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- 06 May 2008
- First Look
First Look: May 6, 2008
http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-099.pdf Cases & Course MaterialsApple Inc., 2008 Harvard Business School Case 708-480 In January 2007, three decades after its incorporation, Apple Computer shed the second word in its name and became Apple Inc. With that move,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 20 Dec 2019
- News
The 19 Musts of 2019
work on signaling and persuasion can help enact urgently needed change.” —Laura Huang, MBA Class of 1954 Associate Professor of Business Administration and author of Edge: Turning Adversity into Advantage, forthcoming in January MUST READ... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
The Class of 1977
single-handedly helped lessen the severity of a national recession. Soon after his appointment as P&G's CEO in June 2000, A.G. Lafley publicly acknowledged that the company had forced too many changes too quickly, thus signaling to the... View Details
Keywords: Desmond Wong
- 13 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: September 13
behaviors serve as a signal of prosocial identity and that people subsequently behave in line with that self-perception. In contrast, costless prosocial acts do not signal much about one's prosocial... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Aug 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 15, 2017
liberating for women, but some of her strategies, such as wearing white coats in many advertisements designed to signal that she was scientifically qualified, can be used to support a more critical view of the beauty industry. Purchase... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Feb 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #1: Kameale C. Terry
stations. I hope the uptime metric means that more people will give thought to the funding needed and will signal to companies that the time is now to invest in the means necessary to meet the 97% standard, if they haven’t already done... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
India Arrives
“punishment posting” or perhaps a move that signaled her desire for a slower-paced lifestyle after a fifteen-year career in various areas of ICICI Bank. “There were no visible indicators that signaled the... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 18 Dec 2012
- First Look
First Look: December 18
engage in self-creation and the utility that they derive from such activities. We propose that creating products fulfills consumers' psychological need to signal competence to themselves and to others, and that feelings of competence... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 30 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
Vanguard, Trian And The Problem With 'Passive' Index Funds
governance and compensation issues 75 percent and 92 percent of the time, respectively. Vanguard has also met with some 1,000 executives from companies it invests in. In 2015, CEO Bill McNabb signaled his recognition of the increased role... View Details
- 12 Jul 2011
- First Look
First Look: July 12
firms is particularly useful for forecasting bond returns. We show that a significant decline in issuer quality is a more reliable signal of credit market overheating than rapid aggregate credit growth. We use these findings to... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 27 Sep 2010
- Research & Ideas
Customer Experts Lose Influence When Teams are Pressured
"what-if" scenarios. Encouraging and incorporating dissent will signal to team members across the hierarchy that it is acceptable—even expected—to disagree. Similarly, teams can begin sessions by going around the table and soliciting... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
- 13 Sep 2004
- Research & Ideas
Cash and the Woman-Owned Business
signals to outside investors that you have "skin in the game," that your own resources are on the line to sustain the enterprise. Your level of investment determines how long the business can function on its own, how much... View Details
- 16 Oct 2019
- Blog Post
6 Steps to Building a Better Workplace for Black Employees
American Express was looking to gain a better understanding of its African American customers, company officials tapped black employees for their insight, which helped signal that race is important, the authors say. 6. Be mindful of the... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 15 Apr 2017
- News
Bringing Markets to Myanmar
Dan Morrell: Talk to me about the situation that you saw when you walked into Myanmar. What was the state of the country? What were the signals that were coming from government at that point? David Brunell: Interesting question. I flew... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Leslie Gold
unedited, unpredictable, and spontaneous. I thought: “People say I’m entertaining. I have big opinions. I’m too ugly for television, but how about radio?” I persuaded the owner of a tiny 1,000-watt station in Westport to let me work for free. At night, the station... View Details
- 07 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: Sept. 7
Abstract Two sets of studies illustrate the comparative nature of disclosure behavior. The first set investigates how divulgence is affected by signals about others' readiness to divulge. Study 1A shows a "herding" effect, such... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
The Case for Combating Climate Change with Nuclear Power and Fracking
extreme politicking from the legacy energy, transportation, farming, and environmental lobbies. "It's time for politicians, regulators, and voters to give markets—and the price signals that they send to producers, consumers, and... View Details
- 29 Jan 2013
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 29
the city's preeminent leader was publicly fired following a sensational murder scandal, the region's new leaders-and indeed China's new leaders-had to weigh in on the "Chongqing Model." Would it signal a new path to prosperity... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Sep 2004
- Research & Ideas
IBM Finds Profit in Diversity
responsibility, would add little to the candidate's development. Instead she was given a general management assignment—and the team got a signal from the CEO about his commitment to diversity. His behavior communicated a sense of... View Details
Keywords: by David A. Thomas
- 01 Sep 2020
- Blog Post
6 Ways to Support COVID-Weary Employees
being directive, and punitive towards rule-breakers; and assembling and relying on the right knowledge to deal with this pandemic threat. This calls for ambidextrous leadership whereby leaders should signal to followers that they are in... View Details
Keywords: All Industries