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- 06 Aug 2024
- Op-Ed
What the World Could Learn from America's Immigration Backlash—100 Years Ago
Immigration will be a central issue in the upcoming US presidential election, just as it motivated the recent snap elections in France. After all, the number of migrants rose 27 percent to 281 million globally in 2020, compared with 2010,... View Details
Keywords: by Marco Tabellini
- 08 Mar 2013
- News
The Accidental Innovator
distraction the better—so it’s just my voice-over, informal and without a script. I also try my best to give students deeper intuition rather than just learning things by rote. I can also sometimes be a bit eccentric, which I think the students like. The screen View Details
- 15 Dec 2014
- Research & Ideas
Deconstructing the Price Tag
cost transparency would be helpful [in motivating buyers] if the price of the shirt was $10. But even at $35, we still saw an advantage to revealing the cost of production, which is interesting because the markup was five times the cost."... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
The Accidental Innovator
intuition rather than just learning things by rote. I can also sometimes be a bit eccentric, which I think the students like. The screen image is of a chalkboard, simulated through software, and I “write” on it as the lesson develops.... View Details
- 23 Nov 2020
- Blog Post
We Rise
is going to improve their bottom line is a start.” #2: Change the Image The Perkins Fund does not invest exclusively in women founders, but in the 10 years since Sonja Hoel Perkins (MBA 1993) founded the firm, about 50 percent of the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
We Rise
firms that gender diversity is a strength and is going to improve their bottom line is a start.” #2: Change the Image The Perkins Fund does not invest exclusively in women founders, but in the 10 years since Sonja Hoel Perkins (MBA 1993)... View Details
- 05 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
Can Putin Score Olympic Gold?
public's interest and reminded people of the multiple platforms available to see the competition," says Greyser. The biggest boon to NBC, however, was the Games themselves. Winning performances by American athletes such as swimmer Michael Phelps and gymnast Gabby... View Details
- 26 Mar 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, March 26, 2019
gamification techniques to engage and motivate employees to learn. This study empirically examines the performance consequences of gamified training by conducting a field experiment in a professional services firm. We find that the main... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 28 Jun 2016
- First Look
June 28, 2016
industry who could also learn from knowledge spillovers. There were downsides to the new industry, however. The creation of the national image of a natural paradise enabled many businesses that were not environmentally sustainable to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 12, 2019
events, messenger dislike is correlated with the belief that the messenger had malevolent motives (Studies 5A, 5B, & 5C). Studies 6A & 6B go further, manipulating messenger motives independently from... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 13 Mar 2018
- First Look
March 13, 2018
recipients’ motivation (Study 3c). We identify two constructs useful in determining the general effectiveness of ingratiation: excessive concern with image drives negative perceptions of backhanded... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Aug 2007
- First Look
First Look: August 14, 2007
materials industry. USG was otherwise a solvent, growing company. Bankruptcy was an option, but a successful reorganization was by no means assured. How would USG keep its highly motivated (and non-unionized) workforce and continue to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 15
image of masculinity with an unconventional one and then set out to prove the new image—revealing mistakes strategically, for example, or competing in displays of sensitivity. Instead, the goal of proving one's masculine credentials,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Ready for Takeoff
ten. Even TAM call centers are staffed with temporary operators fluent in the languages of the Cup teams. All of which seems like a lot to ask of a 39-year-old CEO who celebrated her first anniversary on the job last month. But Sender says she's View Details
- 06 Aug 2018
- Research & Ideas
Supersmart Manufacturing Tools are Lowering Prices on TVs, Bulbs, and Solar Panels
[$116 million] apiece (and a semiconductor fab needs multiple units), and has taken years to develop. Only a specialist who can sell to many customers can afford to do it. And there’s the rub—tool makers are motivated to sell to as many... View Details
- 29 Oct 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Entrepreneurial Venture: A Conversation
decisions? O'Lear: I have been involved in microeconomic (company specific) upheaval. Prior to starting a company with two others, I worked at two high-tech companies: a privately held cardiac ultrasound imaging company and a VC-backed... View Details
Keywords: by Susan Young
- 16 Nov 2010
- First Look
First Look: November 16, 2010
Conflict Management Research (forthcoming) Abstract Routine and persistent acts of dishonesty prevail in everyday life, yet most people resist shining a critical moral light on their own behavior, thereby maintaining and oftentimes inflating View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Curing Health Care
Doctors are also using the device, finding that it works better than a traditional otoscope while offering a way to easily share images with colleagues for diagnostic purposes. "Some children have chronic ear infections, and it can get... View Details
- 10 Nov 2014
- HBS Case
How Restaurants in Lima and Copenhagen Became Best in the World
about food, business, and artistic vision. HBSWK: Both cases are about chefs that are pioneers in a certain kind of cuisine, faced with the issue of how to expand while remaining true to their culinary roots. How do you see them meeting those challenges? Khaire: The... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Mission Possible
opportunities to become change agents for society by creating pattern-breaking approaches and sustainable solutions, explains HBS lecturer Stacey Childress. Unlike business entrepreneurs who are motivated by profits, social entrepreneurs... View Details