Publications

05 Oct 2016
What Do You Think?

Can the US Economy Regain the Growth and Prosperity of the Past?

productivity requires a large middle class that can afford to consume what is being produced. Solve the economic inequality problem, and we will solve the slow growth problem as well as a lot of other... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

February 2020
Article

Being 'Good' or 'Good Enough': Prosocial Risk and the Structure of Moral Self-regard

By: Julian Zlatev, Daniella M. Kupor, Kristin Laurin and Dale T. Miller

The motivation to feel moral powerfully guides people’s prosocial behavior. We propose that people’s efforts to preserve their moral self-regard conform to a moral threshold model. This model predicts that people are primarily concerned with whether their... View Details

Keywords: Prosocial Behavior; Moral Sensibility; Decision Making; Risk and Uncertainty; Behavior; Perception

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March–April 1992
Article

Debate: A Response to the Business of Equal Opportunity by Reginald Dickerson

By: D. A. Thomas and D. Evans

Keywords: Equality and Inequality

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16 Jan 2019
News

New Research Reveals Caregiving for Elders Impacts Employee Performance

2004
Chapter

What Do Communication Media Mean for Negotiations? A Question of Social Awareness

By: Kathleen L. McGinn and Rachel Croson

Keywords: Negotiation; Media; Perception; Social Issues; Media and Broadcasting Industry

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February 2017 (Revised December 2018)
Case

From Start-Up to Grown-Up Nation: The Future of the Israeli Innovation Ecosystem (Abridged)

By: Elie Ofek and Margot Eiran

In June 2016, Benjamin (Bibi) Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel, wrestled with how to sustain Israel’s strong innovation track record and the country’s reputation as the “start-up nation.” Despite the economic miracle the country had wrought since its founding, he... View Details

Keywords: Innovation and Management; Entrepreneurship; Business Startups; Government and Politics; Economy; Equality and Inequality; Israel

11 Aug 2006 - 15 Aug 2008
Conference Presentation

Differential effects of affect, perceived newness, and perceived usefulness on creativity judgment

By: Roy Y.J. Chua and S. S. Iyengar

Keywords: Creativity; Perception; Judgments

January 1989 (Revised December 1991)
Case

British Airways: ""Go for It, America!"" Promotion (A)

By: Stephen A. Greyser

Senior marketing executives of a major international airline are deciding on a strategy to address a crisis situation precipitated by a series of terrorist acts. The company is experiencing the worst downturn ever in its U.S.-U.K. travel business due to media reports... View Details

Keywords: Advertising Campaigns; Crime and Corruption; Crisis Management; Management Teams; Time Management; Marketing Strategy; Perception; Value Creation; Travel Industry; United Kingdom; United States

24 May 2017
Working Paper Summaries

Reinventing the American Wine Industry: Marketing Strategies and the Construction of Wine Culture

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Keywords: by Ai Hisano; Food & Beverage

February 1995
Case

James Cranfield

By: John J. Gabarro and Andrew P. Burtis

Describes the attitudes, feelings, and perceptions of the manager who will conduct the performance appraisal interview. A rewritten version of an earlier case. View Details

Keywords: Performance Evaluation; Attitudes; Perspective; Emotions

December 2021
Article

Partisan Professionals: Evidence from Credit Rating Analysts

By: Elisabeth Kempf and Margarita Tsoutsoura

Partisan perception affects the actions of professionals in the financial sector. Using a novel dataset linking credit rating analysts to party affiliations from voter records, we show that analysts who are not affiliated with the U.S. president’s party downward-adjust... View Details

Keywords: Political Affiliation; Credit Rating Agencies; Political Partisanship; Political Elections; Perception; Credit

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Video

Nancy DiTomaso presents "Can't We All Just Get Along?" (Flash Talk)

Web

The Intersection of Public Relations and Photography | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

writes in Framing the Audience: Art and the Politics of Culture in the United States, 1929–1945 . “ Fortune built on the increasingly populist orientation of the art world as it promoted an integration View Details

2023
White Paper

Unlocking Economic Prosperity: Career Navigation in a Time of Rapid Change

By: Joseph B. Fuller, Kerry McKittrick, Sherry Seibel, Cole Wilson, Vasundhara Dash and Ali Epstein

Keywords: Wages; Personal Development and Career; Equality and Inequality

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05 Apr 2010
Research & Ideas

HBS Cases: iPads, Kindles, and the Close of a Chapter in Book Publishing

media products, there's the perception that all things digital should be less expensive, or free. So I think this most recent skirmish has resulted in a truce at most." "The odd thing is that no one is really focusing on the... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Information; Publishing; Entertainment & Recreation

2020
Article

Research on Corporate Sustainability: Review and Directions for Future Research

By: Jody Grewal and George Serafeim

We review the literature on corporate sustainability and provide directions for future research. Our review focuses on three actions: measuring, managing and communicating corporate sustainability performance. Measurement is the least developed of the three and... View Details

1991
Chapter

To See Ourselves as Others See Us: The Rewards of Classroom Observation

By: J. E. Austin, A. Sweet and C. Overholt

Keywords: Perception; Education