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01 Jun 2006
News

Job One: Alumni Engagement

Cooper I am often asked, “What does the Alumni Board do?” HBS professor Mal Salter, senior associate dean for External Relations, describes us as a “working board.” Our forty-plus members — past and present volunteers and active alumni... View Details

Keywords: Peter Cooper

01 Sep 2005
News

Make Plans for Washington GLF

registration fee. And the entire event is designed with families in mind. There’s a special two-day program for kids, and pre- and post-forum optional tours for everyone. Over the months ahead, you undoubtedly will hear more about the Washington GLF. Take a few minutes... View Details

Keywords: Peter Cooper; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

August 1989
Case

New Zealand Dairy Board: Coordination and Incentives in a Cooperative

By: Ray A. Goldberg

Keywords: Cooperative Ownership; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; New Zealand

July 2007
Article

Cooperation between Corporations and Environmental Groups: A Transaction Cost Perspective

Theory suggests that when transaction costs are low, corporations and stakeholders can minimize social costs by transacting to their mutual advantage, but when transaction costs are high, reducing social costs requires the intervention of a centralized institution.... View Details

Keywords: Cost vs Benefits; Cost; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Environmental Sustainability; Competitive Advantage; Cooperation

July 1988 (Revised March 1992)
Case

ExperTAX: Coopers & Lybrand's Tax Accrual and Tax Planning System

19 Feb 2009
News

National University of Mongolia to Cooperate with Harvard Business School

26 Sep 2023
News

The PGA Tour and LIV Golf Merger: Competition Vs. Cooperation

01 Dec 2005
News

Connecting with Clubs

Cooper Until joining the Alumni Board three years ago, clubs were my only connection to HBS and the HBS network. After graduation, I had returned to South Africa and joined the vibrant club in Johannesburg, which opened doors for me to... View Details

Keywords: Peter Cooper; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

01 Sep 2006
News

Charting the Year Ahead

Cooper This past summer saw another successful HBS Global Leadership Forum, this time in Washington, D.C. Attendance exceeded 640 alumni and guests, many of whom had not been to a previous GLF. On behalf of the Alumni Board, who turned... View Details

Keywords: Peter Cooper; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

1 Nov 1989
Conference Presentation

Computer Supported Cooperative Work: A Field Study on Organization Assimilation of Innovation

By: L. M. Applegate

Keywords: Information Technology; Cooperation

January 2002
Article

Cognitive and Institutional Barriers to New Forms of Cooperation on Environmental Protection

By: A. J. Hoffman, H. Riley, J. G. Troast and M. H. Bazerman

Keywords: Cognition and Thinking; Cooperation; Environmental Sustainability

February 2004
Article

How Subgroup Interests and Reputations Moderate the Effect of Organizational Identification on Cooperation

By: J. Polzer

Keywords: Groups and Teams; Interests; Reputation; Organizations; Cooperation

30 Aug 2017
News

To Solve The World's Biggest Problems, Should Industries Cooperate More and Compete Less?

Article

Cooperation in Prices and Capacities: Trade Associations in Brewing after Repeal

By: A. M. McGahan

First Quarter 1991
Article

Technology Support for Cooperative Work: A Framework for Studying Introduction and Assimilation in Organization

By: Lynda M. Applegate

Keywords: Information Technology; Framework; Organizations

2015
Working Paper

Do People Who Care About Others Cooperate More? Experimental Evidence from Relative Incentive Pay

By: Pablo Hernandez, Dylan B. Minor and Dana Sisak

We experimentally study ways in which the social preferences of individuals and groups affect performance when faced with relative incentives. We also identify the mediating role that communication and leadership play in generating these effects. We find... View Details

Keywords: Social Preferences; Relative Performance; Collusion; Motivation and Incentives; Leadership; Attitudes; Performance

SSRN

August 28, 2018
Article

Maintaining Trust When Agents Can Engage in Self-deception

By: Andres Babino, Hernan A. Makse, Rafael Di Tella and Mariano Sigman

The coexistence of cooperation and selfish instincts is a remarkable characteristic of humans. Psychological research has unveiled the cognitive mechanisms behind self-deception. Two important findings are that a higher ambiguity about others’ social preferences leads... View Details

Keywords: Behavioral Economics; Cognitive Neuroscience; Corruption; Cooperation; Self-deception; Trust; Behavior