identity - Publications - Faculty & Research

24 Mar 2002
Research & Ideas

The Trick of Balancing Business and Government

adviser to the International Finance Corporation, institutions directly intersect with issues of culture and national identity and, therefore, ownership. When Africans walk on a path that they themselves define, they will move much... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

August 2023
Technical Note

Two Ways of Pursuing a Calling

By: Leslie Perlow and Hannah Weisman

Work can be a means to a financial end, a stepping stone to higher-level jobs, or a meaningful end in itself: a calling. The technical note provides an overview of two different ways people can pursue a calling: with an internal focus or external focus. View Details

Keywords: Personal Development and Career; Job Search; Job Design and Levels; Happiness; Identity; Well-being; Motivation and Incentives; Human Needs; Satisfaction; Mission and Purpose; Health Industry; Music Industry; Education Industry; Fine Arts Industry; Motion Pictures and Video Industry

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Educators

10 Sep 2021
Blog Post

Perspectives on Anti-Racism in the HKS Curriculum

technical understanding of how race and racism have shaped the most pressing problems of our time. How effective was the course? Morgan: The course crucially broadened the perspectives of students who were new to considering how dynamics of View Details

14 Mar 2023
Blog Post

How Inclusive Managers Create Glass-Shattering Organizations

use to rate performance, and eliminate ambiguous, vague, and malleable standards. Promotion and compensation. Set clear and transparent parameters for salary offers and raises. Review the outcomes of promotion and compensation decisions by race, gender, and other View Details

31 Jan 2011
Research & Ideas

Taking the Fear out of Diversity Policies

I'm interested in understanding when and for what multiple identities can be harmful vs. helpful." Thomas is preparing a case that shows how General Electric used its internal diversity policies to enhance both its business efforts... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

01 Sep 2006
News

Redefining Health Care

particular medical conditions. A recent report shows that Medicare costs for identical conditions vary greatly from state to state, and even within states, with no apparent difference in the quality of care. How do you explain those... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services; Health, Social Assistance

07 Dec 2016
HBS Case

Why Millennials Flock to Fintech for Personal Investing

contributions. Financial copy cats move in Most of the strategy Wealthfront pursues is identical for each client; however, it does provide some amount of individual customization through a process known as tax-loss harvesting and asset... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services

25 Aug 2015
First Look

First Look Tuesday

decades about how and why people make the moral decisions they do. In this review, we explain how intuition, affect, physiology, and identity support and inform more deliberative reasoning process in the construction and enactment of... View Details

22 Apr 2020
Research Event

How Investors Are Sizing Up Climate Change’s Risks—and Opportunities

Until a few years ago, climate change’s potential impact seemed abstract for many investors. Now, as sea levels rise, hurricanes intensify, and droughts threaten food supplies, many investors are confronting its financial realities. But it’s not a simple calculation.... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Financial Services

13 Jul 2015
Research & Ideas

‘Humblebragging’ is a Bad Strategy, Especially in a Job Interview

brag. Two independent raters evaluated each item, based on both the likability and the sincerity of the tweets, and the extent to which they perceived each statement as a humblebrag. The identities of the tweeters were concealed, so the... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

09 Oct 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, October 9, 2018

Harvard Business School 519-017 Tailor Brands: Artificial Intelligence-Driven Branding Using proprietary artificial intelligence technology, startup Tailor Brands set out to democratize branding by allowing small businesses to create their brand View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

Profile

Dana Hoffmann

background, such ambition is not a surprise. Hoffmann’s mother is a geophysicist and oceanographer who taught at MIT. Her father passed away when Hoffmann and her identical twin sister Ashley were just two years old and when her mother... View Details

08 Dec 2014
Research & Ideas

A Manager’s Guide to International Strategy

individual businesses? In determining your firm's global advantage, the question is simply what advantage you seek to create or exploit by virtue of being an international player." For example, if it's easy for an organization to sell an View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

28 Feb 2007
Research & Ideas

Capital Rules: The Tensions of Global Finance

international financial community has formulated lessons for itself of the crises of the 1990s that, in both principle and language, are nearly identical to those that policymakers believed they had learned from the crises of the 1920s... View Details

Keywords: by Rawi Abdelal

16 Apr 2013
First Look

First Look: April 16

http://www.people.hbs.edu/mnorton/aknin%20et%20al%202013.pdf 2006 American Economic Review A Note on Fairness and Redistribution By: Di Tella, Rafael, and Juan Dubra Abstract—In an influential paper, Alesina and Angeletos (2005)-henceforth, AA-argued that a preference... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Oct 2013
First Look

First Look: October 1

Publications August 2013 Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization Religion, Politician Identity and Development Outcomes: Evidence from India By: Bhalotra, Sonia, Guilhem Cassan, Irma Clots-Figueras, and Lakshmi Iyer... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

27 Feb 2013
Research & Ideas

Sidetracked: Why Can’t We Stick to the Plan?

He convinced Greg to follow him to the back of his store, where the two spent almost an hour haggling over "Rolex" and "Panerai" watches — identical copies of the real thing. Greg thought a fancy watch would make him... View Details

Keywords: Re: Francesca Gino

23 Mar 2011
Research & Ideas

China’s 60-Year Road from Revolution to World Power

in state industries—became a closed caste, an industrial elite with hereditary jobs, and with privileges and security far above that of their rural cousins. If anything, the gap between urban and rural identities became greater. And the... View Details

Keywords: by William C. Kirby

14 Jul 2009
First Look

First Look: July 14

the broader field. Market Research and Innovation Strategy in a Duopoly Authors:Dominique Lauga and Elie Ofek Publication:Marketing Science 28, no. 2 (March-April 2009): 373-396 Abstract We model a duopoly in which ex-ante identical firms... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

16 Apr 2021
Blog Post

Shekeyla Caldwell Sandore: Why 'A Name Like Mine' Matters

intended. And that's really special. I feel very strongly about this topic. There are so many different aspects of identity that are difficult to bring up and talk about honestly, especially if you're not the one holding power. If you... View Details

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