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- 05 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
A Market for Human Cadavers in All but Name?
A Traffic of Dead Bodies: Anatomy and Embodied Social Identity in Nineteenth-Century America. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. Scheper-Hughes, Nancy. 2000. "The Global Traffic in Human... View Details
- 24 Feb 2009
- First Look
First Look: February 24, 2009
Prosocial Identity Reduces Prosocial Behavior Authors:Adam M. Grant, Andrew Molinsky, Joshua D. Margolis, Melissa Kamin, and William Schiano Periodical:Journal of Applied Social Psychology 39, no. 2 (2009):... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 14 Jan 2002
- Research & Ideas
Countries on the Cusp: The Power of Nationalism
recognize, as well, that national identities have purposes embedded within them that may be much broader than things like language and religion, and encompass ideas about what part of the world, what part of the region, what kinds of... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- December 2004 (Revised April 2006)
- Case
Managing a Public Image: Rob Thomas
By: Robin J. Ely and Ingrid Vargas
Rob Thomas describes some of the challenges he has faced as a white, middle-aged man who is managing director of a mid-size consulting firm where he is committed to increasing staff gender and racial diversity. Unwilling to risk the disapproval of any constituency,... View Details
Ely, Robin J., and Ingrid Vargas. "Managing a Public Image: Rob Thomas." Harvard Business School Case 405-054, December 2004. (Revised April 2006.)
- September 1994
- Case
Bob Fifer
By: David A. Thomas and Doug Cohen
Explores the life and concerns of Bob Fifer, HBS class of 1979 and CEO of Kaiser Associates. Explores the many influences on Bob's development and his subsequent career choices. It is written as a biography with extensive quotes from interviews with Bob. He describes... View Details
Keywords: Personal Development and Career; Entrepreneurship; Identity; Leadership Style; Ethnicity; Management Teams
Thomas, David A., and Doug Cohen. "Bob Fifer." Harvard Business School Case 495-013, September 1994.
- July 2019
- Teaching Note
Arlan Hamilton and Backstage Capital
By: Laura Huang
Teaching Note for HBS No. 419-029. Frustrated by an inability to convince existing venture capital firms to invest in companies led by women, people of color, and LGBT founders, Arlan Hamilton started her own firm, Backstage Capital, in 2015. Hamilton understood the... View Details
- Fall 2024
- Article
The Three Traps That Stymie Reinvention: Organizational Identity, Architecture, and Collaboration Can Be Either Assets or Liabilities to Pursuing Growth in New Sectors
By: Ryan Raffaelli
In more than a decade of researching innovation, I have observed how organizations respond to new opportunities, technological changes, or unexpected market shifts that threaten to upend their current business model. This process, which I call reinvention, may occur... View Details
Keywords: Innovation And Strategy; Change Leadership; Collaboration; Architecture; Transformation; Disruption; Leading Change; Innovation Strategy; Identity; Organizational Culture; Organizational Structure
Raffaelli, Ryan. "The Three Traps That Stymie Reinvention: Organizational Identity, Architecture, and Collaboration Can Be Either Assets or Liabilities to Pursuing Growth in New Sectors." MIT Sloan Management Review 66, no. 1 (Fall 2024): 46–52. (Cover story.)
- 27 Feb 2006
- Research & Ideas
Corporate Values and Employee Cynicism
positive values, do you see foresee an increasing risk for similar problems at other organizations? A: Many studies have shown the power of meaningful values to energize employees, providing them with a sense of purpose and identity in a... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 02 Sep 2014
- First Look
First Look: September 2
Publications September 2014 Organization Science Social Comparisons and Deception Across Workplace Hierarchies: Field and Experimental Evidence By: Edelman, Benjamin, and Ian Larkin Abstract—We examine how unfavorable View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Jan 2008
- First Look
First Look: January 23, 2008
his management team. Students are provided with the opportunity to evaluate this response in terms of its impact on customer relations, growth prospects, and ongoing operations for JetBlue. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 03 Dec 2007
- Research & Ideas
Authenticity over Exaggeration: The New Rule in Advertising
a market in service, reputation, and reliability develops. Social exchanges. People build identities in virtual communities like Korea's Cyworld (90 percent of Koreans in their 20s are members). Firms may... View Details
- 31 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 31, 2009
Working PapersCorporate Social Entrepreneurship Authors:James Austin and Ezequiel Reficco Abstract Corporate Social Entrepreneurship (CSE) is a process aimed at enabling business to develop more advanced... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 30 Sep 2015
- Research & Ideas
Political Polarization: Why We All Just Can't Get Along
Hernandez of New York University, dive into the topic in their working paper Political Identity and Trust. “Our biggest headline finding is that it seems that it’s beliefs that drive trust, not taste" If it seems we are a nation of... View Details
- 26 May 2015
- Research & Ideas
Corporate Field Researchers Share Tricks of the Trade
condition that they would not reveal the firm's identity in their paper. This required a tremendous amount of good faith on the part of the company, which was crucial for the study. "It's really about developing a relationship," said... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 04 Mar 2014
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Managing Innovation
Skills that Distinguish Great Innovators Clay Christensen on "The Innovator's DNA." WORKING PAPERS Leading Innovation in Good Times and Bad Innovation is not a side business, says Lynda Applegate. Mechanisms of Technology Re-Emergence and View Details
Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty
- 27 Feb 2013
- Research & Ideas
Sidetracked: Why Can’t We Stick to the Plan?
He convinced Greg to follow him to the back of his store, where the two spent almost an hour haggling over "Rolex" and "Panerai" watches — identical copies of the real thing. Greg thought a fancy watch would make him... View Details
Keywords: Re: Francesca Gino
- 06 Dec 2011
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 6
as identity work and show how subtle forms of gender bias in the culture and in organizations interfere with the identity work of women leaders. Based on this insight, we revisit traditional approaches to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Oct 2010
- First Look
First Look: October 19, 2010
charitable giving, crowding out intrinsic motivations to give by corrupting a purely social act with economic considerations. Purchase the Book: http://www.psypress.com/the-science-of-giving-9781848728851 Americans Do I.T. Better: U.S.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- October 2020 (Revised April 2022)
- Case
When Institutions Fail: HIV/AIDS in the 1980s
By: Tom Nicholas and Christian Godwin
During the early 1980s, young gay men in urban centers such as San Francisco and New York City began contracting a mysterious illness that would come to be known as HIV/AIDS. A diagnosis meant almost certain death, with a less than 1% survival rate. Conflicting... View Details
Keywords: Ethics; Policy; Government and Politics; Health Pandemics; History; Rights; Media; Organizations; Business and Community Relations; Religion; Social Psychology; Identity; Prejudice and Bias; Social Issues; Public Opinion; Pharmaceutical Industry; Biotechnology Industry; Health Industry; Journalism and News Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Public Administration Industry; United States
Nicholas, Tom, and Christian Godwin. "When Institutions Fail: HIV/AIDS in the 1980s." Harvard Business School Case 821-002, October 2020. (Revised April 2022.)
- 23 Jun 2014
- Research & Ideas
In Venture Capital, Birds of a Feather Lose Money Together
To illustrate the old adage that birds of a feather flock together, there may be no better example than the venture capital industry. A recent study finds that venture capitalists have a strong tendency to team up with other VCs whose ethnic and educational backgrounds... View Details