Social Pressure - Publications - Faculty & Research

24 Jun 2016
Op-Ed

Why Brexit is a Big Deal

seen by many Britons as an expensive, interfering and sclerotic bureaucracy. Look for immediate downward pressure on the Euro as well as sterling, and on all European stock markets. These shifts offer significant buying opportunities for... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch

25 Jun 2001
Lessons from the Classroom

Machiavelli, Morals, and You

would you really love to do,' but 'Given the people you're working with and the pressures you're under now, what can you do?'" In that context, students also grapple with the hard choices that faced Abraham Lincoln, as described in... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

15 Jan 2009
Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: Career & Life Balance

the people and society around them, while at the same time being dead inside. Leaders need the capacity to distance themselves from the pressures and seductions of success and to think and live for themselves. Am I Working Too Hard?... View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty

03 Apr 2007
First Look

First Look: April 3, 2007

different development strategies. The states had to decide whether to focus their investment efforts on physical capital or improving social indicators. Both states faced constraints in the form of budget deficits, competition from other... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

07 Jun 2019
Book

Are You a Digital Manager?

Lagace: As you teach MBA students and Executive Education participants, are they describing new pressures that weren’t there before? Hill: Leadership is truly getting more demanding. I don’t think anyone ever succeeded by him- or herself... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

16 Nov 2010
Lessons from the Classroom

Data.gov: Matching Government Data with Rapid Innovation

the culture of government. "Getting agencies into the habit of making data available is a good first step," said a CTO in the class. Other agencies want to look good, too. There is pressure on officials to not get left behind. A... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Technology

16 Jul 2001
Research & Ideas

How to Compete Like a Judo Strategist

judo strategists plan two to three years into the future, looking beyond today's pressures and problems to the challenges that lie ahead. Executives at Inktomi, eBay, and Palm all maintain that long-term planning is necessary, even when... View Details

Keywords: by David B. Yoffie & Mary Kwak

28 Apr 2010
Research & Ideas

Earth Day Reflections

What's more, since going green is now red hot, a growing number of companies—especially in Europe and Japan—are also starting to issue Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) or Sustainability reports. Sometimes these are mailed with the... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

13 Nov 2007
Research & Ideas

Six Steps for Reinvigorating America

the discouraging trends she sees are political and religious attacks that stifle science and innovation; growing unease and pressure in the workplace; too few companies recognizing obligations to their communities as well as to their... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

01 Aug 2018
What Do You Think?

Are Free Trade and Free Markets Quaint Ideas From the Past?

pressures from globalization have very different outcomes in terms of, say, income and wage inequality.” This suggests, he continued, that domestic social and political choices and the public policy mix are... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

01 Jul 2019
What Do You Think?

Are Super Stretch Goals Only for the Very Young?

adding the software was very large. The engineers undoubtedly felt the pressure of a long-standing culture comprising equal parts of pride, arrogance, and fear. The Company is still recovering from the costs of enormous government fines,... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

19 Dec 2005
Research & Ideas

Public Education Goes to School

ranking 16th out of 20 in the number of students who complete high school. Just as importantly, public education is facing a social justice issue that has the potential to undermine our democracy. Even with a dramatic increase in targeted... View Details

Keywords: by Mallory Stark; Education

26 Aug 2014
First Look

First Look: August 26

Abstract—To create social ties to support their professional or personal goals, people actively engage in instrumental networking. Drawing from moral psychology research, we posit that this intentional behavior has unintended consequences... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

12 Dec 2022
Research & Ideas

Buy-In from Black Patients Suffers When Drug Trials Don’t Include Them

ask them whether a drug will “work in people like me.” Beyond the health and financial ramifications of overlooking large population segments, the research offers a call to action for drugmakers at a time when companies face pressure to... View Details

Keywords: by Scott Van Voorhis; Pharmaceutical; Health

18 Jul 2012
Research & Ideas

Penn State Lesson: Today’s Cover-Up was Yesterday’s Opportunity

them immediately? Many leaders strive for such a high degree of perfection that they are unwilling to admit mistakes. They feel tremendous external pressure to be perfect, but in reality they are far more successful when they are... View Details

Keywords: by Bill George; Education

22 May 2007
First Look

First Look: May 22, 2007

policy we consider concerns the level of future Social Security benefits. Specifically, we examine how an agent would respond to learning in advance whether she will experience a major Social Security... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

02 Apr 2010
What Do You Think?

Why Are Fewer and Fewer U.S. Employees Satisfied With Their Jobs?

Wegrzyn cited (1) "incredible pressure from the economic side," (2) "incredible instability," and (3) a resulting "dog-eat-dog attitude." Dennis Hopwood said, "In the end, it's all about making the... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

22 Sep 2003
Research & Ideas

When Protestors Knock at Your Door

social and environmental issues? NGOs have become an important element of the global economy and firms should expect to interact with them.—Debora Spar Spar: Again, it really depends on the firm, the business, and the activist groups... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

18 Jul 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, July 18, 2017

innovation, and peer production—relate to theories of the firm, with particular attention on “sociality” in firms and markets. We first briefly review extant theories of the firm and then discuss three theoretical aspects of sociality... View Details