Commitment Strategies - Publications - Faculty & Research

23 Sep 2013
Research & Ideas

Status: When and Why It Matters

like to believe that people pay for status for purely symbolic reasons, but the empirical evidence for that has been weak at best," says Harvard Business School's Daniel Malter, an assistant professor in the Strategy unit who studies... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

04 Dec 2019
News

Skydeck Live: The Case for Funding Female Founders

a lot of it, I think is building relationships. There are a lot of people keeping their eye on us. And so I think as you develop a reputation, they see what you can do, your level of commitment and overall your numbers, I think we’re... View Details

01 Sep 2003
News

HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President’s Report

four committees is particularly relevant to you, let me start with an update on the recommendations made by each committee, representing a year’s work by these very committed volunteers. The Alumni Communications Committee, under the... View Details

Keywords: Ted Fischer; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

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Alumni in Climate Networking Series: San Francisco - Addressing Extreme Weather, Climate Risk, and Resilience - Blog - Business & Environment

highlighted promising innovations and pathways forward. From strengthening building codes and nature-based resilience to leveraging insurance to reward proactive risk mitigation, panelists offered tangible strategies for shifting from... View Details

01 Jun 1999
News

Q & A: Pat Russo - Focused on the Future at Lucent Technologies

business through a successful restructuring and financial turnaround that has transformed it into Lucent's second-largest global operation. Asked about her strategy for personal success, Russo replies, "I like opportunities that are new... View Details

01 Oct 2018
Blog Post

Josh Latson and his Fellowship: “It’s like a pie eating contest.”

platform for a Leadership Fellow opportunity at Boston Medical Center. Alastair Bell, MD (HBS MBA 2006), Executive VP of Strategy and COO for BMC Health System, notes, “From our standpoint, Leadership Fellows is a way of accessing the... View Details

Keywords: Health Care

01 Jun 2017
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2017

must disrupt the way we think about social change. The author suggests how this can be done by sharing stories and case studies focused on innovative approaches to large-scale social change. Operating Model Canvas: Aligning Operations and Organization with View Details

01 Mar 2025
News

Patch Work

‘cosponsor this’ or ‘please fight against this.’ ” Jameson now sells such services at about $18 per call to a lawmaker’s office. They keep the firm occupied in odd-numbered years, defying the traditional boom-and-bust cycle faced by campaign operatives. The work has... View Details

Keywords: Sasha Issenberg; Illustrations by Dan Bejar

10 Aug 2010
First Look

First Look: August 10

foster organizations' normative motivations to self-regulate without compromising deterrence. We find that facilities with a demonstrated commitment to compliance are more likely to institutionalize self-regulation. We also find that... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

23 May 2019
Book

These Entrepreneurs Take a Pragmatic Approach to Solving Social Problems

with a commitment to social impact through or alongside their professional careers. Shirley Spence: While our book primarily focuses on the social impact of today’s business graduates, we wanted to point out that this is not a new... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Green Technology

18 Oct 2006
Research & Ideas

New at the Helm: A Talk with HBS Dean Light

with markets and investment. In addition, he worked half-time with a Boston-based management consulting firm on the strategy problems of several important corporate clients. He soon decided to focus his full attention on HBS. As the first... View Details

Keywords: by Roger Thompson; Education

07 Sep 2021
News

Growing Home

and how it might've played a role in this story? YH: Kokorozashi is personal resolve. There are three parts: One is your vision, what you want to do. Second, is the commitment that you will do it. Third thing is that it has a strong,... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

28 Aug 2017
Research & Ideas

Should Industry Competitors Cooperate More to Solve World Problems?

large at certain points in time. Commitment mechanisms are needed, and investors can be one of those commitment mechanisms. Professor Michael Toffel has done important work on self-regulation and its... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Financial Services; Manufacturing; Agriculture & Agribusiness; Mining

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Activating a Legion of People | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

meaningful and productive without compromising an organization's own efficiencies? I'm hoping to bring some of my United Way lessons to WCS to figure out how we might engage a broader set of committed individuals in some our work, both... View Details

01 Sep 2016
News

The Untold Story of the US Auto Bailout

the paper, reading books.” —Joe Hinrichs (MBA 1994), president, the Americas, Ford Motor Company, on the company’s recovery strategy “[We] met as a team and committed to each other that we were going to find... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Transportation Equipment Manufacturing; Manufacturing

11 Dec 2023
Blog Post

Building Iconic Brands and Brighter Futures: Interview with Glossier CEO, Kyle Leahy

knows they stem from financial and strategy decisions, but also decisions the company is making around culture and values. “We're very committed to having a modern, diverse workforce and so we're embracing... View Details

Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail

28 Jan 2014
First Look

First Look: January 28

field and the central research questions that it sought to answer. However, the commitment to engage with the complexities of business and the disinclination to rely on models with simplistic assumptions about business behavior also... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

24 Jan 2012
First Look

First Look: Jan. 24

during and after World War I, as well as demonstrating the rapidly changing market for dental hygiene in the interwar period. New marketing strategies based on psychological science and consumer protection agencies changed the rules of... View Details