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- March 2023 (Revised June 2023)
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Pratham 2.0: Sustaining Innovation
By: Brian Trelstad, Samantha Webster and Malini Sen
Pratham is a Mumbai-based nonprofit, which focuses on high-quality, low-cost, and replicable interventions to address gaps in India’s education system. From inception, it has pioneered innovation, from early childhood learning centers to adaptive literacy programs, to... View Details
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Work Group Rituals Enhance the Meaning of Work
By: Tami Kim, Ovul Sezer, Juliana Schroeder, Jane L. Risen, Francesca Gino and Michael I. Norton
The many benefits of finding meaning in work suggest the importance of identifying activities that increase job meaningfulness. The current paper identifies one such activity: engaging in rituals with workgroups. Five studies (N = 1,099) provide evidence that... View Details
Keywords: Groups; Meaningfulness; Task Meaning; Ritual; Teams; Organizational Citizenship; Groups and Teams; Behavior; Familiarity
Kim, Tami, Ovul Sezer, Juliana Schroeder, Jane L. Risen, Francesca Gino, and Michael I. Norton. "Work Group Rituals Enhance the Meaning of Work." Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes 165 (July 2021): 197–212.
- 2018
- Introduction
Introduction
BOOK ABSTRACT: When Istvan Hont died in 2013, the world lost a giant of intellectual history. A leader of the Cambridge School of Political Thought, Hont argued passionately for a global-historical approach to political ideas. To better understand the development of... View Details
Reinert, Sophus A. "Introduction." Introduction to Markets, Morals, Politics: Jealousy of Trade and the History of Political Thought, edited by Béla Kapossy, Isaac Nakhimovsky, Sophus A. Reinert, and Richard Whatmore, 1–22. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2018.
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Research Community - Doctoral
Student Research Reputation Burning: Analyzing the Impact of Brand Sponsorship on Social Influencers By: Mengjie Cheng and Shunyuan Zhang 01 JUL 2025 | Management Science Extraverts Reap Greater View Details
- 19 Jul 2013
- Working Paper Summaries
Helping You Help Me: The Role of Diagnostic (In)Congruence in the Helping Process within Organizations
- 02 Jul 2013
- Working Paper Summaries
Religion, Politician Identity, and Development Outcomes: Evidence from India
- October 2003
- Article
The Determinants of Board Structure at the Initial Public Offering
By: Malcolm Baker and Paul Gompers
This paper describes board size and composition and investigates the role of venture capital in a sample of 1,116 firms' initial public offerings. First, firms backed by venture capital have fewer insider and instrumental directors and more independent... View Details
Keywords: Governing and Advisory Boards; Venture Capital; Initial Public Offering; Managerial Roles; Power and Influence
Baker, Malcolm, and Paul Gompers. "The Determinants of Board Structure at the Initial Public Offering." Journal of Law & Economics 46, no. 2 (October 2003): 569–598.
- October 2024
- Article
Racial Inequality in Organizations: A Systems Psychodynamic Perspective
By: Sanaz Mobasseri, William A. Kahn and Robin J. Ely
This paper uses systems psychodynamic concepts to develop theory about the persistence of racial inequality in U.S. organizations and to inform an approach for disrupting it. We treat White men as the dominant group and Black people as the archetypal subordinate group... View Details
Keywords: Equality and Inequality; Race; Prejudice and Bias; Organizational Culture; Gender; Power and Influence; Employees; Attitudes
Mobasseri, Sanaz, William A. Kahn, and Robin J. Ely. "Racial Inequality in Organizations: A Systems Psychodynamic Perspective." Academy of Management Review 49, no. 4 (October 2024): 718–745.
