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- February 7, 2013
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Is Doing Good ‘Good Enough’?: Unleashing the Power of Self-Interest in Philanthropy
By: Josh Baron
To take advantage of the unprecedented opportunities for philanthropy to make a difference in society, we have to encourage people to think more consciously and creatively about: "What's in this for me?" View Details
Baron, Josh. "Is Doing Good ‘Good Enough’? Unleashing the Power of Self-Interest in Philanthropy." Huffington Post (February 7, 2013).
- March 2022
- Module Note
A Behavioral Science Perspective on Motivation and Incentives
By: John Beshears and Ashley Whillans
This module note for instructors describes a module that integrates insights from the behavioral science of motivation into the economic analysis of incentive systems. View Details
Keywords: Motivation; Incentives; Behavioral Science; Behavioral Economics; Motivation and Incentives; Economics; Analysis; Human Resources
Beshears, John, and Ashley Whillans. "A Behavioral Science Perspective on Motivation and Incentives." Harvard Business School Module Note 922-033, March 2022.
- March 2022
- Article
Sensitivity Analysis of Agent-based Models: A New Protocol
By: Emanuele Borgonovo, Marco Pangallo, Jan Rivkin, Leonardo Rizzo and Nicolaj Siggelkow
Agent-based models (ABMs) are increasingly used in the management sciences. Though useful, ABMs are often critiqued: it is hard to discern why they produce the results they do and whether other assumptions would yield similar results. To help researchers address such... View Details
Keywords: Agent-based Modeling; Sensitivity Analysis; Design Of Experiments; Total Order Sensitivity Indices; Organizations; Behavior; Decision Making; Mathematical Methods
Borgonovo, Emanuele, Marco Pangallo, Jan Rivkin, Leonardo Rizzo, and Nicolaj Siggelkow. "Sensitivity Analysis of Agent-based Models: A New Protocol." Computational and Mathematical Organization Theory 28, no. 1 (March 2022): 52–94.
- November 2022
- Article
My Boss' Passion Matters as Much as My Own: The Interpersonal Dynamics of Passion Are a Critical Driver of Performance Evaluations
By: Jon M. Jachimowicz, Andreas Wihler and Adam D. Galinsky
Companies often celebrate employees who successfully pursue their passion. Academic research suggests that these positive evaluations occur because of the passion percolating inside the employee. We propose that supervisors are also a key piece of this puzzle:... View Details
Keywords: Passion; Job Performance; Motivation; Emotions; Performance Evaluation; Interpersonal Communication
Jachimowicz, Jon M., Andreas Wihler, and Adam D. Galinsky. "My Boss' Passion Matters as Much as My Own: The Interpersonal Dynamics of Passion Are a Critical Driver of Performance Evaluations." Special Issue on Work Passion Research: Taming Breadth and Promoting Depth. Journal of Organizational Behavior 43, no. 9 (November 2022): 1496–1515.
- June 2020
- Article
Start-up Inertia versus Flexibility: The Role of Founder Identity in a Nascent Industry
By: Tiona Zuzul and Mary Tripsas
Through an inductive, comparative study of four early entrants in the nascent air taxi market, we examine why start-ups, generally characterized as flexible, malleable entities, might instead exhibit inertial behavior. While two of the firms engaged in ongoing... View Details
Keywords: Founder Identity; Nascent Industries; Entrepreneurship; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Identity
Zuzul, Tiona, and Mary Tripsas. "Start-up Inertia versus Flexibility: The Role of Founder Identity in a Nascent Industry." Administrative Science Quarterly 65, no. 2 (June 2020): 395–433.
- April 16, 2019
- Article
Research Confirms: When Receiving Bad News, We Shoot the Messenger
By: Leslie John, Hayley Blunden and Heidi Liu
Most jobs require us at some point to deliver bad news—whether it be a minor revelation such as a recruiter telling a prospective employee that there’s no wiggle room in salary, or something major, like when a manager must fire an employee. We dread such discussions... View Details
John, Leslie, Hayley Blunden, and Heidi Liu. "Research Confirms: When Receiving Bad News, We Shoot the Messenger." Harvard Business Review (website) (April 16, 2019).
