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- 27 Jun 2019
- Research & Ideas
Rituals Strengthen Couples. Here’s Why They’re Good for Business, Too
symbolic meaning. Rituals are common in all kinds of social relationships, from religious gatherings and sports games, to holiday celebrations and business meetings. Families engage in rituals when they... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 06 Jun 2008
- What Do You Think?
Why Don’t Managers Think Deeply?
possibility that " managers are not trained for it." Dianne Jacobs cited the possibility that persisting assumptions borne out of success serve as "roadblocks to act on needed change" (proposed by those who engage in... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 25 Mar 2015
- HBS Case
Tate’s Digital Makeover Transforms the Traditional Museum
its voice. Outsourcing social media content creation is often a bad idea." A Re-tweet's Worth Despite the obvious success that Tate has had in engaging new audiences, determining the actual return on... View Details
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Effect of Different Financial Incentive Structures on Promoting Physical Activity Among Adults: A Randomized Clinical Trial
By: Chethan Bachireddy, Andrew Joung, Leslie K. John, Francesca Gino, Bradford Tuckfield, Luca Foschini and Katherine L. Milkman
Importance: Few adults engage in recommended levels of physical activity. Financial incentives can promote physical activity, but little is known about how their structure influences their effectiveness; for example, whether incentives are more effective if they are... View Details
Bachireddy, Chethan, Andrew Joung, Leslie K. John, Francesca Gino, Bradford Tuckfield, Luca Foschini, and Katherine L. Milkman. "Effect of Different Financial Incentive Structures on Promoting Physical Activity Among Adults: A Randomized Clinical Trial." JAMA Network Open 2, no. 8 (August 2019): 1–13.
- 19 May 2021
- Op-Ed
Why America Needs a Better Bridge Between School and Career
change among training organizations, our research team at Harvard’s interdisciplinary Project on Workforce analyzed 316 applications to the Postsecondary Innovation for Equity initiative. The grant competition, launched by venture philanthropy New Profit, awarded... View Details
Keywords: by Joseph B. Fuller and Rachel Lipson
- 04 May 2010
- First Look
First Look: May 4
most rigorous extant methodologies for detecting "tunneling," or efforts by firms' controlling owner managers to take money for themselves at the expense of minority shareholders. We find that, in contrast to prior views, Indian business groups are not, on... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Nov 2022
- What Do You Think?
Why Aren’t Business Leaders More Vocal About Immigration Policy?
gets lost in this conversation is the extent to which the US needs immigrants. We need their youth, their willingness to work at any job, their productivity, their contributions to a social security system being weighted down by the... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 10 Apr 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 10, 2018
Has Entered the Mainstream By: Chatterji, Aaron K., and Michael W. Toffel Abstract—Leaders in all sectors, from business to sports to education, are increasingly wading into controversial political and social issues. Based on interviews... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Apr 2022
- What Do You Think?
As Disney Board Chair, What Would You Advise CEO Bob Chapek Regarding 'Don’t Say Gay'?
parks—responsible for spreading “pixie dust” for Disney’s “guests”—were supporters of these groups. Within Disney, employees were protesting on social media and organizing walkouts from company theme parks in Florida and elsewhere. In... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 12 Mar 2013
- First Look
First Look: March 12
But there's a growing consensus that ads don't work on mobile devices; consumers just don't like them. Instead of creating tiny banner ads, smart marketers will turn to apps to reach customers and engage them. Effective apps will do one... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Oct 2006
- Research & Ideas
Negotiating in Three Dimensions
approach essentially joins two initially separated intellectual traditions, the descriptive and the prescriptive. For many years, cognitive and social scientists performed careful laboratory experiments to determine what subjects actually... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 07 Apr 2020
- Research & Ideas
What Customers Need to Hear from You During the COVID Crisis
the brand logo’s “M” apart to signal social distancing. "Nearly a quarter of brands have gone dark, pausing all of their paid marketing communications for the first and second quarter of the year." Many other Chief Marketing... View Details
Keywords: by Jill Avery and Richard Edelman
- 24 Nov 2003
- Research & Ideas
Boards and Corporate Governance: A Balanced Scorecard Approach
value-creating activity. It would be unfortunate if boards focused only on compliance and didn't engage in functions that create value. —Robert S. Kaplan The board role is significantly different than that of the CEO, who is charged with... View Details
Keywords: Re: Robert S. Kaplan & Krishna G. Palepu
- 29 Jan 2021
- Op-Ed
How Influencers, Celebrities, and FOMO Can Win Over Vaccine Skeptics
gatherings for social purposes, and the eventual opening up and recovery of the world economy. About the Authors Rohit Deshpandé is Sebastian S. Kresge Professor of Marketing at Harvard Business School. Ofer Mintz is Senior Lecturer and... View Details
- 20 Oct 2010
- Op-Ed
Export Competitiveness: Reversing the Logic
exports provide positive externalities and thus should be encouraged by government, the policy question is how to do so most effectively. One large body of thinking is devoted to identifying general barriers to exports that reduce trade below its View Details
Keywords: by Christian Ketels
- 29 Mar 2016
- First Look
March 29, 2016
a closer qualitative inspection of the “how-to” micromechanisms, and thereby advance a multidisciplinary research agenda. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50833 Surfacing the Submerged State: Operational Transparency Increases Trust in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 May 2019
- What Do You Think?
What Should the Leadership of YouTube Do?
not be any sort of attack on this very fundamental right. On the other hand social media platforms still have an obligation to the public that they serve YouTube needs to redouble its efforts and be totally relentless in its quest to... View Details
- 02 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 2
show that politicians use school ties as a mechanism to engage in vote trading ("logrolling"), and that alumni networks help facilitate the procurement of discretionary earmarks. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 29 Jul 2013
- Research & Ideas
A Manager’s Moral Obligation to Preserve Capitalism
Capitalism's moral logic was perhaps most famously articulated by free market champion Milton Friedman when he said that "the social responsibility of business is to increase its profits." That sentiment puts faith in the market... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 08 Sep 2008
- HBS Case
The Value of Environmental Activists
There are many methods, most financial, to measure the success of companies in meeting goals. But the question becomes a lot harder at Harvard Business School when MBAs are challenged to measure the efforts of environmental organizations like Greenpeace and the World... View Details