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- 01 Oct 2001
- Research & Ideas
Organizing the Family-Run Business
of directors, the family council and the family assembly generally are more effective forums for shareholders for setting direction and creating policies. Fundamental to the effective governance of these complicated systems is the proper... View Details
- 27 Aug 2013
- First Look
First Look: August 27
paper: http://www.people.hbs.edu/rgreenwood/bgjs9.pdf The Dynamics of Firm Lobbying By: Kerr, William R., William F. Lincoln, and Prachi Mishra Abstract—We study the determinants of the dynamics of firm lobbying behavior using a panel data View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Nov 2019
- Research & Ideas
When Your Passion Works Against You
with the goal first.” Passion backfires in competitive settings Even worse, passion can be toxic in competitive situations. “Passion can be a glue that binds others together, but it can also serve as a... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 13 Mar 2023
- Research & Ideas
The Power of Personal Connections: How Shared Experiences Boost Performance
naturally want to be and that, then, can motivate them to do better.” In health care settings and beyond, organizations could craft deeper interactions—at the beginning of the careers for other professionals or well into their... View Details
- 28 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Racism and Digital Design: How Online Platforms Can Thwart Discrimination
Chesky responded to the findings and publicly acknowledged that the potential for discrimination on the platform hadn't occurred to him or his two cofounders prior to the site's launch, a blind spot he attributed in part to the fact that all three founders of the... View Details
- 05 Jul 2016
- First Look
July 5, 2016
to best overcome them. Behavioral sciences have informed policy in many other realms (e.g., health, savings), but they are a largely untapped resource for conservation. We propose a set of guiding questions for applying behavioral... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 31 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 31, 2018
diversity of motivations for advice giving, it extends the set of advice-exchange outcomes to be considered beyond those previously emphasized. Second, it highlights previously unexplored aspects of the advisor role that are likely to... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 23 Jul 2012
- Research & Ideas
The Power of Conversational Leadership
organizational performance." INTENTIONALITY: While the goal of organizational conversation is to draw on the characteristics of a talk between friends, it must always have an agenda—and a leader must always have a View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 13 Dec 2011
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 13
Internet channel to a retail store channel should produce different effects than adding a retail store to the Internet channel. To test our theory, we analyze a unique data set from a high-end retailer using matching methods. Unlike... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 May 2005
- Research & Ideas
Six Steps for Making Your Threat Credible
strategy requires careful calculation. Your sunk costs must be large and visible enough to make an impact but small enough that you are not significantly harmed by losses you may incur in the hope of influencing your counterpart. Don't spend enough to outfit an entire... View Details
Keywords: by Deepak Malhotra
- 16 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
Advice on Advice
discounting the wisdom they were given, often because of an egocentric bias that has them naturally favoring their own viewpoints. Sometimes people will ask for advice from others, but their true goal is to seek validation or praise for... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Again and Again
Edited by Jen McFarland Flint; Illustrations by Jason Holley Whenever he’s presenting to a large audience, Professor Michael Norton likes to pose this question to the crowd: After you get up in the morning, do you brush your teeth first and then shower, or vice versa?... View Details
- 28 Jan 2020
- Book
Advanced Leadership Requires More Than Outside-The-Box Thinking
aspiration—the fact that lives will be improved as a result of the effort. Silverthorne: What common characteristics do advanced leaders share? Kanter: One common characteristic is their motivation. They are driven by purpose and meaning. They View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Dec 2010
- Research & Ideas
Panama Canal: Troubled History, Astounding Turnaround
motivation was a defensive American nationalism, not American national defense. Q: What role did the corrupt governments of dictators Torrijos and Noriega play in the handover of the canal back to the Panamanians in 1999? A: Ironically, the two dictators View Details
- 22 Jul 2002
- Research & Ideas
Is Performance-Based Pricing the Right Price for You?
One advantage of performance-based pricing is the often-mentioned alignment that can be achieved between the buyer's goals and the seller's goals. But, that is only part of the story. There are two other major advantages.... View Details
- 28 Oct 2014
- First Look
First Look: October 28
to plan and follow through on a goal and not related to impulsivity, suggesting that some children are poorer at holding the norm in mind and following through on enacting it. We discuss the implications of these results for education and... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 16 Feb 2010
- Research & Ideas
The Outside-In Approach to Customer Service
own capabilities with those of its suppliers and partners to address some of those problems. The goal is to bring value to customers in ways that are beneficial for them while also creating additional value for the company itself. Q:... View Details
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
A Continuum of Innovation
As senior associate dean and chair of the MBA Program, Matt Weinzierl has a running list of questions that he and Jana P. Kierstead, the executive director of MBA and Doctoral programs, always keep in mind. They range from the curricular (How can we ensure that the MBA... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 16 Feb 2016
- First Look
February 16, 2016
experience. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50573 2015 Shaping Entrepreneurial Mindsets: Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Leadership Development Design Thinking and Innovative Problem Solving By: Datar, Srikant M., and Caitlin N.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Aug 2022
- Op-Ed
Income Inequality Is Rising. Are We Even Measuring It Correctly?
these two additional measurements, they may end up with trousers that fit them better. For retailers, the goal is to devise measures that capture the variability in people’s preferences well enough, while minimizing the number of... View Details