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2010
Working Paper

Course Materials For: 'Being a Leader and the Effective Exercise of Leadership - An Ontological Model'

By: Werner H. Erhard, Michael C. Jensen, Steve Zaffron and Kari L. Granger

This course is designed to leave students being leaders and exercising leadership effectively as their natural self-expression - rather than attempting to learn the characteristics, styles, and skills of noteworthy leaders, and then trying to remember and apply them... View Details

Keywords: Curriculum and Courses; Leadership Development; Research; Science; Attitudes

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2004
Chapter

Why People Will Work for You

By: Timothy Butler

Keywords: Employees; Attitudes; Motivation and Incentives; Leadership

2023
Working Paper

Channeled Attention and Stable Errors

By: Tristan Gagnon-Bartsch, Matthew Rabin and Joshua Schwartzstein

We develop a framework for assessing when somebody will eventually notice that she has a misspecified model of the world, premised on the idea that she neglects information that she deems—through the lens of her misconceptions—to be irrelevant. In doing so, we... View Details

Keywords: Attentional Stability; Cognition and Thinking; Attitudes; Information; Theory

01 Feb 2002
News

Former Bulletin Editor Remembered

the impact of the political and social upheaval triggered by U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War. "For half a century," he wrote, "the attitudes and objectives of students and faculty at HBS had been fairly consistent from one year to the... View Details

Keywords: Edward Lovell ("Ted") Anthony II (MBA 1952); obituary; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

2015
Working Paper

Do People Who Care About Others Cooperate More? Experimental Evidence from Relative Incentive Pay

By: Pablo Hernandez, Dylan B. Minor and Dana Sisak

We experimentally study ways in which the social preferences of individuals and groups affect performance when faced with relative incentives. We also identify the mediating role that communication and leadership play in generating these effects. We find... View Details

Keywords: Social Preferences; Relative Performance; Collusion; Motivation and Incentives; Leadership; Attitudes; Performance

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Article

The BIAS Map: Behaviors from Intergroup Affect and Stereotypes.

By: A.J.C. Cuddy, S.T. Fiske and P. Glick

Keywords: Behavior; Groups and Teams; Attitudes

June 2005
Article

This Old Stereotype: The Stubbornness and Pervasiveness of the Elderly Stereotype

By: A.J.C. Cuddy, M. I. Norton and S. T. Fiske

Americans stereotype elderly people as warm and incompetent, following from perceptions of them as noncompetitive and low status, respectively. This article extends existing research regarding stereotyping of older people in two ways. First, we discuss whether the... View Details

Keywords: Stereotyping; Prejudice and Bias; Age; Attitudes

01 Apr 2002
News

Back on Course

new attitude that recalls the elegance of yesteryear. As Julius told a group of salesmen at the boat show, "I don't want to hear the word price - I don't want to hear the word discount. I don't want to hear about how many cup holders... View Details

01 Dec 2013
News

The Long View

now what I knew then: never, ever give up, because things and attitudes can and will change." —Joan O. Rothberg "One of the best things that can happen is to get fired. It forces change and, if managed correctly, can result in... View Details

01 Jun 2005
News

School’s Entrepreneurial Spirit Runs Deep

entrepreneurs. “Many HBS alums graduate with a certain attitude and inclination toward entrepreneurship and wind up as self-employed — starting, growing, and selling businesses, and starting over again,” he explains. His book chronicles... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Shaping the Waves; A History of Entrepreneurship at Harvard Business School; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

Article

Brand Tourists: How Non-Core Users Enhance the Brand Image by Eliciting Pride

By: Silvia Bellezza and Anat Keinan

This research examines how core consumers of selective brands react when non-core users obtain access to the brand. Contrary to the view that non-core users and downward brand extensions pose a threat to the brand, this work investigates the conditions under which... View Details

Keywords: Consumer Behavior; Attitudes; Brands and Branding

2005
Article

Early Decisions: A Regulatory Framework

By: John Beshears, James J. Choi, David Laibson and Brigitte C. Madrian

We describe a regulatory framework that helps consumers who have difficulty sticking to their own long-run plans. Early Decision regulations help long-run preferences prevail by allowing consumers to partially commit to their long-run goals, making it harder for a... View Details

Keywords: Hyperbolic Discounting; Self-control; Commitment; Consumer Behavior; Taxation; Attitudes

October 2013
Article

With a Little Help from My (Random) Friends: Success and Failure in Post-Business School Entrepreneurship

By: Josh Lerner and Ulrike Malmendier

To what extent do peers affect our occupational choices? This question has been of particular interest in the context of entrepreneurship and policies to create a favorable environment for entry. Such influences, however, are hard to identify empirically. We exploit... View Details

Keywords: Behavior; Entrepreneurship; Attitudes; Relationships; Cognition and Thinking

1991
Chapter

Reactions to Political Advertising Depend on the Nature of the Voter-Candidate Bond

By: J. A. Deighton, L. F. Alwitt and J. Grimm

Keywords: Advertising Campaigns; Political Elections; Relationships; Attitudes; Advertising Industry

30 Jun 2009
Research Event

Business Summit: The Role of Business Leaders in Sustaining Market Capitalism

also earn an attractive profit. In this way, market capitalism can be a legitimate and sustainable solution for some of the world's major problems. Key concepts include: HBS research shows that attitudes toward market capitalism fall into... View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty

01 Jun 2000
News

Business Suits You: Experimenting with Professional Identity

"provisional selves" provide temporary solutions that less-experienced professionals can use to "bridge the gap between their current capacities and self-conceptions and the representations they hold about what attitudes and behaviors are... View Details

Portrait Project

Dana Hamerschlag

and offer what I can to make it better. I will shine a spotlight on problems that are painful to acknowledge and difficult solve. I will ask pointed questions, and inspire others with my attitude and actions. I will try to bring my vision... View Details

January 2019
Case

Capitalism, Entrepreneurship and Responsibility

By: Geoffrey Jones

This case contains excerpts from prominent business leaders and others expressing their views on the responsibilities, if any, of business leaders to other stakeholders in society. It begins with an excerpt from Andrew Carnegie, the nineteenth century steel magnate, in... View Details

Keywords: Capitalism; Entrepreneurship; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Leadership; Attitudes; Perspective