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- 27 Oct 2020
- Research & Ideas
Can Being the ‘Token’ Give Women and Minorities a Competitive Edge?
Women and Black professionals are more willing to join a team that’s predominantly male or white if it helps them stand out in hyper-competitive situations, despite the potential psychological toll of being a “token,” new research says.... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 19 Oct 2017
- Research & Ideas
How Charitable Organizations Can Thwart Excuses for Not Giving
describes in a new working paper, The Better Is the Enemy of the Good. In fact, Exley argues that based on her research, people look for any excuse to avoid giving a donation and then rationalize their... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- October 2020
- Article
Overcoming Resource Scarcity: Consumers' Response to Gifts Intending to Save Time and Money
By: Alice Lee-Yoon, Grant Donnelly and A.V. Whillans
Consumers feel increasingly pressed for time and money. Gifts have the potential to reduce scarcity in
recipients’ lives, yet little is known about how recipients perceive gifts given with the intention of saving them time or money. Across five studies (N =... View Details
Lee-Yoon, Alice, Grant Donnelly, and A.V. Whillans. "Overcoming Resource Scarcity: Consumers' Response to Gifts Intending to Save Time and Money." Special Issue on Scarcity and Consumer Decision Making. Journal of the Association for Consumer Research 5, no. 4 (October 2020): 391–403.
- 21 Mar 2004
- Research & Ideas
Loyalty: Don’t Give Away the Store
spend X amount and receive an offer or discount of some kind. When you talk to retailers about their frequent shopper programs, they'll say the programs work and are very... View Details
- June 2014
- Supplement
Chung and Dasgupta: Supplemental Information on Jordan Ramirez and Casey Clark
By: Ian Larkin and Karen Huang
The "Promotion Process at Chung and Dasgupta, LLP" set of cases explores the roles of general and firm-specific human capital in employee performance measurement, feedback, and promotion/compensation decisions. In the cases, a leading law firm must decide whether to... View Details
Keywords: Performance Appraisal; Performance Measurement; Employee Feedback; Motivation; Promotions; Human Capital; Performance Evaluation; Management Systems; Compensation and Benefits; Retention; Legal Services Industry; United States; Massachusetts
Larkin, Ian, and Karen Huang. "Chung and Dasgupta: Supplemental Information on Jordan Ramirez and Casey Clark." Harvard Business School Supplement 914-045, June 2014.
- 16 Mar 2018
- News
Giving Back to Help The Next Generation
game-changer for me,” says Sergio. “That was critical in my decision to pursue an MBA at HBS.” The former engineering major from Chicago left her operations job at GE to attend HBS. Sergio explains that the Michael J. and Mary C. Johnston... View Details
- 30 Nov 2015
- News
Five Ways to Give Better Gifts (Backed by Science)
- 05 Aug 2022
- Research & Ideas
Why People Crave Feedback—and Why We’re Afraid to Give It
If you were talking with a woman and noticed a splotch of red marker on her nose, would you tell her? You’re not alone if you would prefer to remain silent. A recent study looking at whether and why people... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 13 May 2015
- Blog Post
Former Engineer Gives Consulting a Test Drive
network? HBS career resources made the summer internship search relatively painless. I applied for the position during the January recruiting week and the whole process took two weeks from first interview to View Details
- 30 Oct 2017
- News
Giving Minorities a Playbook for Career Success
percent), the figures were far lower for business schools. “Within minority communities, careers in business are perceived to be riskier than law and med school,” Rice explains. “You could be a doctor or lawyer in your own community; you... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- June 2014
- Supplement
Chung and Dasgupta: Information for Jordan Ramirez
By: Ian Larkin and Karen Huang
The "Promotion Process at Chung and Dasgupta, LLP" set of cases explores the roles of general and firm-specific human capital in employee performance measurement, feedback, and promotion/compensation decisions. In the cases, a leading law firm must decide whether to... View Details
Keywords: Performance Appraisal; Performance Measurement; Employee Feedback; Motivation; Promotions; Human Capital; Performance Evaluation; Management Systems; Compensation and Benefits; Retention; Legal Services Industry; United States; Massachusetts
Larkin, Ian, and Karen Huang. "Chung and Dasgupta: Information for Jordan Ramirez." Harvard Business School Supplement 914-046, June 2014.
- 25 Apr 2018
- News
Giving Minorities a Playbook for Corporate Success
receive job offers prior to completion and 95 percent of its MBA Prep Fellows are accepted by at least one top-25 business school. For those already in the workforce, 75 percent of professionals who... View Details
- 19 Dec 2022
- Research & Ideas
What Motivates People to Give Generously—and Why We Sometimes Don't
article originally appeared in the HBS Alumni Bulletin. You Might Also Like: Giving Back: Consumers Care More About How Companies Donate Than How Much Extroverts, Your Colleagues Wish You Would Just Shut Up View Details
- 26 Mar 2018
- Research & Ideas
To Motivate Employees, Give an Unexpected Bonus (or Penalty)
would earn, then you tend to go above and beyond to restore this balance,” she says. On the other hand, those employees who were punished, or who didn’t receive the reward they anticipated, tended to be less... View Details
- June 2014
- Case
The Promotion Process at Chung and Dasgupta, LLP
By: Ian Larkin and Karen Huang
The "Promotion Process at Chung and Dasgupta, LLP" set of cases explores the roles of general and firm-specific human capital in employee performance measurement, feedback, and promotion/compensation decisions. In the cases, a leading law firm must decide whether to... View Details
Keywords: Performance Appraisal; Performance Measurement; Employee Feedback; Motivation; Promotions; Human Capital; Performance Evaluation; Management Systems; Compensation and Benefits; Retention; Legal Services Industry; United States; Massachusetts
Larkin, Ian, and Karen Huang. "The Promotion Process at Chung and Dasgupta, LLP." Harvard Business School Case 914-044, June 2014.
- October 14, 2019
- Article
Cracking the Code of Sustained Collaboration
By: Francesca Gino
When most organizations strive to increase collaboration, they approach it too narrowly: as a value to cultivate—not a skill to teach. So they create open offices, talk up collaboration as a corporate goal, and try to influence employees through other superficial means... View Details
Keywords: Collaboration; Listening; Empathy; Feedback; Organizational Culture; Interpersonal Communication; Training; Programs
Gino, Francesca. "Cracking the Code of Sustained Collaboration." Harvard Business Review 97, no. 6 (November–December 2019): 73–81.
- 05 Sep 2018
- Research & Ideas
The Hidden Benefit of Giving Back to Open Source Software
productivity from using the software by as much as 100 percent, when compared with free-riding competitors. "Companies that contribute and give back learn how to better use the open source software in... View Details