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  • December 2008
  • Article

Which Kind of Collaboration Is Right for You?

By: Roberto Verganti and Gary P. Pisano
Nowadays, virtually no companies innovate alone. Firms team up with a variety of partners, in a wide number of ways, to create new technologies, products, and services. But what is the best way to leverage the power of outsiders? To help executives answer that... View Details
Keywords: Cost vs Benefits; Framework; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Innovation and Management; Partners and Partnerships; Social and Collaborative Networks; Strategy
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  • Web

HBS - The year in Review

research portal allows users to search in depth. South Sea Bubble Exhibit Press Release Institute for the Study of Business in Global Society Expanded Reach & Impact In January 2023 RC students completed a new short course on the Social... View Details
  • 31 Jan 2023
  • Research & Ideas

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

organizational purpose or social responsibility—reduce the overall bump paid to college-educated workers by about 5 percent, finds the study, which Zhang wrote with Nathan Wilmers, an associate professor at the Massachusetts Institute of... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
  • April 2020 (Revised July 2020)
  • Case

Unrest in Chile

By: Vincent Pons, William Mullins, John Masko, Annelena Lobb and Rafael Di Tella
In 2020, Chileans would head to the ballot box to decide their country’s future. Many international observers credited Chile’s decades of neoliberal governance with turning the country into Latin America’s “Tiger,” a prosperous, diversified economy on its way to... View Details
Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Macroeconomics; Economy; Political Elections; Public Opinion; Social Issues; Equality and Inequality; System Shocks; Chile; Latin America
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  • Web

Finance - Faculty & Research

Keywords: Business Model ; Marketing Channels ; Marketing Strategy ; Product Marketing ; Social Marketing ; Information Infrastructure ; Information Technology ; Internet and the Web ; Mobile and Wireless Technology ; Technology Adoption... View Details
  • 21 May 2013
  • First Look

First Look: May 21

data suggest might be more effective at encouraging donations. These include non-linear matching, social (and team) matching, and lottery matching-each of which novel schemes could be tested empirically against a standard match incentive.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 18 Apr 2023
  • Research & Ideas

What Happens When Banks Ditch Coal: The Impact Is 'More Than Anyone Thought'

Consumers who are eager to mitigate climate change can take many actions, such as reducing the number of airline flights they take or installing solar panels on their homes. But the planet is in a race against time, and individual action alone won’t help most countries... View Details
Keywords: by Barbara DeLollis; Financial Services; Mining
  • 09 Apr 2018
  • Sharpening Your Skills

The Dark Side of Performance Bonuses

boss deserves a big salary, but only when the number is fully explained. Research Papers Driven by Social Comparisons: How Feedback about Coworkers’ Effort Influences Individual Productivity At a Japanese bank, researchers examine the... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 29 Nov 2022
  • Research & Ideas

How Much More Would Holiday Shoppers Pay to Wear Something Rare?

obscure—they may sell hard-to-get products at higher prices. “Too much of a thing and it becomes a commodity, too little of a thing and it becomes something that’s not even recognized when you walk down the street.” “There’s a balance between View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Retail
  • 2020
  • Working Paper

Mortgage Prepayment, Race, and Monetary Policy

By: Kristopher Gerardi, Paul Willen and David Hao Zhang
Over the period 2005 to 2015, Black borrowers paid more than 40 basis points higher mortgage interest rates than Non-Hispanic white borrowers. We show that the main reason is that Non-Hispanic white borrowers are much more likely to exploit periods of falling interest... View Details
Keywords: Mortgages; Consumer Behavior; Race; Ethnicity; Equality and Inequality; Policy; United States
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  • 13 Feb 2012
  • Research & Ideas

The Case Against Racial Colorblindness

was black or white. But many of the fourth and fifth graders avoided mentioning race during the game. As it turns out, racial colorblindness is a social convention that many Americans start to internalize by as young as age 10. "Very... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • Article

Physical and Situational Inequality on Airplanes Predict Air Rage

By: K. A. DeCelles and Michael I. Norton
We posit that the modern airplane is a social microcosm of class-based society, and that the increasing incidence of “air rage” can be understood through the lens of inequality. Research on inequality typically examines the effects of relatively fixed, macrostructural... View Details
Keywords: Physical Inequality; Equality and Inequality; Behavior; Air Transportation; Situation or Environment
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  • 05 Jul 2012
  • What Do You Think?

Why Is Trust So Hard to Achieve in Management?

Summing Up Do Managers Take Trust for Granted? Trust is a big issue these days judging from the volume of responses to this month's column. Its importance in management is agreed on. There is a long list of behaviors that can damage it. The list of things that can be... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • April 27, 2022
  • Article

Inequality in Researchers' Minds: Four Guiding Questions for Studying Subjective Perceptions of Economic Inequality

By: Jon M. Jachimowicz, Shai Davidai, Daniela Goya-Tocchetto, Barnabas Szaszi, Martin Day, Stephanie Tepper, L. Taylor Phillips, M. Usman Mirza, Nailya Ordabayeva and Oliver P. Hauser
Subjective perceptions of inequality can substantially influence policy attitudes, public health metrics, and societal well-being, but the lack of consensus in the scientific community on how to best operationalize and measure these perceptions may impede progress on... View Details
Keywords: Equality and Inequality; Perception; Analysis
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  • 01 Oct 2007
  • Research & Ideas

Encouraging Dissent in Decision-Making

line operations along with a vice chairman of equal power who was responsible for quality, for being alert to any possible problems, and for raising questions about them. You need a team at the top where high contention is demanded and... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
  • 03 Feb 2021
  • Blog Post

Faculty Spotlight: Professor Jurgen Weiss

to join HBS, his plans for the classroom, and the major changes he anticipates across the energy industry to confront climate change. Emanuel is Director of Social Entrepreneurship at Harvard’s Innovation Lab and the host of the third... View Details
  • 20 Aug 2007
  • Research & Ideas

HBS Cases: Using Investor Relations Proactively

top of things in a more interlinked environment will be asking for more, and more targeted, financial communication. They are gradually becoming more attentive to companies that position themselves as ecological and socially responsible... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Energy; Utilities
  • Web

Health Care - Faculty & Research

Bandiera and B. Kelsey Jack A substantial body of research investigates the effect of pay for performance in firms, yet less is known about the effect of non-financial rewards, especially in organizations that hire individuals to perform tasks with positive View Details
  • Web

Hiring at HBS: How Summer Interns Make an Impact at Bridges Fund Management - Recruiting

Conor Sullivan, Investment Director for the Social Outcomes Fund, and Claudia Cheung, Program Director for the Bridges Outcomes Partnerships, shared their experience as HBS recruiting partners and offered insight into building an... View Details
  • 15 Aug 2022
  • Book

University of the Future: Finding the Next World Leaders in Higher Ed

Today the United States is considered the world leader in higher education. Yet the country could risk losing that top spot, particularly with China opening some of the most innovative educational centers across the globe in recent years, says Harvard Business School... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Education