Awareness - Publications - Faculty & Research

13 Jun 2022
Research & Ideas

Extroverts, Your Colleagues Wish You Would Just Shut Up and Listen

seen as not paying as much attention,” explains Zlatev. They are seen, he says, as “hyper aware of the situation around them, trying to come off in a positive way to others, which can sometimes be seen as acting, like being in a situation... View Details

Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds

18 Apr 2023
Research & Ideas

What Happens When Banks Ditch Coal: The Impact Is 'More Than Anyone Thought'

Consumers who are eager to mitigate climate change can take many actions, such as reducing the number of airline flights they take or installing solar panels on their homes. But the planet is in a race against time, and individual action alone won’t help most countries... View Details

Keywords: by Barbara DeLollis; Financial Services; Mining

16 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

Breaking the Code of Change

efforts and occasional spurts of good financial performance, the company's returns to shareholders remained low and well below the cost of capital. Over an extended period of time, Scott Paper had managed to destroy wealth. This was despite Lippincott's View Details

Keywords: by Michael Beer & Nitin Nohria

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Investing for Impact | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

As impact investing has emerged as a new, fast-growing category of private investing, so too has the awareness of the stark disparity between access to capital among small business owners. The Harvard Business School (HBS) Impact... View Details

01 Oct 2007
Research & Ideas

Encouraging Dissent in Decision-Making

prides itself on its pragmatism, needs to remain aware that the managerial and organizational structures that define it can also breed protective sacred cows or truth-denying ideologies that ultimately threaten it. What's required in an... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons

2021
Chapter

Multinationals' Need for State Protection: The Creation of the Swiss Investment Risk Guarantee in the 1960s

By: Sabine Pitteloud

This chapter focuses on the role of Industrie-Holding, the Federation of Swiss Industrial Multinational Companies, in the introduction of an investment risk guarantee during the 1960s. The chapter therefore contributes to a) the growing body of literature on how... View Details

Keywords: Investments; Multinational Companies; Political Risk; Business ＆ Government Relations; Investment; Multinational Firms and Management; Risk and Uncertainty; Business and Government Relations; Switzerland

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09 Apr 2018
Sharpening Your Skills

The Dark Side of Performance Bonuses

where they stand relative to their coworkers. Does telling an employee that her job performance falls in the bottom of her group better her performance? CEO Bonus Plans: And How to Fix Them While compensation committees know how much they pay in bonuses and are... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

04 Feb 2002
Research & Ideas

How To Do Business in Islamic Countries

"For instance, if you invested in an Islamic mutual fund, among those industries which would be barred from representation as funds would be the gambling industry. But gambling also relates to futures; it relates to currency hedging; so it's a major situation that... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

01 Sep 2023
News

Hands-on Learning About Global Markets

to succeed.” —Leonard A. Schlesinger, Baker Foundation Professor, chair of HBS’s practice-based faculty, and faculty chair of the FIELD Global Immersion program On the last day of the immersion, the team offered three ideas to heighten View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

26 Oct 2021
Research & Ideas

What Companies Want Most in a CEO: A Good Listener

social skills. The team defined “social skills” as “interacting with, listening to, persuading, and empathizing with others” and “being aware of others’ reactions and understanding why they react as they do.” Demand for these skills has... View Details

Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald

24 Apr 2023
HBS Case

What Does It Take to Build as Much Buzz as Booze? Inside the Epic Challenge of Cannabis-Infused Drinks

impact can be limited by whether or not consumers can actually access the product. “You’re creating a lot of awareness with these ad campaigns,” says Israeli, who cofounded the Customer Intelligence Lab at the Digital, Data, and Design... View Details

Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald; Consumer Products; Food & Beverage

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Curriculum - Business & Environment

systems to measure, track, and influence climate friendly changes to reduce CO2 emissions across the world's fourth largest dairy cooperative. Finance I Project Helios: Harvesting the Sun Key concepts: Return on Investment, Financial Management, Financial Planning,... View Details

17 Sep 2018
Research & Ideas

Welcome to Retirement. Who Am I Now?

reinvented identity. One man opened a handyman shop more as a hobby than a business, yet he said the business cards he created gave him “a new sense of purpose.” “These are important findings because they can make people more aware of the... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Entertainment & Recreation

22 Feb 2023
Blog Post

Meet the Disability Advocacy and Affinity Group (DAAG)

accommodations for all current students, prospective students, alumni, and their families. We also want to create greater awareness of these issues through community events, speaker series, listening tours, and more. Cassidy Wald (MBA... View Details

November 2021
Article

Ratings, Reviews, and the Marketing of New Products

By: Itay P. Fainmesser, Dominique Olié Lauga and Elie Ofek

We study how user-generated content (UGC) about new products impacts a firm's advertising and pricing decisions and the effect on profits and market dynamics. We construct a two-period model where consumers value quality and are heterogeneous in their taste for the new... View Details

Keywords: Online Reviews; Product Ratings; Social Networks; Word Of Mouth; Pricing; User-generated Content; Advertising; Product Marketing; Price; Consumer Behavior; Product Positioning; Social Media

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10 Jan 2023
Op-Ed

Time to Move On? Career Advice for Entrepreneurs Preparing for the Next Stage

often very transferable for the next gig. What are you more aware of about yourself that you may not have known at the start of this journey? For example, you may have thought you were not technical, but after having to build your... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Austin

06 Dec 2022
Research & Ideas

Latest Isn’t Always Greatest: Why Product Updates Capture Consumers

research suggests that marketers are well aware of the power of calling something “revised” as a means of selling products. A survey conducted by the researchers with former working professionals found that nearly half had worked at a... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Consumer Products; Retail

16 Jan 2018
Blog Post

How Can I Prepare to Apply for Financial Aid at HBS?

consumer debt when we calculate your financial aid package. You’ll need to be aware of and plan accordingly for any educational loans that do not allow for deferment when you start graduate school. Where possible, you should consider... View Details

28 Apr 2021
Research & Ideas

Remote Workers Spend More on Housing. Do They Deserve Higher Pay?

To executives expecting to save on office space when some employees continue working remotely post-pandemic: Not so fast. Makeshift desks and kitchen tables have sufficed for many people working from home to avoid COVID-19. However, permanently remote workers tend to... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

12 Aug 2020
Research & Ideas

Why Investors Often Lose When They Sue Their Financial Adviser

them more aware of misdeeds.” During arbitration, claimants and brokerages rank their preferred arbitrators from a random Finra-generated list, striking ones that might side with the opposing party. Brokerages typically tap into vast... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Financial Services

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