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- 28 Feb 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Importance of ‘Don’t’ in Inducing Ethical Employee Behavior
In trying to encourage good moral conduct, it's common for a company to come up with a list of don'ts—wording policies such that they focus on unethical behavior employees should avoid rather than on ethical acts they should strive to... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 16 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Breaking the Code of Change
Two dramatically different approaches to organizational change are being employed in the world today, according to our observations, research, and experience. We call these Theory E and Theory O of change. Like all managerial action,... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Beer & Nitin Nohria
- 29 Nov 2011
- News
What We Really Know About Consumer Behavior
- Web
Organizational Behavior Curriculum - Faculty & Research
Organizational Behavior Overview Faculty Curriculum Seminars & Conferences Awards & Honors Doctoral Students MBA Required Curriculum (FIRST YEAR) Leadership and Organizational Behavior (LEAD) This course... View Details
- Summer 2017
- Article
Measuring Consumer Preferences for Video Content Provision via Cord-Cutting Behavior
By: Jeffrey Prince and Shane Greenstein
The television industry is undergoing a generational shift in structure; however, many demand-side determinants are still not well understood. We model how consumers choose video content provision among over-the-air (OTA), paid subscription to cable or satellite, and... View Details
Keywords: Information Technology; Service Delivery; Consumer Behavior; Television Entertainment; Service Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry
Prince, Jeffrey, and Shane Greenstein. "Measuring Consumer Preferences for Video Content Provision via Cord-Cutting Behavior." Journal of Economics & Management Strategy 26, no. 2 (Summer 2017): 293–317.
- 17 Aug 2012
- Working Paper Summaries
Dividends as Reference Points: A Behavioral Signaling Approach
Keywords: by Malcolm Baker & Jeffrey Wurgler
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Making Change
sophistication in thought regarding social-sector impact—a major change in recent years. What lies ahead? IDinsight will apply its model in a wide variety of contexts to enable our clients to improve as many lives as possible. We intend... View Details
- Teaching Interest
Managing Global Health: Applying Behavioral Economics to Create Impact (MBA)
Health, and development more broadly, is not something we give to people: it is something they produce themselves, interacting with supply-side and institutional factors. This course trains students to see through the lens of the end-user and to use the levers of... View Details
- 2024
- Working Paper
Webmunk: A New Tool for Studying Online Behavior and Digital Platforms
By: Chiara Farronato, Andrey Fradkin and Chris Karr
Understanding the behavior of users online is important for researchers, policymakers, and private companies alike. But observing online behavior and conducting experiments is difficult without direct access to the user base and software of technology companies. We... View Details
Farronato, Chiara, Andrey Fradkin, and Chris Karr. "Webmunk: A New Tool for Studying Online Behavior and Digital Platforms." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 32694, July 2024.
- Web
Human Behavior & Decision-Making - Faculty & Research
Human Behavior & Decision-Making Human Behavior & Decision-Making 2014 Book The Power of Noticing: What the Best Leaders See By: Max Bazerman This book will examine the common failure to notice critical... View Details
- 2024
- Article
Effects of a Real-Time Information-Based Intervention on Physician Prescribing Behavior
By: Olivia Zhao and Anna D Sinaiko
High out-of-pocket (OOP) prices for prescription drugs create financial difficulties for patients, and cost-related underuse of medications can adversely patient health. Simultaneously, many physicians report a willingness to address affordability concerns with... View Details
Keywords: Price; Health Care and Treatment; Communication Technology; Technology Adoption; Customer Focus and Relationships; Health Industry
Zhao, Olivia, and Anna D Sinaiko. "Effects of a Real-Time Information-Based Intervention on Physician Prescribing Behavior." Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings 2024, no. 1 (2024).
- Web
Research - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability
surprisingly sensitive to high-frequency movements in short-term rates. By contrast, the association between low-frequency changes in long- and short-term rates has weakened substantially. The authors develop a model to explain the... View Details
- Teaching Interest
MBA Required Curriculum Leadership and Organizational Behavior (LEAD)
By: Rakesh Khurana
This course focuses on how managers become effective leaders by addressing the human side of enterprise.
The first modules examine teams, individuals, and networks in the context of:
- The determinants of group... View Details
- February 1991 (Revised July 1993)
- Case
Cultural Change at Nissan Motors
By: John P. Kotter
Depicts the reformation of Nissan Motor Co.'s corporate culture and the company's subsequent turnaround in market share and profits. In 1985, Yutaka Kume became president of Nissan and thereafter, he continually emphasized the need for internal change throughout the... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Leadership; Behavior; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Change Management; Management; Auto Industry; Manufacturing Industry
Kotter, John P. "Cultural Change at Nissan Motors." Harvard Business School Case 491-079, February 1991. (Revised July 1993.)
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Combating Climate Change
behavior of all those people, one by one—or change what we’re making on the front end and have a greater impact on the world overall.” —Bridget Nyland (MBA 2019), Co-Chair, Energy and Environment Club’s... View Details
- June 2018 (Revised November 2018)
- Case
Innovation at Insigne Health
By: Srikant M. Datar, Linda A. Cyr and Caitlin N. Bowler
Insigne Health is a fictional for-profit, integrated health insurer/health care provider whose leadership believes that by shifting members’ focus from “sickness” to “well-being” it could increase the overall health of its insured population and decrease the resources... View Details
Keywords: Design Thinking; Behavior Change; Chronic Disease; Health Care; Health Care and Treatment; Design; Behavior; Change; Innovation and Management
Datar, Srikant M., Linda A. Cyr, and Caitlin N. Bowler. "Innovation at Insigne Health." Harvard Business School Case 118-042, June 2018. (Revised November 2018.)
- 18 Oct 2021
- Blog Post
Embracing Activism for Social Change
Co-Response Partnership, a pilot program implemented with the county’s mental health authority, Detroit Wayne Integrated Health Network (DWIHN), designed to create better outcomes in emergencies involving first responders and citizens with mental or View Details
- 2010
- Chapter
Crime Distribution and Victim Behavior during a Crime Wave
By: Rafael Di Tella, Sebastian Galiani and Ernesto Schargrodsky
The study of how crime affects different income groups faces the difficulty that crime-avoiding activities vary across these groups. Thus, a lower victimization rate in one group may not reflect a lower burden of crime, but rather a higher investment in crime... View Details
Keywords: Safety; Wealth and Poverty; Selection and Staffing; Crime and Corruption; Income; Leading Change; Information Management; Argentina
Di Tella, Rafael, Sebastian Galiani, and Ernesto Schargrodsky. "Crime Distribution and Victim Behavior during a Crime Wave." Chap. 5 in The Economics of Crime: Lessons for and from Latin America, edited by Rafael Di Tella, Sebastian Edwards, and Ernesto Schargrodsky, 175–204. National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Report. University of Chicago Press, 2010.
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
Retirement's Changing Face
and have the benefit of significant life experience. They have a lot more to offer than someone off the street who gets the bug and decides to run.” A Change of Pace Beth Terrana (MBA ’83) Age: 47 Home: Wellesley, Massachusetts As a... View Details
Keywords: Personal Services
- 2014
- Other Unpublished Work
Nudging Physicians to Pursue Careers in Underserved Areas: A Case for Behavioral Economics
By: Joseph Lopez, Mona Singh, Nava Ashraf and Joel Weissman
Currently, more than 60 million Americans live in "Health Professional Shortage Areas." Unless policymakers can encourage more physicians to practice in medically under-resourced areas, an increased number of uninsured individuals newly able to obtain health insurance... View Details