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- October 2021
- Article
Communicating Resource Scarcity and Interpersonal Connection
By: Grant E. Donnelly, Anne V. Wilson, Ashley V. Whillans and Michael I. Norton
Consumers often cite insufficient time or money as an excuse for rejecting social invitations. We explore the effectiveness of these excuses in preserving interpersonal relationships. Six studies—including perceptions of couples planning their wedding—demonstrate that... View Details
Keywords: Time; Interpersonal Relationships; Communication; Money; Relationships; Interpersonal Communication
Donnelly, Grant E., Anne V. Wilson, Ashley V. Whillans, and Michael I. Norton. "Communicating Resource Scarcity and Interpersonal Connection." Journal of Consumer Psychology 31, no. 4 (October 2021): 726–745.
- 12 May 2014
- News
China’s Strategic Challenge
- April 2011 (Revised May 2011)
- Case
EMC2: Delivering Customer Centricity
By: Thomas Steenburgh and Jill Avery
This case introduces the concept of customer centricity and traces its development at EMC, the world's leading data storage hardware and information management software company. EMC's customers had historically relied on EMC salespeople to guide them through the... View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Interpersonal Communication; Customer Relationship Management; Knowledge Acquisition; Marketing Strategy; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Salesforce Management; Social and Collaborative Networks; Internet; Information Technology Industry
Steenburgh, Thomas, and Jill Avery. "EMC2: Delivering Customer Centricity." Harvard Business School Case 511-124, April 2011. (Revised May 2011.)
- 23 May 2011
- Op-Ed
Leading and Lagging Countries in Contributing to a Sustainable Society
which corporate and investor behavior is changing. We did so by analyzing data from more than 2,000 companies in 23 countries, and then ranked those countries based on the degree of integration of corporate environmental and social... View Details
Keywords: by Robert G. Eccles & George Serafeim
- 2021
- Book
Sales Management That Works: How to Sell in a World That Never Stops Changing
By: Frank V. Cespedes
Selling is changing, but the impact on sales of megatrends like ecommerce, big data, and AI is often misunderstood and not supported by empirical data. Managers who fail to separate fact from hype will make decisions based on bad assumptions and, in a competitive... View Details
Cespedes, Frank V. Sales Management That Works: How to Sell in a World That Never Stops Changing. Boston, MA: Harvard Business Review Press, 2021.
- November 2012 (Revised August 2013)
- Case
A Politician in a Leather Suit and the Paradox of Japanese Capitalism
By: Karthik Ramanna and Matthew Shaffer
Two lost decades later, capitalism in Japan embodies peculiar contradictions—preserving wealth and social stability in the face of declining economic power. Scant transparency in Japanese corporate practices plays an important role in this phenomenon. Sometimes... View Details
Keywords: Crime and Corruption; Economic Systems; Economic Slowdown and Stagnation; Fairness; Values and Beliefs; Corporate Accountability; Corporate Governance; Civil Society or Community; Japan; Tokyo
Ramanna, Karthik, and Matthew Shaffer. "A Politician in a Leather Suit and the Paradox of Japanese Capitalism." Harvard Business School Case 113-026, November 2012. (Revised August 2013.)
- 15 Jul 2021
- News
On Twitter, Bad News Spreads Faster Than Good
- 12 Jan 2018
- Cold Call Podcast
Leadership Lessons from a Young Martin Luther King, Jr.
“And I've seen the Promised Land. I may not get there with you, but I want you to know tonight, that we, as a people, will get to the Promised Land. So, I'm happy tonight. I'm not worried about anything. I'm not fearing any man. Mine eyes have seen the glory of the... View Details
- January 2014 (Revised June 2014)
- Supplement
Dumb Ways To Die: Advertising Train Safety (C)
By: John Quelch
The case series focuses on Melbourne Trains' viral advertising campaign to improve safe behaviors around trains among young people. This iconic, low budget campaign swept the Cannes Lions advertising awards in 2013 and became a social media sensation. View Details
Keywords: Marketing; Marketing Communication; Viral Advertising; Advertising; Advertising Campaigns; Marketing Strategy; Digital Marketing; Advertising Industry; Public Administration Industry; Transportation Industry; Oceania; Europe
Quelch, John. "Dumb Ways To Die: Advertising Train Safety (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 514-081, January 2014. (Revised June 2014.)
- 15 Oct 2015
- News
You’re not as virtuous as you think
- 2021
- Working Paper
The Demand for Executive Skills
By: Stephen Hansen, Tejas Ramdas, Raffaella Sadun and Joseph B. Fuller
We use a unique corpus of job descriptions for C-suite positions to document skills requirements in top managerial occupations across a large sample of firms. A novel algorithm maps the text of each executive search into six separate skill clusters reflecting... View Details
Hansen, Stephen, Tejas Ramdas, Raffaella Sadun, and Joseph B. Fuller. "The Demand for Executive Skills." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 28959, June 2021.
- March 2024
- Article
Being Together in Place as a Catalyst for Scientific Advance
By: Eamon Duede, Misha Teplitskiy, Karim R. Lakhani and James Evans
The COVID-19 pandemic necessitated social distancing at every level of society, including universities and research institutes, raising essential questions concerning the continuing importance of physical proximity for scientific and scholarly advance. Using customized... View Details
Duede, Eamon, Misha Teplitskiy, Karim R. Lakhani, and James Evans. "Being Together in Place as a Catalyst for Scientific Advance." Art. 104911. Research Policy 53, no. 2 (March 2024).
Carliss Y. Baldwin
Carliss Y. Baldwin is the William L. White Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School. She studies the process of design and its impact of design architecture on firm strategy, platforms, and business ecosystems. With Kim Clark, she authored... View Details
- December 2012
- Case
Ocean Mist Farms
By: David E. Bell, Jose B. Alvarez, Mary Shelman and Michael Norris
In late 2012, Kori Tuggle, director of marketing and business development at Ocean Mist Farms, a California produce company, examines her social media-based marketing program and her attempts to create a brand for a bulk commodity. View Details
Bell, David E., Jose B. Alvarez, Mary Shelman, and Michael Norris. "Ocean Mist Farms." Harvard Business School Case 513-027, December 2012.
- 19 Oct 2015
- News
Goldman Sachs paid to expand pre-K in Utah. It worked.
- 18 May 2015
- News
Advertisers Get Serious About Playing With Their Brands
- Video
Melek El Nimer
Melek El Nimer, founder of the Social Support Society and Unite Lebanon Youth Project in Lebanon, outlines the strategies her organization has employed to allow for more of their female students to pursue higher education abroad. View Details
- 22 Aug 2011
- News