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- 23 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
AIDS in Africa—What’s the Solution?
illneses take a financial and emotional toll on businesses operating in Africa. "This is not just a disease we're talking about. This is a disease that has the power to destroy economies," said Harvard Business School Professor...
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by Julie Jette
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
The Protagonist Goes Prime Time
question we ask, why should this case be a multimedia case?” says lead multimedia developer Dave Habeeb. “The best multimedia cases have something visual, something tangible that the students need to see, and they have emotional content.”...
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April White
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Keeping the Beat
like for you as an artist in these socially distant corona-times? Madame Gandhi: I think in the producer community, the sort of ongoing joke is that we’ve been preparing for this moment our whole life. I think the solitude of being in your View Details
- 09 May 2005
- Research & Ideas
Hold or Fold? Sizing Up Business Risk
intent going forward. And then we go back for another heart check, just as we did in step 1, the Big Goals, to make sure that we don't have hidden emotion loops pulling us toward an option that is less likely to help us reach the goals we...
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- 30 Jul 2024
- Research & Ideas
Do Social Movements Sway Voters? Not Really, Except for One
relied on surveys taken at two points: before the protest and after. Pons and Gethin also wanted to measure attitudes weeks before and weeks after the event, since they wondered: Would opinions be more likely to change while emotions were...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Natural Fit
Patty in the foothills of Park City, Utah, home base for US Ski & Snowboard At the age of 18, Anouk Patty (MBA 1997) was in an enviable position, or so it seemed. In addition to gaining acceptance at Dartmouth College, Patty’s speed and grit had earned her a place on...
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- 15 Jan 2020
- News
The Business of Access
person who is paying, the philanthropist, is typically not the person receiving the service.” This fundamental difference, she notes, changes the function-benefit sales framework. Lisle found that she thrived at speaking with philanthropists. “Like me, there’s usually...
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Maureen Harmon
- 30 Sep 2014
- News
Life Lessons on the Open Seas
program started by teaching sailing skills to children with spinal cord injuries, it now serves children and adults with a variety of physical and emotional challenges as well as cancer patients and veterans. “I thought the best path to...
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Jill Radsken
- 13 Jun 2014
- Op-Ed
World Cup Soccer: 770 Billion Minutes of Attention
decades. For instance, in the United States broadcast sector, the cost of consumer attention has increased five- to seven-fold for the same period even after controlling for inflation. A third principle of Attention Economics is that attention associated with View Details
- 17 Feb 2021
- Research & Ideas
Pandemic Self-Care for CEOs: Rituals, Running, and Cognitive Restructuring
many CEOs surmised that they were simply acclimating to the stress and uncertainty of the pandemic. A mission or malaise? The contrasting responses of the remaining two CEOs highlight the disconnect between circumstances and emotional...
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- 14 May 2008
- Research & Ideas
Getting Down to the Business of Creativity
perceptions, emotions, and motivations," Amabile says. "We call this 'inner work life,' and we found that it directly influences creativity and other aspects of performance." Previous laboratory studies have demonstrated the causal relationship between...
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- June 2007
- Article
Efficient Kidney Exchange: Coincidence of Wants in a Structured Market
By: A. E. Roth, Tayfun Sonmez and M. Utku Unver
Patients needing kidney transplants may have donors who cannot donate to them because of blood or tissue incompatibility. Incompatible patient-donor pairs can exchange donor kidneys with other pairs only when there is a "double coincidence of wants." Developing...
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Organizational Structure;
Size;
Emotions;
Human Needs;
Health Care and Treatment;
Health Testing and Trials;
Infrastructure;
Supply Chain Management;
Fairness;
Performance Improvement;
Health Industry
Roth, A. E., Tayfun Sonmez, and M. Utku Unver. "Efficient Kidney Exchange: Coincidence of Wants in a Structured Market." American Economic Review 97, no. 3 (June 2007): 828–851.
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
What It Takes: Minorities in the Executive Suite
expose them to new ones. The result is often personal relationships that cut across racial lines. "These personal networks are not only important to the social and emotional experience of minorities," says Thomas, "but they...
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by Judith A. Ross
- 25 Aug 2009
- First Look
First Look: August 25
Working PapersAnger and Regulation Authors:Rafael Di Tella and Juan DubraNBER Working Paper Series, No. 15201, August 2009 Abstract We propose a model where voters experience an emotional cost when they observe a firm that has displayed...
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Martha Lagace
- 04 Oct 2007
- What Do You Think?
Has Managerial Capitalism Peaked?
better. Be it mutual funds or hedge funds, these so-called owners have virtually no emotional investment in the companies (they own)." B. D. Majuqwana comments that "the biggest drawback for PE is that it does not aim to create...
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by Jim Heskett
- Web
Global Activities 2020-2021 - Global Activities 2021
faced. When discussing the case, Bruck hopes participants will understand that human experiences and emotions are an important part of leadership. To spark discussions among executives in the Program for Leadership Development about how...
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- 08 Apr 2021
- News
Real Talk
executive leadership diversity training, in her courses to discuss his work in South Africa. But tensions and emotions were especially high that day. “So, in addition to sharing our own personal narratives, we created a sense of social...
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- September 2004
- Article
Trust in Agency
Existing models of the principal-agent relationship assume the agent works only under extrinsic incentives. However, many observed agency contracts take the form of a fixed payment. For such contracts to succeed, the principal must trust the agent to work in the...
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Trust;
Agency Theory;
Relationships;
Behavior;
Motivation and Incentives;
Contracts;
Business Model;
Emotions;
Forecasting and Prediction;
Ethics;
Standards;
Risk and Uncertainty
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon. "Trust in Agency." Journal of Economics & Management Strategy 13, no. 3 (September 2004): 375–404.
- 20 Nov 2019
- News
Lifting Fallen Families
kind of personal support is a big part of our mission.” Seven of the organization’s current employees have benefited as students, just like Lemon. They are now in a unique position, observes Kim, to provide not only financial support but also offer View Details
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Maureen Harmon
- 13 Nov 2018
- News
Building a New Real Estate Investment Model
“He rolled down the window and said, ‘You are coming to make these neighborhoods better. Thank you,’” Davis recalls. “I got somewhat emotional at that.” Learn more about Tawan Davis and his work in Philadephia.
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