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- 2019
- Interviews
Interview with Maureen Scully on "Mobilizing Privileged Allies"
- May 2018
- Article
Incentives for Prosocial Behavior: The Role of Reputations
By: Christine L. Exley
Do monetary incentives encourage volunteering? Or, do they introduce concerns about appearing greedy and crowd out the motivation to volunteer? Since the importance of such image concerns is normally unobserved, the answer is theoretically unclear, and corresponding...
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Incentives;
Image Motivation;
Volunteer;
Prosocial Behavior;
Altruism;
Gender;
Reputations;
Motivation and Incentives;
Behavior;
Perception;
Reputation
Exley, Christine L. "Incentives for Prosocial Behavior: The Role of Reputations." Management Science 64, no. 5 (May 2018): 2460–2471.
- Forthcoming
- Article
Human Bias in the Oversight of Firms: Evidence from Workplace Safety Violations
By: Jonas Heese, Gerardo Pérez Cavazos and Andreya Pérez Silva
We study the effects of mood as a source of human bias on regulators’ oversight and enforcement decisions. We use weather at facilities at the time of an OSHA inspection to proxy for the OSHA compliance officers’ mood. We find that during periods of good mood due to...
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Prejudice and Bias;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Happiness;
Working Conditions;
Safety
Heese, Jonas, Gerardo Pérez Cavazos, and Andreya Pérez Silva. "Human Bias in the Oversight of Firms: Evidence from Workplace Safety Violations." Review of Accounting Studies (forthcoming). (Pre-published online November 3, 2023.)
- June 2019
- Article
Brokers vs. Retail Investors: Conflicting Interests and Dominated Products
By: Mark Egan
I study how brokers distort household investment decisions. Using a novel convertible bond dataset, I find that consumers often purchase dominated bonds—cheap and expensive versions of otherwise identical bonds coexist in the market. The empirical evidence suggests...
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Brokers;
Fiduciary Standard;
Consumer Finance;
Structured Products;
Household;
Investment;
Decisions;
Motivation and Incentives;
Conflict of Interests
Egan, Mark. "Brokers vs. Retail Investors: Conflicting Interests and Dominated Products." Journal of Finance 74, no. 3 (June 2019): 1217–1260.
- October 2013
- Article
The Costs of Favoritism: Is Politically-Driven Aid Less Effective?
By: Axel Dreher, Stephan Klasen, James Vreeland and Eric Werker
As is now well documented, aid is given for both political as well as economic reasons. The conventional wisdom is that politically motivated aid is less effective in promoting developmental objectives. We examine the ex-post performance ratings of World Bank projects...
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World Bank;
Aid Effectiveness;
Political Influence;
United Nations Security Council;
International Finance;
Prejudice and Bias;
Outcome or Result;
Projects;
Government and Politics;
Power and Influence
Dreher, Axel, Stephan Klasen, James Vreeland, and Eric Werker. "The Costs of Favoritism: Is Politically-Driven Aid Less Effective?" Economic Development and Cultural Change 62, no. 1 (October 2013).
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Boards and Organization Leadership from Harvard ManageMentor
- 16 Oct 2019
- News
The Road to Impact
When he turned 50, David Offensend (MBA 1977) decided to make a change. He’d had a successful career in finance but had always dreamed of working in the nonprofit sector. In 2003, he recalls, “I made this leap of faith, that if I could find a management position in the...
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- 30 Oct 2017
- News
Giving Minorities a Playbook for Career Success
It isn’t news that US companies have a problem with diversity, especially in the C suite. Although African Americans make up 13.2 percent of the US population, only 1 percent—that’s just five people—are CEOs of Fortune 500 companies. That is a third of the total number...
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Constantine von Hoffman
- 02 Jun 2011
- News
Serious Fun
The educational power of video games and simulations to teach everyone from fighter pilots to senior managers is well documented. Games, after all, are fun. Our competitive instinct kicks in, and before we know it we’ve lost an hour to launching “angry birds” to...
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- 19 Jan 2010
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Managing the Economic Crisis
provide a good physical environment in a nonpublic, quiet area of the organization; and later allow those who carried out the layoffs to decompress and debrief. What Do Companies Lose When They Cut Corporate Giving? Corporate Social...
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by Staff
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
VC Luminary John Doerr: Education Reform Critical to Success of New Economy
with a few of my friends," Doerr told an audience of nearly one thousand HBS students who had gathered for his presentation, offered as part of the Social Enterprise Speaker Series. Since joining Kleiner Perkins in 1980, Doerr has played...
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- 2012
- Working Paper
Do Market Leaders Lead in Business Process Innovation? The Case(s) of E-Business Adoption
By: Kristina S. McElheran
This paper explores the relationship between market position and business process innovation. Prior research has focused on the alignment between new technologies and the internal capabilities of firms to pursue them. I extend the investigation to include external...
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Keywords:
Investment;
Technological Innovation;
Leadership;
Business Processes;
Behavior;
Motivation and Incentives;
Technology Adoption;
Manufacturing Industry;
United States
McElheran, Kristina S. "Do Market Leaders Lead in Business Process Innovation? The Case(s) of E-Business Adoption." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 10-104, June 2010. (Revised April 2011, October 2012.)
Richard W. Clark
With his ageless persona, Clark had an uncanny ability to tap into the social consciousness of America’s youth. After having served in front of the camera for many years, most notably as host of American Bandstand, Clark formed his own...
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Entertainment & Broadcast Media
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
All Smiles
Recent Doctoral graduates returned to campus in April to discuss their research and enjoy socializing at Young Alumni Research Day (see story below). From left, Marco Bertini (DBA 2006), Raj Choudhury (DBA 2010), Saikat Chaudhuri (DBA...
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- 15 Nov 2020
- News
Podcasts Engage New Audiences with HBS
criticism of its early social media marketing campaign targeting teens. Then Toffel, who is the Senator John Heinz Professor of Environmental Management, poses a tough question: “What should JUUL do now, given the pressure that it’s under...
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- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Short Takes
he writes. In his working paper "Flexibility: The New Social Contract between Individuals and Firms?," Bradach studies independent contractors, companies that use their services, and staffing agencies that bring the two parties together....
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Judith Ross
- 11 Jun 2019
- Book
These Aren't Beach Books, but Managers Should Read Them Anyway
R. Kerr’s book explores why global talent flows matter to national economic development and security Trust: Creating the Foundation for Entrepreneurship in Developing CountriesLegal and social institutions that support entrepreneurs often...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- Fast Answer
Workplace Diversity: Data Sources
conducts public opinion polling, demographic research, media content analysis, and other empirical social science research. Includes polling on work and employment, mostly focused on issues relating to women and minorities. Company...
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- 03 Jan 2017
- News
Using Technology to Tailor Learning to Each Child
it can lead to a more personalized educational experience for students. “When I was at HBS, I was inspired by the idea of using innovation that has been successful with other organizations and taking it to the social sector. So many of...
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