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- 17 Oct 2019
- Research & Ideas
‘Chick Beer’ for Women? Why Gender Marketing Repels More Than Sells
Chick Beer tried to entice weight-conscious women with the brew’s 97 calories and 3.5 carbs per bottle, “about the same as half of a carrot.” And Clutch, a brand of dryer sheets, encourages men to “grab your manliness,” promising that...
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- 20 Jan 2014
- Research & Ideas
Language Wars Divide Global Companies
barriers that threaten employees' sense of belonging. Encourage practice of the new language. Provide nonthreatening environments where the new language can be studied and practiced. Encourage empathy....
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by Kim Girard
- 2018
- Introduction
Introduction: History and Political Economy
By: Sophus A. Reinert and Robert Fredona
This volume offers a snapshot of the resurgent historiography of political economy in the wake of the ongoing global financial crisis, and suggests fruitful new agendas for research on the political-economic nexus as it has developed in the Western world since the end...
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Reinert, Sophus A., and Robert Fredona. "Introduction: History and Political Economy." Introduction to New Perspectives on the History of Political Economy, edited by Robert Fredona and Sophus A. Reinert, 11–32. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
- February 2008 (Revised May 2009)
- Supplement
Avaya (D): Early Results of the Demand Generation Initiative
Avaya's top management wants to improve demand generation. This requires an improvement in the relationship between Sales and Marketing. This case series (Avaya (A)-(D)) walks the student through each phase of this process. The (A) case begins with background on the...
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Godes, David B. "Avaya (D): Early Results of the Demand Generation Initiative." Harvard Business School Supplement 508-051, February 2008. (Revised May 2009.)
- 14 Jun 2012
- Working Paper Summaries
“Power from Sunshine”: A Business History of Solar Energy
- 26 Oct 2010
- Working Paper Summaries
When Does a Platform Create Value by Limiting Choice?
- June 2023
- Case
The Business of Campaigns
By: Vincent Pons and Mel Martin
In 2022, the U.S. Congress examined the Democracy Is Strengthened by Casting Light on Spending in Elections (DISCLOSE) Act, the latest in a long series of campaign finance reforms. According to its authors, the law would be the “most consequential overhaul of federal...
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Political Elections;
Government Legislation;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Business and Government Relations;
United States
Pons, Vincent, and Mel Martin. "The Business of Campaigns." Harvard Business School Case 723-039, June 2023.
- October 2020
- Case
HOPE and Transformational Lending: Netflix Invests in Black Led Banks
By: John D. Macomber and Janice Broome Brooks
Following the killing of George Floyd on Memorial Day in 2020, the large US corporation Netflix elected to make a "transformational deposit" of $10 million into Hope Credit Union (HCU), a small Black led community development finance institution (CDFI) based in...
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- 2010
- Working Paper
Lawful but Corrupt: Gaming and the Problem of Institutional Corruption in the Private Sector
This paper describes how the gaming of society's rules by corporations contributes to the problem of institutional corruption in the world of business. "Gaming" in its various forms involves the use of technically legal means to subvert the intent of society's rules in...
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Crime and Corruption;
Civil Society or Community;
Competitive Advantage;
Earnings Management;
Trust;
Law;
Performance;
Investment Funds;
Private Sector;
Behavior;
Relationships;
Goals and Objectives
Salter, Malcolm S. "Lawful but Corrupt: Gaming and the Problem of Institutional Corruption in the Private Sector." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 11-060, December 2010.
- 19 Dec 2022
- Research & Ideas
What Motivates People to Give Generously—and Why We Sometimes Don't
Bulletin: What are the other open research questions that could help us better understand the dynamics around giving? Exley: One of the big questions in the literature that is not well answered, because it’s really hard to answer, is this: If I View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- What Do You Think?
How Much Does 'Deep Purpose' Matter to the Bottom Line?
This question produced responses that may encourage some of us to rethink what is happening in the ranks of those organizations pursuing hybrid work strategies. On the one hand, we’ve heard from senior executives making the case for...
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by James Heskett
- 30 Nov 2015
- Research & Ideas
Donors Are Turned Off by Overhead Costs. Here’s What Charities Can Do
recommendations from watchdogs like CharityWatch, which tend to give higher ratings to charities with low overhead costs. But that can lead to a harmful cycle in which charities keep their overhead costs unreasonably low in order to View Details
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by Carmen Nobel
- 16 Mar 2009
- Working Paper Summaries
Running Out of Numbers: Scarcity of IP Addresses and What To Do About It
- Teaching Interest
Overview
Teaching has been a lifelong passion of mine. As the third generation of academics in my family, I see good teaching as a means to give back and to encourage others to share my passion for discovery. I’ve been very lucky to have many teaching opportunities, both as an...
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Big Data;
Technology Strategy;
Machine Learning;
Data Science;
"Marketing Analytics";
Data Visualization;
Analysis;
Technological Innovation;
Innovation and Invention;
Intellectual Property;
Corporate Strategy;
Software;
Information Technology;
Entrepreneurship;
Marketing;
Technology Industry;
Information Technology Industry;
Green Technology Industry;
Computer Industry;
Advertising Industry
- 2020
- Working Paper
Working (From Home) During a Crisis: Online Social Contributions by Workers During the Coronavirus Shock
By: Prithwiraj Choudhury, Wesley W. Koo and Xina Li
Prior research has documented that during mortality-related crises workers face psychic costs and are motivated to make social contributions. In addition, management practices that encourage workers to make social contributions during a crisis create value for firms....
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Crisis;
Social Contributions;
Work From Home (WFH);
Cannot Work From Home (CWFH);
Social Distancing;
Online Communities;
Coronavirus;
COVID-19;
Health Pandemics;
Employees;
Working Conditions;
Internet and the Web;
Crisis Management
Choudhury, Prithwiraj, Wesley W. Koo, and Xina Li. "Working (From Home) During a Crisis: Online Social Contributions by Workers During the Coronavirus Shock." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 20-096, March 2020. (Revised April 2020.)
- 29 Sep 2022
- Op-Ed
Inclusive Leadership Advice: Get Comfortable With the Uncomfortable
collaborations among talented people. At animation studio Pixar, when writers and directors are working on a story, group leaders encourage “plussing,” a strategy for improving ideas without using judgmental language. Instead of...
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by Francesca Gino
- 07 May 2014
- What Do You Think?
How Should Wealth Be Redistributed?
obvious that we must tax the hell out of vacant properties and/or urban land speculation?" Others suggested non-tax solutions. One such proposal was put forth by Mok Tuck Sung: "(The wealthy) should be encouraged to participate...
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by James Heskett
- 12 Dec 2005
- Research & Ideas
Using the Law to Strategic Advantage
counselor at law, not a hired gun. Third, the organization must encourage the free flow of legal and business information to and from managers and lawyers so the lawyers understand the context in which a decision is being made and the...
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- 22 Jul 2002
- Research & Ideas
Is Performance-Based Pricing the Right Price for You?
comes to bear only when there is a mutual need to focus on joint objectives" This process of open communication encourages a great degree of buyer/seller cooperation and coordination, and literally a much broader agreement. More...
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- 09 Oct 2001
- Research & Ideas
Driven: How Human Nature Shapes Organizations
layout to place interdependent groups in adjacent space to encourage trustful bonding. Individuals can be assigned the full-time job of maintaining balanced relationships within and between groups. Of course, these same structural devices...
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by Paul Lawrence & Nitin Nohria