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- 27 Oct 2020
- Research & Ideas
Can Being the ‘Token’ Give Women and Minorities a Competitive Edge?
steps toward addressing institutional racism Companies have long used competition to motivate employees to think creatively and push themselves. Law firms, consultancies, and other adherents to the “up or out” philosophy aim to promote only the top-performing employees... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 10 Jan 2022
- Research & Ideas
How to Get Companies to Make Investments That Benefit Everyone
contributions to society, says Harvard Business School Assistant Professor Frank Nagle. Doing so will encourage companies to spend more time working to make the world a better place, he says. Nagle points to the use of free and open... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
- 20 Oct 2010
- Op-Ed
Export Competitiveness: Reversing the Logic
exports provide positive externalities and thus should be encouraged by government, the policy question is how to do so most effectively. One large body of thinking is devoted to identifying general barriers to exports that reduce trade... View Details
Keywords: by Christian Ketels
- 17 Jun 2015
- Lessons from the Classroom
Excellence Comes From Saying No
their own individual philosophy of excellence. Frei and Schulman encouraged students to develop their own personal view of what it means to care, and what happens when they don't. One student put together a storyboard expressing her own... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 18 Jul 2011
- Research & Ideas
Looking in the Mirror: Questions Every Leader Must Ask
Kaplan says. "Once you have a better matching of your time with priorities, you'll want to encourage your direct reports to do the same." Do You Coach And Also Solicit Feedback From Your Key Subordinates? Most good leaders... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 06 May 2021
- HBS Case
How Four Women Made Miami More Equitable for Startups
BlackTech Week have demonstrated the force of Black entrepreneurship and catalyzed success for many, Kanter says. Hatcher and Pearson have rebranded their initiatives under one umbrella, the Center for Black Innovation, which includes a research arm to provide data to... View Details
Keywords: by Carolyn DiPaolo
- 11 May 2016
- Research & Ideas
Fix This! Why is it so Painful to Buy a New Car?
dealership can be effective tools, although sales staffs also know the walk-away tactic and sometimes even encourage it to put a deal in play. Experts also suggest buyers hunt down dealerships that are moving away from sales commissions... View Details
- 16 Jan 2006
- Research & Ideas
Adam Smith, Behavioral Economist?
behavioral economics research. Our hope is that it encourages people to go back to TMS and read it for themselves—it's a truly wonderful book. Q: What do you think Adam Smith's impression would be of the current formal academic study of... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen
- 23 Apr 2018
- Research & Ideas
Sponsorship Programs Could Actually Widen the Gender Gap
of good things going on in terms of sponsorship. Now we just need to understand better what does work and why.” “So, while you might be hoping sponsorship might close the gender gap by encouraging high-ability women who are reluctant to... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 24 Jul 2017
- Research & Ideas
People Have an Irrational Need to Complete 'Sets' of Things
regard to encouraging people to complete repetitive tasks: “My advice to a practitioner would be to find out, on average, how many people usually complete, and then make your set slightly larger than that,” she says. View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 04 Jun 2012
- Research & Ideas
The Business of Life
encourages its members to keep the Sabbath Day holy. He sees no dichotomy. "You know, it's a travesty that somehow our society has gotten to a point where people have the view that science and academia are inconsistent with a spiritual... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 06 Jan 2020
- Research & Ideas
Motivate Your High Performers to Share Their Knowledge
compared notes on how they could improve. Stanton speculates that the bonus offer encouraged people to work harder during the promotion period, and then effort fell sharply when it ended. Talk is cheap—and more effective Taken as a whole,... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 18 Apr 2000
- Research & Ideas
Learning in Action
months. During the test period, Bean encourages extensive feedback at all times, and formally solicits feedback at three points: when the product is first received, at the midpoint, and at the end of the test. The midpoint evaluations are... View Details
Keywords: by David A. Garvin
- 20 Nov 2019
- Research & Ideas
It's No Joke: AI Beats Humans at Making You Laugh
understood,” the authors write. What companies can do With that in mind, companies should consider ways to encourage consumers to appreciate AI-based recommendations from algorithms. One idea: Give the computer some “human-like... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 14 Jul 2022
- Research & Ideas
When the Rubber Meets the Road, Most Commuters Text and Email While Driving
more voice-activated controls. “We need to encourage drivers to keep their eyes on the road and to keep them aware of their car’s surroundings,” says Teodorovicz, emphasizing such concerns are valid even if overall commuting levels... View Details
Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald
- 04 Feb 2014
- What Do You Think?
Has Listening Become a Lost Art?
about the misuse and overuse of e-mail, something that they feel encourages disputes to escalate more rapidly than if face-to-face conversations had taken place instead. The latter, however, would require people to listen. Edgar Schein,... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 25 Jan 2017
- HBS Case
How Should Advertisers Respond to Consumer Demand for Whiter Skin?
speak.” For others in the course, however, it mattered how cosmetic firms were actually encouraging the demand, Deshpandé says. “If it’s through making consumers feel concerned about themselves, about their bodies and skin color, (they... View Details
- 06 Dec 2017
- What Do You Think?
Is It Time To Break Up Amazon, Apple, Facebook, or Google?
to break up illustrious companies like Standard Oil and AT&T to reduce their market power and thereby encourage competition. While not successful in similar efforts to prosecute IBM and Microsoft, the Government’s action may well have... View Details
- 29 Jan 2021
- Op-Ed
How Influencers, Celebrities, and FOMO Can Win Over Vaccine Skeptics
techniques. That means enlisting mega-influencers—celebrities, prominent clergy, and social leaders—and everyday people who serve as micro-influencers to endorse the vaccine and encourage people to seek it. In the 1950s, when polio was... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- Research & Ideas
Lack of Female Scientists Means Fewer Medical Treatments for Women
encourage men to study women’s health, helping them understand and empathize with the experience of women. “That may then help them see opportunities to invent or become more comfortable supporting these sorts of ideas,” he says. [Image:... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz