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- 15 Dec 2014
- Research & Ideas
Deconstructing the Price Tag
relative to costs. Interestingly, a company that exposes costs still sees a decent level of purchase intent even with a fairly high price markup. "We wanted to understand when cost transparency would be harmful," Buell says. "With a T-shirt that cost $6.50 to produce,... View Details
- 11 Jun 2012
- Research & Ideas
When Business Competition Harms Society
testing operations against those micro-markets that were peppered with facilities, reasoning that the more facilities in any given area, the higher the competition—and the higher the incentive to bestow leniency on customers. "We... View Details
- 25 Jan 2011
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 25
creativity increases dishonesty. We propose that a creative personality and creativity primes promote individuals' motivation to think outside the box and that this increased motivation leads to unethical... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Oct 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Vanguard Corporation
were going to succeed and prosper needed to manage risks better, have a stronger sense of purpose to motivate their employees, and satisfy a public already agitated about scandals such as Enron in the corporate world. What I didn't see... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Apr 2004
- Research & Ideas
Operations and the Competitive Edge
have adopted in the past and decide if these are still appropriate in today's world. And, if not (for a variety of reasons that we describe in the book), what new principles and methodologies should replace them? Q: Your book focuses on... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 12 Aug 2002
- Op-Ed
Using Big Business to Fight Poverty
standards. Today, however, a new determination has emerged to deal with what one UN panel has called the "pre-eminent moral and humanitarian challenge of our age." This new resolve may be motivated partly by compassion. But it... View Details
Keywords: by George C. Lodge
- 02 May 2008
- What Do You Think?
What is the Future of State Capitalism?
... for one reason: state administrators are less motivated." Mixed motives may get in the way of long-term financial performance. If this is the case, do we view the success or failure of state capitalism, even if the emphasis is on... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 24 Sep 2024
- Research & Ideas
Why Small Businesses Deserve More Credit
It’s Wall Street doctrine that small firms struggle to raise capital at reasonable rates and are often rejected for credit lines and loans because banks think their risk profile is too high. “If you really want to drive investment,... View Details
- 03 Jul 2012
- Research & Ideas
HBS Faculty on Supreme Court Health Care Ruling
trillion mandate and no assurance of reversing the inexorable rise in health care costs. Paradoxically, although America has the most technologically advanced and expensive health care system in the world, its citizens continue to get sicker. The View Details
- 13 Aug 2020
- Research & Ideas
6 Ways to Support COVID-Weary Employees
Petriglieri, associate professor at INSEAD: Making special accommodations for employees who are at high-risk of COVID infection is legally, morally, and reputationally the right course of action for employers. In many countries, employers have a legal duty of care that... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 25 Aug 2015
- First Look
First Look Tuesday
decades about how and why people make the moral decisions they do. In this review, we explain how intuition, affect, physiology, and identity support and inform more deliberative reasoning process in the construction and enactment of... View Details
- 12 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 12, 2019
events, messenger dislike is correlated with the belief that the messenger had malevolent motives (Studies 5A, 5B, & 5C). Studies 6A & 6B go further, manipulating messenger motives independently from... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 04 Dec 2007
- First Look
First Look: December 4, 2007
negatively associated with FLSI. These findings suggest that rather than relying on hiring motivated individuals, managers need to support employees' efforts to improve their work systems by (1) creating a work environment where it is... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 07 Jan 2013
- Lessons from the Classroom
Culture Changers: Managing High-Impact Entrepreneurs
worried about students going into these culture industries only thinking in terms of traditional management styles and industry structures, bottom lines, and financial incentives, without thinking about what 'creative content' and 'cultural product' means, what impact... View Details
- 21 Apr 2008
- Research & Ideas
The New Math of Customer Relationships
fortunate to have a reasonably high "hit rate" over the years. Among those that have inculcated the ideas, whether they use the terms or not, that we identified early on have continued to do well are companies like the Vanguard... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Oct 2014
- First Look
First Look: October 21
Economics Payout Policy By: Farre-Mensa, Joan, Roni Michaely, and Martin C. Schmalz Abstract—We survey the literature on payout policy, with a particular emphasis on developments in the last two decades. Of the traditional motives of why... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Apr 2019
- Research & Ideas
Open Innovation Contestants Build AI-Based Cancer Tool
oncology expert in the Brigham and Women’s Hospital/ Dana-Farber Cancer Institute radiation oncology program, was a motivated and creative collaborator in exploring and then implementing and evaluating this initiative. While there are... View Details
- 12 Jan 2015
- Research & Ideas
Regulators Ease Up on Companies Generating Political Benefits
within a state with a closely contested election during an election year. In the latter case, high employment firms were 25 percent less likely to be sanctioned than those in the bottom tier. These results suggest that while the reason... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 26 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
How Electronic Patient Records Can Slow Doctor Productivity
that you might be changing existing communication patterns among staff” One likely reason for the decline: processing electronic records can change the way staff members communicate with one another, clogging up what had been a well-oiled... View Details
- 05 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
Can Putin Score Olympic Gold?
industry forecasters," says Greyser, who, with Vadim Kogan, analyzed the issue in the HBS working paper: NBC and the 2012 London Olympics: Unexpected Success. Achieving the same kind of success in Sochi may be more difficult. There are several View Details