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  • April 2015
  • Article

Anxious and Egocentric: How Specific Emotions Influence Perspective Taking

By: Andrew R. Todd, Matthias Forstmann, Pascal Burgmer, Alison Wood Brooks and Adam D. Galinsky
People frequently feel anxious. Although prior research has extensively studied how feeling anxious shapes intrapsychic aspects of cognition, much less is known about how anxiety affects interpersonal aspects of cognition. Here, we examine the influence of incidental... View Details
Keywords: Anxiety; Egocentrism; Emotion; Perspective Taking; Risk and Uncertainty; Perspective; Emotions
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  • September 2017 (Revised July 2018)
  • Case

CyberArk: Protecting the Keys to the IT Kingdom

By: Raffaella Sadun, David Yoffie and Margot Eiran
CyberArk was the recognized leader in the Privileged Account Management (PAM) space, a cybersecurity subsegment it had essentially created to secure organizations’ IT systems and sensitive data. Over 17 years, the Israeli company had grown to a market capitalization of... View Details
Keywords: Strategy; Growth and Development Strategy; Organizational Culture; Competitive Advantage; Information Technology; Cybersecurity; Information Technology Industry; Israel; United States
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    Beauty Imagined: A History of the Global Beauty Industry

    The global beauty business permeates our lives, influencing how we perceive ourselves and what it is to be beautiful. The brands and firms which have shaped this industry, such as Estée Lauder, Chanel, L'Oréal, and Shiseido, have imagined beauty for us.... View Details

    • 2009
    • Other Unpublished Work

    The Pecora Hearings

    By: David Moss, Cole Bolton and Eugene Kintgen

    In 1932, in the depths of the Great Depression, the Senate Banking Committee began a much-publicized investigation of the nation's financial sector. The hearings, which came to be known as the Pecora hearings after the Banking Committee's lead counsel Ferdinand... View Details

    Keywords: Financial History; Financial Crisis; Financial Markets; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Government Legislation; Laws and Statutes; Business and Government Relations; Financial Services Industry
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    • Working Paper

    Developing the Guts of a GUT (Grand Unified Theory): Elite Commitment and Inclusive Growth

    By: Lant Pritchett and Eric D. Werker
    Two key unanswered questions in theories of growth are (a) why some countries successfully initiate episodes of rapid growth while others suffer extended stagnation and (b) why some countries are able to sustain growth episodes over many decades of rapid (or steady)... View Details
    Keywords: Elite Commitment; Inclusive Growth; Status and Position; Rank and Position; Economic Growth
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    • 13 Oct 2006
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Coerced Confessions: Self-Policing in the Shadow of the Regulator

    Keywords: by Jodi L. Short & Michael W. Toffel
    • Article

    Wisdom or Madness? Comparing Crowds with Expert Evaluation in Funding the Arts

    By: Ethan Mollick and Ramana Nanda
    In fields as diverse as technology entrepreneurship and the arts, crowds of interested stakeholders are increasingly responsible for deciding which innovations to fund, a privilege that was previously reserved for a few experts, such as venture capitalists and... View Details
    Keywords: Crowdfunding; Arts; Decision Choices and Conditions; Entrepreneurship; Investment; Fine Arts Industry; Technology Industry
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    • 2015
    • Working Paper

    Wisdom or Madness? Comparing Crowds with Expert Evaluation in Funding the Arts

    By: Ethan Mollick and Ramana Nanda
    In fields as diverse as technology entrepreneurship and the arts, crowds of interested stakeholders are increasingly responsible for deciding which innovations to fund, a privilege that was previously reserved for a few experts, such as venture capitalists and... View Details
    Keywords: Arts; Decision Choices and Conditions; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving
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    • July/September 2005
    • Article

    Le consensus de Paris: la France et les règles de la finance mondiale

    By: Rawi Abdelal
    This article is about the institutional foundations of the globalization of finance. These institutional foundations are both informal and formal. Until the 1980s the formal rules of the international financial architecture – most consequentially in the European Union... View Details
    Keywords: Policy; International Finance; Globalization; France; European Union
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    • Research Summary

