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- 14 Jul 2014
- Research & Ideas
Pay Attention To Your ‘Extreme Consumers’
identity if it spills over to general consumers. "Often the lovers or haters of a product can be the canary in the coal mine—an early warning system that can alert managers to problems or identify areas where a competitor could come in... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 15 Nov 2018
- Book
Can the Global Food Industry Overcome Public Distrust?
JamesBrey Food is the largest segment of the global economy. It is also widely recognized as more critical for human health than any pharmaceutical drug on the planet. But significant changes in the industry are making people lose trust in many institutions involved in... View Details
- 05 Jun 2009
- What Do You Think?
What Does Slower Economic Growth Really Mean?
if we demand less, use less, and want less forever?" Jim Geisman continued this line of thought in saying, "Overall, I think growth is overrated unsustainable." Andrew Lianwarne suggested that "we need to reshape the... View Details
- 06 Feb 2013
- What Do You Think?
Is ‘Conscious Capitalism’ an Antidote to Income Inequality?
never mind narcissism and all the disorders of greed We can't fix the world with economic systems too big a job all we tiny ones have is our love and conscience." Etienne Douaze maintains that the concept is alive and well in Germany's... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 04 Apr 2011
- HBS Case
Reinventing the National Geographic Society
case study in 1994 when Fahey was CEO of Time Life, ironically facing many of the same challenges with earlier generations of media and technology. Fifteen years later it was an opportunity to observe an elite general manager at work in a completely different... View Details
- 15 Jan 2014
- Research & Ideas
Managing the Family Business: It Takes a Village
depends, to a surprising extent, on capable leaders. If boards of directors of public, anonymously-owned companies didn't believe that leadership mattered so much, they wouldn't pay such huge salaries to their CEOs. (By the way, I don't View Details
- 11 Aug 2008
- Research & Ideas
Strategy Execution and the Balanced Scorecard
P. Norton aims to make strategy a continual process. The Execution Premium: Linking Strategy to Operations for Competitive Advantage shows managers how to weave organizational principles into a more effective management system that... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 03 May 2023
- Research & Ideas
Why Confronting Racism in AI 'Creates a Better Future for All of Us'
system that impacts consumer behavior, so we help you figure out what happens here. Why does this product or service not get adopted? What do people think about these things? Ultimately, our work will speak... View Details
Keywords: by Barbara DeLollis
- 18 Dec 2013
- HBS Case
Lessons from the Lance Armstrong Cheating Scandal
Corrupted, which was taught to all incoming MBAs on their second day on campus in the fall. The goal was to get them to think about their own values and the obligations they have to shape the culture of an organization. As much as... View Details
- 05 Aug 2015
- Research & Ideas
How Hormones Foretell Whether People Will Cheat
wondered if there were biological or physiological factors that could help to explain the misconduct that we see so frequently in the real world” A new study reveals two key discoveries about the link between the endocrine system and... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 31 May 2004
- Research & Ideas
How Team Leaders Show Support–or Not
of autonomy, control, and ownership in the work have all been found (in previous research) to influence people's creativity—primarily by influencing how deeply they engage their thinking in the problem and how widely they explore the... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 11 Jun 2018
- Research & Ideas
Why South Korea's Samsung Built the Only Outdoor Skating Rink in Texas
once its suits changed venue, Samsung dropped its holiday sponsorships like so much Christmas coal.) “I think what we are seeing is just the tip of the iceberg” “We saw the lengths that Samsung was going through to curry favor in... View Details
- 28 Feb 2023
- Research & Ideas
Can Apprenticeships Work in the US? Employers Seeking New Talent Pipelines Take Note
or 9.4 percent since the COVID-19 pandemic’s onset. The student debt crisis is causing more young people to think hard about the value of a four-year degree. Apprenticeships at work Fuller and his colleagues examined data from CareerWise... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 20 Apr 2010
- First Look
First Look: April 20
thinking and feeling to physiology and subsequent behavioral choices. That a person can, via a simple two-minute pose, embody power and instantly become more powerful has real-world, actionable implications. Download the paper: View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 09 Apr 2007
- Research & Ideas
Industry Self-Regulation: What’s Working (and What’s Not)?
"Self-regulation" increasingly rings like a mantra in business. Just think of topics in the news over the past couple of months, such as the Italian fashion industry's move toward self-regulation to discourage the hiring of dangerously... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 28 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Racism and Digital Design: How Online Platforms Can Thwart Discrimination
profound impact on the inclusivity of the systems you are creating," says Luca, who has also coauthored a new case study, Racial Discrimination on Airbnb: The Role of Platform Design. "Platform companies should View Details
- 06 Mar 2006
- Research & Ideas
Four Strategies for Making Concessions
Richard E. Walton and Robert B. McKersie's book A Behavioral Theory of Labor Negotiations: An Analysis of a Social Interaction System (ILR Press, 1991). The head of a manufacturing firm was preparing to initiate talks with the leadership... View Details
Keywords: by Deepak Malhotra
- 20 Nov 2019
- Research & Ideas
It's No Joke: AI Beats Humans at Making You Laugh
my god,” replied the lawyer, finally noticing the bloody left shoulder where his arm once was. “Where's my Rolex?!” Do you think your friends would find that joke amusing—well, maybe those who aren’t lawyers? A research team led by... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 30 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 30, 2019
credit and leverage, and expose the economy to major risks. Nicola Gennaioli and Andrei Shleifer carefully walk readers through the unraveling of Lehman Brothers and the ensuing meltdown of the U.S. financial system and then present new... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 08 May 2012
- First Look
First Look: May 8
PublicationsTo Think or Not To Think about Trauma? An Experimental Investigation into Unconscious Thought and Intrusion Development Authors:Julie Krans and Maarten W. Bos Publication:Journal of... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel