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  • 13 Apr 2011
  • Working Paper Summaries

The ‘IKEA Effect’: When Labor Leads to Love

Keywords: by Michael I. Norton, Daniel Mochon & Dan Ariely; Consumer Products
  • 13 Nov 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, November 13, 2018

to then cover their positions once asset prices start recovering. Predation leads to profits of about 25 basis points over ten days and increases the liquidation costs for the distressed fund by 40%. These results suggest a broker’s role in fostering predatory View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 27 Feb 2024
  • Research & Ideas

Why Companies Should Share Their DEI Data (Even When It’s Unflattering)

attitudes toward a hypothetical e-commerce company and its commitment to DEI depending on what they learned about disclosure rules and the company’s method of sharing the information. They organized the test into five groups based on... View Details
Keywords: by Shalene Gupta
  • 01 Nov 2017
  • What Do You Think?

What Are the Real Lessons of the Wells Fargo Case?

“be skeptical. In this case it was cross-selling retail products.” Outliers in competitive industries raise a red flag, he wrote. A number of causes for the alleged fraudulent behavior at Wells Fargo were put forth. They included poor... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett; Banking
  • 04 Mar 2024
  • Research & Ideas

Want to Make Diversity Stick? Break the Cycle of Sameness

and people of color in leadership roles continue to remain scarce, perpetuating a pattern of sameness, with white men often replacing other white men in high-level positions, Chang says. However, the research results also reveal a bright spot: View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • January 2008 (Revised January 2008)
  • Case

Two Brattle Center: A Mental-Health Clinic in Search of a Viable Operating Model

By: Robert G. Eccles
Two Brattle Center (TBC) is a struggling for-profit private mental health clinic based in Harvard Square. Its founder, Dr. Joan Wheelis, is a nationally recognized practicing psychiatrist who has developed outpatient treatment programs based on Dialectical Behavior... View Details
Keywords: Business Model; For-Profit Firms; Decision Choices and Conditions; Financial Strategy; Health Care and Treatment; Health Disorders; Medical Specialties; Nonprofit Organizations; Emotions; Health Industry; United States
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Eccles, Robert G. "Two Brattle Center: A Mental-Health Clinic in Search of a Viable Operating Model." Harvard Business School Case 408-103, January 2008. (Revised January 2008.)
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Leadership - Faculty & Research

Leadership Leadership 2015 Chapter Leave No Slice of Genius Behind: Selecting and Developing Tomorrow's Leaders of Innovation By: Linda A. Hill More than ever, leaders of nearly every kind of organization view their human resources teams... View Details
  • 04 Sep 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Is Government Just Stupid? How Bad Decisions Are Made

In "You Can't Enlarge the Pie," the authors argue that barriers to effective government decision making result in poor decisions about critical issues like the environment, organ transplants, and energy policy. Why? Because... View Details
Keywords: by Max H. Bazerman, Jonathan Baron & Katherine Shonk
  • 04 Oct 2010
  • Research & Ideas

Introverts: The Best Leaders for Proactive Employees

five-point scale, the respondents rated themselves on adjectives such as "reserved," "introverted," "talkative," and "bold." The employees rated their teams' general work behaviors on items such as... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
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Faculty & Research - Health Care

Faculty & Research Health Minute: An Introduction to Faculty Research More Videos Professor Raffaella Sadun on Improving Care in Hospitals More Videos Professor John Beshears on how the nudge movement can improve healthy behavior John... View Details
  • 28 Sep 2011
  • Research & Ideas

The Profit Power of Corporate Culture

returns to labor, and relationships with customers (producing loyalty and customer "ownership") as well as innovation and financial performance. If the organization doesn't measure up on these dimensions over some extended... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 21 Aug 2000
  • Research & Ideas

Inside the OR: Disrupted Routines and New Technologies

organizations successfully integrate new technologies into their operations. "In an industry context in which individual heroism and skill are assumed to be critical determinants of important outcomes," they write, "this... View Details
Keywords: by Hilah Geer
  • 30 Nov 2021
  • In Practice

What's the Role of Business in Confronting Climate Change?

The 26th annual United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties, also known as COP26, ended with a hard-fought pact that called on businesses and governments to meet their climate change goals faster. The event followed an August report by the Intergovernmental... View Details
Keywords: by Lynn Schenk and Dina Gerdeman
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HBS - The year in Review

experienced colleagues. Assistant Professors Anjali M. Bhatt Organizational Behavior Julian De Freitas Marketing Summer R. Jackson Organizational Behavior Jung Koo Kang Accounting & Management Rebecca A.... View Details
  • 27 Jun 2016
  • Research & Ideas

These Management Practices, Like Certain Technologies, Boost Company Performance

practices are not light switches you can turn on or off,” says Sadun. “It’s not like you can order your employees to buy into these processes—it’s a much more complex process of influencing behavior and persuading employees across all... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 07 Jul 2008
  • Research & Ideas

Innovation Corrupted: How Managers Can Avoid Another Enron

discipline throughout business organizations With respect to strengthening board governance, I argue that a potentially powerful remedy for the governance breakdown that afflicted Enron as a public company can be found outside the... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Energy; Utilities
  • 2024
  • Working Paper

Determinants of Top-Down Sabotage

By: Hashim Zaman and Karim R. Lakhani
We investigate the conditions that motivate managers to impede the growth of talented subordinates due to fears of future competition for their own positions. Our research expands on existing tournament and contest theory literature that considers peer-to-peer sabotage... View Details
Keywords: Succession Planning; Organizational Hierarchy; Compensation; Promotions; Tournaments; Talent and Talent Management; Organizational Structure; Employee Relationship Management; Performance Evaluation; Organizational Culture; Management Skills
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Zaman, Hashim, and Karim R. Lakhani. "Determinants of Top-Down Sabotage." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 25-007, August 2024. (Revised December 2024.)
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Research - Global

the U.S. By: Stefano Gagliarducci and Marco Tabellini How do ethnic religious organizations influence immigrant assimilation? To answer this question, we assemble novel data from the Catholic directories to measure the presence of Italian... View Details
  • 2018
  • Working Paper

Managing Through Organizational Change: Employee Alignment in the Presence of Unexpected Career Concerns

By: Ohchan Kwon and Jee-Eun Shin
This study examines performance consequences due to unexpected career concerns – layoff risks due to institutional reasons. Exploiting a company-wide announcement of a merger decision by management as a trigger event for unexpected career concerns, we examine employee... View Details
Keywords: Career Changes; Performance Measures; Incentives; M&A; Employees; Personal Development and Career; Mergers and Acquisitions; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Performance; Motivation and Incentives
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Kwon, Ohchan, and Jee-Eun Shin. "Managing Through Organizational Change: Employee Alignment in the Presence of Unexpected Career Concerns." Working Paper, July 2018.
  • 31 Oct 2018
  • What Do You Think?

What is the Function of Fear in Leadership?

getting short-term change out of a fear of consequences, only perpetuates long-term fear, which decreases innovation, collaboration, and growth ” On the other hand, Paul argued that, “The ever growing body of neurological research has found that at times fear can lead... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
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