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- 11 Feb 2013
- Research & Ideas
Neuroeconomics: Eyes, Brain, Business
to be an intrinsic desire to see minds even where there are no minds," she explains. "People see faces in clouds, in burnt toast, and in all these things where it just doesn't make sense. It reveals a sensitivity to human form that might underlie an intrinsic View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 11 Sep 2007
- First Look
First Look: September 11, 2007
Herzlinger Publication:McGraw-Hill, 2007 Abstract In the battle for U.S. health care, patients and doctors are losing. Who Killed Health Care? shows how to win the war. One of the nation's most respected health care analysts, Regina Herzlinger, exposes the View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 23 Jan 2007
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First Look: January 23, 2007
these periods of uncertainty as motivation to innovate, taking digital technology into new territory. Pixar Studios, MSNBC, the Xbox, and the phenomena of "infotainment" all arose from the ashes of the corporate controversies.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 30 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Entering the Age of Alliances
to the educational and developmental processes. Through this alliance, HP has enhanced its reputation in the educational community, and participating employees have enjoyed highly motivating and satisfying experiences. Businesses and... View Details
Keywords: by James Austin
- 13 Oct 2015
- First Look
October 13, 2015
of the design of crowdfunding platforms can therefore be understood as attempts to deal with attendant "free-rider" problems in motivating contributions. Reviewing institutional features of today's crowdfunding, we clarify that... View Details
- March 2023
- Supplement
Deepa Bachu (B): Insights and Experiments at Pensaar Design
By: Thomas Graeber, Joshua Schwartzstein and Amram Migdal
In this case, set in June 2019 in Bangalore, Karnataka, India, Deepa Bachu of Pensaar Design and her team work with client ITC Ltd. to use design thinking and behavioral experiments to improve workplace safety and strive toward the company’s zero-accident goal. The... View Details
Keywords: Buildings and Facilities; Design; Training; Working Conditions; Business or Company Management; Production; Business Processes; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Outcome or Result; Performance Improvement; Programs; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Groups and Teams; Labor and Management Relations; Rank and Position; Safety; Attitudes; Behavior; Motivation and Incentives; Trust; Well-being; Consulting Industry; Pulp and Paper Industry; Manufacturing Industry; India
Graeber, Thomas, Joshua Schwartzstein, and Amram Migdal. "Deepa Bachu (B): Insights and Experiments at Pensaar Design." Harvard Business School Supplement 923-034, March 2023.
- 17 Feb 2021
- Research & Ideas
Pandemic Self-Care for CEOs: Rituals, Running, and Cognitive Restructuring
for Leaders: Protect and Pivot Keep Your Weary Workers Engaged and Motivated Good Leadership Is an Act of Kindness Cut Payroll Costs with Transparency, Fairness, and Compassion Inside CEOs' Pandemic Worries: Uncertainty, Employees, and... View Details
- 30 Aug 2011
- First Look
First Look: August 30
continuously improve urban student achievement, teaching must become a career that motivates and retains effective early career teachers. Teach Plus began as a pilot in fall 2007, launched by Celine Coggins, a former teacher and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 May 2010
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First Look: May 4
case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/910409-PDF-ENG CommonAngelTM (A) Lynda M. Applegate, Kaitlyn Simpson, Max White, and Christopher McDonaldHarvard Business School Case 810-082 Describes the motivations behind the founding of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 09 Feb 2010
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 9
participation—or closed. This paper reviews factors that motivate decisions to open or close mature platforms. At the platform provider and sponsor levels, these decisions entail 1) interoperating with established rival platforms, 2)... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 13 Dec 2004
- Research & Ideas
How Leaders Create Winning Streaks
on-time performance, and offered to share equally with all employees 50 percent of the cost savings achieved by better service. Employees were motivated to achieve this goal and showed initiative in taking actions that helped the company... View Details
Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter & Walter Kiechel
- 15 Jan 2019
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New Research and Ideas, January 15, 2019
influence the perceptions that people have about a place in a way that is conducive to their goals. This background note lays the ground for instructors to expose students to the concept of a place brand, allow them to examine the ways in which it may be influenced,... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 20 Feb 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, February 20, 2018
objective performance but incorporating managerial discretion in the selection of winners. In principle, such plans could motivate employees to perform both at a high level, based on objective criteria, and in accordance with company... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Jan 2017
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January 3, 2017
omission and commission cannot slip undetected into the transaction processing stream. The behavioral and motivational assumptions that underlie these systems are analyzed. Finally, the module described how managers can impose strategic... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 20 Sep 2011
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First Look: September 20
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1344068 The Pursuit of Power Corrupts: Investing in Outside Options Motivates Opportunism in Relationships Authors:D. Malhotra and F. Gino Publication:Social Psychological Perspectives on... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Mar 2010
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First Look: March 30
the price of capital across countries. This strategy is motivated by the fact that most countries import the bulk of machinery equipment from a small number of industrialized countries. We find the price of imported capital goods to be... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Mar 2010
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First Look: March 9
of Central America does more than just advance our understanding of the national and global consequences of the Panama Canal and the imperialist motives and influences of the United States. In an age where everyone is looking for new... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 23 Dec 2008
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First Look: December 23, 2008
including superiors, the board, and respected internal opinion leaders; 2) motivates others for change; 3) protects and nurtures the vital role of creative mavericks; 4) signals respect for and actively reinforces crucial core values; 5)... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 Jan 2008
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First Look: January 15, 2008
those remarkable circumstances in which people see no evil in others' unethical behavior. Specifically, we explore 1) the motivated tendency to overlook the unethical behavior of others when we recognize the unethical behavior would harm... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 08 Oct 2007
- Research & Ideas
Management Education’s Unanswered Questions
motivated by the fact that many scholars in business schools had offered no real policy prescriptions for how the United States could get out of the Depression. Moreover, so many businesspeople had been seen as not necessarily following... View Details