Affect - Publications - Faculty & Research

05 Oct 2015
Research & Ideas

What Companies Should Not Do in the Next Banking Crisis

financing, it won’t impede recovery as much as if all debt comes due at once. Steinwender and Garicano’s findings also hold lessons for governments wishing to provide loans to companies to fill the gap. Since not all companies are equally View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Banking

08 Oct 2010
What Do You Think?

Will Transparency in CEO Compensation Have Unintended Consequences?

Unilever that actually set low limits on the ratio) that in turn accounts for some amount of added performance. So the resulting questions are: Will moral suasion through such measures as the Dodd-Frank bill affect CEO compensation? Does... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

04 May 2023
Blog Post

Why Business Travel Still Matters in a Zoom World

His broader scholarship focuses on the geography of work, particularly how location affects productivity and innovation. The ongoing rise of remote work, propelled by COVID-19, calls into question the importance of face-to-face... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

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Demystifying the Family Enterprise - Course Catalog

They can also be 100 percent family-owned or have outside investors; value is certainly affected not only by management quality, but also by the level of Family control and ownership. Family businesses come in all shapes and sizes, and... View Details

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Getting Things Done: Motivating Yourself and Others - Course Catalog

relevance of non-monetary rewards, the social nature of the workplace, the emotions experienced in a work environment, and the role of meaning and purpose in shaping motivation. Students will explore how these psychological factors affect... View Details

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Challenges and Opportunities in the Restaurant Industry - Course Catalog

restaurant to scaling to leadership of multinational chains, and evaluate opportunities inherent in typical restaurant business models as well as those created by disruptive changes affecting and shaping the industry. Michael and Andy... View Details

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Aline Camargo

MBA. With that deeper knowledge about my personality, I could plan more precisely a career path to leverage my strengths and I started working on improving some of my weaknesses that could affect my effectiveness as a professional going... View Details

Keywords: Consumer Products; Retail; Entertainment / Media

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Tough Tech Ventures - Course Catalog

from early grants and equity to later stage deployment capital Examine global and local market failures that affect tough tech ventures and policy interventions that may stimulate (or stymy) the investment in, and scalability, of these... View Details

25 Mar 2014
Research & Ideas

China’s Economic System has Difficult Road Overcoming its Political System

all aspects of China's economy and how it will affect future MBAs. "It's not just one country, it has multiple different economies, different types of businesses, and a whole range of opportunities," says Kirby. "Whether or not they go to... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

02 Jan 2013
What Do You Think?

Should We Rethink the Promise of Teams?

teamwork is affecting creativity and innovation in organizations. But based on your own experiences, do the ideas cited above ring true? What can or should be done to encourage both extrovert and introvert behaviors? How will the trend... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

27 Feb 2012
Research & Ideas

When Researchers Cheat (Just a Little)

that don't affect the results can cast a shadow on the credibility of academic research. In research to be published in a forthcoming issue of Psychological Science, John and coauthors George Loewenstein (Carnegie Mellon) and Drazen... View Details

Keywords: by Katie Johnston; Education

21 Sep 2011
Research & Ideas

Gender and Competition: What Companies Need to Know

gender stereotypes about a task influence competitive and cooperative behavior among men and women? How does the gender composition of groups affect competition and cooperation among individuals? The Experiments Fletcher and McGinn... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard

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3 Technologies that Will Change the World - Course Catalog

globally over the next 6 weeks. Business leaders, regulators, and professionals wonder how this magical technology would affect their business models. Workers in both creative and other professional career wonder how it will View Details

01 Feb 2000
News

The Future Is Now: 21st-Century Business Pondered at HBS Forum

affected by XML technology. Ballmer concluded by noting that any business whose product can be delivered electronically (e.g., publishing, music) will do well on the Internet. But all CEOs, he said, should ask themselves, "What is... View Details

01 Sep 2010
News

Dare to be Different

people. Any further ruminations on the Internet? It’s impossible to study marketing today and not spend a lot of your time thinking about changes in media, and how those changes are affecting the way people consume. I am fascinated by —... View Details

Keywords: Jeff Cruikshank;Youngme Moon; Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services; Professional Services

10 Oct 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 10, 2017

Enterprise Foreign Direct Investment, Finance and Economic Development By: Alfaro, Laura, and Jasmina Chauvin Abstract—Research has sought to understand how foreign direct investment affects host economies. This paper reviews the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

21 Jul 2009
First Look

First Look: July 21

stronger. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-051.pdf Quality Management and Job Quality: How the ISO 9001 Standard for Quality Management Systems Affects Employees and Employers (revised) Authors:David I. Levine and... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

16 Aug 2024
In Practice

Election 2024: What's at Stake for Business and the Workplace?

credit analysts exhibit a sizable partisan gap in their economic outlook, with roughly two-thirds the size of the gap observed among households. This bias affects analysts’ decision to upgrade or downgrade corporate credit ratings,... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

23 Aug 2004
Research & Ideas

New Challenges for Long-Term Investors

spending needs as well as economic factors such as rising interest rates that affect different assets in different ways. Viceira's research analyzes asset allocation strategies for personal and institutional investors. He teaches... View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen

29 Apr 2019
Research & Ideas

Is the Digital Age Making Us Petty?

being petty, you’re signaling you’re OK with leaving room for error, and that in turn can signal elements of trust and that you want there to be future exchanges,” Kim says. For a better understanding of how pettiness affects workplace... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

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