Social Influence - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Mar 2016
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2016

Career and Relationships by Ramabadran Gopalakrishnan (AMP 115, 1994) (Rupa Publications India Pvt. Ltd.) According to Gopalakrishnan, perceptions influence our thoughts and actions, and these, in turn, are View Details

01 Feb 1997
News

Shaping the Future of Business: Entrepreneurial Evolution at HBS

Marketing; Entrepreneurship, Creativity, and Organization; Real Property Asset Management; Venture Capital and Private Equity; Entrepreneurship in the Social Sector; and Running and Growing the Small Company. Several related courses... View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry and Susan Young; profiles by Garry Emmons

30 May 2005
Research & Ideas

Germany’s Pioneering Corporate Managers

Thyssen himself paid an immense amount of attention to issues of organization, accounting, and control, so in many ways the book reflects those interests. It became clear that Thyssen and his managers were doing many innovative things in terms of organization. Having... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

01 Sep 2009
News

Over the Top

employ and train a cadre of professional directors to serve on corporate boards (see sidebar, page 35). And HBS professors, drawing on their areas of expertise, have attempted to influence the debate through opinion pieces in major... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Finance; Government

01 Dec 2001
News

September 11: A Community Reflects

each one of us receives from this community are very important. I want to thank all of you for participating in this support system and for sustaining the unique set of values that defines HBS. "Stacey M. Childress (MBA '00), director of the HBS Initiative on View Details

Keywords: Susan Young;Deborah Blagg

21 Jun 2011
First Look

First Look: June 21

Standard Setters in Standard Setting Authors: Abigail M. Allen and Karthik Ramanna Abstract We investigate the idiosyncratic influence of standard setters in standard setting. In particular, we examine how FASB members' and SEC... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

15 Jan 2019
First Look

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... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

03 Nov 2015
First Look

November 3, 2015

administrations are collaborating with academic economists and other quantitative social scientists to apply such rigorous methods to the study of public finance. These developments allow for more reliable measurements of the effects of... View Details