Social Attachment To Place - Publications - Faculty & Research

07 Feb 2012
Working Paper Summaries

Earnings Management from the Bottom Up: An Analysis of Managerial Incentives Below the CEO

Keywords: by Felix Oberholzer-Gee & Julie Wulf

05 Jun 2020
Research & Ideas

How Anchor Investors Help Impact Funds Succeed

so-called impact funds, or funds that hope to create positive social or environmental impact. In Anchors Aweigh: Analysis of Anchor Limited Partner Investors in Impact Investment Funds, the authors describe... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Financial Services

28 Jan 2008
Research & Ideas

Billions of Entrepreneurs in China and India

no question that people by and large move from rural to urban areas in search of better economic conditions. In India, most social and economic indicators show that life is better in the cities than in rural... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

04 Oct 2021
What Do You Think?

How Do We Make Sure the Right People End Up with Power in Organizations?

organization become “less attentive and more insensitive to others’ emotions,” quoting the authors. If their participation in the selection and promotion process also increases, what can we expect from their choices? Will they View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

07 Dec 2010
First Look

First Look: Dec. 7

funds; by the end of August 2008, the collective amount represented more than 20% of Chile's GDP. Several critics wanted the funds to be used to improve the poor public education system, income gap, and... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

28 Nov 2005
Research & Ideas

Unilever: Transformation and Tradition

demonstrated that Unilever could make a hostile acquisition, while the acquisition of Chesebrough-Pond's two years later showed that Unilever could move quickly and decisively if it wished. Effective procedures were put in place View Details

Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones; Consumer Products

February 2021 (Revised March 2022)
Case

TikTok in 2020: Super App or Supernova?

By: Jeffrey F. Rayport, Dan Maher and Dan O'Brien

TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, was launched in 2012 around a simple idea – helping users entertain themselves on their smartphones while on the Beijing Subway. In less than a decade, it had become one of the world’s most valuable private companies, with investors... View Details

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15 Nov 2018
Book

Can the Global Food Industry Overcome Public Distrust?

JamesBrey Food is the largest segment of the global economy. It is also widely recognized as more critical for human health than any pharmaceutical drug on the planet. But significant changes in the industry are making people lose trust in many institutions involved in... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Agriculture & Agribusiness

25 Nov 2019
Research & Ideas

When Your Passion Works Against You

There’s a time and a place for it,” says Harvard Business School Assistant Professor Jon M. Jachimowicz. “It can even be dangerous if you’re not careful about when, how, and to whom you express passion.”... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

February 2009 (Revised March 2013)
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Shanghai Diligence Law Firm (A)

By: Robert G. Eccles and Catherine Zhang

Shanghai Diligence Law Firm, started in January 2006, is a rapidly growing law firm in China's burgeoning legal services market. In addition to the usual challenges facing all professional service firms (picking and retaining talent and building a desired client... View Details

Keywords: Business Startups; Compensation and Benefits; Retention; Growth and Development Strategy; Service Operations; Motivation and Incentives; Legal Services Industry; China

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01 Feb 2010
Research & Ideas

The ‘Luxury Prime’: How Luxury Changes People

bequeath themselves expensive office facilities and luxurious corporate jets make different business decisions than those who do not? In this age of Wall Street excesses, these are pertinent questions that could further our understanding of why some [people] continue... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert

26 Jun 2007
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First Look: June 26, 2007

in America with 99% of its revenues deriving from its simple, text-only advertising services. It is on track to bring in roughly $9.5 billion in advertising revenue in 2006, which would place it fourth among... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

19 Jan 2015
Research & Ideas

Is Wikipedia More Biased Than Encyclopædia Britannica?

Wikipedia article." Readers, meanwhile, should be conscious of the inherent bias found in Wikipedia, and seek out other sources to corroborate information on articles that lack a large number of revisions over time. On today's virtual... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Publishing

16 Dec 2022
Research & Ideas

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

“People said, OK, for moving candidates, I chose only males, but don’t worry, I made up for it in other tasks,” she says. The research team found other limitations to fair ranking algorithms. For instance, candidate profiles were a... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Technology

03 Dec 2014
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Can the Brilliant Jerk Be Managed Effectively?

for the phenomenon. Munyaradzi Mushato suggested that, "my experience in industry tells me that most jerks are created by the very systems that are designed to improve performance that is, about 70% of the jerks are bred! Most... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

22 Jun 2022
Book

Four Elements for Finding the Right Career Path

our world, have a growing sense of our place in the world in terms of our personal qualities, our deeply embedded life interests, and the skills that we bring to any given situation. The two root questions... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

23 Apr 2019
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New Research and Ideas, April 23, 2019

social and environmental policy issues not directly related to their company’s core business. Distinct from nonmarket strategy and traditional corporate social responsibility,... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

29 Aug 2022
Op-Ed

Income Inequality Is Rising. Are We Even Measuring It Correctly?

other ways to drive a large number of other policy-relevant outcomes including initiatives related to health, crime, and social mobility. The Ortega parameters reveal more... View Details

Keywords: by Jon M. Jachimowicz, Kristin Blesch, and Oliver P. Hauser

18 Mar 2008
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First Look: March 18, 2008

acquisition is more likely to take place when there is a common venture capital investor linking the acquirer and the target. Finally, we show that long-run post-acquisition abnormal returns are higher for... View Details