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- 25 Jun 2018
- News
Incubating Ideas for the ‘Water Economy’
technologies––things like data analysis, using the internet to carry signals of information, advanced treatment technologies––things like that, and how to build sustainable businesses that improve the way water and wastewater are managed.... View Details
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Research Brief: Hear Me Out
that they have.” He also adds that the extroverts in their studies seemed unaware that others perceive them in this light. The takeaway, Zlatev says, is for us all to be more aware of how we’re coming across to others in social situations... View Details
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Folafolu Folowosele
Mesoamerica Energy, helped land owners obtain titles before the company leased property from them and gave them a fair share of the revenue generated from the wind turbines on their property. “To me, that was a strong signal on how to... View Details
- 01 Aug 2002
- News
HBS Business Plan Contest Keeps Entrepreneurial Spirit Alive
enterprise teams advanced to the final round. From there, four traditional track and two social enterprise teams made the cut. Traditional track winner FishLogic plans to produce programmable signal... View Details
- 22 Jul 2015
- Research & Ideas
Name Your Price. Really.
"open fare" system; and Panera Bread runs four nonprofit "Panera Cares" locations with PWYW pricing. Oftentimes, businesses use the strategy as a promotion to get new customers, sometimes with a social tie-in for extra... View Details
- 17 Feb 2009
- Research & Ideas
What’s Good about Quiet Rule-Breaking
their employer or the geography. In that case—and if the practice does not violate broader social norms—it is then important for the manager to signal that she is "in the know." This View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 02 Aug 2016
- First Look
August 2, 2016
households. The quality of the liquidity services provided by bank liabilities depends on their safety in case of default. Commercial bank debt is fully insured and thus provides full liquidity. However, commercial banks do not internalize the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 31 Oct 2004
- Research & Ideas
The New CEO’s Wrong Message
that he hoped would send a strong signal about the changes he meant to introduce. Little did he realize that he had sent several other powerful signals as well. Word of his order spread like wildfire. The... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Head Games
The football season is about to begin, a familiar signal that summer is over. The game is a huge money-maker on one level and a powerful societal binding agent at another — think Friday Night Lights. But increasing revelations about brain... View Details
- 31 Oct 2007
- HBS Case
Climate Change Puts Heat on GMs
What is the responsibility of business regarding social issues? And how does that jibe with maximizing profits? In "UBS and Climate Change—Warming Up to Global Action?" Associate Professor Felix Oberholzer-Gee and Professor... View Details
- 11 Sep 2009
- News
I Network, You Network, He, She, It Networks…
such small details, anyway? “Observable social behaviors are signals of our competence,” she said simply. “I want you to be your best self: assertive, yet deferential and polite.” After Smith’s presentation... View Details
- 10 Jul 2000
- Research & Ideas
Cable TV: From Community Antennas to Wired Cities
sets. To demonstrate the sets, he secured informal permission from his employer to string an electrical wire from a local hilltop to serve as an antenna for the reception of signals from Philadelphia stations. When customers who purchased... View Details
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Outside Voices
In just 15 years, Greece managed to seesaw from one economic extreme to the other, from almost breaking the eurozone at the depth of its debt crisis to becoming one of the fastest growing economies in Europe in 2023, according to the IMF. Now wages are rebounding,... View Details
- 08 Sep 2016
- Blog Post
4 Unexpected Things I Learned at HBS
and Operations Management (TOM). Many perceive the necessity to ask for help as a sign of weakness in today’s society. I find this not to be true. Asking for help signals you trust someone else’s capacity on a subject matter. By taking... View Details
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Faculty Q&A: The New Brand Manager: You
that will increase the value of the relationship for both of us. Social media provides a way for us to communicate with our customers, rather than just talking to them, as most marketing communications do. Both physically and virtually,... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 13 Oct 2003
- Research & Ideas
Negotiating Challenges for Women Leaders
negotiation? That's a big motivation for us. When we think about what might make women walk into a negotiation with, say, lower expectations than men, one of the explanations for that comes from social psychology. It's called the... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 28 Feb 2007
- Research & Ideas
Capital Rules: The Tensions of Global Finance
the exceptions that scholars and policymakers had historically reserved from their embrace of open capital markets were ruled out of bounds. The norm of capital mobility was to be universal and unqualified. Deviation was a powerful signal... View Details
Keywords: by Rawi Abdelal
- 28 May 2008
- First Look
First Look: May 28, 2008
improvements will be exhibited by those shamed firms that face lower-cost opportunities to improve—-and thus are particularly able to respond. We take advantage of a natural experiment, when a major social rating agency expanded the scope... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 27 Feb 2006
- Research & Ideas
Corporate Values and Employee Cynicism
in the quality of the work, no lost clients. Although employees were upset with the CEO they were still loyal to the organization, and they were still there. When people like Maverick's CEO are open to seeking feedback before there is any obvious View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
Enron’s Legacy
class-action suit against the corporation) had adopted the salient structural characteristics and processes of experienced private-equity boards, I believe that many of the red flags signaling Enron’s economic woes and ethical drift would... View Details