Helping - Publications - Faculty & Research

2001
Working Paper

The Malleability of Environmentalism

By: Kimberly A. Wade-Benzoni, Min Li, Leigh L. Thompson and M. Bazerman

In this paper, we predict and find that self-perceptions of environmentalism are changed by subtle manipulations of context and, in turn, affect environmental behavior. In Study 1, we found that people exhibit greater positive assessments of their environmental... View Details

Keywords: Perspective; Behavior; Identity; Environmental Sustainability

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05 Mar 2008
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Harvard Business School Joins 10,000 Women

13 Oct 2021
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How Companies Can Improve Employee Engagement Right Now

05 Jun 2020
News

FT business books: April to June edition

Decision Leadership

DECISION LEADERSHIP is a passionate argument that leaders are, above all, decision architects. They pursue truth over power. When they do, their decisions are more ethical, accounting for broad constituencies and diverse perspectives. Their approach to any task is... View Details

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Friends or Foes? Examining Platform Owners' Entry into Complementors' Spaces

By: Feng Zhu

As platform owners continue to expand their ecosystems, many of them have started to provide consumers with their own complementary applications. These moves position the platform owners as direct competitors to their complementors. This paper surveys empirical studies... View Details

Keywords: Platform; Complementors; Digital Platforms; Market Entry and Exit; Competition

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04 Sep 2013
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How Relevant is Long-Range Strategic Planning?

always help a business be more competitive." Shadreck Saili said that while long-range strategic planning may still be relevant to some degree, ''the frequency of monitoring and evaluating of strategic plans becomes therefore a... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

30 Oct 2006
First Look

First Look: October 31, 2006

framework for an economy. CCA provides a natural framework for analysis of mismatches between an entity's assets and liabilities, such as currency and maturity mismatches on balance sheets. Policies or actions that reduce these mismatches will View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Mar 2024
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Game On

It’s raining in Sarasota. And not a light sprinkle but a proper, Florida drenching, so the outdoor courts at the Pickleball Club’s Lakewood Ranch location are deserted. Inside is a different story. Most of the 12 courts are in play. With four people to a court, all... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; photographed by Edward Linsmier; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Arts, Entertainment

10 Jan 2012
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First Look: January 10

own childhood leads people to experience feelings of moral purity and to behave prosocially. In Experiment 1, participants instructed to recall memories from their childhood were more likely to help the experimenter with a supplementary... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

04 Jun 2024
Research & Ideas

Navigating Consumer Data Privacy in an AI World

if you're not up to speed. So, being ready to quickly adjust to new rules is key. In the US, it's more about the private sector setting the pace. If your company can get ahead and help define the privacy rules, that puts you at a huge... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Technology; Information Technology

07 Feb 2017
Research & Ideas

The Right Way to Cry in Front of Your Boss

field like social work that usually has a higher tolerance for emotional displays? “Where [reframing] really helps is if you’re in an environment where emotion isn’t acceptable,” Wolf says. “If you’re in an organization where people don’t... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland

21 May 2024
Research & Ideas

What the Rise of Far-Right Politics Says About the Economy in an Election Year

limits how much debt Italy can hold. So, the [far right] solution of limiting access to public services by excluding immigrants becomes more appealing to many voters. That helps explain why weak public service provision can lead to higher... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

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Business History - Faculty & Research

as depicted by conventional history. Labor reformers argued that principles of equity must supplement these categories of class legislation and contract freedom. This essay explores how legal doctrine helped both sides of the anti-truck... View Details

04 Mar 2024
Research & Ideas

Want to Make Diversity Stick? Break the Cycle of Sameness

the race and gender of a new appointment to the demographics of the departing member of a group. “People are otherwise likely to choose replacements who demographically resemble their predecessors.” This preference for maintaining the demographic status quo might View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

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Soltan Bryce

mentor – an HBS alum – who helped me. He was both genuine and kind; I learned from him that leadership can be about creating opportunities for others to thrive, sometimes through simply providing validation.” Soltan’s spouse, Nina Bryce,... View Details

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OPM Renew

programs have no formal educational requirements, admission is a selective process based on your professional achievement and organizational responsibilities. Read More Answering Your Questions Our Program Advising team can help you at... View Details

27 Jun 2016
Research & Ideas

These Management Practices, Like Certain Technologies, Boost Company Performance

practices that act exactly as a new technology would, like advanced machinery might help companies increase output. Universal management practices can help increase a company’s productivity, just as... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

06 Jul 2023
News

Lessons from Major League Baseball's Game-Changing Innovations

MLB, where he's worked since he graduated from HBS in 2008. And he's helped lead some of the transformational innovations the sport has undergone in the last decade, both on the field and off. In this episode of Skydeck, taped in front of... View Details

May 2012 (Revised August 2014)
Case

McKesson

By: Regina E. Herzlinger and Natalie Kindred

McKesson, a large, diversified drug distribution and health care IT company, is considering development of new business offerings to help private practice physicians remain independent. The company, with $122 billion in 2010 revenues, just made its first foray into... View Details