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- 09 Nov 2022
- In Practice
COP27: What Can Business Leaders Do to Fight Climate Change Now?
The US government’s newly passed Inflation Reduction Act will direct $370 billion toward advancing renewal energy and reducing greenhouse gas emissions—the country's largest investment in fighting climate change so far. As business and government leaders around the... View Details
Keywords: by Lynn Schenk and Danielle Kost
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Blog
Leading in Tough Times: HBS Faculty Member Amy C. Edmondson on Psychological Safety
ourselves that we don’t contribute to creating a better organization. Psychological safety can help businesses achieve goals like higher levels of innovation, higher quality execution, and greater agility. Unfortunately, psychologically... View Details
- Web
Research - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability
other research here , Adi’s other research here , and Jonathan’s other research here . More Info Business Credit Programs in the Pandemic Era By: Samuel G. Hanson , Jeremy C. Stein , Adi Sunderam & Eric Zwick OCT 2021 The authors develop models that speak to the View Details
- 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
- Web
Philanthropy - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
definition of capitalism. Strategy for Philanthropic Organizations Foundations have traditionally focused on doing good by providing funding to worthy social enterprises. Instead, foundations should set the higher View Details
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Again and Again
give us this depth of emotion sometimes out of the silliest little behaviors, which is why I like them so much. Duhigg: How do people build rituals into their daily lives? Norton: Many of us are doing these things already, in various contexts. One View Details
- 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
- 16 Oct 2017
- Research & Ideas
The Most Successful Startups Have Hands-On Founders
performance, the researchers say. Founders are usually very busy people—they recruit key employees, raise funds, find a board, develop partnerships, set strategy, and design the organization, to name a few responsibilities. What often... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 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
- 11 Aug 2003
- Research & Ideas
Why Budgeting Kills Your Company
performance indicators that shifts strategic decision making to customer-facing edges of the organization. Others advocate less sweeping but still significant changes: Housing the budgeting and strategic planning functions in one office, establishing top-down View Details
Keywords: by Loren Gary
- 05 Oct 2020
- Book
Want to Be Happier? Make More Free Time
vacation days we normally let go unused. Video: Managers, respect your workers’ time by setting the right toneView Video “In the moment, these decisions may seem inconsequential or easy to reverse, but they’re not,” Whillans says. “We... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- Web
Understanding Health Systems, Payors, and Regulation - Health Care
Institute of Strategy and Competitiveness at HBS. He advocates that the goal of any health care system should be to increase the value it delivers to patients. This is the underlying thesis of Redefining Health Care: Creating Value-Based... View Details
- 26 Jan 2022
- News
Making Peace with Anger
life in a manner that says that nothing gets done unless I’m on top of it and pinning it down. And so this process and this transformation, for me, has allowed me to stay very present. I still set really, really high 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