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- 19 Dec 2022
- Research & Ideas
What Motivates People to Give Generously—and Why We Sometimes Don't
good. While one could argue that the warm glow is a “selfish” reason to give, I think it’s actually still a win for humanity. Julian Zlatev: There’s been a long debate in psychology about whether people are truly altruistic: Is altruism... View Details
- 16 May 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Simple Economics of Open Source
Tirole, an economist at the University of Toulouse and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In their new working paper, "The Simple Economics of Open Source," Lerner and Tirole make the case that an idealistic notion of programmer View Details
- 10 Jan 2022
- Research & Ideas
How to Get Companies to Make Investments That Benefit Everyone
whole, and the students won’t have to take on huge debts. But removing that burden for students ends up costing taxpayers up front, which meets resistance. Solving social problems longer term involves appealing to both companies’ altruism... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Microsoft’s Ballmer Makes His Pitch
Microsoft’s Windows operating system and Office suite of products, Ballmer dismissed the challengers as caring more about altruism than profit. He insisted there will continue to be demand for Microsoft software that delivers feature-rich... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Find Your Maximum Sustainable Goodness
Goodness, draws on research from the fields of philosophy, psychology, behavioral research, and the concepts of effective altruism to outline a set of actions that we can embark on immediately to make next year better than last. Start... View Details
- 10 Jan 2005
- Research & Ideas
Motivation and the Cross-Sector Alliance
The first question focuses on motivations, while the second one has more to do with the benefits sought in interactions with future partners. Altruism As a general rule, collaboration efforts between companies and CSOs have an inherent... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
I Gave at the Office
still a win for humanity. Julian Zlatev: There’s been a long debate in psychology about whether people are truly altruistic: Is altruism really altruism if it reflects this warm glow or the self-interested... View Details
- 22 Mar 2018
- Blog Post
“Mission + Profit: What’s the Balance?” asks SECON 2018
Sheryl started her career in investment banking with Goldman Sachs before moving into journalism and most recently, a founder of an anti-trafficking non-profit organization. Her latest book, A Path Appear, spoke about altruism and the... View Details
- 09 Feb 2010
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 9
of real-world systems. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/10-059.pdf Quality Provision, Expected Firm Altruism and Brand Extensions Author:Julio J. Rotemberg Abstract This paper studies quality choice in a model where... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 27 Mar 2007
- First Look
First Look: March 27, 2007
Cooperation and Reciprocity in the Workplace Author:Julio J. Rotemberg Publication:Chap. 21 in Handbook of the Economics of Giving, Altruism and Reciprocity. Vol. 2, edited by Serge-Christophe Kolm and Jean Mercier Ythier, 1371-1435.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 16 Dec 2008
- First Look
First Look: December 16, 2008
while Columbia Nobel laureate Edmund Phelps argues that a little altruism might be the right prescription for a variety of market imperfections. Creative Capitalism is not just a book for philanthropists. It's a book that challenges the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Alumni Book Briefs
good accounting professional? Is altruism inherent in accountancy as a profession? Charles P. Berolzheimer: Teacher, Linguist, Traveler, Scientist by Junius Rochester (PMD 34, 1977) (Tommie Press) This is a detailed biography of Charles... View Details
- 13 Dec 2011
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 13
http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/12-039.pdf Charitable Giving When Altruism and Similarity Are Linked Authors:Julio J. Rotemberg Abstract This paper presents a model in which anonymous charitable donations are rationalized by two human... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Oct 2012
- First Look
First Look: October 23
borders and to allow U.S. multinationals to form new affiliates abroad without the support of local joint venture partners. Thus, this paper points out that immigration can enhance the competitiveness of multinational firms. Charitable Giving When View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 20, 2008
with a minimal level of altruism can be a source of dampened wage responses. The paper also considers a setting where this minimal level of altruism is subject to fluctuations and shows that, for certain... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Made, Not Born: HBS Courses and Entrepreneurial Management
making business decisions," observes Lecturer Thomas J. Kosnik, who teaches Entrepreneurial Marketing. "Entrepreneurial Marketing encourages students to embrace analysis and logic while remaining open to the experience of creativity, commitment, passion, and View Details
- 10 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 10, 2009
monopsony implies that wage changes have small effects on profits so that employer altruism affects wages as well. Even selfish firms act altruistically if workers punish firms that fail to do so. If the marginal utility of income falls... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 06 Dec 2011
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 6
behavior. Then we can understand that rationality also includes things that were once considered irrational, such as altruism or sacrifice in the interest of the greater good. The Economics of Housing Finance Reform Authors:David S.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Jan 2011
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 11
material exchange in labor relations). Download the paper: http://papers.nber.org/papers/w16621 Conveniently Upset: Avoiding Altruism by Distorting Beliefs about Others Authors:Rafael Di Tella and Ricardo Pérez-Truglia Abstract In this... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Jan 2013
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 29
Authors:Rotemberg, Julio J. Publication:Marketing Science Abstract A setting is considered where consumers keep track of the extent to which brands care about them, which is modeled as altruism of brands towards their target consumers.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne