Framing - Publications - Faculty & Research

15 Jul 2019
Book

Many Executives Are Afraid of Finance. Here's How They Can Gain Confidence

have been the preferred method. Is this good or bad? Desai: Much as free cash flow was a little-used metric 30 years ago and is now dominant, the capital allocation problem is now the dominant financial frame on a business. In the book, I... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

17 Nov 2016
Op-Ed

What's Behind the Unexpected Trump Support from Women

immigrants. “Us vs. them” rhetoric framed diversity as an impediment to American greatness, and—consistent with historical racial and socioeconomic fractures—global trade and immigration, the increasing presence of white women and people... View Details

Keywords: by Laura Morgan Roberts and Robin Ely

18 Sep 2019
Op-Ed

WeWork—The IPO That Shouldn’t?

not to frame a public offering." To ameliorate some of the criticism, and to salvage its IPO, WeWork recently pivoted. It proposed its IPO valuation of $47 billion be slashed, added a woman to its board of directors, and, this past... View Details

Keywords: by Nori Gerardo Lietz; Financial Services; Real Estate

04 Jun 2001
What Do You Think?

What’s the Future of the Subscription Model?

new service increases. As he puts it, "Value to the subscriber base will increase as the frame of reference in which the subscriber determines value switches away from prior cost." He also suggests that positioning a new service... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

Research Summary

Self-environment relationship and its effect on decisions under risk and uncertainty

My research seek to better understand the main cognitive and social abilities that guide our judgments, and the ways they interact with aspects of the situation to shape humans' decisions. It is currently comprised of three related... View Details

15 Dec 2003
Research & Ideas

Women Leaders and Organizational Change

these frameworks shares that makes them inadequate in explaining the problem? A: The first three frames are rooted in the common tendency to think of gender as an individual characteristic and gender issues as stemming primarily from... View Details

Keywords: by Mallory Stark

06 Nov 2008
Op-Ed

Selling Out The American Dream

anything but a good example for the average citizen. Left-wing politicians are equally guilty of framing the American Dream in material terms. They claim the Dream is increasingly out of reach of middle class Americans, pointing to a... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch

02 Dec 2010
What Do You Think?

Making Right Choices: Art or Science?

"A delayed decision, no matter the greatness of it, loses its sheen." The importance of all of these questions and response is framed by C. J. Cullinane when he says, "choice equals freedom." Is choosing more than an... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

21 Feb 2023
Research & Ideas

What's Missing from the Racial Equity Dialogue?

the lives of White people worse. Often, research on racial discrimination and inequality is framed in a way that considers how it impacts those harmed most. But, in my own research, I often ask how racism harms those at the bottom of the... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

24 Feb 2022
Op-Ed

Want to Prevent the Next Hospital Bed Crisis? Enlist the SEC

can readily include standardized trustworthy data about the surge capacity plans of individual hospitals—updated in real time. Understandability. An expert should analyze plans and frame them in a way that the public would understand. A... View Details

Keywords: by Regina Herzlinger and Richard Boxer; Health

27 Jun 2019
Research & Ideas

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

the couple viewed it. In fact, the same actions—going on a regular date night or making coffee for a partner—may be framed by some couples as mere routines, but by others as meaningful rituals. The researchers found that the benefits of... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

05 May 2011
What Do You Think?

How Ethical Can We Be?

another environment?" Anyone who has studied business cultures in various parts of the world probably would respond affirmatively. Gerald Nanninga observed that "unethical decisions can often appear to be the 'best' decision when using a narrow time View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

10 Nov 2003
Research & Ideas

Globalization: The Strategy of Differences

usually much less profitable than domestic business. Why is globalization proving so hard to get right? The answer is related in part to how companies frame their globalization strategies. In many if not most cases, companies see... View Details

Keywords: by Pankaj Ghemawat

30 Jun 2003
Research & Ideas

Are You Supporting Your B Players?

them kept very simple agendas, not long to-do lists. Their agendas were divided into three time periods: zero to six months, six to eighteen months, and eighteen months and longer. Have only two or three items on your zero-to-six-month View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

01 May 2019
What Do You Think?

What Should the Leadership of YouTube Do?

short-changed, or disappointed ” Other comments reflected the nature of the dilemma, with some advice about what she should do. Philippe Gouamba’s comment framed the dilemma nicely: “As this Nation still believes in freedom of speech and... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Entertainment & Recreation; Media & Broadcasting

Teaching Interest

Managing Human Capital

By: Ethan S. Bernstein

The Managing Human Capital course has been specifically designed to teach practical skills for the future general manager (not just the human resource practitioner) who seeks to manage both other people and her or his own career with optimal... View Details

27 Nov 2000
Research & Ideas

The Dynamics of Standing Still: Firestone Tire & Rubber and the Radial Revolution

analysis," he continues, "reveals that Firestone failed not despite, but because of its historical success." In this excerpt Sull shows how, from the start, Firestone's reliance on managers' existing strategic frames and... View Details

Keywords: by Donald N. Sull; Manufacturing; Transportation

30 Jun 2021
In Practice

The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2021

decided to read this sweeping biography of Muhammad Ali. The book frames the arc of Ali’s life as a social-justice warrior, not just a pugilist, placing him as one of the most impactful civil rights leaders of his era alongside Malcolm X... View Details

Keywords: by Kathryn Haviland

Research Summary

Sustainability and Integrated Reporting

A sustainable strategy for a company is one that enables it to create value for shareholders over the long term while contributing to a sustainable society. In doing so, it must balance the needs of different types of providers of financial capital (e.g.,... View Details

Keywords: Sustainability; Sustainability Reporting

18 Aug 2003
Research & Ideas

How New Managers Become Great Managers

start; landing stretch assignments; and building a network of developmental relationships. In framing each of these four challenges from the point of view of the emerging leader, I hope to underscore my belief that management, especially... View Details

Keywords: by Linda Hill

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