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  • 2016
  • Article

Buying to Blunt Negative Feelings: Materialistic Escape from the Self

By: Grant Edward Donnelly, Masha Ksendzova, Ryan Howell, Kathleen Vohs and Roy F. Baumeister
We propose that escape theory, which describes how individuals seek to free themselves from aversive states of self-awareness, helps explain key patterns of materialistic people’s behavior. As predicted by escape theory, materialistic individuals may feel dissatisfied... View Details
Keywords: Materialism; Escape; Self; Negative Emotions; Self-awareness; Emotions; Consumer Behavior; Identity; Motivation and Incentives
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  • 01 Sep 2018
  • News

Escape Hatch

build one and stick it in the woods outside Boston—far enough away that I could escape stress and the city, but near enough that I could get there easily,” he recalls. That impulse became the inspiration for Getaway, a startup incubated... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Arts, Entertainment
  • November 2003
  • Article

The Customer Has Escaped

By: Frank V. Cespedes and Paul F. Nunes
Keywords: Customers
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  • 01 Jun 2016
  • News

Escape from Alcatraz

Conquer: To escape from the first room of the Spook House, team members have to divide up tasks, each taking responsibility for observing and reporting on a different part of the room. Fail to Succeed: What can you learn from sand,... View Details
Keywords: April White

    Escaping the Build Trap

    This book is a guide to getting out of the build trap with great product management. We look at what it means to become and be a product-led organization, which involves four key components:

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    • 2010
    • Book

    Different: Escaping the Competitive Herd

    By: Youngme Moon
    Every few years a book-through a combination of the author's unique voice, storytelling ability, spirit, and insight-simply breaks the mold. Youngme Moon's DIFFERENT is that kind of book, a book for "people who don't read business books...," a book that feels like an... View Details
    Keywords: Communication Intention and Meaning; Entrepreneurship; Innovation and Invention; Marketing; Creativity; Competition
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    • 23 Feb 2025
    • News

    Vietnam Can Escape the Middle-Income Trap

    • April 1990 (Revised January 1994)
    • Case

    Mexico: Escaping from the Debt Crisis?

    Explores how Mexico found itself in the debt crisis that exploded in 1982 and how the de la Madrid administration (1982-88) followed by the Salinas government (1988 on) devised policies by which to resolve the macroeconomic imbalances. Describes the economic and... View Details
    Keywords: Financial Crisis; Macroeconomics; Mexico
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    • 02 Apr 2012
    • News

    Keen On... Clay Christensen: How To Escape The Innovator's Dilemma

    • 26 Oct 2023
    • News

    How Mark Zuckerberg Escaped a Metaverse-Sized Hole

    • 21 Mar 2016
    • News

    Karmaloop founder can’t escape $5 million debt

    • 26 Apr 2016
    • News

    How Companies Escape the Traps of the Past

    • February 1997 (Revised February 2002)
    • Case

    Mexico (B): Escaping from the Debt Crisis?

    By: Huw Pill
    Describes the response of the Mexican authorities and the international community to the "Third World Debt Crisis" that came to the forefront of global economic concerns in the early 1980s. Focuses on the respective roles of the private sector, governments (Mexican and... View Details
    Keywords: Globalized Economies and Regions; Financial Crisis; Macroeconomics; Mexico
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    • 31 Oct 2021
    • News

    Kominers’s Conundrums: Can You Escape the Conjurer’s Curse?

    • 30 Oct 2017
    • News

    Exclusive Q&A: How Retailers Can Escape The ‘Content Trap’

    • June 3, 2021
    • Article

    How to Build a Life: How to Escape the Happiness Guilt Trap

    By: Arthur C. Brooks
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    • 17 Jan 2019
    • News

    How 1850s America Offers a Model for Escaping Poverty

    • December 2021
    • Case

    Should I Stay or Should I Go? Assessing Risk in Carlos Ghosn's International Escape

    By: Eugene F. Soltes, Grace Liu and Muneeb Ahmed
    In 2018, automotive tycoon Carlos Ghosn was arrested in Japan on financial misreporting charges, followed later by charges of improper payments and misappropriation of funds. Over a year later, still awaiting trial, Ghosn organized his escape from house arrest in Tokyo... View Details
    Keywords: Crime and Corruption; Decision Making; Cost vs Benefits; Decision Choices and Conditions; Ethics; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Law; Courts and Trials; Rights; Risk and Uncertainty; Auto Industry; Japan
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    • 24 Apr 2014
    • News

    For African farmers looking to escape poverty, honey brings sweet success

    Yusuf Keshavjee (OPM 17, 1991) helps African farmers and their families escape poverty through beekeeping. He cofounded Honey Care Africa (HCA), a private-sector enterprise in Kenya that partners with local NGOs and international... View Details
    • 2018
    • Book

    Escaping the Build Trap: How Effective Product Management Creates Real Value

    By: Melissa Perri
    This book is a guide to getting out of the build trap with great product management. We look at what it means to become and be a product-led organization, which involves four key components: creating a product manager role with the right responsibilities and structure;... View Details
    Keywords: Product And Process Development; Product Management; Customer Focus and Relationships; Value Creation
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