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- 26 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
When Silence Spells Trouble at Work
groups, where we fear a loss of status or even expulsion if we differ from the rest. Most of us can remember from our adolescence how compelling the desire was to conform. Even as adults, many people in organizations are willing to go to... View Details
Keywords: by Leslie A. Perlow
- 18 Jun 2018
- Research & Ideas
Warning: Scary Warning Labels Work!
choose healthier options. “Cafeteria sales were neutral. We didn’t see a decrease in drink sales,” John says. Soda makers and suppliers, however, may suffer losses if graphic warnings become standard. (That’s the goal, after all.) But... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Step Change
initiatives, including loss and damage—the idea that the harmful consequences of climate change fall disproportionately on poor nations that have done little to contribute to it. Agreement on a fund to mitigate the disastrous effects of... View Details
- 12 Nov 2021
- News
Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge
to educate and empower consumers. The task has been assumed by a few pioneering nonprofits, such as Resilience Action Fund (RAF) that I founded. It’s time for business to step in. My book, Resilience - The Ultimate Sustainability, explains why the US has the world’s... View Details
- 18 Jul 2019
- Lessons from the Classroom
The Internet of Things Needs a Business Model. Here It Is
advantage of changes in wind direction. Knowing the economic loss from downtime for each turbine on a wind farm allowed GE to determine a better maintenance schedule for turbines, figuring out which should be fixed first, and utilizing... View Details
- 10 Sep 2020
- Research & Ideas
The COVID Two-Step for Leaders: Protect and Pivot
one way or another, grieving. According to David Kessler, an author and grief expert quoted in a recent HBR article, “The loss of normalcy; the fear of economic toll; the loss of connection. This is hitting... View Details
- 07 Apr 2020
- Research & Ideas
What Customers Need to Hear from You During the COVID Crisis
customers, and society at large, without regard for how much it costs, with 90 percent of consumers stating that brands should be willing to suffer substantial financial losses to ensure the well-being and financial security of others.... View Details
Keywords: by Jill Avery and Richard Edelman
- 27 Nov 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Dynamics of Standing Still: Firestone Tire & Rubber and the Radial Revolution
cumulative loss of $12.7 million.21 While the radial investment served the interests of long-standing customers, it could hardly be expected to earn an acceptable return. The investment in radials also supported Firestone's relationships... View Details
- 23 Jun 2008
- Research & Ideas
Innovative Ways to Encourage Personal Savings
existence since 1694 and are currently in use in a host of countries around the world. They blend elements of lotteries and savings programs. In particular, these products offer savers protection against principal loss and liquidity, but... View Details
- 15 Jun 2007
- Research & Ideas
Remembering Alfred Chandler
Union. As Lincoln said of Grant, "He understood the arithmetic, knowing that he'd have to absorb heavy losses if he were to win—but winning as no Union general had done before him." “He was the greatest scholar I've ever known,... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Apr 2021
- Research & Ideas
The Pandemic Conversations That Leaders Need to Have Now
uncertainties of the future and the strains of the present." Acknowledge the feelings. When sharing difficult news—or even beginning an ordinary staff meeting, some days—acknowledge the uncertainties of the future and the strains of the present. Likewise, when team... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Up on the Corner
Dlodlo’s university education, a loss that can still bring Dlodlo to tears. After earning a degree in finance at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, Dlodlo remained in South Africa, working in international marketing and... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Generation Next
grocery. All of the new businesses were unprofitable, though, and the losses from rural retailing threatened to overwhelm the entire company. Even worse, the avian flu had dented the poultry feed business, hitting the pockets of its... View Details
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2024 Reunion Presentations - Alumni
balance" and "meaningful careers" have crowded the market, little has been discussed about the cost we pay to just "look perfect" at work. Dieting, cosmetics, exercising, weight loss drugs...we are increasingly becoming more... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
One Man Crime Wave
Combining action and analysis, they are a formidable crime-fighting duo. In Pale Gray for Guilt (1968), Meyer carries out an intricate con to trick a wealthy bad guy into stock market losses that will benefit a widow whose struggling... View Details
Publications
2000-2005 Selected
Chiu, C-y, Morris, M.W., Hong, Y-y, & Menon, T. (2000). Motivated cultural cognition: The impact of implicit cultural theories on dispositional attribution varies as a function of Need for Closure.... View Details
- 2015
- Working Paper
'Be Careless with That!' Availability of Product Upgrades Increases Cavalier Behavior Toward Possessions
By: Silvia Bellezza, Joshua M. Ackerman and Francesca Gino
Consumers are often faced with the opportunity to purchase a new, enhanced product (e.g., a new phone), even though the device they currently own is still fully functional. We propose that consumers act more recklessly with their current products and are less concerned... View Details
Keywords: Carelessness; Product Upgrade; Justification; Loss; Consumer Behavior; Attitudes; Product; Ownership
Bellezza, Silvia, Joshua M. Ackerman, and Francesca Gino. "'Be Careless with That!' Availability of Product Upgrades Increases Cavalier Behavior Toward Possessions." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 15-077, April 2015.
- March 2008
- Teaching Note
2006 Hurricane Risk (TN)
By: André Perold and Erik Stafford
Teaching Note for [207075]. View Details
- 07 Jan 2002
- What Do You Think?
Did Consumer Behavior Tracking Come of Age on September 11?
Summing Up September 11 was no "tipping point" for acceleration in the loss of privacy. That's the conclusion to be drawn from responses to this month's column. Rather the loss of privacy is a... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett