Norms - Publications - Faculty & Research

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

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Clara Nevins | MBA

changing an antiquated social norm — that men have to make the first move in dating. Bumble turned that on its head and gave the power to women. By creating a tech company that is centered around these values, they created a category... View Details

01 Dec 2019
News

@Soldiers Field

HAVING A FIELD DAY Above: Before diving into the rigors of the first-year curriculum, MBAs gathered on Harvard’s McCurdy Field to form lasting section bonds and establish cultural norms by participating in challenges such as the limbo,... View Details

Keywords: reunions; campus life; Finance; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

14 Dec 2010
First Look

First Look: Dec. 14

that dense network structures lead to fewer norm violations. Coleman (1990) proposed one mechanism generating this relationship and argued that dense networks provide an opportunity structure to reward those who punish View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Dec 2012
News

WSA Speakers Kick Off W50

All." Slaughter cited the importance of flextime and of having a longer-term perspective on the arc of one's career, adding that she believed a "huge norm shift" in attitudes toward work-life balance is entirely possible in a short period... View Details

01 Dec 2015
News

Giving Advice

(courtesy of Susan Wolf Ditkoff) The philanthropy economy is booming. Last year, America’s charitable giving totaled $358.38 billion, equaling 2.1 percent of GDP—a number last attained in prerecession 2004. With that growth have come a number of new options, including... View Details

Fast Answer

Aggregate financial ratios: including private company data

Industry Statistics. Available as Excel files.) Available in print (Ref. HG 4028 .B2 R6 in the Stamps Reading Room) Almanac of Business and Industrial Financial Ratios In print: Ref. HG 4028 .B2 T68 in the Stamps Reading Room Industry View Details

10 Dec 2001
Research & Ideas

Governance in India and Around the Globe

engineering a transition from a stakeholder to a shareholder-based corporate governance system. Ultimately, however, the corporate governance standards at Infosys are the exception rather than the norm in India. Some data on corporate... View Details

Keywords: by Tarun Khanna & Krishna Palepu; Technology

01 Jun 2011
News

Noted & Quoted

day, a year of global immersion before college will become the norm rather than the exception.” — ABIGAIL FALIK (MBA ’08), founder and CEO, Global Citizen Year. (Christian Science Monitor online, April 11, 2011) View Details

08 May 2006
Research & Ideas

The Cost of Cutting in Line

the queue? And how would social norms and a sense of fairness play out along the line? The results were quite surprising. As might be expected, the higher the amount of payment offered, the more likely individuals were to allow a stranger... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

28 May 2019
News

Look Again

Toilette (above) and Young Woman with Peonies (below) demonstrate the influence of social norms on artists’ choices, Murrell says: Frédéric Bazille’s La Toilette (right) and Young Woman with Peonies (below) demonstrate the influence of... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

15 May 2012
First Look

First Look: May 15

and elaborate on their normative implications. Audit Quality and Auditor Reputation: Evidence from Japan Authors:Douglas J. Skinner and Suraj Srinivasan Publication:The Accounting Review (forthcoming) Abstract We study events surrounding... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

09 Jun 2015
News

Building change from the ground up

chance to experience before.” Khoja—who has defied cultural norms by hiring women—remains optimistic about Afghanistan’s future despite the country’s continuing instability. “You can’t erase the fact that in the past decade, one-third of... View Details

01 Mar 2018
News

Research Brief: A Path to Moral Management

people with good intentions do things that look, for a lack of a better word, stupid,” he says. Finally, Soltes suggests creating opportunities for norm reinforcement throughout careers, allowing people to really live what they learn in... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Myers

10 Mar 2021
News

Next Normal

planning, she writes: agreeing on team goals; gaining clarity on each member’s role, function, and constraints; understanding the available resources, ranging from budgets to information; and identifying shared norms that map out how... View Details

11 Aug 2014
HBS Case

The Business of Behavioral Economics

Anik and Dan Ariely of Duke University, social norms were used to incentivize employees to give money to charity. Results were published in the paper Contingent Match Incentives Increase Donations. In the study, the researchers told a set... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Food & Beverage; Health

01 Jun 1998
News

Investigation Leads to Sanctions, Recommendations

sanctions on the offending students as a condition of graduation. It also recommended continued training for faculty, staff, and students on managing section norms and behavior more effectively, specifically in the area of sexual... View Details

09 Jun 2014
Research & Ideas

The Manager in Red Sneakers

a nonconforming person to have a heightened status and more competence, particularly when they believed the person was aware of the established norm but deliberately chose to make a fashion statement by wearing a standout style. This... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Consumer Products; Apparel & Accessories; Fashion

20 Jan 2015
First Look

First Look: January 20

Publications January 2015 Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization Prosocial Norms in the Classroom: The Role of Self-regulation in Following Norms of Giving By: Blake, P.R., M. Piovesan, N.... View Details