Framing - Publications - Faculty & Research

19 Aug 2013
Research & Ideas

Studying How Income Inequality Shapes Behavior

One way to uncover the consequences of inequality, Moss and his colleagues propose, is to set up experiments in a lab to look at possible effects on individual decision-making. Behavioral psychologists have found that people often make decisions based on their View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

22 Aug 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 23

opportunities to practice their skills in time frames connected to actual buying processes. They can do so by using the same technologies that are “disrupting” their customer-contact activities: videos and mobile apps that reps can view... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Transitions - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning

& Feedback Sample Class Transitions provide the connective tissue that links individual discussion segments ("pastures") together to create a coherent whole. They are typically used by the instructor to provide intermediate closure and View Details

22 Feb 2021
Blog Post

I Found My Future at HBS and You Can Too

perceived place in the world lurked in the shadows of my mind. Rather than frame my success as a fighter pilot as evidence of my worthiness, I compared my life experience to that of the stereotypical Ivy League student. In my mind, I... View Details

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Inside the Learning: The Impact of a Personal Case

formal authority/ownership, so that they can execute on the plan of action created during the Personal Case process. The next step is to frame the problem as either a Performance Gap (i.e., the organization as a whole or a specific group... View Details

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How to Post | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

organization. Organizations hiring more than one student should contact the Social Enterprise Initiative for appropriate framing of projects. Project selection is based entirely on student interest; therefore, we cannot guarantee that... View Details

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From Classroom to Workplace - Business Education For Women At Harvard University | Harvard Business School

but have managed to think and plan wisely and astutely just ahead of our times." 36 067, 117, 149 As a result of her business education, "I started framing myself as a business woman," remarked A. Sims Cooledge (HRPBA 1957). "I also... View Details

01 Dec 2014
News

Ask the Expert: A Fair Share

sharing economy as opposed to trying to repress it. Daimler and Volkswagen, for example, now have their own car-sharing services. Companies should be trying to frame the conversation in terms of “This is changing, it’s going to change... View Details

26 Jul 2010
Research & Ideas

Yes, You Can Raise Prices in a Downturn

framing price appropriately.” Alternatively, currently popular strategic doctrine has many executives sailing off, like Ahab or Sinbad, in search of "blue oceans"—market spaces where allegedly no one else is fishing. Avoiding... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail; Consumer Products

06 Feb 2007
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First Look: February 6, 2007

strategy and more on the processes by which the company allocates resources. Top managers must know the track record of the people who are making resource allocation proposals; recognize the strategic issues at stake; reach down to operational managers to work across... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Sep 2011
News

Whale Wars

fleet quit midway through the season, catching only 170 whales versus its much larger target catch of around 1,035. Through it all, Antarctica was breathtakingly beautiful, with icebergs framed in turquoise and air so clean your lungs... View Details

Keywords: Marybeth I. Thoren; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Mar 2018
News

Turning Point: One Step at a Time

Carol Dweck has framed it. So I decided to figure out how to be athletic. My first visit to Shad involved a miserable 13-minute mile around the track while getting lapped by a former Olympian. On my second visit, a classmate, alarmed by... View Details

Keywords: Christina Wallace (MBA 2010)

01 Mar 2007
News

Courting the Poor

consumers at the bottom of the pyramid. “We used to think we could figure things out in the developed world and dumb it down for emerging markets,” she says. “In fact, it needs to happen the other way around — the bottom of the pyramid insists upon it. If we View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; department stores; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management; Miscellaneous Store Retailers; Retail Trade

01 Jun 1998
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HBS Club of Ireland Puts Management Skills to Work

Technologies, a small high-tech startup; Montex, the only remaining manufacturer of jeans in Ireland; and IJM, a manufacturer of timber frame buildings. Held at the Ballymascanlon Hotel, a venue near the border, the seminar allowed alumni... View Details

22 Jul 2014
News

Hungry for Change

community through new partners like the Boston Consulting Group and American Public Media. We want to make sure that this is not an issue for food companies alone." Effectively framing the conversation around hunger in the United States... View Details

Keywords: Agriculture

01 Mar 2006
News

End of Campaign Celebrated

business in emerging markets framed the presentations of faculty members Krishna Palepu and Bob Higgins. Palepu reviewed his research identifying “institutional voids” that make doing business in China and India especially challenging for... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

17 Apr 2019
Blog Post

Coming Home to HBS

best questions to ask the executives. I learned from him directly on how he approaches writing a case, how he frames questions, and how he researches companies - the experience was unmatchable. It goes without saying that this is beyond... View Details

24 Jul 2018
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New Research and Ideas, July 24, 2018

social impact framing that emphasizes a venture’s social-environmental welfare benefits, which research has shown to elicit stereotypically feminine attributions of warmth, diminishes these penalties. We initially investigate this... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

22 Apr 2014
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First Look: April 22

August 2013 Journal of Experimental Social Psychology Getting the Most Out of Giving: Concretely Framing a Prosocial Goal Maximizes Happiness By: Rudd, Melanie, Jennifer Aaker, and Michael I. Norton Abstract—Across six field and... View Details