    The Unexpected Effects of Workplace Transparency

    By: Ethan S. Bernstein

    Workplace transparency provides a foundation for learning and control, and therefore for satisfaction and productivity. Yet my research shows that an obsession with transparency-enhancing tools and structures can backfire, producing the unintended consequences of... View Details

    Keywords: Transparency; Privacy; Productivity; Field Experiments; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Behavior; Social and Collaborative Networks; Human Resources; Leadership; United States; Europe; China; Japan
    • 2021
    • Working Paper

    Bollywood, Skin Color and Sexism: The Role of the Film Industry in Emboldening and Contesting Stereotypes in India after Independence

    By: Sudev Sheth, Geoffrey Jones and Morgan Spencer
    This working paper examines the social impact of the film industry in India during the first four decades after Indian Independence in 1947. It shows that Bollywood, the mainstream cinema in India and the counterpart in scale to Hollywood in the United States, shared... View Details
    Keywords: Film Industry; Bollywood; Tamil Cinema; Male Gaze; Social Impact; Stereotypes; Oral History; Film Entertainment; Gender; Race; Personal Characteristics; Prejudice and Bias; Business History; Motion Pictures and Video Industry; India
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    • December 2020
    • Case

    XP: Dual Track Financing Alternatives

    By: Marco Di Maggio, Pedro Levindo and Carla Larangeira
    XP, an investment platform, was on the verge of defining whether to do an IPO or selling off a majority stake to Itaú Unibanco, Brazil´s largest financial conglomerate. Under the leadership of Guilherme Benchimol, XP´s co-founder and CEO, XP had risen to become the... View Details
    Keywords: Financing Decisions; Expansion; Decision Choices and Conditions; Latin America; Brazil
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    • 19 Jun 2014
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Wisdom or Madness? Comparing Crowds with Expert Evaluation in Funding the Arts

    Keywords: by Ethan R. Mollick & Ramana Nanda
    • 27 Feb 2013
    • Working Paper Summaries

    In Strange Company: The Puzzle of Private Investment in State-Controlled Firms

    Keywords: by Mariana Pargendler, Aldo Musacchio & Sergio G. Lazzarini; Banking; Financial Services
    • 08 Aug 2023
    • Research & Ideas

    Black Employees Not Only Earn Less, But Deal with Bad Bosses and Poor Conditions

    that perpetuate the privileges of certain racial groups. “A lot of hiring comes through referrals, and people’s networks tend to be pretty racially segregated. So it’s possible that referrals will reinforce some of these disparities,”... View Details
    Keywords: by Michael Blanding
    • 10 Nov 2014
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Crony Capitalism, American Style: What Are We Talking About Here?

    Keywords: by Malcolm S. Salter
    • 11 Jun 2024
    • In Practice

    The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2024

    As the vacation season looms, Harvard Business School faculty members share recommendations for a little light reading. Spoiler alert: Lessons in Chemistry tops two of their beach-read lists. For those whose brains can’t—or won’t—turn off, HBS faculty also suggest some... View Details
    Keywords: by Avery Forman
    • 01 May 2024
    • What Do You Think?

    Have You Had Enough?

    a reflection of the policy that everyone at Harvard Business School—students and instructors alike—teaches. That’s how we all learn, for life. It has been a privilege and an honor to conduct a monthly conversation with readers of Working... View Details
    Keywords: by James Heskett
    • 21 Nov 2023
    • Op-Ed

    The Beauty Industry: Products for a Healthy Glow or a Compact for Harm?

    In my recently published book Deeply Responsible Business, I write about business leaders since the 19th century who have acted responsibly, often by putting the welfare of their communities above the idea of maximizing profits. I make a sharp distinction between... View Details
    Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones; Beauty & Cosmetics
    • 03 Oct 2023
    • Research Event

    Build the Life You Want: Arthur Brooks and Oprah Winfrey Share Happiness Tips

    But a lot of these people have to go off and study and be successful. So I want to I want to wrap this up. And if Arthur, if you don't mind, I want to take the privilege of asking Oprah one last question, which is, you have this audience... View Details
    Keywords: by HBS Staff