Concerns About Social Acceptance - Publications - Faculty & Research

04 Feb 2014
What Do You Think?

Has Listening Become a Lost Art?

the wane. "I fear that social networks may make the problem worse," commented Gamaliel Pascual. "The technology may be hardwiring a younger generation to create virtual tribes where the congregation is based on shared biases/values."... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

09 Jul 2007
Research & Ideas

Five Steps to Better Family Negotiations

to a mutually acceptable agreement. Some families are exceptional at encouraging family members to dream and explore their authentic interests and to express these interests within the family. These families have cultures where family... View Details

Keywords: by John A. Davis and Deepak Malhotra

15 Dec 2003
Research & Ideas

Women Leaders and Organizational Change

large part to their limited conceptions of gender. The fourth frame offers a conceptual leap from thinking about gender as an individual characteristic to thinking about it as a central organizing feature of... View Details

Keywords: by Mallory Stark

06 Oct 2003
Research & Ideas

The Problem with Hedge Funds

valuation processes. The SEC seems concerned about conflicts of interest (such as mutual funds owning hedge funds) and possible fraud and the increasing availability of hedge funds to retail investors. The... View Details

Keywords: by D. Quinn Mills

09 Feb 2015
Research & Ideas

Professional Networking Makes People Feel Dirty

Editor’s note: Concerns about data falsification and fabrication in a study conducted by Francesca Gino as part of this article have been shared by Harvard Business School with the publishing journal’s... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

18 Feb 2014
First Look

First Look: February 18

and that they needed to commit themselves to the dual goal of producing benefits for society and their firms' bottom lines-to creating "shared value." But the specific actions they could take to bring about this change were less... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

12 Oct 2022
Research & Ideas

When Design Enables Discrimination: Learning from Anti-Asian Bias on Airbnb

Luca, is that business leaders need to accept the responsibility of creating a more inclusive society. When they ignore the potential for bias, they may inadvertently harm their customers, he says. Luca has been contacted by Airbnb View Details

Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds; Technology; Travel

16 Dec 2022
Research & Ideas

Why Technology Alone Can't Solve AI's Bias Problem

out to test, along with HBS research assistant Tom Sühr and Harvard computer science doctoral student Sophie Hilgard, in research published last year in the Proceedings of the AAAI/ACM Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Ethics, and Society. “The fair-ranking... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Technology

14 Jan 2019
Op-Ed

These 4 CEOs Created a New Standard of Leadership

highest return on equity. He guided it through the 2008-09 financial crisis without a glitch by avoiding high-risk subprime mortgages and derivatives that felled so many other banks. Concerned about the... View Details

Keywords: by Bill George; Health; Banking; Food & Beverage; Consumer Products

01 Feb 2010
Research & Ideas

The ‘Luxury Prime’: How Luxury Changes People

Are people who travel in town cars and on corporate jets different—on a psychological level—from you and me? Does the availability of luxury goods "prime" individuals to be less concerned about or... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert

11 Apr 2012
Research & Ideas

The High Risks of Short-Term Management

allocation. Investors who care about the volatility of their portfolio should factor in their decisions the time horizon of the corporation. That generates a need for more data that help investors separate companies that are... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Financial Services

05 Apr 2004
Research & Ideas

Six Ways to Build Trust in Negotiations

had handled the account to find out the concerns Impress had had before the conflict escalated. She arranged to offer Impress a few perks in a new contract as a show of good faith. She asked the president of another RLX client, who knew... View Details

Keywords: by Deepak Malhotra

27 Mar 2012
First Look

First Look: March 27

Publication:Quarterly Journal of Economics (forthcoming) Abstract We argue that social capital as proxied by trust increases aggregate productivity by affecting the organization of firms. To do this we collect new data on the... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

18 Nov 2002
Research & Ideas

Where Morals and Profits Meet: The Corporate Value Shift

this, as I note in the book, is that expectations for corporate behavior are constantly evolving. Conduct that would have been ethically acceptable in one era becomes unacceptable as expectations rise. People sometimes forget that... View Details

Keywords: by Carla Tishler

26 Sep 2011
HBS Case

HBS Cases: Lady Gaga

tour, "Fame Kills." The event was supposed to launch in November but, on September 13, West famously stormed the stage at the MTV Music Awards, just as the young country star Taylor Swift was accepting the award for Best Female... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Entertainment & Recreation; Music

18 Aug 2003
Research & Ideas

How New Managers Become Great Managers

about who they are and the kinds of jobs to which they are best suited, they are easily seduced by the money, glamour, or prestige associated with a given job. Some define the "good" opportunities as those that are popular in... View Details

Keywords: by Linda Hill

11 Jun 2018
Research & Ideas

Why South Korea's Samsung Built the Only Outdoor Skating Rink in Texas

shouldn’t change the facts of a case, no matter how many scholarships a company sponsors—or how many Christmas lights it puts on the courthouse. Related Reading: Dragging Patent Trolls Into the Light Research Paper Playing Favorites: How Firms Prevent the Revelation of... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Legal Services

07 Jan 2019
Research & Ideas

The Better Way to Forecast the Future

Whether it’s booking a hotel, renting a movie, or buying a car, many of us consult multiple reviews before deciding. It’s called aggregating opinions, and we do it without even thinking about it. Crowdsourcing works so well, in fact, says... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Air Transportation; Transportation

02 Aug 2007
What Do You Think?

How Will Millennials Manage?

with whom I work constantly are an exceptional subset of this group. While they exhibit some of the characteristics described above, they are incredibly bright and willing to do what it takes to get something accomplished, global in their outlook, and deeply View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

05 Feb 2008
First Look

First Look: February 5, 2008

which can be large in some cases. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-054.pdf The Small World of Investing: Board Connections and Mutual Fund Returns Authors:Lauren Cohen, Andrea Frazzini, and Christopher Malloy Abstract This paper uses View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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