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  • 19 Jul 2017
  • Research & Ideas

Why Government 'Nudges' Motivate Good Citizen Behavior

suitcases at the airport. But now agencies are finding that subtle “nudges” can motivate behavior much better than ads, fines, or deadlines. Nudges, or small changes to the context in which decisions are made, are the subject of a new analysis View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 04 Feb 2022
  • Book

Beyond the Cold War: Reinventing Socialism in 5 Countries

process of constructing socialism was obscured to a degree by the bipolar structure of geopolitics. As the quest for allies and political support became a zero-sum game in Moscow and Washington, DC, it became easier to view states as... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 25 Jan 2016
  • Research & Ideas

When Negotiating a Price, Never Bid with a Round Number

in zero. (See Show Me the Numbers: Precision as a Cue to Others’ Confidence by Alexandra Jerez-Fernandez, Ashley N. Angulo, and Daniel P. Oppenheimer.) The most rounded bids (made at the share-price... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • 18 Mar 2019
  • Research & Ideas

Stuck in Commuter Hell? You Can Still Be Productive

Employees should think about work on the way to work by mentally mapping out a plan for their day. By using the travel time as an opportunity to get into the work mindset, employees are giving themselves a... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 04 Jan 2017
  • What Do You Think?

How Much Bureaucracy is a Good Thing in Government and Business?

Summing Up: Are Bureaucracies Worth Improving? Several messages emerge from responses to this month’s column on the worthiness of bureaucracies. In general, there is a wide range of thinking about the value of bureaucracies and work done View Details
Keywords: by James L. Heskett
  • 01 May 2024
  • What Do You Think?

Have You Had Enough?

(Illustration created using image generated by Midjourney, an artificial intelligence tool.) Last month, I posted a column in HBS Working Knowledge titled, “What’s Enough to Make Us Happy?” Over the last few months, I’ve been asking... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 23 Apr 2012
  • Research & Ideas

How to Brand a Next-Generation Product

Timothy Dalton, Pierce Brosnan, Daniel Craig—without destroying the franchise Whereas with Rocky, you're pretty much stuck with Sylvester Stallone." Risk Vs. Reward Companies also must assess risk versus reward when branding a... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • 06 Jul 2016
  • Research & Ideas

The Truth About Authentic Leaders

doing things they will come to regret. The key is to have the self-awareness to recognize these times and listen to close colleagues who point them out. The essence of authentic leadership is emotional intelligence, or EQ, as articulated View Details
Keywords: by Bill George
  • 17 Aug 2012
  • Working Paper Summaries

Dividends as Reference Points: A Behavioral Signaling Approach

Keywords: by Malcolm Baker & Jeffrey Wurgler
  • 06 Jun 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Why Leaders Lose Their Way

compensation for their accomplishments, few leaders start out seeking only money, power, and prestige. Along the way, the rewards—bonus checks, newspaper articles, perks, and stock appreciation—fuel increasing desires for more. This creates a deep desire to keep it... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George
  • 04 Sep 2013
  • What Do You Think?

How Relevant is Long-Range Strategic Planning?

Christensen reminded us that the root cause of every business disaster is mistakenly pursuing short-term goals ahead of long-term ones." Daniel T. C. Lee commented, "Traditional or not, strategic planning has never restricted... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 06 May 2021
  • HBS Case

How Four Women Made Miami More Equitable for Startups

people away from a “scarcity mindset” by creating incentives for organizations to pool resources rather than compete for funding. For example, Lipsey partnered with Miami-based philanthropist Daniel R. Lewis... View Details
Keywords: by Carolyn DiPaolo
  • 12 Jun 2018
  • Research & Ideas

In a Landscape of 'Me Too' Drug Development, What Spurs Radical Innovation?

their cash reserves have suddenly expanded—they tend to put that extra budget towards more exploratory projects,” says Harvard Business School Assistant Professor Joshua Krieger. He co-authored the study Developing Novel Drugs with View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Health; Pharmaceutical
  • 31 May 2023
  • HBS Case

Why Business Leaders Need to Hear Larry Miller's Story

Boston. Produced in collaboration with Danielle Kost and Dina Gerdeman of HBS Working Knowledge. Inspired by the case "Larry Miller" by Francesca Gino, Frances X. Frei, Hise... View Details
Keywords: by Jamal Meneide; Entertainment & Recreation; Consumer Products
  • 11 Oct 2017
  • Research & Ideas

The House Wants to Squelch Voices of ‘Small’ Shareholders. Research Shows Those Voices Matter.

statement, in which case shareholders can vote on whether the company should adopt the change; negotiate with the shareholder to come up with a mutually acceptable solution to the beef; or formally contest the shareholder’s proposal by... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • 07 Aug 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, August 8, 2018

redeploying anesthesiologists to duties that are more appropriate and reducing their unnecessary duties by 30%. Furthermore, the change in epidural placement location alone in 80% of cases reduced costs by... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 10 Apr 2014
  • Research & Ideas

John Kotter’s Plan to Accelerate Your Business

explicitly and frequently," to Clayton Christensen's insights about how poorly companies handle the technological discontinuities inherent in a faster moving world. Kotter also credits recent work by Nobel Laureate View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
  • 19 Feb 2014
  • Research & Ideas

Racist Umpires and Monetary Ministers

business and economics as a whole. Eyes On The Ball In order to determine the effect of racial discrimination on baseball games, Parsons and colleagues Johan Sulaeman of Southern Methodist University, Michael C. Yates of Auburn University, and View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Sports; Information; Publishing
  • 07 Aug 2013
  • What Do You Think?

Is There Still a Role for Judgment in Decision-Making?

was a way of injecting a certain amount of objectivity and analysis into the decision to be made. In recent years, we have been advised to make certain decisions in a "blink" by Malcolm Gladwell, to "think twice" View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • May 1992
  • Case

Sunday River Ski Resort

By: Leonard A. Schlesinger and Martha Epstein
Sunday River is a ski area in Bethel, ME which has been run by entrepreneur Les Otten since 1980. The year before Otten purchased the area, it posted a loss of $235,000 on revenues of $541,000. Under Otten's leadership, however, Sunday River posted year after year of... View Details
Keywords: Service Delivery; Competitive Advantage; Entrepreneurship; Success; Transformation; Tourism Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Maine
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Schlesinger, Leonard A., and Martha Epstein. "Sunday River Ski Resort." Harvard Business School Case 692-025, May 1992.
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