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  • 2013
  • Case

Ningbo FOTILE Kitchen Ware Co., Ltd.

By: F. Warren McFarlan, Zheng Xiaoming, Yuren Fang and Hong Zhang
Since 2008, FOTILE has actively introduced philosophies of the traditional Chinese culture—such as benevolence, justice, courtesy, wisdom and faith—into its management, which it believes to compensate for deficiencies in Western management concepts and creates a new... View Details
Keywords: Human Resource Management; China; Human Resources; Leadership; Management; Strategy; China
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  • March 2014
  • Article

Cyclicality of Credit Supply: Firm Level Evidence

By: Bo Becker and Victoria Ivashina
Theory predicts that there is a close link between bank credit supply and the evolution of the business cycle. Yet fluctuations in bank-loan supply have been hard to quantify in the time series. While loan issuance falls in recessions, it is not clear if this is due to... View Details
Keywords: Business Cycles; Borrowing and Debt; Credit; Banks and Banking; Bonds; Financial Markets; Financing and Loans; Banking Industry
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  • 1994
  • Article

Three-dimensional Finite Element Modeling of a Cervical Vertebra: An Investigation of Burst Fracture Mechanism

By: Kevin J. Bozic, J H Keyak, H B Skinner, H U Bueff and David Bradford
Finite element modeling was used to study the mechanical behavior of a cervical vertebra under axial compressive loading. A three-dimensional (3-D) finite element (FE) model of a mid-cervical vertebra using inhomogeneous material properties was generated from... View Details
Keywords: Performance Expectations; Strength and Weakness; Health; Mathematical Methods; Health Industry
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  • 2010
  • Book

One Strategy: Organization, Planning, and Decision Making

By: Steven Sinofsky and Marco Iansiti
Learn from the concepts, capabilities, processes, and behaviors that aligned around one strategy with the hard-won, first-person wisdom found in One Strategy. Challenging traditional views of strategy and operational execution, this book - written by Microsoft... View Details
Keywords: Strategy; Organizations; Planning; Decision Making
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    (Un)principled Agents: Monitoring Loyalty after the End of the Royal African Company Monopoly

    The revocation of the Royal African Company's monopoly in 1698 inaugurated a  transformation of the transatlantic slave trade. While the RAC’s exit from the slave trade has received scholarly attention, little is known about the company’s response to the loss of its... View Details
    • 2021
    • Working Paper

    Does Observability Amplify Sensitivity to Moral Frames? Evaluating a Reputation-Based Account of Moral Preferences

    By: Valerio Capraro, Jillian J. Jordan and Ben Tappin
    A growing body of work suggests that people are sensitive to moral framing in economic games involving prosociality, suggesting that people hold moral preferences for doing the “right thing”. What gives rise to these preferences? Here, we evaluate the explanatory power... View Details
    Keywords: Moral Preferences; Moral Frames; Observability; Trustworthiness; Trust Game; Trade-off Game; Moral Sensibility; Reputation; Behavior; Trust
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    • 2010
    • Article

    An Organizational Approach to Undoing Gender: The Unlikely Case of Offshore Oil Platforms

    By: Robin J. Ely and Debra E. Meyerson
    This case study of two offshore oil platforms illustrates how an organizational initiative designed to enhance safety and effectiveness created a culture that unintentionally released men from societal imperatives for "manly" behavior, prompting them to let go of... View Details
    Keywords: Safety; Goals and Objectives; Behavior; Organizational Culture; Performance Effectiveness; Gender; Emotions
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    • 04 Mar 2024
    • Research & Ideas

    Want to Make Diversity Stick? Break the Cycle of Sameness

    that diversity is good overall.” What’s driving these decisions? Chang speculates that a behavioral phenomenon known as “loss aversion,” in which people focus on avoiding losses rather than reaping potential gains, might be influencing... View Details
    Keywords: by Michael Blanding
    • 11 Aug 2014
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Decision Making Under Information Asymmetry: Experimental Evidence on Belief Refinements