- October 1997 (Revised January 1998)
- Teaching Note
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By: William J. Bruns Jr.
Teaching Note for (9-196-091). View Details
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The Impact of Intangibles on Firm Growth
By: Stefano Denicolai, E. Cotta Ramusino and F. Sotti
Persuading users to try new technologies continues to be a problem confronting organisations and technology vendors alike. To better understand the process of new technology trial and adoption, several theoretical models have been proposed, of which the Technology... View Details
Denicolai, Stefano, E. Cotta Ramusino, and F. Sotti. "The Impact of Intangibles on Firm Growth." Technology Analysis & Strategic Management 27, no. 2 (2015): 219–236.
- 2004
- Chapter
Knowledge Creation and Dialectics
By: Hirotaka Takeuchi
Takeuchi, Hirotaka. "Knowledge Creation and Dialectics ." In Hitotsubashi on Knowledge Management, by Hirotaka Takeuchi and Ikujiro Nonaka. John Wiley & Sons, 2004.
- Article
Absorptive Capacity, Coauthoring Behavior, and the Organization of Research in Drug Discovery
By: Rebecca M. Henderson and Iain Cockburn
Henderson, Rebecca M., and Iain Cockburn. "Absorptive Capacity, Coauthoring Behavior, and the Organization of Research in Drug Discovery." Journal of Industrial Economics 46, no. 2 (June 1998): 157–182.
- February 1985
- Article
Common and Conflicting Interests in Two-Sided Matching Markets
By: A. E. Roth
Roth, A. E. "Common and Conflicting Interests in Two-Sided Matching Markets." European Economic Review 27, no. 1 (February 1985): 75–96.
- February 2007
- Module Note
The Secret Sharer Summary: Earning Legitimacy
By: Sandra J. Sucher
A summary of the major themes discussed in the tenth class of The Moral Leader (EC curriculum). View Details
Sucher, Sandra J. "The Secret Sharer Summary: Earning Legitimacy." Harvard Business School Module Note 607-074, February 2007.
- January 2005 (Revised March 2007)
- Background Note
Game Theory and Business Strategy
By: Felix Oberholzer-Gee and Dennis A. Yao
Provides a brief introduction to the application of game theory to business settings. Sets up and analyzes a minicase involving commitment. View Details
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix, and Dennis A. Yao. "Game Theory and Business Strategy." Harvard Business School Background Note 705-471, January 2005. (Revised March 2007.)
- 2009
- Chapter
Identity as a Variable
By: Rawi Abdelal, Yoshiko M. Herrera, Alastair Iain Johnston and Rose McDermott
Abdelal, Rawi, Yoshiko M. Herrera, Alastair Iain Johnston, and Rose McDermott. "Identity as a Variable." In Measuring Identity, edited by Rawi Abdelal, Yoshiko M. Herrera, Alastair Iain Johnston, and Rose McDermott, 17–32. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009.
- 2005
- Book
Negotiation, Decision Making, and Conflict Management
By: M. H. Bazerman
Bazerman, M. H., ed. Negotiation, Decision Making, and Conflict Management. 3 vols. Edward Elgar Publishing, 2005.
- 14 Feb 2019
- Cold Call Podcast
The Delicious History of Hershey's Chocolate
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
An American Odyssey
social change and very conscious that I was going to use my HBS training in different ways than most of my classmates,” America explains. “In class, I appreciated the pro-labor side in cases that had a union-management component. I was... View Details
- 2013
- Article
Non-Audit Services and Financial Reporting Quality: Evidence from 1978–1980
By: Kevin Koh, Shiva Rajgopal and Suraj Srinivasan
We provide evidence for the long-standing concern on auditor conflicts of interest from providing non-audit services (NAS) to audit clients by using rarely explored NAS fee data from 1978 to 1980. Using this earlier setting, we find cross-sectional evidence of improved... View Details
Keywords: Conflict of Interests; Financial Reporting; Accounting Audits; Knowledge Dissemination; Quality; Corporate Disclosure; Motivation and Incentives
Koh, Kevin, Shiva Rajgopal, and Suraj Srinivasan. "Non-Audit Services and Financial Reporting Quality: Evidence from 1978–1980." Review of Accounting Studies 18, no. 1 (March 2013): 1–33.