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- 2009
- Chapter
Behavioral Aspects of Price Setting, and Their Policy Implications
By: Julio J. Rotemberg
This paper starts by discussing consumers' cognitive and emotional reaction to posted prices. Cognitively, some consumers do not appear to make effective use of price information to maximize their consumption-based utility. Emotionally, prices can induce regret and... View Details
- 11 Oct 2023
- Blog Post
A Journey of Discovery, Teamwork, and Impact with FIELD Global Immersion
peers to support our project sponsor, DoctorNow, a Korean telehealth start-up. In the weeks leading up to our Seoul adventure, we diligently forged a solid working relationship, delved into comprehensive research of the company and the... View Details
- 2009
- Chapter
Checking Your Identities at the Door? Positive Relationships Between Non-Work and Work Identities
By: Nancy Rothbard and Lakshmi Ramarajan
In this chapter we examine factors that enable individuals to experience compatibility between their work and non-work identities. Specifically, we suggest that identity compatibility is influenced by (a) the extent to which individuals can control the co-activation of... View Details
Rothbard, Nancy, and Lakshmi Ramarajan. "Checking Your Identities at the Door? Positive Relationships Between Non-Work and Work Identities." In Exploring Positive Identities and Organizations: Building a Theoretical and Research Foundation, edited by Laura M. Roberts and Jane E. Dutton. Psychology Press, 2009.
- Fall 2012
- Article
Innovation Strategy and Entry Deterrence
By: Ozge Turut and Elie Ofek
We model an incumbent's decision to pursue radical or incremental innovation when facing a rival entrant. The radical innovation may yield lucrative financial returns but entails significant technological and market-related uncertainties. It is also particularly... View Details
Turut, Ozge, and Elie Ofek. "Innovation Strategy and Entry Deterrence." Journal of Economics & Management Strategy 12, no. 3 (Fall 2012).
- October 2007 (Revised November 2007)
- Case
Barclays Global Investors and Exchange Traded Funds
By: Luis M. Viceira and Alison Berkley Wagonfeld
Provides an overview of the Exchange Traded Funds (EFT) industry and highlights the leadership role that Barclays Global Investors (BGI) has played in this developing asset class. BGI launched its first ETFs under the iShares brand name in 2000, and by mid-2007 BGI was... View Details
Keywords: History; Venture Capital; Asset Management; Stocks; Investment Funds; Leading Change; Expansion; Competitive Strategy; Capital Markets; Global Strategy; Financial Strategy; Banking Industry; Financial Services Industry; Asia; Europe
Viceira, Luis M., and Alison Berkley Wagonfeld. "Barclays Global Investors and Exchange Traded Funds." Harvard Business School Case 208-033, October 2007. (Revised November 2007.)
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Runner-Up and Lovin’ It
Cuban, billionaire Internet entrepreneur and owner of the NBA’s Dallas Mavericks. Being runner-up isn’t so bad after all, Jackson told Van Susteren. “I think where God closes a door, he opens a window,” said... View Details
- 28 Mar 2023
- Blog Post
Meet Professor Elisabeth Paulson: A Conversation on Life, Research, and Teaching
Data-driven decision-making is a powerful tool. A first step to successfully deploying such tools is to have clear (measurable) objectives and think through tradeoffs. Ask yourself: what is the metric that I... View Details
- 18 Nov 2020
- News
US election: What it means for climate change and ESG
- 2015
- Chapter
Consumer Neuroscience: Revealing Meaningful Relationships Between Brain and Consumer Behavior
By: Hilke Plassmann and Uma R. Karmarkar
The goal of this chapter is to give an overview of the nascent field of consumer neuroscience and discuss when and how it is useful to integrate the "black box" of the consumer's brain into consumer psychology. To reach this goal, we first briefly outline several... View Details
Plassmann, Hilke, and Uma R. Karmarkar. "Consumer Neuroscience: Revealing Meaningful Relationships Between Brain and Consumer Behavior." Chap. 6 in The Cambridge Handbook of Consumer Psychology, edited by Michael I. Norton, Derek D. Rucker, and Cait Lamberton, 152–179. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2015.
