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- 26 Mar 2008
- First Look
First Look: March 26, 2008
Working PapersDiffusing Management Practices within the Firm: The Role of Information Provision Authors:Michael J. Lenox and Michael W. Toffel Abstract A key role of corporate managers is to encourage subsidiaries to adopt innovative practices. This paper examines... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 28 Jun 2007
- Working Paper Summaries
Film Rentals and Procrastination: A Study of Intertemporal Reversals in Preferences and Intrapersonal Conflict
- 18 Apr 2022
- HBS Case
Dick’s Sporting Goods Followed Its Conscience on Guns—and It Paid Off
through other sales in subsequent quarters. Profitability also picked up given the improved margins of merchandise that replaced guns. Taking a stand paid off Ultimately, the leader of Dick’s Sporting Goods followed his conscience, and the strategy worked—largely... View Details
Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald
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Holding HgCapital Historic New England HongShan HouseAccount HSP - Henkel Search Partners Hudson Hill Capital Humana Hunter Douglas, Inc. I I Have This Friend IBM IDinsight IFC - International Finance Corporation IFC Asset Management Company impala View Details
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A New Vision – The Human Relations Movement – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections
great researchers, the possibility for developing an imaginative reordering of life through the careful observation of a subject was part of the original impulse for why they studied these workers for so long. Consequently, we must ask... View Details
- 17 Jan 2023
- In Practice
8 Trends to Watch in 2023
As 2023 begins, businesses and employees face an uncertain economy and labor market, as the twin dilemmas of inflation and interest rates weigh on forecasts. Harvard Business School faculty share the top trends that they believe will shape the workplace and markets... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
- 16 Nov 2021
- HBS Case
How a Company Made Employees So Miserable, They Killed Themselves
damage, while other times it requires pivoting along the way. “As a manager in a really challenging situation, the impulse is to just do the thing in front of you; it isn’t to stop, reflect, and think about how you might do things... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
Solving for Z
With nearly 20 years of experience as a senior human resources executive, Matthew Breitfelder (MBA 2002) has seen a lot of change in the corporate talent space. But what’s happening now looks like a tectonic generational shift. From his perch as global head of human... View Details
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Ted Obi
learned from her grandmother. Who is one person from your life that you admire the most today? Ashley, my twin sister. We are similar in many ways and different in others. In our 26 years of friendship, she has taught me how to lead with empathy and unapologetically be... View Details
- 28 Nov 2005
- Research & Ideas
Unilever: Transformation and Tradition
Currently a Unilever brand can be found in one out of every two households in the world. This book has related how these brands came to form part of the everyday life of so many people as the world "globalized" from the 1960s. It has shown how Becel... View Details
- 26 Sep 2011
- HBS Case
HBS Cases: Lady Gaga
"Yo Taylor, I'm really happy for you, and I'mma let you finish, but [fellow nominee] Beyoncé had one of the best videos of all time." Millions of viewers were turned off by his impulsive bullying, and Carter and Lady Gaga, both... View Details
- 08 Oct 2008
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: A Sense of Urgency
behavior associated with false urgency. To use a crisis to reduce complacency, make sure it is visible, unambiguous, related to real business problems, and significant enough that it cannot be solved with small, simple actions. Fight the View Details
Keywords: by John P. Kotter
- 12 Jan 2023
- News
‘Debiasing’ Debt with Data
HBS gave Ballard the tools needed to transform his idea from an altruistic impulse to a real venture, starting with an emphasis on good data, he says. “I remember my first-year finance professor would always say ‘garbage in, garbage out,’... View Details
Keywords: Ralph Ranalli
- 23 Jun 2008
- Research & Ideas
Innovative Ways to Encourage Personal Savings
whether it is in prize-linked or collectible savings. On the sociological end, our research with U.S. savings bonds has been eye-opening. It reveals an old-fashioned impulse lives on: to save on behalf of others. Savings bonds help... View Details
- 20 Oct 2010
- Op-Ed
Export Competitiveness: Reversing the Logic
2000). But it is also politically harder to sustain then, for example, the Thai "dual track" strategy with growth impulses for both exporting and local activities that turned out to generate broad-based public support (Looney,... View Details
Keywords: by Christian Ketels
- 16 Jan 2006
- Research & Ideas
Adam Smith, Behavioral Economist?
let them withdraw their own money until a certain amount or date has been reached. It gives their control over to the bank to help them overcome short-term impulses to spend. The product had a large and significant effect on clients'... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen
- 21 Feb 2005
- Op-Ed
Is Business Management a Profession?
implicated in recent acts of corporate malfeasance—could have become so depraved, this is probably the wrong question. Given that human nature does not change much from age to age, the real issue is the effectiveness of the constraints that society places on the purely... View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
It's academic. (Not!)
blame. Ton's findings contributed to reducing this problem by 22 percent from 1999 to 2000 at her research site. Determining her research focus was the most challenging aspect of the program, Ton notes, because "your first impulse is to... View Details
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Read excerpts from DENIAL
The Edifice Complex: Denial at Sears
Book Excerpt: Denial at Sears (BusinessWeek.com, February 26, 2010)
From Denial: Why Business... View Details
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Jeremy Burnham
Jeremy’s team was asked to come up with concepts for a “sustainable” shoe that would appeal to impulse buyers. For two months, the team met once a week to brainstorm ideas and ultimately settled on three: an “exchange” program, in which... View Details