation studio was—with frank discussions and heated arguments in every corner. And yet, as she spent more time there, she began... View Details
- 05 Dec 2016
- Research & Ideas
How To Deceive Others With Truthful Statements (It's Called 'Paltering,' And It's Risky)
target’s beliefs by giving a false or distorted impression. But it’s not just businesspeople who palter. Donald Trump has done it. Hillary (and Bill) Clinton, too. Chances are you have paltered. “People seem to be using this strategy... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 13 Feb 2012
- Research & Ideas
The Case Against Racial Colorblindness
"It's so appealing on the surface to think that the best way to approach race is to pretend that it doesn't exist," says behavioral psychologist Michael I. Norton, an associate professor at Harvard Business School. "But research shows... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 13 Nov 2019
- Working Paper Summaries
Shareholder Activism and Firms’ Voluntary Disclosure of Climate Change Risks
- 19 Apr 2016
- Working Paper Summaries
The Great Training Robbery
- 27 Jun 2019
- Research & Ideas
Rituals Strengthen Couples. Here’s Why They’re Good for Business, Too
Relationship Rituals” by Ximena Garcia-Rada, Ovul Sezer, and Michael I. Norton The researchers' study focused on couples, but rituals are used in a variety of settings, including the workplace, they say.... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 04 Sep 2008
- Working Paper Summaries
Wellsprings of Creation: Perturbation and the Paradox of the Highly Disciplined Organization
- 15 May 2017
- Working Paper Summaries
Flexing the Frame: TMT Framing and the Adoption of Non-Incremental Innovations in Incumbent Firms
- 12 Oct 2022
- Research & Ideas
When Design Enables Discrimination: Learning from Anti-Asian Bias on Airbnb
Airbnb hosts of Asian descent had significantly fewer stays early in the COVID-19 pandemic—and the design of the travel site may have inadvertently enabled discrimination that shut Asians out, says new research by Harvard Business... View Details
- 03 Apr 2009
- Working Paper Summaries
Applying the Care Delivery Value Chain: HIV/AIDS Care in Resource Poor Settings
- 13 Mar 2023
- Research & Ideas
The Power of Personal Connections: How Shared Experiences Boost Performance
residency, including on metrics such as patients’ likelihood of recommending their specialist, write Maximilian J. Pany, a doctoral candidate at Harvard Business School and MD candidate at Harvard Medical School, and J. Michael... View Details