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04 Feb 2021
Research & Ideas

Inside CEOs' Pandemic Worries: Uncertainty, Employees, and Kids

Us About Crisis Leadership The COVID Two-Step 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 Another CEO... View Details

Keywords: by Gamze D. Yucaoglu, Robin Abrahams, and Boris Groysberg

08 Jan 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, January 8, 2019

far from ideal. Past efforts to impact perceptions of Israel, spearheaded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as well as various Jewish organizations, were mainly aimed at “explaining” Israel’s political position and convincing the world that the country was View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

17 Jun 2013
Research & Ideas

Advertising Symbiosis: The Key to Viral Videos

as "advertising symbiosis" because the advertiser and the viewer mutually benefit from the act of sharing. Five Examples Of Advertising Symbiosis Teixeira offers five approaches as examples to achieve virality through advertising... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Advertising

23 Jul 2012
Research & Ideas

Book Excerpt: ‘Talk, Inc.’

mix. Organizational conversation, by the same token, calls upon employees to participate eagerly in the work of generating the content through which a company tells its story, both internally and externally. People in frontline and midlevel posts View Details

Keywords: Re: Boris Groysberg

26 Mar 2012
Research & Ideas

What Neuroscience Tells Us About Consumer Desire

with an ad campaign called "The Orange Underground," featuring a series of 30-second TV spots in which the Cheetos mascot, Chester Cheetah, encourages consumers to commit subversive acts with Cheetos. (In one commercial, an... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Consumer Products

04 Oct 2024
In Practice

Research-Based Advice for the Seasonally Overwhelmed and Schedule Challenged

tasks, but more often from unmet expectations for shared cognitive labor. They wanted a partner who acted as a co-manager of family life, rather than an assistant waiting for direction, and grew resentful when his approach resembled the... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

16 Oct 2018
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New Research and Ideas, October 16, 2018

Digital Transformation at Brazilian Retailer Magazine Luiza By late 2017, Brazilian retailer Magazine Luiza's CEO was convinced that the company could significantly grow sales and accomplish its aspirations of digital transformation. What was unclear in his mind was... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

21 Sep 2016
Research & Ideas

Shabana Azmi: Leveraging Bollywood Fame into Social Good

Parliament: “I was an independent member and every time I wanted to speak on an issue I was allowed to speak. So whether it was on framing the national slum policy or whether it was the domestic violence against women act or whether it... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Motion Pictures & Video

02 Jul 2015
Op-Ed

The Future of the Greek Economy

repay its debts in the current terms. Prime Minister Tsipras and the Syriza government have acted irresponsibly by bringing a rushed, confusing, and unfair referendum to voters, by breaking the trust with the European institutions instead... View Details

Keywords: by Laura Alfaro, Dante Roscini & George Serafeim; Banking

12 Nov 2013
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First Look: November 12

wearing gym clothes rather than an elegant outfit or wearing red sneakers in a professional setting. Nonconforming behaviors, as costly and visible signals, can act as a particular form of conspicuous consumption and lead to positive... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

26 Feb 2013
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First Look: Feb. 26

and "In re CNX Gas" and provides commentary on current developments, such as "Say on Pay," proxy access and the Dodd-Frank Act of 2010. A new chapter on executive compensation appears. The fourth edition provides... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

09 Feb 2004
Research & Ideas

Got a New Strategy? Now Make it Happen

asked by senior management to conduct and analyze a worldwide employee survey. They refused to get involved in yet another hopeless exercise. Meanwhile, senior managers fully believed that they had acted on past feedback. We believe that... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Beer & Russell A. Eisenstat

02 Jan 2001
Research & Ideas

Gurus in the Garage

phrase "tragedy of the commons" to describe a system in which people acting rationally and in their own self-interest destroy the very resources they all share for their livelihood. His original example was of colonial farmers.... View Details

Keywords: by Dorothy Leonard & Walter Swap

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Design: At, Into, & Beyond - Race, Gender & Equity

in the 1970s. Naturalization The process by which U.S. citizenship is granted to a lawful permanent resident after meeting the requirements established by Congress in the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). Organizational Behavior The... View Details

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Policy - Business & Environment

Commissioner, Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources Dan Abbasi HBS MBA 1998 Chief Executive Officer, ASAP.Earth; Managing Director, GameChange Capital “I’m building a novel accountability platform, called ASAP.earth, that will give millions of people around the... View Details

22 Aug 2011
Research & Ideas

Getting to Eureka!: How Companies Can Promote Creativity

lower-skilled participants, consistent with high-skilled workers having a greater chance of winning cash prizes. In addition, the cash incentive acted most acutely by increasing the fraction of subjects who worked more than the minimum.... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

18 Sep 2007
First Look

First Look: September 18, 2007

http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=608062 The U.S. Retirement Savings Market and the Pension Protection Act of 2006 Harvard Business School Note 207-130 Provides an overview of the evolution of the private... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

09 Aug 2004
Research & Ideas

A Diagnostic for Disruptive Innovation

chooses not to. As the would-be disruptor grows, it sharpens its ability to do what the competitor cannot do. This hamstrings future competitive response because the disruptor has the advantage of accumulated learning and knowledge. In other words, asymmetric... View Details

Keywords: by Scott D. Anthony, Mark W. Johnson & Matt Eyring

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Past Projects | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

level. The global community tends to look to governments and multilaterals during public health crises, but in what contexts can the private sector be better equipped to act and in what ways? ArcelorMittal (AM), an integrated steel and... View Details

27 Oct 2017
News

The Best Business Advice I’ve Ever Received

adjustment if you need to. Julia Issembert class of 2012. Be honest. Be a good partner. People like doing business with people that they like and respect. So I always act as such. Skip Vonckx, MBA, 1962. Never believe that the business... View Details

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