Organizational Buying Behavior - Publications - Faculty & Research

25 Apr 2016
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Trail Blazer

coalition came out of McMinn’s community outreach efforts as owner of Vineyard 29, in St. Helena, where he moved in 2004 after buying the winery. “When we started the Vine Trail, I didn’t own a bicycle,” he recalls. “But our family enjoys... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken; Food and Beverage Stores; Retail Trade; Scenic and Sightseeing Transportation; Transportation

20 Dec 2011
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First Look: December 20

Morris, and Leonard Lee Publication:Journal of Organizational Behavior (forthcoming) Abstract This research investigates a new type of team that is becoming prevalent in global work settings, namely,... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

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any on-campus classroom, but with participants joining from around the world. Joshua D. Margolis ; James Dinan and Elizabeth Miller Professor of Business Administration Unit Head, Organizational Behavior... View Details

01 Mar 2015
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Communicating the Language of Business Across Borders

one was looking at that, even as global organizations were rapidly moving toward making English their lingua franca.” Since joining the HBS Organizational Behavior Unit nearly eight years ago, Neeley has... View Details

25 May 2021
Blog Post

The Surprising Power of Nostalgia at Work

meaninglessness, uncertainty, and boredom. These negative psychological states increase nostalgia because nostalgia is restorative. After conducting dozens of studies using diverse methods ranging from qualitative text analysis, self-report surveys, and View Details

Keywords: All Industries

03 Mar 2010
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To What Degree Does “Identity” Affect Economic Performance?

Summing Up Is "identity" a victim of competitiveness? A recent study of organizational behavior published by Timothy Kieningham and Lerzan Toksoy shows that employees' perceptions of their... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

27 Aug 2012
Research & Ideas

Employee-Suggestion Programs That Work

improvement in safety climate." “They're not going to get better by picking the right problem. They're going to get better by becoming better problem-solvers.” One reason for this is that employees are more likely to buy into improvement... View Details

Keywords: by Paul Guttry

09 Jun 2003
Research & Ideas

The Challenge of the Multi-site Nonprofit

some possible solutions—at the Faculty Research Symposium held at HBS on May 20. Whether a particular nonprofit organizational structure favors central or local control, inevitable tensions develop between national headquarters and local... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

01 Dec 2009
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Faculty Books

negotiation theory, Professor Subramanian explores the common situation in which negotiators are “fighting on two fronts” — across the table but also on the same side of the table with competitors. This is a guide for all involved in View Details

Keywords: Air Transportation; Transportation

24 Oct 2006
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First Look: October 24, 2006

Working PapersManaging Functional Biases in Organizational Forecasts: A Case Study of Consensus Forecasting in Supply Chain Planning Authors:Rogelio Oliva and Noel Watson Abstract To date, little research has been done on managing the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Dec 2022
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Program Catalyzes New Streams of Research

and can help uncover the racial bias in algorithms used by social media platforms, which may have coded rules that alter which faces are seen by users. A. Chyei Vinluan, Postdoctoral Fellow of Business Administration in both the Negotiation, Organizations, and Markets... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

21 May 2024
Blog Post

IFC India: From Trash to Treasure: Inside a Waste Management Site in Mumbai

within the community to operate each plant , and nonprofit organizations aid in the underlying behavioral changes required to effectively collect more waste. Without the government’s regulatory framework, HUL’s investment and... View Details

17 Jun 2013
Research & Ideas

Advertising Symbiosis: The Key to Viral Videos

about the product so you could discover whether you wanted to buy it. But now we have all the information about all the new products available to us online. Now, we want ads to entertain us." But making an ad go viral requires more than... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Advertising

01 Feb 2011
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First Look: Feb. 1

concurrent trades in these stocks by continuing fund managers. This behavior is observed regardless of fund characteristics and is stronger when new managers are external hires. The tendency of continuing fund managers to hold on to... View Details

01 Dec 2011
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Reimagining the MBA

leadership electives. Required Curriculum (First Year) Leadership and Organizational Behavior (LEAD) This course focuses on how managers become effective leaders by addressing the human side of enterprise.... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; FIELD program; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

27 Aug 2013
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First Look: August 27

jointly develops an offshore tract-performs relative to a solo firm. I employ a regression discontinuity strategy based on bids in first-price sealed-bid auctions for the rights to develop leases. By focusing on leases where one View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Mar 2007
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The Joy of Work

people just want to get their work done. So anything managers can do to lessen people’s frustrations and eliminate organizational obstacles to progress will foster creativity. Can you talk about some of the most frequently mentioned... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

20 Sep 2006
Research & Ideas

The Power of Ordinary Practices

creativity is absolutely essential for current business success. I define creativity as producing novel, workable ideas and solutions to problems; innovation is implementing those ideas within an organizational context. You need novel and... View Details

Keywords: Re: Teresa M. Amabile

01 Dec 2011
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Li & Fung's Global Footprint

important, but it’s a culture that has to be evolving and open-ended. For example, when we make an acquisition, the acquired company might have different types of behavior from us. We should always be open to that. But we’re not open to... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Miscellaneous Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Wholesale Trade

01 Dec 2013
News

Case Study: Citizen Buffett

INK-STAINED ORACLE: Buffett's Media General bid focused on small-town papers. AP Photo/Nati Harnik by Deborah Blagg In 2012, legendary investor Warren Buffett made a bid to buy a troubled Southeastern US newspaper business just three... View Details

Keywords: Blagg, Deborah; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

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