Personalization - Publications - Faculty & Research

24 Jul 2012
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First Look: July 24

Flynn, and Daniella Kupor Publication:Social Psychological & Personality Science (forthcoming) Abstract We investigated the link between tipping, an altruistic act, and bribery, an immoral act. We found a positive relationship between... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

21 Sep 2011
Research & Ideas

Gender and Competition: What Companies Need to Know

strongly linked to the gender of the person they are competing against. “Women are competitive, but not in particular work environments or groups” "Women are competitive, but not in particular work environments or groups," says... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard

25 Jul 2011
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How Disruptive Innovation is Remaking the University

unmarketable yet invaluable intangibles such as social tolerance, personal responsibility, and respect for the rule of law. Each is a unique community of scholars in which lives as well as minds are molded. Pure profit-based competition... View Details

Keywords: by Clayton M. Christensen & Henry J. Eyring; Education

02 Jun 2011
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Is it Time for a National Bankruptcy?

dissolves the social contract between people and government." Phil Clark commented that "Those who go bankrupt lose sight of personal principle and beliefs. A country going bankrupt undermines itself and demonstrates its... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

13 Jun 2005
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Rescuing Products with Stealth Positioning

be the case with new technologies); they may be skeptical of the products because previous offerings have failed to live up to expectations; or they may have personal objections to products or companies in the category. By using stealth... View Details

Keywords: by Youngme Moon

26 Nov 2001
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Women Entrepreneurs Use Springboard for Funding

personalize healthcare and benefits, and Carol Nacy of Sequella, Inc., a biotech firm focused on controlling global infectious diseases, especially tuberculosis. Most of the companies were already up and running. Their funding to date has... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

12 Mar 2019
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New Research and Ideas, March 12, 2019

talent, they will need to bridge these three gaps. The good news is that the growing assortment of online courses, social and interactive platforms, and learning tools from both traditional institutions and upstarts—which we call the View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

28 Oct 2015
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A Dedication to Creation: India's Ad Man Ranjan Kapur

giving enough power to the three groups but no one person was dominant over the others. Q: As you said, changing an entrenched culture is difficult. One of the first things he did was to lay people off, to make it a smaller organization.... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Advertising

13 Oct 2015
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Does Business Get Done the Same Way in Emerging and Developed Countries?

talent from, but by the time you get to positions of real responsibility, the fact is you are almost joined at the hip with the family. Q: Koç makes a point that the company has no hesitation about becoming involved in the personal lives... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

22 Jan 2013
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First Look: Jan. 22

attests to the idea that ritual behavior stimulates goal-directed action (to consume). Experiment 3 found that performing rituals oneself enhanced consumption more than merely watching someone else perform the same ritual, suggesting that View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

10 Jan 2005
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Motivation and the Cross-Sector Alliance

mere agent for shareholders, it will likely find it hard to justify significant resource allocations resulting from decisions based primarily on altruistic motives rather than company-related needs. Several of these companies were founded by individuals with a strong... View Details

Keywords: by James Austin, Ezequiel Reficco & SEKN research team

11 May 2011
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Building a Better Board

willing to serve." Boards also can make it feel safer for directors to give honest assessments by hiring an outsider to interview each board member individually and aggregate the information for both the board and the CEO. "That View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

04 Aug 2009
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First Look: August 4

members have the potential to speak up about important issues, but a growing body of research suggests that they often remain silent instead, out of fear of negative personal and professional consequences. In this chapter, we draw on... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

19 Mar 2006
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Unlocking Your Investment Capital

extreme, poorly implemented risk management can lead to the firm's demise. Under Sarbanes-Oxley 404, both the CEO and CFO have to attest with personal liability to the accuracies of the financial statements (including footnotes with... View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen; Financial Services

03 May 2004
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Business History around the World

consequences. The project I am currently working on examines the globalization of the world personal care or beauty industry over the last fifty years. It is concerned with explaining how an industry fragmented on national lines has come... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

30 Nov 2018
What Do You Think?

What’s the Best Administrative Approach to Climate Change?

Summing Up: Should a 'Montreal Protocol' for Administering Global Warming Be Pursued? Climate change and how to manage it is a daunting subject. Nevertheless, several readers of this month’s column were willing to venture a model or two for administering a system... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Energy

27 Jan 2014
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Family CEOs Spend Less Time at Work

researchers collected time-use information through daily phone calls with each CEO's personal assistant (PA) or with the CEO himself (99 percent of the sample consisted of male CEOs). On the first day of the week, a researcher would call... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

28 May 2012
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A Pragmatic Alternative for Creating a Corporate Social Responsibility Strategy

flaunt what you're doing. Not all companies may want to make a visible statement of their involvement. But every company should know what kind of impact CSR is having." Rangan adds that it helps if CSR activities are headed by a person... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

06 Sep 2005
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When Product Variety Backfires

assortment tends to be good. For instance, when you go shopping for Levi's 501 jeans, the fact that there are hundreds of combinations of length and waist sizes allows a person to find the one that fits best. The second type of... View Details

Keywords: by Poping Lin; Consumer Products

09 Jul 2024
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Are Management Consulting Firms Failing to Manage Themselves?

and Stay Flexible Checking Your Ethics: Would You Speak Up in These 3 Sticky Situations? The Best Person to Lead Your Company Doesn't Work There—Yet Feedback or ideas to share? Email the Working Knowledge team at hbswk@hbs.edu. Image:... View Details

Keywords: by David Fubini; Consulting

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