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  • 19 Dec 2022
  • Research & Ideas

What Motivates People to Give Generously—and Why We Sometimes Don't

behaviors we see out there is to remember that people can express their prosociality in different ways. Some people might be more willing to give at a grocery store when they ask you to donate at the checkout counter. Other people might... View Details
Keywords: by Jen McFarland Flint, HBS Alumni Bulletin
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Entrepreneurship - Faculty & Research

competitive Darwinian contest. Instead, a few investors make decisions that are impacted by incentive, agency, and coordination problems, often before a new idea even has a chance to compete in a market. We contend that costs and... View Details
  • 28 Jun 2022
  • Book

The Moral Enterprise: How Two Companies Profit with Purpose

How can government and business work together in this fractious political moment, when finding solutions to pressing problems like inequality and climate change are more urgent than ever? Rebecca Henderson, Harvard University’s John and Natty McArthur University... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
  • 02 Aug 2016
  • First Look

August 2, 2016

at times of low market liquidity. We provide evidence suggesting that mutual funds’ cash holdings are not large enough to fully mitigate price impact externalities created by the liquidity transformation they engage in. Download working... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 06 Mar 2018
  • First Look

First Look at Research and Ideas, March 6, 2018

Customer Compatibility and Service Performance By: Buell, Ryan W., Dennis Campbell, and Frances X. Frei Abstract—This paper investigates the impact of customer compatibility—the degree of fit between the needs of individual customers and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 02 Jun 2008
  • Research & Ideas

Spending on Happiness

happiness. We conducted a number of studies—from national surveys to a field study in which we examined how the manner in which employees at a Boston-based company spent a profit-sharing bonus impacted their long-term happiness—in which... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
  • 22 Oct 2013
  • First Look

First Look: October 22

  Publications August 2013 PLoS ONE Prosocial Bonuses Increase Employee Satisfaction and Team Performance By: Anik, Lalin, Lara B. Aknin, Elizabeth W. Dunn, Michael I. Norton, and Jordi Quoidbach Abstract—In three field studies, we... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Dec 2022
  • News

I Gave at the Office

Julian Zlatev and Christine Exley (Image by John Ritter) Both Associate Professor Christine Exley and Assistant Professor Julian Zlatev apply the tools of their research to examine a simple question: What makes people give? Exley became interested in the topic as a... View Details
Keywords: Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services
  • 09 Jan 2018
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 9, 2018

head CT scanning has a significant impact on patient waiting times. This study suggests opportunities to improve wait times through future research to understand the causes of delays in CT ordering, CT completion, and timeliness of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 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
  • 13 Sep 2011
  • First Look

First Look: September 13

and increase earnings management and CEO compensation following these board appointments. Read the paper: http://www.people.hbs.edu/lcohen/pdffiles/malcofrazIII.pdf Paying to Be Nice: Consistency and Costly Prosocial Behavior... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 12 Feb 2019
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, February 12, 2019

forthcoming World Happiness Report Happiness and Prosocial Behavior: An Evaluation of the Evidence By: Aknin, Lara B., A.V. Whillans, Michael I. Norton, and Elizabeth W. Dunn Abstract— Humans are an extremely View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 22 Apr 2014
  • First Look

First Look: April 22

present a model in which fire sales propagate shocks across bank balance sheets. When a bank experiences a negative shock to its equity, a natural way to return to target leverage is to sell assets. If potential buyers are limited, then asset sales depress prices, in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 20 Jan 2015
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First Look: January 20

  Publications January 2015 Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization Prosocial Norms in the Classroom: The Role of Self-regulation in Following Norms of Giving By: Blake, P.R., M. Piovesan, N. Montinari, F. Werneken, and F. Gino... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 28 Jan 2014
  • First Look

First Look: January 28

exercise a huge impact on management studies more generally, especially strategy and the study of entrepreneurship. Publisher's link: View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 29 Oct 2013
  • First Look

First Look: October 29

http://books.simonandschuster.co.uk/Art-of-Negotiation/Michael-Wheeler/9781451690446 August 2013 Current Directions in Psychological Science Prosocial Spending and Happiness: Using Money to Benefit Others Pays Off By: Dunn, Elizabeth W.,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 16 Apr 2013
  • First Look

First Look: April 16

that prosocial spending is associated with greater happiness around the world, in poor and rich countries alike. To test for causality, in Studies 2a and 2b, we used experimental methodology, demonstrating that recalling a past instance... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 21 May 2013
  • First Look

First Look: May 21

Bonuses Increase Employee Satisfaction and Team Performance By: Anik, Lalin, Lara B. Aknin, Michael I. Norton, Elizabeth W. Dunn, and Jordi Quoidbach Abstract—In two field studies, we explore the impact of providing employees and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 15 Mar 2016
  • First Look

March 15, 2016

about registration or help to register at home. While both types of visits increased registration, the home registration visits had a higher impact than the information-only visits, indicating that both information costs and... View Details
  • 04 Jun 2013
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First Look: June 4

suggest that highlighting the impact of prosocial spending can increase the emotional rewards of giving. Publisher's link: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167268113000176 2006 ABA Business... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne