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- 01 Dec 2014
- Research & Ideas
The Big Influence of Small Countries in the United Nations Secretariat
rules and norms between nations. "Just the conversations that are happening in the UN are important in determining international priorities—do we go after land mines, or gender disparity, or corruption? Any of these decisions will... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 06 May 2021
- HBS Case
How Four Women Made Miami More Equitable for Startups
different from the tech entrepreneur norm begin to reshape the concept of economic opportunity for many more.” About the Author Carolyn DiPaolo is a writer based in Florida. [Image: Unsplash/Bruce Warrington] What do you think that cities... View Details
Keywords: by Carolyn DiPaolo
- 30 Mar 2020
- Research & Ideas
The New Rules for Remote Work: Pandemic Edition
things don’t have to happen right this instant. This is the new norming that needs to happen.” 7. Accept that productivity will probably suffer Choudhury’s research shows productivity often increases with remote work. But now, with... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Dec 2015
- Blog Post
What is the HBS FIELD Program?
a personal and professional setting as you look to work on new projects with peers or enter career recruiting. Through various other team simulations, I learned the importance of setting team norms and establishing a game plan during a... View Details
- 24 Aug 2020
- Research & Ideas
How Much Will Remote Work Continue After the Pandemic?
result of COVID- 19,” the researchers conclude. “This would represent a dramatic and persistent shift in workplace norms around remote work, and has implications for companies, employees, and policymakers alike.” The working paper, What... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 14 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Restarting Under Uncertainty: Managerial Experiences from Around the World
on intangible capabilities, such as the ability to assess the value of the knowledge and skills that are already present within the firm and in some instances within its broader ecosystem; to rapidly understand how to redeploy them in new activities; and to establish... View Details
- 30 Jan 2020
- Research & Ideas
The Upside of Highlighting a Product's Downsides
further and highlighting their products’ shortcomings, companies might save consumers that step and help them buy with confidence. And, with time, hiding a product’s downsides might eventually become its own operating risk. “If transparency becomes more of a View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 06 Aug 2019
- Cold Call Podcast
Super Bowl Ads Sell Products, but Do They Sell Brands?
it was an advertising bro fest, but also a reflection of the cultural norms of the time. After all, the 1960s was the dawn of the golden age of advertising when agencies were evolving from product pitchers to storytellers. That first... View Details
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My academic research centers on uncovering and closing gaps between the theory and reality of tax policy. My main contribution has been to identify and address a mismatch between the goals for taxation typically assumed in theory and the goals the public and... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Generation Next
"performance-oriented culture" to the 117-year-old firm. "No one," she says, "wants to take on people who've worked [at the company] for 25 years." Why Nisa could challenge entrenched employees and the historical norms at Godrej... View Details
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Engaged with field work in East Africa, South Asia, and in several large hybrid organizations in the United States, Professor Whillans places a focus on exploring questions with strong theoretical motivation in the social psychological literature and relevant... View Details
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Political Risk, Foreign Intervention and International Arbitration
The Empire Trap: America's Attempts to Protect Property Rights Overseas, 1898-2008, is a history of the U.S. government's attempts to protect the property rights of American investors when they venture outside the boundaries of the United... View Details
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2024 Reunion Presentations - Alumni
success and seeking perfection in our professional and personal lives, and we have all paid its price in some form—and impose costs on others. Most of us are "OK to not be OK" to have the perfect job, family, and friends and conform to societal View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Faculty Q&A: The Price Is Right
pro-socials. That brought us to the third question: Is there a way to essentially make pro-selfs behave like pro-socials in these PWYW situations? The answer appears to be yes. Situational factors and norms can influence consumer... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
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AOM PDW 2014: Being There/Being Them: Entry, Exit, and In-Between in Organization Ethnography
Co-Organizers: Michel Anteby, Harvard; Curtis K. Chan, Harvard; Julia DiBenigno,... View Details
- 28 Feb 2007
- Research & Ideas
Capital Rules: The Tensions of Global Finance
over the course of the 1980s and 1990s. Yet less than a decade after the financial crises that hit emerging markets in the 1990s, that orthodoxy is already in decline and its reign in question. As a matter of capital flows, global finance is as strong as ever. But when... View Details
Keywords: by Rawi Abdelal
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Turning Point: Sum of the Parts
Gregory K. Tanaka (MBA 1974) (Illustration by Gisela Goppel) Gregory K. Tanaka (MBA 1974) (Illustration by Gisela Goppel) In a kind of twisted and sometimes painful way, I learned from a Japanese norm how to achieve great things in life,... View Details
- 15 Feb 2016
- Research & Ideas
Want Your Employees to Plan Better for Retirement? Don't Do This
effectiveness of a common educational methodology aimed at these employees. Commonly called “social norms marketing,” the method essentially shows people what their peers are doing to induce them into good behaviors. Beshears pointed out... View Details
- 02 Jun 2014
- Research & Ideas
Secrets to a Successful Social Media Strategy
a successful social strategy. In A Social Strategy, he contends that the real world comes with certain social norms of conduct that keep people from saying what they really want to say, or acting how they really want to act. Successful... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 20 Mar 2019
- Research & Ideas
Gender-Diverse Companies Thrive Only Where Diversity is Embraced
are embedded in the broader normative and regulatory environment and that the broader societal context has important influences on dynamics within organizations. Thus, in this study, I decided to draw from neo-institutional theory and... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne