Meaningfulness - Publications - Faculty & Research

05 Jun 2020
Research & Ideas

How Anchor Investors Help Impact Funds Succeed

investor is the first investor to commit capital to a new fund. Anchor investors can have an important influence on a fund’s ability to raise meaningful amounts of capital; our interviews suggest that an early endorsement by a respected... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Financial Services

14 Jan 2019
Op-Ed

These 4 CEOs Created a New Standard of Leadership

contribute to society in meaningful ways, not just profit from it. They believed that organization had to benefit all stakeholders: their customers, employees, shareholders, and communities and that this approach would result in sustained... View Details

Keywords: by Bill George; Health; Banking; Food & Beverage; Consumer Products

29 Aug 2022
Op-Ed

Income Inequality Is Rising. Are We Even Measuring It Correctly?

population, such as by raising income taxes for top-earners. Our findings suggest that moving beyond the overall concentration of inequality as reflected in the Gini coefficient may be fruitful in both pinpointing different kinds of inequality and in determining how to... View Details

Keywords: by Jon M. Jachimowicz, Kristin Blesch, and Oliver P. Hauser

22 Aug 2022
Research & Ideas

Can Amazon Remake Health Care?

we desperately need more meaningful innovation for a whole host of diseases—diabetes, cardiovascular disease, Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, and ALS. We want cures, not chronic disease management. How does Amazon’s foray into health care help... View Details

Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette; Health

27 Feb 2019
Research & Ideas

The Hidden Cost of a Product Recall

six months. Medtech product development teams typically focus on a single product category or line, allowing them to apply their expertise more efficiently. However, recalls force these teams to shift their attention from making View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Manufacturing; Consumer Products; Auto; Medical Devices & Supplies

25 Oct 2022
Research & Ideas

Is Baseball Ready to Compete for the Next Generation of Fans?

popularity? Greyser: My own sense is that it remains to be seen the degree to which betting becomes a meaningful in-game proposition—where you can bet on whether somebody’s going to strike out or going to get a run home or how many men... View Details

Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette; Media & Broadcasting; Sports

26 Jan 2012
Working Paper Summaries

Behavioral Ethics: Toward a Deeper Understanding of Moral Judgment and Dishonesty

Keywords: by Max H. Bazerman & Francesca Gino

2015
Report

Clusters and Regional Economies: Implications for the Great Lakes - St. Lawrence Region

By: Christian H.M. Ketels

The Great Lakes – St. Lawrence Region, covering eight U.S. states and two Canadian provinces located around the lakes and waterways that have given this region its name, is what economic developers call a 'macro region'. It is an area of intensive economic interaction... View Details

Keywords: Clusters; Regional Policy; Great Lakes; Economic Development; Industry Clusters; Economy; Canada; United States

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31 Jan 2023
Research & Ideas

It’s Not All About Pay: College Grads Want Jobs That ‘Change the World’

the ideal location, is there something meaningful to me, is it interesting work,” Zhang says. Lessons for HR and beyond The findings may also have implications for employers and policymakers. For companies, the research demonstrates how... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

17 Feb 2022
Book

When Employees Feel a Sense of Purpose, Companies Succeed

going and really able to make a meaningful contribution, and I’m interested in your diverse thoughts and backgrounds and helping us get there.’” The company also provides employee-led online forums that allow people to express and pursue... View Details

Keywords: by Ranjay Gulati

16 Mar 2023
Research & Ideas

Why Business Travel Still Matters in a Zoom World

these findings offer meaningful insight for policymakers, particularly in innovation hubs, as they contemplate adding nonstop flights to their airports. It’s also useful for corporate leaders evaluating the importance of business travel.... View Details

Keywords: by Kara Baskin; Air Transportation

30 Nov 2007
What Do You Think?

What Is Management’s Role in Innovation?

innovation (that) may be limiting our ability to make meaningful progress in everything from technology to organizations to education—even society itself." The implication here is that the Internet has the potential to encourage the... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

08 Mar 2022
Research & Ideas

Representation Matters: Building Case Studies That Empower Women Leaders

also positively impact evaluations. Slow but meaningful change Has there been measurable change since we carried out these analyses? In the academic year 2020-21, 27 percent of new field cases featured a female protagonist, as did 27... View Details

Keywords: by Colleen Ammerman and Boris Groysberg

17 Jun 2015
Lessons from the Classroom

Excellence Comes From Saying No

lessons of the course was around change. From her service experience, Frei learned that making small changes are often more trouble than their worth-but in order to make big, meaningful changes, you often have to change at a pace faster... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

10 Nov 2015
Op-Ed

Authentic Leadership Rediscovered

leader and have a meaningful life, you need to do the difficult inner work to develop yourself, have a strong moral compass based on your beliefs and values, and work on problems that matter to you. When you look back on your life it may... View Details

Keywords: by Bill George

27 Jun 2019
Research & Ideas

Rituals Strengthen Couples. Here’s Why They’re Good for Business, Too

night. Unlike the routine habits or obligations people feel they must get done, relationship rituals are pleasurable experiences that hold significance, acting as symbolically meaningful signs of a solid and happy partnership. Couples who... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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Current Research

Information Dissemination in Capital Markets

Seeking to bridge economic theory and the role of individuals, Professor Brochet researches the transmission of information in capital markets. He has investigated the effects of information... View Details

27 Jun 2011
Research & Ideas

Recovering from the Need to Achieve

real sense of purpose and a "flatness"—in career and in life. They often go through patches of life without creating or enhancing meaningful relationships, and even lack strength to deal with life's failures. A former chief... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard

06 Jan 2020
Research & Ideas

Motivate Your High Performers to Share Their Knowledge

Stanton surmises that the structured meetings helped employees talk through consistent problems that bedeviled their performance, and to make lasting changes. When the researchers looked at transcripts from the sessions, they found employees talking through View Details