- July 2023
- Case
HealthVerity: Real World Data and Evidence
By: Satish Tadikonda
Andrew Kress (CEO and founder) and his team had built a promising marketplace business at HealthVerity serving its core market in healthcare, with a focus on pharmaceutical R&D and services. Thus far, HealthVerity’s products had been unique to the pharma and pharma... View Details
Tadikonda, Satish. "HealthVerity: Real World Data and Evidence." Harvard Business School Case 824-019, July 2023.
- 15 Oct 2019
- News
Bridging Business and Engineering
and Applied Sciences. “I think the combination of business and engineering is the best foundation you can get,” he notes of the curriculum, which includes required courses at... View Details
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
Right Kind of Wrong: The Science of Failing Well By Amy C. Edmondson, Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management at Harvard Business School Atria Books We used to think of failure as the opposite of... View Details
- 1990
- Article
Social Influences on Creativity: Evaluation, Coaction, and Surveillance
By: T. M. Amabile, P. Goldfarb and S. C. Brackfield
Two experiments examined the effects of evaluation expectation and the presence of others on creativity. In both experiments, some subjects expected that their work would be evaluated by experts, and others expected no evaluation. Evaluation expectation was crossed, in... View Details
Keywords: Creativity; Social Psychology; Situation or Environment; Motivation and Incentives; Performance Evaluation
Amabile, T. M., P. Goldfarb, and S. C. Brackfield. "Social Influences on Creativity: Evaluation, Coaction, and Surveillance." Creativity Research Journal 3 (1990): 6–21.
- February 1997
- Background Note
Errors in Social Judgment: Implications for Negotiation and Conflict Resolution--Part 2: Partisan Perceptions
For the past quarter-century, the field of social cognition has documented a number of ways in which individuals and groups are prone to make characteristic errors when judging others. This note examines the ways in which these tendencies pose difficulties for... View Details
Robinson, Robert J. "Errors in Social Judgment: Implications for Negotiation and Conflict Resolution--Part 2: Partisan Perceptions." Harvard Business School Background Note 897-104, February 1997.
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
anecdotes and wisdom from women who’ve been there, and featuring quizzes and checklists for self-evaluation, Career Forward provides a wealth of valuable lessons, including the... View Details
- 30 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
How Your Employees and Customers Drive a New Value Profit Chain
It may be time to think about who really creates value in your organization, starting with customers and employees. Harvard Business School professors W. Earl Sasser and James... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Mahoney
- February 1997
- Background Note
Errors in Social Judgment: Implications for Negotiation and Conflict Resolution, Part 1
For the past quarter-century, the field of social cognition has documented a number of ways in which individuals and groups are prone to make characteristic errors when judging others. This note examines the ways in which these tendencies pose difficulties for... View Details
Robinson, Robert J. "Errors in Social Judgment: Implications for Negotiation and Conflict Resolution, Part 1." Harvard Business School Background Note 897-103, February 1997.
- 2014
- Book
Collective Genius: The Art and Practice of Leading Innovation
By: Linda A. Hill, Greg Brandeau, Emily Truelove and Kent Lineback
Why can some organizations innovate time and again, while most cannot? You might think the key to innovation is attracting exceptional creative talent. Or making the right investments. Or breaking down organizational silos. All of these things may help—but there's only... View Details
Keywords: Innovation; Innovation Leadership; Leadership; Organizational Culture; Innovation and Invention
Hill, Linda A., Greg Brandeau, Emily Truelove, and Kent Lineback. Collective Genius: The Art and Practice of Leading Innovation. Boston: Harvard Business Review Press, 2014.
- April 1993 (Revised May 1994)
- Case
General Dynamics and Computer Sciences Corporation: Outsourcing the IS Function (A)
By: F. Warren McFarlan and Katherine Seger
Designed to generate discussion on the issues of outsourcing from the perspective of a firm thinking about turning over its IS activities to a third-party vendor. View Details
Keywords: Management Systems; Management Style; Information Technology; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Business Strategy; Economic Systems; Business or Company Management; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Business Processes; Employment; Emerging Markets; Activity Based Costing and Management; Information Technology Industry; Consulting Industry
McFarlan, F. Warren, and Katherine Seger. "General Dynamics and Computer Sciences Corporation: Outsourcing the IS Function (A)." Harvard Business School Case 193-144, April 1993. (Revised May 1994.)