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  • 06 Mar 2018
  • First Look

First Look at Research and Ideas, March 6, 2018

the city of Boston, Massachusetts, show that revealing the “submerged state”—ensuring that citizens can see the often-hidden work that government performs—enhances both perceptions of and engagement with government. In Study 1, viewing a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 20 Apr 2016
  • Research & Ideas

When CEOs Become Activists

issued an executive order on April 13, clarifying the state law and asking the legislature to revisit some of its provisions. The actions of PayPal’s Schulman and other CEOs is an example of a phenomenon that Harvard Business School... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Technology; Publishing
  • 20 Sep 2012
  • Research & Ideas

US Competitiveness at Risk

American company anymore." The notion in business that this is our country and we own its challenges has diminished. We believe that that corporate perception is ill-advised. It may be true that more of a company's activity is... View Details
Keywords: Re: Michael E. Porter & Jan W. Rivkin
  • 25 Aug 2017
  • Op-Ed

Op-Ed: After Charlottesville, Where Does a CEO's Responsibility Lie?

reason–people tend to form brand preferences when they’re young. Young consumers who are alienated by a perception of corporate support for Trump might be lost for a lifetime, not just an administration. “A company that is seen as... View Details
Keywords: by Gautam Mukunda
  • 23 Jul 2024
  • In Practice

The New Rules of Trade with China: Navigating Tariffs, Turmoil, and Opportunities

economic interdependence is the primary motivation for insecurity and policy actions to manage competition with China. In work I coauthored with Margaret Pearson of the University of Maryland and Kellee Tsai of Northeastern University, we... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Manufacturing; Retail; Fashion; Industrial Products; Consumer Products; Steel; Transportation; Telecommunications
  • 28 May 2013
  • First Look

First Look: May 28

  Publications 2006 Journal of Organization Design The Strategic Fitness Process: A Collaborative Action Research Method for Developing Organizational Prototypes and Dynamic Capabilities By: Beer, Michael Abstract—Organizations... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 23 May 2019
  • Book

These Entrepreneurs Take a Pragmatic Approach to Solving Social Problems

In 1908, Harvard Business School’s first dean, Edwin Francis Gay, welcomed the School’s inaugural class of 59 students by saying that HBS was challenged with encouraging its students to have the “intellectual respect for business as a profession, with the social... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Green Technology
  • 05 Mar 2013
  • First Look

First Look: March 5

publications on "the business case" for sustainability, seeking to map out the returns on investment and to differentiate recommended actions from cases of corporate philanthropy. Reports by business organizations and others... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 05 Apr 2011
  • First Look

First Look: April 5

those that return instantaneous results—even when those results are identical. In five experiments that simulate service experiences in the domains of online travel and online dating, we demonstrate the impact of the labor illusion on service value perceptions,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 08 Jul 2002
  • What Do You Think?

Have We Carried the Concept of Alignment Too Far?

Paulson said last month, "I cannot think of a time when business overall has been held in less repute." Regardless of the facts and the appropriateness of the responses, it now appears that actions based on View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 01 Dec 2008
  • News

Back to the Future

Three decades ago, Energy Future, a bestseller written at HBS, declared that American energy independence and sustainability were critical to the country’s well-being. Today, the book’s analysis is still compelling and its call to action... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons; Transportation Equipment Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Oil and Gas Extraction; Mining
  • 27 Jul 2010
  • First Look

First Look: July 27

damaged financial markets. As an alternative to the patchwork solutions and ideologically charged proposals that have dominated other discussions, the Squam Lake group sets forth a clear nonpartisan plan of action to transform the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 25 Feb 2020
  • News

Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2020

who is invested in keeping it that way. The book presents a new vision of how health care could work if it were truly designed to meet consumer needs, creating a call to action on how to demand and help create such a system. A wake-up... View Details
  • 25 Sep 2012
  • First Look

First Look: September 25

James J. Gross, and Jennifer S. Lerner Publication: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (in press) Abstract As leaders ascend to more powerful positions in their groups, they face ever-increasing demands. This has given rise... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 03 Mar 2020
  • News

Can This Man Change the American Diet?

sometimes bends the truth to its advantage. Ayr: If you just ask somebody a question about food, and what their perception is and then the reality of the answer. And in our industry that gap is just so large and it’s deliberate, it’s... View Details
Keywords: Agriculture
  • 18 Feb 2022
  • Blog Post

Short Intensive Program (SIP): Climate Adaptation

industry that has an opportunity to turn an existential crisis into an opportunity: the oil and gas industry. While the oil and gas industry is not on the decline (yet) like the coal industry, it faces strong perception and regulatory... View Details
  • 17 Jan 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research: January 17

that impact perceptions of leadership. These observations suggest actionable opportunities to improve team leadership behavior. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52114 The... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 25 Jan 2011
  • First Look

First Look: Jan. 25

perceptions of firms' size and/or market power. Benchmarks as Limits to Arbitrage: Understanding the Low-Volatility Anomaly Authors:Malcolm Baker, Brendan Bradley, and Jeffrey Wurgler Publication:Financial Analysts Journal 67, no. 1... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 14 Nov 2017
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas: November 14, 2017

information—by using simpler, more-organic collection methods—and to make it actionable by applying analytics. Finally, many organizations will need to forge new business and operating models, expanding their IT staffs, revamping how... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 30 Jul 2013
  • First Look

First Look: July 30

Rucker Abstract—Previous research suggests that people draw inferences about their attitudes and preferences based on their own thoughtfulness. The current research explores how observing other individuals make decisions more or less thoughtfully can shape View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino