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  • 23 Jan 2008
  • First Look

First Look: January 23, 2008

  Working PapersA Resource Belief-Curse: Oil and Individualism Authors:Rafael Di Tella, Juan Dubra, and Robert MacCulloch Abstract We study the correlation between a belief concerning individualism and a measure of luck in the US during... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 02 Feb 2004
  • What Do You Think?

Leadership: A Matter of Sustaining or Eliminating Groupthink?

complex task requiring an almost messianic set of beliefs and the ability to communicate them in convincing ways. For a classic example of this, read Robert Caro's prize-winning biography of builder Robert Moses who transformed the... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 10 Apr 2018
  • First Look

First Look at New Research, April 10, 2018

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54331 forthcoming American Economic Journal: Economic Policy Physician Beliefs and Patient Preferences: A New Look at Regional Variation in Health Care Spending By: Cutler, David, Jonathan... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Apr 2014
  • First Look

First Look: April 1

a series of brief accounts, observations, and quotations that challenge them to think about the role of the CEO-and of his/her potentially strong beliefs or convictions-in strategy. It focuses in particular on three issues and their... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Dec 2000
  • News

In War-Torn Liberia, Student Gains a Wealth of Experience

"We were never in any imminent danger, but there was always this question mark, a feeling that something big could happen," reports second-year MBA student Daniella Ballou, who spent last summer in Liberia as an intern with the International Rescue Committee (IRC). "It... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley; Mining (except Oil and Gas); Mining
  • 26 Feb 2008
  • First Look

First Look: February 26, 2008

to be revised in applications that study corruption. The informativeness of an agent's level of consumption depends on his legal income and initial level of wealth, as conspicuous consumption by wealthy agents leads to little updating of the principal's View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • December 2017 (Revised January 2024)
  • Case

Globalization Past, 1850–1914 (A)

By: Sophus A. Reinert and Federica Gabrieli
On the evening of 3 August 1914, British Foreign Secretary Lord Edward Grey contemplated whether to advise King and Parliament to declare war on Germany in the wake of the country’s invasion of Belgium or to stay out of what quickly was becoming a world war triggered... View Details
Keywords: The World; The Rise And Fall Of Globalization; World War; Globalization; War; Economics; Trade; Business Cycles; Economic Growth; Economic Slowdown and Stagnation; Society; History; Values and Beliefs; Macroeconomics
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  • January 2006 (Revised May 2006)
  • Case

Akin Ongor's Journey

By: Rosabeth M. Kanter
A retired bank CEO, one of Turkey's most admired leaders, wants to start a leadership institute to develop emerging leaders in the eastern Mediterranean region. Describes his biography and values, the models he established for excellent financial performance and... View Details
Keywords: Leadership Development; Values and Beliefs; Partners and Partnerships; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Business Startups; Environmental Sustainability; Retirement; Education Industry; Turkey; United States
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  • March 2014
  • Course Overview Note

Creating and Sustaining Competitive Advantage

By: Eric Van den Steen
This note gives an overview (for instructors) of the MBA elective course "Creating and Sustaining Competitive Advantage" (CSCA). The course gives students a deep dive on competitive advantage, on its relation to overall strategic performance (defined as performance... View Details
Keywords: Strategic Analysis; Strategic Theory; Economic Analysis; Sustainable Competitive Advantage; Value Capture; Performance And Value Analysis; Strategy And Leadership; Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Competition; Competitive Strategy; Value Creation; Values and Beliefs; Leadership
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  • November 2012 (Revised January 2018)
  • Teaching Note

Chris and Alison Weston (A), (B), (C)

By: Sandra J. Sucher
Teaching Note for Chris and Alison Weston(A), (B) and (C) cases. View Details
Keywords: Crime and Corruption; Moral Sensibility; Values and Beliefs; Conflict of Interests; Value; United States
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  • Article

The Pot Calling the Kettle Black: Distancing Response to Ethical Dissonance

By: R. Barkan, S. Ayal, F. Gino and D. Ariely
Six studies demonstrate the "pot calling the kettle black" phenomenon whereby people are guilty of the very fault they identify in others. Recalling an undeniable ethical failure, people experience ethical dissonance between their moral values and their behavioral... View Details
Keywords: Ethical Dissonance; Cognitive Dissonance; Moral Judgment; Impression Management; Unethical Behavior; Values and Beliefs; Moral Sensibility; Cognition and Thinking; Research; Behavior; Judgments
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  • 26 Sep 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 26, 2017

socially connected than they themselves are. In Study 1, the prevalence of this belief was documented in a large sample of first-year students (N=1099). In Study 2, the prevalence of this social belief was... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 20 Mar 2012
  • First Look

First Look: March 20

in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and in subsidiaries in Brazil, China, Costa Rica, France, India, and the United States. Investment versus Propaganda in the Formation of Beliefs about the Argentine Water Privatization Authors:Rafael Di Tella,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Web

Professor Robin Ely on Challenging Conventional Wisdom - Blog: RGE Report

significantly [CS1] over the last decade. Despite this progress, the belief that women are less invested in their careers than men is widely held. We examined common myths that perpetuate this idea: Myth: Highly-educated women “opt out”... View Details
  • 30 Jul 2024
  • Research & Ideas

Do Social Movements Sway Voters? Not Really, Except for One

improve. For instance, what factors, such as parents’ beliefs and geographic location, influence voters? And do stricter voting requirements keep people away from the voting booth on election day? “The hope is that in a democracy, not... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 22 Dec 2015
  • Blog Post

HBS Takes Business Education Online

of the CORe community and peoples’ willingness to jump in and answer questions, provide motivation, and share guidance. It reaffirms our belief in the power of peer learning and that learning is not a zero-sum game. What’s your advice for... View Details
  • 07 Jul 2023
  • Blog Post

Looking to Leave a Mark? Memorable Leaders Don't Just Spout Statistics, They Tell Stories

controlled experiments, the researchers looked at how quickly the effect of different types of information on beliefs fades over time. While the effect of a story faded by roughly a third over the course of a single day, for a statistic,... View Details
  • 04 Sep 2019
  • Research & Ideas

'I Know Why You Voted for Trump' and Other Motivation Misperceptions

senior writer for Harvard Business School Working Knowledge. [Image: istockphoto] Related Reading: You Probably Have a Bias for Making Bad Decisions. Here's Why. How Gender Stereotypes Kill a Woman’s Self-Confidence Research Paper: Stereotypes and View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 15 May 2019
  • Research Event

The Unconventional Capitalism That Shapes Business History

Lalocracio In thinking about the current contested state of global capitalism, and what to do about it, much can be learned from the debates I heard at the recent Harvard Business School conference, Seeking the Unconventional in Forging Histories of Capitalism, which... View Details
Keywords: by Geoffrey G. Jones; Education
  • 01 Aug 2018
  • What Do You Think?

Are Free Trade and Free Markets Quaint Ideas From the Past?

belief that the Partnership would not produce job losses. He cites the significant gains made by Far Eastern economies in the 1970s and 1980s in spite of significant trade barriers at the time. He also argues that the social value of... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett