Status - Publications - Faculty & Research

16 Jun 2003
Research & Ideas

Peeling Back the Global Brand

higher quality products Global status—the idea that transnational brands confer an elite status on the buyer Country-of-origin quality—the idea that "a food chain" of production means that higher-quality goods are created in the... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Consumer Products; Retail

19 Jan 2021
Blog Post

2+2 Where Are They Now Spotlight: Marc Duranteau (MBA 2019)

perspective, and many people believe that you should wait a few years before trying to challenge the status quo. Doing so too early might cost you a promotion or a raise. Knowing that my next career move was an MBA, I felt confident to... View Details

12 Feb 2016
News

Creating Common Ground in Communities of Conflict

catch up,” she says. Questioning the status quo has also inspired Mendhro to launch VIDA, a venture-based ecommerce platform based in San Francisco that connects designers across the globe with producers, to manufacture original apparel... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

01 Oct 2001
Research & Ideas

Connecting With Nonprofits

via paper status report Expanded personal relationships throughout the organizationStrong personal connection at leadership levelEmerging infrastructure, including relationship managers, communication channels/vehicles Expanded... View Details

Keywords: by James Austin

01 Dec 2003
News

An Authentic Leader

highly successful CEOs basked in near celebrity status conferred by the media, George dodged the limelight and steadfastly insisted that he didn’t create anything. He just made it possible for others to do so. George also believed in... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

23 Jul 2001
Research & Ideas

Looking for CEOs in All the Wrong Places

typically limit their pool to current CEOs of organizations that have been performing well and that share a similar status with the hiring company. In addition, many firms pass over talented executives because their directors still... View Details

Keywords: by Peter K. Jacobs; Employment

Web

The Founder Mindset - Course Catalog

HBS Course Catalog The Founder Mindset Course Number 1676 Senior Lecturer Reza Satchu Fall; Q1Q2; 3.0 credits 28 Sessions Paper/Project Course Description Almost all human endeavors start with a Founder—a person who is willing to challenge the View Details

03 Jun 2020
Research & Ideas

Who Guarantees Your Workplace Is Safe for Return?

categories of Health Performance Indicators can offer up objective data about the current status of a building and identify meaningful fluctuations over time. How are these HPIs gathered and interpreted? With a combination of settings,... View Details

Keywords: by John Macomber and Joseph Allen; Real Estate

12 Feb 2001
Research & Ideas

Creating Value Across Borders

recently, stripped of your military title. This type of situation serves as a strong disincentive for anyone who has already achieved a certain social status to go the entrepreneurial route. While these four points are critical for... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

12 Nov 2014
Op-Ed

A Challenge to the New Congress: Pass Housing Finance Reform

housing finance agencies? We must not capitulate to the status quo and hold our breath, dreading the next bubble. We must continue to chart reform. If the Congress remains unable to advance the agenda, the Enterprises will remain mired in... View Details

Keywords: by Nicolas Retsinas & Rob Couch; Construction; Real Estate

07 Mar 2000
Research & Ideas

Putting Health Care Consumers in the Driver’s Seat

in Herzlinger's health-care course. Herzlinger: Consumers should have more power over health care decisions. Participants began the first morning of the conference by discussing the current status of consumer empowerment, followed by a... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Health

09 Oct 2015
News

Balancing Progress and Preservation

technical assistance to preservation efforts across the state, and dedicating more than $40 million to hundreds of restoration projects. Among other initiatives, its public campaigns have helped stabilize the south side of Ellis Island, gain landmark View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance

23 Sep 2008
First Look

First Look: September 23, 2008

integrates converging work documenting the centrality of these dimensions in interpersonal as well as intergroup perception. Structural origins of warmth and competence perceptions result from competitors judged as not warm, and allies judged as warm; high View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Jun 1997
News

Sorting Myth from Reality at Hong Kong Conference

prices have been going up." Fung ran through a list of positives: Hong Kong won't be governed under Chinese law but will retain its common law system; its status as a separate customs and immigrations territory will continue; and the Hong... View Details

Keywords: Alejandro Reyes

08 Mar 2016
First Look

March 8, 2016

incentives, such as “badges” and social status on a platform, are often used to encourage and steer contributions. I then discuss other issues including business models, network effects, and privacy. Throughout the paper, I discuss open... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

20 Mar 2020
Research & Ideas

How Small Businesses Can Survive the Coronavirus Outbreak

the Trump Administration authorized $7 billion in disaster loans for small businesses affected by COVID-19. The program helps businesses in states that have declared emergency status borrow as much as much as $2 million and repay it over... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Service; Food & Beverage

30 Jan 2006
Research & Ideas

Looking Behind Bad Decisions

fascinating. Why is it, for example, that most people agree organ donation makes sense, but they don't donate? Max Bazerman: Collectively, most Americans (and, more broadly, humans) believe that organ donation makes sense. But most people accept the default—the View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls

28 May 2019
News

Cure All

measures, and they require a lot of work. You can see why people are, in my view, overly content with the status quo. When the next recession hits, I expect to see the employers that are purchasing health plans start to demand something... View Details

Keywords: Hospitals; Health, Social Assistance

28 Mar 2018
News

Fueling the Future

recalls. “At the end of the two-week program, all of the students had to present a business plan on their idea and that particular girl shined in her presentation. She had dedicated herself, and it was very fulfilling to see someone who didn’t seem engaged, but found... View Details