Intentions - Publications - Faculty & Research

17 Feb 2022
Book

When Employees Feel a Sense of Purpose, Companies Succeed

apps to improve their and their children’s health outcomes. Ovia seeks to improve poor maternal health outcomes, particularly among women and children of color, adopting as its existential intent the provision of “equal care, longitudinal... View Details

Keywords: by Ranjay Gulati

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Meagan Hill

Meagan Hill enrolled in Harvard College with the intention of going on to medical school. But through her work at Harvard Student Agencies — a conglomerate of nine businesses that offer students hands-on business experience — she... View Details

Keywords: Financial Services

17 Dec 2014
Research & Ideas

How Our Brain Determines if the Product is Worth the Price

seconds, followed by a decision screen displaying both price and product. They then indicated the extent to which they wanted to buy the items on a scale from 0 to 100, with anything above a 50 categorized as intent to purchase the... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Retail

01 Sep 2022
What Do You Think?

Is It Time to Consider Lifting Tariffs on Chinese Imports?

controversies, trade continues. It’s perhaps evidence that sanity still prevails in the business world. But it raises the question of whether it’s time for the US to send a message, however small, of positive intent toward China by... View Details

Keywords: Re: James L. Heskett

06 Oct 2010
Research & Ideas

John Kotter: Four Ways to Kill a Good Idea

Someone is out to shoot down your best ideas. Do you know how to defend yourself? In their new book, Buy-IN: Saving Your Good Idea from Getting Shot Down, HBS professor emeritus John P. Kotter and University of British Columbia professor Lorne A. Whitehead teach how to... View Details

Keywords: by John Kotter & Lorne A. Whitehead

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Gender & Race in Organizations Research Group - Race, Gender & Equity

social identities (e.g., race and gender) in professional identity development processes of medical residents. She is also conducting research on identity change and career intentions of first-time pregnant professional women, as well as... View Details

21 Nov 2019
Research & Ideas

Do TV Debates Sway Voters?

elections in nine countries, including the US, UK, Germany, and Canada. Among the 172,000 respondents in the study, almost 80 percent had watched a debate. The team compared vote intentions in the pre-election survey to actual votes... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

01 Jun 2015
Research & Ideas

The Surprising Benefits of Oversharing

On Facebook and a myriad of other social media platforms, you can find out who your friends are dating, see pictures of their last vacation, and even know what they had for lunch yesterday. It is now becoming more unusual when someone chooses not to divulge their... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

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Climate Impact - Business & Environment

largest investors in fossil fuel development around the world. In contrast, Walden Mutual supports lending to our region's most sustainable farm, food, and natural resource businesses.” Nisha Desai MBA 1997 | Founder & CEO, Intention... View Details

01 May 2020
Blog Post

5 Reasons to Join a Club at HBS

Union (AASU) and was elected alongside two classmates. When I started at HBS, I had every intention of putting extracurriculars on the backburner and would have sworn off a club leadership position. However, HBS’ RC experience pushed me... View Details

09 Jul 2007
Research & Ideas

Five Steps to Better Family Negotiations

requires that you understand the other side's interests and constraints, and that the other party understands your interests and constraints. Most family members are typically well intentioned when they negotiate, and one would think that... View Details

Keywords: by John A. Davis and Deepak Malhotra

04 Oct 2021
What Do You Think?

How Do We Make Sure the Right People End Up with Power in Organizations?

three dimensions) intent (oriented toward the greater good of others), reliability, and competence.” Paul Browning’s research “uncovered 10 practices that leaders can develop to enhance the trust people have in them.” Presumably, they can... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

01 Mar 2024
News

On the Radar

Illustration by Brian Stauffer Illustration by Brian Stauffer Our planet is teeming with trillions of viruses and bacteria, most of which are innocuous or even helpful, but some pose a significant risk to public health, animals, and crops. In recent decades,... View Details

Keywords: Janine White; Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities; Government

2010
Book

Buy-In: Saving Your Good Idea from Getting Shot Down

By: John P. Kotter and Lorne A. Whitehead

You've got a good idea. You know it could make a crucial difference for you, your organization, your community. You present it to the group but get confounding questions, inane comments, and verbal bullets in return. Before you know what's happened, your idea is dead,... View Details

Keywords: Communication Intention and Meaning; Cost vs Benefits; Problems and Challenges; Interests; Value

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01 Dec 2019
News

Bridging the Gap

it,” says Bo Drake, who attended YALP this year. In his role as VP of economic and workforce development at Chattanooga State Community College, Drake works with the school district as it develops additional FRI offerings. “Our intent is... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; illustration by Josh Cochran; photographed by Melissa Golden; cross sector collaboration; local government; nonprofits; education; leadership; Administration of Economic Programs; Government

02 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

Not All M&As Are Alike—and That Matters

link strategic intent to the implications for integration that result. It stands to reason that executives overseeing each of these activities face different challenges. If you acquire a company because your industry has excess capacity,... View Details

Keywords: by Joseph L. Bower

05 Oct 2020
Book

Want to Be Happier? Make More Free Time

research shows that supervisors are actually more willing to grant extensions than employees realize; in fact, they tend to view those who request extra breathing room as highly motivated employees who are intent on producing better... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

13 Dec 2021
Research & Ideas

The Unlikely Upside of Mergers: More Diverse Management Teams

aftermath of a deal in one of two ways: as a side effect of what some executives called “getting rid of the deadwood,” or as an intentional drive by the larger firm to create a more defined diversity policy. “Both forces are at play,” he... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert

16 Mar 2020
Research & Ideas

How the Coronavirus Is Already Rewriting the Future of Business

collaborate, you can become more focused and intentional about how you spend your time. Before this crisis, you may have felt overloaded with too many meetings and relentless emails, making it seem like you never had time to do your... View Details