Social Pressure - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Oct 1997
News

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environmental management. Reinhardt argues that in order to manage the environmental challenge successfully, firms should improve their cost management, reduce risk, create and capture value, and help develop new approaches to complicated economic and View Details

01 Dec 2018
News

Hard Choices

considerably better off, even as it creates both winners and losers, and the losers often suffer through no fault of their own. A capitalist economy should be judged not just on the aggregate economic improvement driven by its innovation but also on the design and... View Details

Keywords: Seth Klarman (MBA 1982)

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Latin America - Global Activities 2021

so hard on yourself for not acting like the result of an equation.” That was the valuable lesson for O’Connor, who saw many similarities between her and Bruck. Through her career, O’Connor had always felt pressure to be a “wise old... View Details

22 May 2007
First Look

First Look: May 22, 2007

policy we consider concerns the level of future Social Security benefits. Specifically, we examine how an agent would respond to learning in advance whether she will experience a major Social Security... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

29 Apr 2002
Research & Ideas

Star Power! How to Win in Professional Services

take the new assignment will likely feel immense pressure to accept. (Although candidates can turn down formal leadership opportunities, most realize that doing so is apt to be what's often called a career-limiting move.) In a PSF, the... View Details

Keywords: by Jay W. Lorsch & Thomas J. Tierney

30 Apr 2019
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New Research and Ideas, April 30, 2019

in the generation of dissent. Our analysis uses economic tools, often accompanied by an antitrust perspective, to better understand the implications of government information control and social pressures... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

02 Apr 2010
What Do You Think?

Why Are Fewer and Fewer U.S. Employees Satisfied With Their Jobs?

Wegrzyn cited (1) "incredible pressure from the economic side," (2) "incredible instability," and (3) a resulting "dog-eat-dog attitude." Dennis Hopwood said, "In the end, it's all about making the... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

18 Jun 2014
Research & Ideas

Book Excerpt: ‘Collective Genius’

toll on all involved, it assembled a cross section of people to explore ways of avoiding so much pressure in making future films. One of the key suggestions was to lock the story—not allow any further changes after some point early in the... View Details

Keywords: by Linda Hill; Entertainment & Recreation

29 Jan 2015
Op-Ed

The Fall of Greece

the liability side of the economy by pressuring to restructure the debt etc.. I am incredibly worried that it will cause significant damage on the asset side of the economy by destroying any emerging effort to create a competitive... View Details

Keywords: by George Serafeim

25 Sep 2017
Research & Ideas

Why Politics is Failing America, and What Business Can Do To Help

competition if they don’t serve customer needs, there’s no higher authority lording over the political system. Though the Federal Election Commission is nominally tasked with ensuring that election and financing rules are followed, the panel is stocked with political... View Details

Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette

16 Sep 2008
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First Look: September 16, 2008

firms otherwise sheltered from entry by standalone rivals may be vulnerable to an adjacent platform provider's envelopment attack. We analyze conditions under which envelopment strategies are likely to succeed. Download the paper:... View Details

17 Sep 2024
HBS Case

The Climate Targets Leaders Need to Know as Regulations Loom

As investor pressure mounts on companies to show their environmental impacts, leaders are encountering an unwieldy tangle of terms and approaches. Climate accounting basics and a dictionary of sorts can help demystify the calculations and... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

27 May 2009
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First Look: May 27, 2009

utilization in teams, revealing how and when teams appropriately draw on their members' expertise. Feeling the Heat: The Effects of Performance Pressure on Teams' Knowledge Use and Performance Author:Heidi K. Gardner Publication:Best... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

24 May 2004
Research & Ideas

Becoming an Ethical Negotiator

have to decide what you owe them (if anything) in terms of fairness, candor, and use of pressure tactics. Whatever poster or credo you may hang on the wall doesn't mean very much if your actions don't really match those values. My... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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Articles - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

Health Delivery Project The Institute for Cancer Care Innovation MOC Network ICIC U.S. Cluster Mapping Project U.S. Competitiveness Project FSG Shared Value Initiative Social Progress Imperative AllWorld Network VBHCD Initiative VBHCD... View Details

12 Dec 2017
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New Research and Ideas, December 12, 2017

influence of political pressure on corporate decision-making. It questions whether fidelity to domestic operations ought to be a corporate social responsibility, and thus it challenges the limits of “social... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

12 Sep 2011
Research & Ideas

The Untold Story of ‘Green’ Entrepreneurs

contends that policy makers more often reacted to political motives and pressure from business interests, while couching their actions in green language. In fact, government activities such as electrification of rural America and... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

13 Aug 2020
Research & Ideas

6 Ways to Support COVID-Weary Employees

leave. Research has shown that US cities that mandated paid sick leave experienced less contagious presenteeism (employees coming to work while sick) compared with control cities. That is, people were less inclined to attend work when ill. Another factor is various... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

12 Dec 2012
Research & Ideas

Book Excerpt: Strength in Numbers

criticized as manipulative or exploitative, March of Dimes posters featuring cute children that were also clearly afflicted with polio (the original poster children) were effective. A strategy of "porch light" fundraising campaigns applied powerful View Details

Keywords: Re: Gunnar Trumbull

19 May 2011
Research & Ideas

Empathy: The Brand Equity of Retail

increased dramatically. Now that they could pay for showing up late, the parents stopped feeling guilty and made it a habit. "If you put a money value on the incentive, you often take away the pressure to conform to norms," Raman said.... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Health

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