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- 24 Oct 2016
- Research & Ideas
Bernie Madoff Explains Himself
anybody.” Soltes now plays the recording for students in his MBA and Executive Education courses. His goal is not to garner a discussion of Madoff’s massive crime, but rather to help students realize something important about themselves. In short, the recording shows... View Details
- 02 Sep 2015
- What Do You Think?
What's Wrong With Amazon’s Low-Retention HR Strategy?
employer. That’s the general message that comes through in responses to this month’s column. Some respondents suggested that it is only natural to find different strategies depending on the nature of the business. As Himanshu Pant pointed... View Details
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Profiles - MBA
endeavors. It takes so many different skills and experiences to build something, and through the Technology Innovation Fellowship we'll meet diverse individuals who can make anything possible." Tech areas of... View Details
- 12 Apr 2017
- Research & Ideas
Why Productivity Suffers When Employees Are Allowed to Schedule Their Own Tasks
tasks be completed in a particular order. But in many instances, workers have more freedom over their workday: They can follow the prescribed schedule or else choose to deviate, completing tasks in a different order at their own... View Details
- 2009
- Working Paper
Assess, Don't Assume, Part I: Etiquette and National Culture in Negotiation
When facing a cross-border negotiation, the standard preparatory assessments -- of the parties, their interests, their no-deal options, opportunities for and barriers to creating and claiming value, the most promising sequence and process design, etc. -- should be... View Details
Keywords: Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Negotiation Process; Societal Protocols; Competitive Advantage; Cooperation
Sebenius, James K. "Assess, Don't Assume, Part I: Etiquette and National Culture in Negotiation." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 10-048, December 2009.
- 23 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 23, 2008
performance. We examine whether the presence and the content of relative performance feedback have different effects on performance when participants are compensated via a tournament or an individual... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 04 Sep 2001
- Research & Ideas
Governing the Family-Run Business
and the ownership group (see Figure 1). The overlap among the three groups often leads to differing points of view among individuals depending on their location in the three circles. For example, family... View Details
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2023 Reunion Presentations - Alumni
in buying and selling, why understanding the difference matters, and the implications for areas such as sales hiring, training, pricing, use of new tools, and performance management. Slides How to Make Hybrid Work Work Associate Professor... View Details
- 12 Aug 2008
- First Look
First Look: August 12, 2008
the Statement of Financial Accounting Standards, No. 141R. Purchase the note: http://hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=108067 ADR Choices Harvard Business School Note 908-040 Six different business disputes, all in the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Mar 2023
- Research & Ideas
When Showing Know-How Backfires for Women Managers
combination of observations, interviews, and archival data in The Task Bind: Explaining Gender Differences in Managerial Tasks and Performance, recently published in Administrative Science Quarterly, to analyze 80 retail grocery stores... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- Blog Post
Five Lessons From My First Year at HBS
inspiring, but imperfect, humans, and that’s the beauty of the HBS experience. 2. Everyone has a story to tell. What distinguishes individuals at HBS are lived experiences, unique perspectives, and stories to tell. The summer before HBS,... View Details
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Human Behavior & Decision-Making - Faculty & Research
that implicitly activating the construct of time, rather than money, leads individuals to behave more ethically by cheating less. We further found that priming time reduces cheating by making people reflect on who they are. Implications... View Details
- 24 Jul 2006
- Research & Ideas
How Kayak Users Built a New Industry
settings. They cried out for a theoretical explanation. So Eric von Hippel, Christoph Hienerth, and I teamed up to see if we could construct a theory to explain the phenomena. Q: Can you describe in general the pathways user innovations take in your model? A: The... View Details
- 04 May 2021
- Book
Best Buy: How Human Connection Saved a Failing Retailer
shareholders and is a money-making machine,” he says. “But no, a company is a human organization made up of individuals working together in pursuit of a goal.” Leading with purpose and humanity Based on his own track record in... View Details
- 25 Aug 2015
- First Look
First Look Tuesday
addressing endogeneity concerns. We find that success in men's football and basketball has a significant impact on a school's respective football and basketball revenues; however, the effect is different based on the type of school. We... View Details
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
Action Plan: In Context
“It’s a way to promote genuine and healthy individual growth.” Ho’s own introduction to etiquette came from her mother, a consummate hostess who often entertained at the family’s home in Hong Kong, before gaining a more formal education... View Details
- 30 Apr 2007
- Research & Ideas
All Eyes on Slovakia’s Flat Tax
doesn't distinguish between different levels of income. Wealthy, middle class, or poor, you pay the same rate. Also, a flat tax system is often completely free of deductions, exemptions, and exceptions. These efforts aim to make the tax... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 21 Nov 2022
- Research & Ideas
Buy Now, Pay Later: How Retail's Hot Feature Hurts Low-Income Shoppers
Afterpay and tied to the point-of-purchase of a particular product. Paying with BNPL differs from credit cards. Rather than a revolving credit line, consumers take out an installment loan through the retailer at the time of purchase,... View Details
- 20 Sep 2017
- Research & Ideas
The Three Types of Leaders Who Create Radical Change
says Battilana, the Joseph C. Wilson Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School and Alan L. Gleitsman Professor of Social Innovation at the Harvard Kennedy School, who, for more than a decade, has studied and researched the ways in which... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 2009
- Working Paper
Do Friends Influence Purchases in a Social Network?
By: Raghuram Iyengar, Sangman Han and Sunil Gupta
Social networks, such as Facebook and Myspace have witnessed a rapid growth in their membership. Some of these businesses have tried an advertising-based model with very limited success. However, these businesses have not fully explored the power of their members to... View Details
Keywords: Marketing; Network Effects; Sales; Power and Influence; Social and Collaborative Networks; Web Sites; South Korea
Iyengar, Raghuram, Sangman Han, and Sunil Gupta. "Do Friends Influence Purchases in a Social Network?" Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 09-123, April 2009.