- 30 Jan 2024
- Research & Ideas
‘Intrinsic Joy’ Sparks Ideas Better than Cash
virtual, users are still looking to create community through joint norms and practices. “If you have a strong culture and community, you can get so much more out of your people,” Roche says. “Then, you may not need these other really... View Details
- 02 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 3, 2008
Seemingly Irrelevant Factors Influence Judgment of (Un)ethical Behavior Authors:Francesca Gino, Lisa L. Shu, Max H. Bazerman Abstract People often make judgments about the ethicality of others' behaviors and then decide how harshly to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 2024
- Chapter
Corporations as the Central Institutions of Society
Mark Twain observed that, “Prediction is very difficult—particularly when it involves the future,” and he was right. One way to reduce the risk of becoming an infamous forecaster—like the experts who told us the Internet would quickly collapse, that Apple would never... View Details
Badaracco, Joseph L. "Corporations as the Central Institutions of Society." Chap. 4 in Justifying Next Stage Capitalism: Exploring a Hopeful Future, edited by Michel Dion and Moses Pava, 87–106. Springer, 2024.
- 2011
- Working Paper
Temptation at Work
By: Alessandro Bucciol, Daniel Houser and Marco Piovesan
To encourage worker productivity, offices prohibit Internet use. Consequently, many employees delay Internet activity to the end of the workday. Recent work in social psychology, however, suggests that using willpower to delay gratification can negatively impact... View Details
Bucciol, Alessandro, Daniel Houser, and Marco Piovesan. "Temptation at Work." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 11-090, February 2011.
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Technology & Operations Management - Faculty & Research
consequences of choice architecture for online privacy using a field experiment that randomizes cookie consent banners. We study three ways in which firms or policymakers can influence choices: (1) nudging users through banner design to... View Details
- 17 Aug 2020
- Research & Ideas
What the Stockdale Paradox Tells Us About Crisis Leadership
changing elements of our social interaction in unprecedented ways that may well lead to irrevocable social changes. Already, the follow-on effects of the virus are enough to ensure there will be no normal to... View Details
Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams
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Why Do Intermediaries Divert Search?
By: Andrei Hagiu and Bruno Jullien
We analyze the incentives to divert search for an information intermediary who enables buyers (consumers) to search affiliated sellers (stores). We identify two original motives for diverting search (i.e., inducing consumers to search more than they would like): 1)... View Details
Keywords: Market Intermediation; Search; Two-Sided Markets; Platform Design; Demand and Consumers; Motivation and Incentives; Internet and the Web; Digital Platforms; Distribution Channels; Business Strategy; Retail Industry
Hagiu, Andrei, and Bruno Jullien. "Why Do Intermediaries Divert Search?" RAND Journal of Economics 42, no. 2 (Summer 2011): 337–362. (2012 Winner for Best Paper on Competition Economics, Association of Competition Economics.)
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Great American Business Leaders of the 20th Century - Leadership
CENTURY ZEITGEIST Six contextual factors deeply influenced the opportunities available to 20th century business leaders: Demographics Technology Social Mores Government Labor Global the 20 th Century... View Details
- 20 Jun 2005
- Research & Ideas
Creating a Positive Professional Image
story of managing your professional image, says Roberts. You also belong to a social identity group—African American male, working mother—that brings its own stereotyping from the people you work with, especially in today's diverse... View Details
Keywords: by Mallory Stark
- 02 Apr 2024
- What Do You Think?
What's Enough to Make Us Happy?
employees from their jobs. Other influences were cited as potential causes for what may be happening. For example, John Miller cited leadership as an issue, commenting that, “If the owner is not excited about his business and cannot... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 29 Feb 2024
- HBS Case
Beyond Goals: David Beckham's Playbook for Mobilizing Star Talent
its own right, amplified by the power of social media. “You can build a follower base that’s bigger than what traditional media can offer, and you can reproduce that talent on a much larger scale than before,” Elberse explains. “That... View Details
- 24 Jul 2023
- Research & Ideas
Part-Time Employees Want More Hours. Can Companies Tap This ‘Hidden’ Talent Pool?
recommends three actions to business leaders: Label the issue for employees. For too long, workplace norms around benefits have continued unchallenged. “Make it discussable,” Fuller says. “The issue of employee’s broader needs was... View Details
Keywords: by Kara Baskin