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- 09 Jun 2015
- First Look
First Look: June 9, 2015
morality and decrease people's ability to justify dishonesty. The second principle, Visibility, aims to restrict anonymity, prompt peer monitoring, and elicit responsible norms. The third principle, Self-Engagement, increases motivation to maintain a positive... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 24, 2018
learning; when staff believe that support for learning-oriented culture, practices, and leadership is low, they may be less willing or able to share ideas. Purpose: We examined how staff perception of organizational support for learning... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Short Takes
to several common organizational problems. For example, they examine how a majority group's perception that a minority group or individual is performing poorly can mushroom into a self-fulfilling cycle of negativity. Discouraged at being... View Details
- Web
Leading Race Work in Business Schools - Race, Gender & Equity
expression, as well as factors that impede authenticity in every day work interactions. Her research has centered on employee silence, and the degree to which members suppress personal values and pretend to embrace those of the... View Details
- 03 Feb 2016
- What Do You Think?
How Do You Hire an 'Impostor'?
employees. And several identified personally with the phenomenon. Desirable qualities of imposters were described in different ways. Julie Cohen said, “The balance of competency and occasional self-doubt keep them constantly striving to... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Faculty Books
Visiting Professor Gulati examines the "network re-sources" that arise from these ties; how successful firms manage the ties; and how the ties influence strategy, access to material resources, and perceptions of a firm's legitimacy held... View Details
- 30 Jul 2014
- Lessons from the Classroom
Teaching The Deal
a reasonable request and deliver it with a smile, hopefully you can keep the other person in the room and see what happens next." Mohan—former managing director and now senior advisor of $15 billion VC and private equity firm Summit... View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
MBA Program:Rapid Innovation in '96
revealed striking contrasts between students' perceptions of HBS before and after entering the MBA Program," he explains. "On the whole, they found HBS much less competitive than they'd expected and far more friendly, responsive, and... View Details
- 02 Sep 2014
- Research & Ideas
Food Stamp Entrepreneurs: How Public Assistance Enables Business Bootstrapping
States. At the same time, his family received food purchasing assistance from the Food Stamp program. He's pretty sure that these safety nets helped lead to the formation of his family's company. But while his personal experience... View Details
- 13 Sep 2004
- Research & Ideas
Cash and the Woman-Owned Business
rather than problems with women's capabilities and commitment. The following sections explore these widely held beliefs about women's investment in, commitment to, and capability to run substantial businesses of their own. Do Women Underinvest In Their Businesses?... View Details
- 17 Apr 2007
- First Look
First Look: April 17, 2007
confers a significant first-mover advantage. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-063.pdf A Perceptions Framework for Categorizing Inventory Policies in Single-stage Inventory Systems Author:Noel Watson Abstract In this... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 27 Mar 2014
- News
From Marx to Marketing
groundbreaking research project was the impetus that would bring a steady stream of professors, managers, and other participants from Russia and Eastern Europe to HBS. "At HBS," Vlachoutsicos recalls, "the perception was that Soviet power... View Details
- 28 Feb 2012
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 28
Authors:Mark Mortensen and Tsedal Neeley Publication:pub Abstract Scholars argue that direct knowledge about distant colleagues is crucial for fostering trust in global collaboration. However, their arguments focus mainly on how trust accrues from knowledge about... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Apr 2014
- Research & Ideas
Negotiation and All That Jazz
parties creatively search for mutual gain, and hardball, where each party ruthlessly presses its own advantage. "Win-win has much to say for it," Wheeler says. "But it's not appropriate in every case. If the other person refuses to... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 29 Aug 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 29
Positive By: Goranson, Amelia, Ryan S. Ritter, Adam Waytz, Michael I. Norton, and Kurt Gray Abstract— In people’s imagination, dying seems dreadful; however, these perceptions may not reflect reality. In two studies, we compared the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Oct 2004
- Research & Ideas
Planning for Surprises
predictable surprises and when should we give them a pass? If they have made reasonable efforts to scan the environment and tap into available information, yet still fail to see the piano dropping, we should let leaders off the hook. They likewise get a pass if they do... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 02 Aug 2021
- What Do You Think?
Can Companies with Remote Management Succeed?
Regarding delegation of responsibility, Bill Edwards commented, “When companies name a person to the role of CXO too often others think they are off the hook for managing the customer experience The CXO must enable and insist others to be... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 16 Jan 2019
- Research & Ideas
What Football Firings Teach Managers About Staying Relevant
of himself as too laid-back and relaxed to be a strong leader, especially since he followed the notoriously intimidating Bill Parcells. It may be argued that Carroll was still unprepared to be a good coach, as he failed to adapt his style to create a View Details
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Improve Decision-Making in Hiring: Common Pitfalls and How to Avoid Them - Recruiting
to make a lasting difference. What is Unconscious Bias? Unconscious or implicit bias is the term for the mental processes that cause a person to act in ways that reinforce stereotypes even when in our conscious mind we would deem that... View Details
- 02 Jul 2014
- What Do You Think?
Are Today’s Business Heroes Challenging Our Ideas About Leadership?
addressed a couple of these points when she said, "The fact that we can name so few leaders as readily as the ones cited in the article is because they are exceptions. There is no question that brilliant, strongly mission-driven founders can inspire people to... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett