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- 17 Jan 2024
- HBS Case
Psychological Pricing Tactics to Fight the Inflation Blues
Many consumers recovering from the worst inflation in 40 years continue to closely watch their spending—they want to know that every expense is worth it. Now companies must confront a major challenge:... View Details
- 04 Mar 2019
- What Do You Think?
What’s the Antidote to Surveillance Capitalism?
provided by us willingly.” George Yurieff put it this way: “If you are concerned about your privacy and want to somehow protect yourself to some extent, start paying for... View Details
- 27 Sep 2017
- News
Will a Corporate Tax Holiday Give Workers Anything to Cheer?
- 04 Apr 2023
- Blog Post
Maersk’s Journey to Decarbonize Shipping
competitive advantage while doing the right thing, rather than an imposition or a burden. According to Maersk leadership, the two keys to their decarbonization strategy are: Strong relationships with... View Details
- 07 Oct 2002
- Research & Ideas
What Leaders Need to Do To Restore Investor Confidence
At the beginning of the year, corporate skullduggery seemed limited to one or two egregious examples. A couple of bad apples won't spoil the whole bunch, we said to ourselves. But in the past several months,... View Details
Keywords: by Harvard Management Update
- November–December 2019
- Article
Head, Heart or Hands: How Do Employees Respond to a Radical Global Language Change Over Time?
By: Sebastian Reiche and Tsedal Neeley
To understand how recipients respond to radical change over time across cognitive, affective, and behavioral dimensions, we conducted a longitudinal study of a mandated language change at a Chilean subsidiary of a large U.S. multinational organization. The... View Details
Keywords: Language; Communication; Change; Employees; Attitudes; Emotions; Globalized Firms and Management
Reiche, Sebastian, and Tsedal Neeley. "Head, Heart or Hands: How Do Employees Respond to a Radical Global Language Change Over Time?" Organization Science 30, no. 6 (November–December 2019): 1252–1269.
- 13 Feb 2020
- Book
Open Your Organization to Honest Conversations
success depends on the leader’s willingness to embrace both the practice and spirit of the process, Beer says. Years ago, for example, Beer was approached by HR executive Jody Edwards of Hewlett-Packard, who... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Letters to the Editor
Justifying Executive Pay In response to “Over the Top” in the September issue, it’s not a question of whether executive pay can be justified on legal or economic grounds (I... View Details
- July 2, 2020
- Article
How to Build a Life: A College Degree Is No Guarantee of a Good Life
By: Arthur C. Brooks
Higher education is often described as an investment. But it’s still unclear if it pays off in happiness. View Details
Brooks, Arthur C. "How to Build a Life: A College Degree Is No Guarantee of a Good Life." The Atlantic (July 2, 2020).
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Letters to the Editor
agree that it’s unfair for a secretary to pay taxes at a higher rate than an investor. So let’s bring everyone’s rate down to a flat 15 percent. There’s no reason View Details
- 26 Nov 2021
- News
How to Build Stronger Relationships With Colleagues in the Zoom Era
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
How to Spur Prosperity
they’ve shown a willingness to think in new ways about energy and to consider longer-term strategies such as using immigration to support... View Details
- Research Summary
Consumer Habituation
This paper examines how consumers willingness to pay for goods is determined by past patterns of consumption. The central result is a theorem of interior maximum, which states that willingness to pay for a good is maximized at a moderate level of habitual... View Details
- Web
From C-Suite to CEO - Alumni
a troubled division to prove your impact. These riskier career moves can pay off large dividends and prove your ability to lead at the highest levels. Board Experience A key... View Details
- 19 Nov 2019
- Op-Ed
Gender Bias Complaints against Apple Card Signal a Dark Side to Fintech
In late August, the Apple Card debuted with a minimalist look and completely “no fee” model, creating a frenzy of anticipation. Millions signed up to be alerted for the release. Designed to boost traffic to its slow-to-be-adopted Apple Pay system and increase consumer... View Details
- 28 Jul 2008
- Research & Ideas
Making the Decision to Franchise (or not)
decentralize their operations more; or they may provide more variable pay to employees when operating across diverse market types," Campbell continues. "Reporting structures, performance measurement systems,... View Details
- 13 Aug 2012
- Research & Ideas
When Good Incentives Lead to Bad Decisions
economics," says Shawn A. Cole, an associate professor in the Finance Unit at Harvard Business School. "A frequent criticism of bankers in the recent crisis is that they took a lot of incentive pay in the years leading up View Details
- September 2023
- Article
Corporate Purpose in Public and Private Firms
By: Claudine Gartenberg and George Serafeim
Analyzing data from approximately 1.5 million employees across 1,108 established public and private US companies, we find that the strength of employee beliefs related to purpose is weaker in public companies. Among public companies, those beliefs are stronger for... View Details
Keywords: Purpose; Corporate Purpose; Culture; Corporate Culture; Public And Private Organizations; Hedge Fund; Executive Pay; Corporate Governance; Corporate Strategy; Organizational Culture; Mission and Purpose; Employees; Attitudes; Executive Compensation; Ownership
Gartenberg, Claudine, and George Serafeim. "Corporate Purpose in Public and Private Firms." Management Science 69, no. 9 (September 2023): 5087–5111.
- 19 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
A Brand Manager’s Guide to Losing Control
Thanks (or no thanks) to social media, brand managers have lost the power to control the perception of their products through carefully orchestrated advertising campaigns. These days, consumers are in... View Details