Concerns About Social Acceptance - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Sep 2014
News

Afghanistan’s Hope and Light

operators exist in the countries where Roshan is staking its claim. But it will focus in part on the rural areas that have the lowest service penetration and the fewest social services, a strategy that fits well with the company’s dual... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

03 Aug 2010
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First Look: August 3

substantial information about GMO products, they positively affect approval rates of GMOs by threatening the reputation of the regulatory agency. Our study further shows that firm and product uncertainty increases the impact of the View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

12 Sep 2016
Research & Ideas

What Brands Can Do to Monitor Factory Conditions of Suppliers

nonpartisan press rights organization Reporters Without Borders. They found that for every 10-point increase in the press rights score, countries averaged nearly 10 percent fewer violations in their factories. The team attributes this relationship to factories being... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

21 May 2019
Blog Post

Asian Pacific American Heritage Month at HBS

empathy, celebration, and refelection. James Lim - JD/MBA ‘22 Tell us about your background: I am a proud American, a person of Korean heritage, and a native of Los Angeles. What difference do you hope to make in the world? The Asian... View Details

13 Mar 2014
Research & Ideas

Can We Get To Where We Need To Go?

much bigger, "gleaming" roadways, and he feels a growing concern that America's transportation and infrastructure systems are lacking attention and falling behind. “We suffer through an extremely aged and outdated... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Transportation; Air Transportation; Auto

21 Nov 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, November 21, 2017

socially appropriate than achieving overall equity. Furthermore, individuals care more about achieving equity in time than equity in money. Narrow bracketing of equity concerns... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

22 Sep 2014
Op-Ed

Online Banks Fill Funding Needs for Small Business

funding for small businesses. The outstanding portfolio balance of online lenders has grown about 175 percent a year, compared to a decline of about 3 percent in the traditional banking sector. However, it... View Details

Keywords: by Karen Mills; Banking; Financial Services

30 Aug 2011
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First Look: August 30

video ads. In a controlled experiment, joy and surprise were assessed through automated facial expression detection for a sample of ads. Concentration of attention was assessed through eye tracking and retention of viewers by recording zapping behavior. This allows... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

18 Jun 2014
Research & Ideas

Book Excerpt: ‘Collective Genius’

in figure 1-2 of the real CG movie-making process. Since innovation is a problem-solving process, it's really about searching for a solution by creating and testing a portfolio of ideas. It often takes time even to frame a problem in the... View Details

Keywords: by Linda Hill; Entertainment & Recreation

01 Jun 2024
News

Conducting Business

close friends and did some work together before I went off to pursue a career at BCG, Bain & Company, and Farmer & Company. About 10 years ago I began teaching business—something I’d always wanted to do—as an adjunct professor at The City... View Details

Keywords: Michael Farmer (MBA 1971); illustration by Lucinda Rogers; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

14 May 2008
Research & Ideas

Getting Down to the Business of Creativity

that required numerical answers to questions about their work that day, as well as their emotions, motivation, and work environment. They were also asked to describe what they'd done that day and to include a brief description of one... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Retail; Apparel & Accessories; Fashion; Entertainment & Recreation

23 Jul 2014
Lessons from the Classroom

Innovation Is Magic. Really

create such a spellbinding experience: a world-class magician. Thomke, the William Barclay Harding Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, has paired up with magician Jason Randal to teach innovation to business executives. The unusual... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Consumer Products

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2023 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

Director of the Emotion and Society Lab. Her research is primarily concerned with the role of emotions and attitudes in public life. Cherry’s books include UnMuted: Conversations on Prejudice, Oppression, and View Details

02 Oct 2000
What Do You Think?

What Lies Beyond NAFTA?

with the results that NAFTA has produced. But it seems not to have receded in interest among at least one group of readers of this column. The column "What Lies Beyond NAFTA?," with a focus on future responses to issues View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

01 Dec 2003
What Do You Think?

Is This the Twilight Era for the Managed Mutual Fund?

coverage of mutual fund management misdeeds. And part may be in the general ignorance about how funds are managed and investors charged for the services. Whatever the cause, according to William Donoghue, "The financial McCarthyism... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

25 Nov 2014
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First Look: November 25

concerning whether patents are a creative or a destructive influence on the process of technological development. In this paper I examine the basic patent tradeoff between incentives and monopoly distortions in light of recent... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

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Wartime Innovation - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School

Home Site map Map / Directions Search: General Information HBS Home About Annual Report Campus Commencement Dean Nohria Employment Fifty Years of Women Give News New Construction Academic Programs Doctoral Programs Executive Education MBA... View Details

16 Aug 2024
In Practice

Election 2024: What's at Stake for Business and the Workplace?

immigrants? First, there is an economic argument: even though immigration is beneficial for the economy and increases growth and innovation, people are concerned about immigrants’ competition for jobs and... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

23 May 2017
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First Look at New Ideas and Research: May 23, 2017

Corporate Debt in Emerging Markets By: Alfaro, Laura, Gonzalo Asis, Anusha Chari, and Ugo Panizza Abstract—This paper documents a set of stylized facts about leverage and financial fragility in the nonfinancial corporate sector in... View Details