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- 08 Nov 2024
- HBS Case
What Wartime Service Taught These Historic Leaders
Walt Disney’s time in Paris during the waning days of World War I helped shape him into a visionary entrepreneur who would ultimately build a beloved international brand. Dwight Eisenhower and Robert McNamara discovered the importance of humility and how to View Details
- 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
- 13 Mar 2019
- News
The First Five Years: Sierra Smith and Taylor Wiegele (both MBA 2017)
“The best part is definitely the autonomy. We are the masters of our own shoe-odor destiny, and it’s incredibly motivating to build something when you feel such ownership. The most challenging part is being OK with ‘good enough.’ There... View Details
- 20 Feb 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, February 20, 2018
C-Suite and the CEO what internal and external stakeholders are thinking and how this may affect corporate image in terms of credibility, confidence, trust, relationship, and reputation. In short, the new CCO must understand both the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Sep 2003
- Research & Ideas
How Businesses Can Respond to AIDS
out of efficiency, cost, and risk mitigation issues. The elements are interdependent, yet not all stakeholders face the same image and branding exposure. Supply chains also translate to attenuated control; that is, your company can exert... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 08 Dec 2015
- First Look
December 8, 2015
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=39914 Incentives for Prosocial Behavior: The Role of Reputations By: Exley, Christine L. Abstract—Do monetary incentives encourage volunteering? Or, do they introduce a "greedy" signal and hence crowd out the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 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
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
The Entrepreneurial Venture
instance, who are the customers, and how do they make 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 View Details
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 14 Jun 2011
- First Look
First Look: June 14
initiative program, including the effect of the initiative on employee engagement and motivation and on customer satisfaction. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/111115-PDF-ENG InterfaceRAISE: Sustainability... 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