Social Attachment To Place - Publications - Faculty & Research

18 Sep 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, September 18, 2018

knowledge inflows into the multinational subsidiary, the literature is rooted in how subsidiaries inherit knowledge from the headquarters (HQ). In this paper we take the first step to liberate the construct of “subsidiary knowledge... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

10 Nov 2008
What Do You Think?

How Much Can You Ask of Your Customers?

volunteerism and "ownership." Those were messages in the very thoughtful responses to this month's column. Dianne Jacobs commented, "This builds on the real social need for people View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

24 Jun 2022
Blog Post

On Pride and Community

systems. How did you get involved in the PRIDE community at HBS? As soon as I got to campus, meeting other queer women was the number one priority on my list. I had a lot of open questions about whether HBS would be a View Details

21 Jul 2008
Research & Ideas

Solving the Marketing Resources Allocation Puzzle

goods firm, used this study to change the way it marketed this product. Q: I found one of the most powerful take-aways from your work was just seeing in one place how many exciting approaches have been... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

07 May 2013
First Look

First Look: May 7

for firm and board characteristics, we find that independent directors' dissent is associated with breakdown of social ties between the independent director and the board chairperson, who locates at the center of the board bureaucracy in... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

18 May 2009
Research & Ideas

The Unseen Link Between Savings and National Growth

much faster than other poor countries with less private savings. Q: You studied Korea as one place where savings led growth. What actions contributed to the evolution of their Total Factor Productivity... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert

17 May 2018
Sharpening Your Skills

You Probably Have a Bias for Making Bad Decisions. Here's Why.

beliefs (confirmation bias), to give ourselves too much credit or not enough blame (self-serving bias), or to place more value on losing $100 than making $100 (loss aversion).... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

31 Jul 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, July 31, 2018

addresses interventions that firms, governments, and other parties deploy to shape household financial outcomes: education and information, peer effects and social influence, product design, advice and... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

23 Dec 2013
Research & Ideas

Just How Independent are ‘Independent’ Directors?

In theory, a board of directors protects the rights of shareholders. Independent directors are supposed to be just that—independent—free to dissent from a decision of the majority. The reality is more... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

17 Jan 2017
Research & Ideas

Can China Maintain Its Economic Power?

in social structure, in economic strategy, and in government" A: You could see the social fabric wearing thin in a number of places over the past several years. The fact... View Details

Keywords: by Deborah Blagg

06 Jun 2023
Blog Post

Harvard Business School Announces 2023-24 Leadership Fellows

Harvard Business School has announced the 2023-2024 cohort of its Leadership Fellows Program. The program is based on University Professor Michael Porter’s vision of developing a network of HBS graduates with cross-sector experience who are committed View Details

Keywords: Social Enterprise

28 Jul 2014
Research & Ideas

Eyes Shut: The Consequences of Not Noticing

extensive evidence that Walmart places extreme price pressures on its suppliers. This can translate, as it is claimed to have with Blitz, to a supplier realizing that adding... View Details

Keywords: by Max H. Bazerman; Retail

25 Feb 2014
First Look

First Look: February 25

Publications August 2013 Social Psychological & Personality Science Matchmaking Promotes Happiness By: Anik, Lalin, and Michael I. Norton Abstract—Four studies document and explore the psychology underlying people's proclivity View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

24 Feb 2009
First Look

First Look: February 24, 2009

market-type dispersion by decentralizing operations from headquarters to their stores, and, to a weaker extent, by providing higher variable pay to their store managers. View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

18 Jan 2021
Book

How Thinking Like a Startup Helps Governments Solve More Problems

and then doing that. I understand the appeal: replicate what works. And we should do that. We could lift up the lives of billions of people around the globe if solutions that had been developed and successfully implemented in some places... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

13 Apr 2010
First Look

First Look: April 13

trade reasonably close to their intrinsic value. In place of earnings forecasts, management should provide information about the company's strategic goals and main value drivers. They should also discuss the... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Mar 2004
News

David “Bull” Gurfein: Bronze Star citation

I MEF’s entire 56 mile frontage. These obstacles were positioned at distances from between 20-meters to 5-kilometers from the Kuwait/Iraq Border. The area where this action took place was the vicinity of... View Details

Keywords: National Security and International Affairs; Government

22 Sep 2008
Research & Ideas

The Silo Lives! Analyzing Coordination and Communication in Multiunit Companies

organizational units that fail to interact in a meaningful way, or isolated units that are not integrated into the social fabric of the broader organization. And it can illustrate whether lateral... View Details