    Keywords: by William Schmidt & Ryan W. Buell
    • 09 Apr 2018
    • Sharpening Your Skills

    The Dark Side of Performance Bonuses

    iPhoto Companies continually test ways to incent employees to perform more effectively, often turning to worker-motivation tools such as bonuses, “up or out” employee ranking tournaments, and employee of the month rewards. Behavioral... View Details
    Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
    • 04 Sep 2001
    • Research & Ideas

    Is Government Just Stupid? How Bad Decisions Are Made

    regulation of their industry. Their rash behavior will deprive future generations of entire species of nutritious fish. Long-term thinking about intergenerational issues is lacking in this and many other public decision-making arenas.... View Details
    Keywords: by Max H. Bazerman, Jonathan Baron & Katherine Shonk
    • 2010
    • Working Paper

    Disagreement about the Team's Status Hierarchy: An Insidious Obstacle to Coordination and Performance

    By: Heidi K. Gardner

    Hierarchies are pervasive in groups, generally providing clear guidelines for the dominance and deference behaviors that members are expected to show based on their relative ranks. But what happens when team members disagree about where each member ranks on the... View Details

    Keywords: Performance Effectiveness; Groups and Teams; Behavior; Conflict and Resolution; Perception; Status and Position; Cooperation
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    • Web

    Life at Harvard - Doctoral

    Community Anil Doshi Technology & Operations Management Filippo Mezzanotti Business Economics Sarah Wolfolds Strategy Anastassia Fedyk Business Economics Alexandra C. Feldberg Organizational Behavior Rohan Kekre Business Economics Do Yoon... View Details
    • 31 Oct 2018
    • What Do You Think?

    What is the Function of Fear in Leadership?

    getting short-term change out of a fear of consequences, only perpetuates long-term fear, which decreases innovation, collaboration, and growth ” On the other hand, Paul argued that, “The ever growing body of neurological research has found that at times fear can lead... View Details
    Keywords: by James Heskett

      Paige Tsai

      Paige Tsai is PhD candidate in the Technology and Operations Management Unit at Harvard Business School. Her research broadly examines the effects of job design on employees. Her current projects explore the financial and well-being effects of holding multiple jobs,... View Details
      Keywords: service industry; restaurant; retailing; hotels ＆ motels
      • 2024
      • Working Paper

      Operational Impact of Communication Channels: Evidence from Last-Mile Delivery Services

      By: Natalie Epstein, Santiago Gallino and Antonio Moreno
      Communication channels are often used to improve customer satisfaction and behavior. This paper studies how they can be used to enhance operational performance.
      We partner with a last-mile delivery company and, through natural and field experiments, explore... View Details
      Keywords: Customer Satisfaction; Consumer Behavior; Logistics; Communication
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      • 15 Mar 2016
      • First Look

      March 15, 2016

      new products and businesses. The three-box framework makes leading innovation easier because it gives leaders a simple vocabulary and set of tools for managing and measuring these different sets of behaviors and activities across all... View Details
      • 29 Oct 2013
      • Research & Ideas

      Do Employees Work Harder for Higher Pay?

      boost his or her motivation. It does—under certain conditions. The evolving field of behavioral economics is challenging the assumption that more money inevitably leads to increased effort. In a recent field study that he conducted along... View Details
      Keywords: by Chuck Leddy & Harvard Gazette

        Natalie Epstein

        Natalie Epstein is a PhD Candidate in Technology and Operations Management at Harvard Business School. Her research focuses on service design strategies for on-demand operations. As the service industry accelerates, she is particularly... View Details

        • 25 Jan 2011
        • First Look

        First Look: Jan. 25

          PublicationsThe Strategic Use of Brand Biographies Authors:Jill Avery, Neeru Paharia, Anat Keinan, and Juliet Schor Publication:Research in Consumer Behavior (forthcoming) Abstract We introduce the concept of a brand biography to... View Details
        Keywords: Sean Silverthorne