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- 29 May 2020
- Op-Ed
How Leaders Are Fighting Food Insecurity on Three Continents
COVID-19 is creating unprecedented strains on food security worldwide. The United Nations' World Food Programme warns that the pandemic could almost double the number of people facing food crises in low- and middle-income populations to 265 million by the end of 2020.... View Details
- 23 Jul 2012
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: ‘Talk, Inc.’
helps to promote is a keen focus on driving business value and a more effective approach to strategic alignment. Leaders who power their organization through conversation-based practices will not always "dot" all four of these I's. But as... View Details
Keywords: Re: Boris Groysberg
- 19 Sep 2011
- Research & Ideas
Doomsday Coming for Catastrophic Risk Insurers?
through Vermont, because they have diversified their own risk across the possibility of hurricanes in Vermont, floods in England, and earthquakes in California. "One relies on the insurance sector to promote risk sharing," says... View Details
- 29 Oct 2000
- Research & Ideas
Building a Powerful Prestige Brand
cosmetics department. She introduced herself to clerks who sold dresses, hats, and shoes, hoping to increase the likelihood of salespeople recommending Lauder products. She gave each saleswoman a sample of makeup or cream. Promotion and... View Details
- 05 Aug 2008
- First Look
First Look: August 5, 2008
and the reorganization promoted more efficient matching, chiefly due to the increased ability of later matching to produce "championship" games. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-010.pdf The Internalization... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 08 Aug 2017
- First Look
First Look at Research and Ideas, August 8, 2017
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52998 forthcoming Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America Buying Time Promotes Happiness By: Whillans, Ashley V., Elizabeth W. Dunn, Paul Smeets, Rene... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Mar 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, March 7
way without compromising the ability of conventional monetary policy to focus on its traditional dual mandate of promoting maximum employment and stable prices. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52330... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Feb 2015
- First Look
First Look: February 3
drive this reaction. February 2015 Perspectives on Psychological Science When Does Familiarity Promote Versus Undermine Interpersonal Attraction? A Proposed Integrative Model from Erstwhile Adversaries By: Finkel, Eli J., Michael I.... 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
- 28 Jun 2016
- First Look
June 28, 2016
purchasing about 3% of global production, and had been an active promoter of sustainable palm oil production. In 2015, 60% of globally traded palm oil was covered by sustainability commitments, up from 5% in 2008, but there was more to be... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 23
to emerge? In three studies, we demonstrate that the hedonic benefits of generous spending are most likely when spending promotes positive social connection. Study 1 shows that people feel happier after giving more to charity, but only... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 03 Jun 2008
- First Look
First Look: June 3, 2008
http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=508102 The Energy Foundation Harvard Business School Case 308-078 The Energy Foundation, a philanthropic foundation established through a partnership among major donors with a mission to View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 20 Feb 2006
- Research & Ideas
Are Company Founders Underpaid?
The interests of these "organizationally centered" executives are more likely to be aligned with those of the owners. Stewards identify closely with the organization and thus derive higher satisfaction from behaviors that View Details
- 23 Aug 2011
- First Look
First Look: August 23
that exposure to informational advertising can decrease the consumer's tendency to purchase the promoted product. The structural estimates imply that an exposure to a single advertisement decreases the consumer's probability of not... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Feb 2007
- Research & Ideas
Capital Rules: The Tensions of Global Finance
by European policymakers and the unilateral, ad hoc direction promoted by U.S. financial institutions. This excerpt from the book's conclusion looks at why major financial players other than the European Commission are backing away from... View Details
Keywords: by Rawi Abdelal
- 02 Mar 2020
- What Do You Think?
Are Candor, Humility, and Trust Making a Comeback?
Professor Ryan Buell and doctoral student Moon Soo Choi caught my eye recently. Their study of a credit card offering to almost 400,000 customers of Commonwealth Bank, Australia’s largest, found that a typical promotion mentioning only... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 07 Aug 2017
- Research & Ideas
'Be Yourself (Within Reason)' and Other Job Search Survival Tips
loved her job and did not want to make the sacrifices a promotion would entail, she was overcome by a sense of contentment. Balancing inside and outside pressures when choosing a career is a monumental task, but the first step is... View Details
- 30 May 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, May 30
Investment Promote Growth? By: Alfaro, Laura Abstract—Among the prominent economic trends in recent decades is the exponential increase in flows of goods and capital driven by technological progress and a falling number of restrictions. A... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Jun 2015
- What Do You Think?
Is the Time Right for Self-Management?
organizations?" Others saw limited potential in the concept. As Edward Hare put it, "There are some people capable of managing themselves in a larger organization but many who can't This strikes me as another of those 'ideas' View Details
- 16 Jan 2014
- Research & Ideas
Resolving Patent Disputes that Impede Innovation
In the high-tech industry, it's common practice for a governing body to develop technical standards for any given technology. The goal is to promote widespread adoption and compatibility among various devices. The Bluetooth standard lets... View Details