The Great Divergence - Publications - Faculty & Research

20 Aug 2008
Op-Ed

The Time is Right for Creative Capitalism

he succeeded so convincingly playing the game of market capitalism that first emerged in the late 19th century and grew to great influence during View Details

Keywords: by Nancy Koehn

14 Dec 2015
Research & Ideas

Deflategate and the Sustained Success of the New England Patriots

interested in the Wells Report, an NFL-commissioned probe into the alleged cheating, which was led by New York attorney Theodore Wells (HBS MBA’76). “We were looking for great... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Sports

26 Aug 2020
News

What the Climate Change Movement Can Learn from the Pandemic

Sanchali Pal: Yes, I think that's a really interesting point and I've been really struck by how much in the media we've been hearing that using our spending power is such a heroic thing to do now, helping your local businesses. And to... View Details

18 Jan 2016
Research & Ideas

Hazard Warning: The Unacceptable Cost of Toxic Workers

their numbers, but they weren’t a good corporate citizen essentially,” Minor says. “So what he basically says is you have to close your eyes to their great productivity and have the courage just to terminate... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland

22 Aug 2023

The MBA Tour: Calgary

Interested in learning more about the Harvard MBA? Join us on August 22nd at The MBA Tour: Calgary hosted by GMAC. This in-person event is a great opportunity to learn more... View Details

20 Jul 2023

The MBA Tour: Atlanta

Interested in learning more about the Harvard MBA? Join us on July 20th at The MBA Tour: Atlanta hosted by GMAC. This in-person event is a great opportunity to learn more about... View Details

February 2020
Article

Being 'Good' or 'Good Enough': Prosocial Risk and the Structure of Moral Self-regard

By: Julian Zlatev, Daniella M. Kupor, Kristin Laurin and Dale T. Miller

The motivation to feel moral powerfully guides people’s prosocial behavior. We propose that people’s efforts to preserve their moral self-regard conform to a moral threshold model. This model predicts that people are primarily concerned with whether their... View Details

Keywords: Prosocial Behavior; Moral Sensibility; Decision Making; Risk and Uncertainty; Behavior; Perception

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01 Mar 2019
News

The Fight Beyond

to be the next caretaker. He enrolled at Harvard Business School in 1933 at the depths of the Great Depression, but left in January 1935 to... View Details

Keywords: April White; illustration by Wesley Allsbrook

26 Jul 2018
News

Running the Numbers

acclaim as Harvard Female Athlete of the Year. Yet, despite all that, when the talented point guard was approached to play professionally in Europe at the end of her senior... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

17 Aug 2015
News

The Play Alchemist

innovation and entrepreneurship. She is also cofounder and executive director of KDDC, a 30-megawatt hydropower dam—one of the first to be privatized in the country. She says her knowledge of Nigeria, which... View Details

Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman

08 Dec 2015
News

Living the Legacy

HBS invented management education. This is where great ideas emanate.” Ray and his wife, Kathryn, who holds an MBA from Northwestern, have four adult children with very different interests. It was important to View Details

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Dismantling Knowledge Boundaries at NASA: The Critical Role of Professional Identity in Open Innovation

By: Hila Lifshitz - Assaf

Using a longitudinal in-depth field study at NASA, I investigate how the open, or peer-production, innovation model affects R&D professionals, their work, and the locus of innovation. R&D professionals are known for keeping their knowledge work within clearly defined... View Details

Keywords: Innovation; Knowledge Boundaries; Boundary Work; Professional Identity; Open Innovation; Identity Work; Technological Change; Nasa; Innovation and Invention; Knowledge; Science; Technology; Engineering; Change; Aerospace Industry; North and Central America

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01 Sep 2020
News

Righting the Ship

great, great challenges. And underlying it all is the matter of life: Who will die, and who will live? I actually lost a friend very early on to COVID, during the first week we... View Details

28 Mar 2018
News

Fueling the Future

going to want the job due to its remote locations, potentially dangerous nature, and relentless work schedule; but finding the 10 percent who did was a great challenge I... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

29 May 2001
Research & Ideas

Howard Stevenson on the Lessons of the Internet Era

still worth my time? But while much is changing in business, a lot of the challenges still involve basic block-and-tackle work around product development, sales, and distribution. Also of major importance: hiring, training, motivating,... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

30 Jan 2020
Research & Ideas

The Upside of Highlighting a Product's Downsides

later? At least in some cases, the answer is yes, according to Harvard Business School researchers who tested the effects of highlighting a product’s trade-offs with almost 400,000 customers of Australia’s... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

03 Sep 2013
Working Paper Summaries

How the Zebra Got Its Stripes: Imprinting of Individuals and Hybrid Social Ventures

Keywords: by Matthew Lee & Julie Battilana

26 Apr 2011
Working Paper Summaries

The Contingent Effect of Absorptive Capacity: An Open Innovation Analysis

Keywords: by Andrew A. King & Karim R. Lakhani

01 Dec 1997
News

The World's Banker

powerful in the world's great capitals, Wolfensohn might nonetheless rank his interactions with village chiefs and local leaders as among the most rewarding of his career. For... View Details

04 May 2017
News

Going the Distance

journey, developed trench foot from being constantly wet, as the 19-person crew battled 120-mph wind gusts and 35-foot waves. “There was a lot of problem-solving along the way and View Details