Framing - Publications - Faculty & Research

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

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

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

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

13 Apr 2016
Research & Ideas

Why Your Company Wants to be a 'Cognitive Referent' (Hint: SpaceX)

to sort of leverage this subtle change in the founding story over time,” he says. When startups are pivoting to adapt their product or service, they need to be aware of how they frame those changes for external stakeholders and their... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Aerospace; Food & Beverage; Retail

29 Oct 2006
Research & Ideas

The History and Influence of Andy Grove

being an historian is the perspective provided by the passage of time. You have a frame in which you can place events. The historian is willing to sacrifice, for that priceless asset, immediacy and access. We have a lot of perspective on... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Computer

04 Oct 2018
Research & Ideas

Diversity Boosts Profits in Venture Capital Firms

of psychological research showing that your background influences the way you frame problems,” Gompers says. “If I am in a firm with five white guys who all went to Harvard, it’s likely we are going to see the world in the same way and... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Banking; Financial Services

15 Jun 2007
Research & Ideas

Remembering Alfred Chandler

base of decades of archival research, what remains the most convincing explanation for the growth of large firms and the emergence of modern management. Moreover this research agenda was framed in a much wider context, because he... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

10 Sep 2020
Research & Ideas

The COVID Two-Step for Leaders: Protect and Pivot

air.” Two critical questions, posed by Hernan Saenz and Dunigan O’Keeffe of Bain and Company, can help organizational leaders frame their thoughts about how to survive in the present and position their companies to thrive in the... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Katherine Connolly Baden

16 Jan 2018
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 16, 2018

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53718 Flexing the Frame: The Role of Cognitive and Emotional Framing in Innovation Adoption by Incumbent Firms By: Raffaelli, Ryan, Mary Ann Glynn, and Michael Tushman Abstract—Why do... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

06 Jul 2009
What Do You Think?

Are You Ready to Manage in an Irrational World?

proved that each generation perceives its actions as rational but to (the) next it may appear irrational. This is the path to growth and development of civilization." Frances Pratt said, "What is normal and rational is framed by... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

28 Oct 2019
Research & Ideas

Brick-and-Mortar Stores Are Making a Comeback

you this theatrical experience but with some operational benefits: If you want to receive the picture, you have to give them your email address. And when you are browsing frames, they offer to send you a link with the frames you have... View Details

Keywords: by Jen McFarland Flint; Retail

19 Aug 2013
Research & Ideas

Studying How Income Inequality Shapes Behavior

One way to uncover the consequences of inequality, Moss and his colleagues propose, is to set up experiments in a lab to look at possible effects on individual decision-making. Behavioral psychologists have found that people often make decisions based on their View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

24 Jul 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, July 24, 2018

social impact framing that emphasizes a venture’s social-environmental welfare benefits, which research has shown to elicit stereotypically feminine attributions of warmth, diminishes these penalties. We initially investigate this... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

22 Apr 2014
First Look

First Look: April 22

August 2013 Journal of Experimental Social Psychology Getting the Most Out of Giving: Concretely Framing a Prosocial Goal Maximizes Happiness By: Rudd, Melanie, Jennifer Aaker, and Michael I. Norton Abstract—Across six field and... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

05 Aug 2002
Research & Ideas

Understanding the Process of Innovation

Collins is setting his sights on the home and garden business. Clayton Christensen, professor at Harvard Business School, uses this case to frame the central questions for anyone trying to understand the sources of innovation, and what... View Details

Keywords: by Loren Gray

18 Apr 2007
HBS Case

How Magazine Luiza Courts the Poor

potential offered by underserved consumers at the bottom of the pyramid. "We used to think we could figure things out in the developed world and dumb it down for emerging markets," she says. "In fact, it needs to happen the other way around—the bottom of... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Retail

29 Aug 2024
Research & Ideas

Shoot for the Stars: What to Know About the Space Economy

invest in the original company could decide whether or not to stick with it. “Space is one of these industries where typical venture capital models struggle with the deep levels of uncertainty and the longer time frames that it requires.”... View Details

Keywords: by Kara Baskin; Aerospace

09 Oct 2001
Research & Ideas

Five Questions for Paul Lawrence and Nitin Nohria

Nohria: The key moment really came when we clearly framed the question, "What basic mental drives do all humans have as members of the same species?" Once the question was sharply posed and carefully considered, drawing on our... View Details