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- 26 Mar 2018
- Research & Ideas
To Motivate Employees, Give an Unexpected Bonus (or Penalty)
another's, or peer pressure to work on behalf of the larger group. All of those forms of incentive influence individual decisions, which are driven by expectations of future outcomes. “We make choices in anticipation of what the... View Details
- 17 Oct 2018
- Research & Ideas
Pro Basketball Coaches Display Racial Bias When Selecting Lineups
nine out of 10 of his last games, for example, players of the same race got an extra minute of playing time. When a coach lost the same number, no bias was shown. Zhang attributes that phenomenon to the “slack” that coaches get when they are on a hot streak, when fans... View Details
- 07 Jan 2002
- Research & Ideas
How Marketing Can Reduce Worldwide Poverty
on-the-ground advocacy—to go get a free eye exam or a blood pressure check-up. Easy. Your basic principles of sales and promotion will carry the day. If your charge is minimizing smoking or drug use, well,... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 11 Mar 2024
- News
In Harmony
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, my name is Julia Hanna; I’m an associate editor at the HBS Alumni Bulletin. Last November I flew to Seoul, South Korea to interview Michael Kim (MBA 1990) of MBK Partners. Often referred to as one of... View Details
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
Highly Recommended: Leah Modigliani
is hosting a brunch this weekend, and the drink would make her menu complete. From junior high on, she explains, she had to prepare dinner one night a week. "My mother taught me how to cook, and I enjoy it. But I have to say I haven't had... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 27 Jun 2011
- Research & Ideas
Recovering from the Need to Achieve
Start Of The Journey The book is no quick fix, but it is a start to a lifelong journey for high need to achieve types who must work through destructive tendencies every day. "My sister is a harpist," DeLong says. "Wherever... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts
Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books You Got This! A Straightforward, No-Nonsense Playbook for Crushing 130+ Workplace Challenges By Heidi Abelli (MBA 1993) Palmetto Publishing Stepping into the corporate world can feel like navigating a labyrinth, especially when... View Details
- 26 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
When Silence Spells Trouble at Work
employees in organizations ranging from small businesses to Fortune 500 corporations to government bureaucracies reveal that silence can exact a high psychological price on individuals, generating feelings of humiliation, pernicious... View Details
Keywords: by Leslie A. Perlow
- 19 May 2021
- Op-Ed
Why America Needs a Better Bridge Between School and Career
help young people from low-income communities launch promising careers. The applications provide an inside look at the interplay among short-term training providers, employers, colleges, and high schools. "Policymakers, employers, and... View Details
Keywords: by Joseph B. Fuller and Rachel Lipson
- 14 Jun 2010
- Research & Ideas
The Hard Work of Measuring Social Impact
major players by virtue of their scale and the scope of their activities, and in some communities they have been the only consistent service providers in a generation," he observes. "They can assess their performance much further down the logic chain due to their... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 13 Apr 2016
- Research & Ideas
Why Your Company Wants to be a 'Cognitive Referent' (Hint: SpaceX)
Technology and Operations Management Unit at Harvard Business School. After all, 2007 was the year that Twitter was founded; Airbnb formed the following year. For startups jockeying for position in nascent markets, pressure is intense to... View Details
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Very Continental
developing infrastructure projects and intra-Africa trade as well as those in value-added exports from Africa to international markets. “I’m happiest about a project when I feel we’ve established a real basis for sustainable development at scale,” she says. In View Details
- 02 Nov 2021
- Research & Ideas
Why COVID-19 Probably Killed More People Than We Realize
every 100 they reported from COVID, the researchers say. [div class=infogram-embed data-id=_/pAlaWa6bt8JGLB3IciHQ][/div] Other countries with significantly high unexplained death totals: Peru, which had 160 percent excess deaths; and... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 06 Sep 2004
- Research & Ideas
The Innovator’s Battle Plan
A good way to visualize what incumbents can do when faced with a disruptive attack is to consider how humans respond to a perceived threat. Our body immediately reacts. We produce adrenaline. Our heart rate goes up. Our respiration rate goes up. View Details
- 05 Mar 2012
- Research & Ideas
Is JC Penney’s Makeover the Future of Retailing?
challenge, Lal says. Pricing It Right Retail pricing is a high art, and Johnson is starting from scratch at Penney, replacing frequent sales—the company had 590 of them in 2011—with "Fair and Square everyday pricing." When outlining the... View Details
- 23 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
Overcoming Nervous Nelly
people anxious by listening to a short music clip and see how they suffer in mock negotiations, then we can extrapolate the effects of anxiety to the pressures of the real world, where it's likely to have an even more profound... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 16 Oct 2012
- First Look
First Look: October 16
Pressure as a Savings Commitment Device Authors:Felipe Kast, Stephan Meier, and Dina Pomeranz Abstract We test the effectiveness of self-help peer groups as a commitment device for precautionary savings, through two randomized field... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Mar 2019
- Research & Ideas
Stuck in Commuter Hell? You Can Still Be Productive
School Working Paper, Between Home and Work: Commuting as an Opportunity for Role Transitions. People with high levels of “work-family conflict": Workers often feel intense pressure from both their home and... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 20 Oct 2010
- Op-Ed
Export Competitiveness: Reversing the Logic
the current economic and financial crisis, countries around the globe are looking for ways to reignite economic growth. Traditionally, export-led growth has been perceived as one of the most promising pathways to do so. The experience of several waves of Asian... View Details
Keywords: by Christian Ketels
- 23 Oct 2012
- First Look
First Look: October 23
customer vehicles at higher rates and are more likely to lose customers whom they fail, suggesting that competition intensifies pressure on facilities to provide illegal leniency. We also show that, at least in markets in which pricing is... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne