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- 03 Dec 2012
- HBS Case
HBS Cases: Against the Grain
Corruption doesn't announce itself with a capital C. It is subtler and thornier than that—as one HBS student found out the hard way during a recent summer internship in Tanzania. In a new case detailing his experience, the student struggles to navigate the View Details
- 04 Dec 2007
- First Look
First Look: December 4, 2007
a platform-based market socially efficient? We analyze a dynamic model where an entrant with superior quality competes with an incumbent platform, and examine long-run market outcomes. We find that the answers to these questions depend... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 22 May 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 22, 2018
Capital landed on ex-ante rating system for any potential investment that produced a proprietary expected impact. With this tool in place, Root Capital had an integrated picture of impact and financial performance for a loan and across... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 23 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 23
heterogeneity within each BRIC. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/11-083.pdf Innovating at the World's Crossroads: How Multicultural Networks Promote Creativity Author:Roy Y. J. Chua Abstract This research examines the effects of multicultural View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 29
Exchange Authors:F. Gino and F. Flynn Publication:Journal of Experimental Social Psychology (forthcoming) Abstract Five studies show that gift recipients are more appreciative receiving gifts they explicitly request than those they do... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- January 2023
- Case
Natura: Weathering the Pandemic at Brazil's Cosmetic Giant
By: Brian Trelstad, Pedro Levindo and Carla Larangeira
Brazil's Natura, a multi-brand cosmetics group, has taken several measures to safeguard the livelihoods of its thousands of employees and millions of sales representatives during the COVID-19 health and economic crisis. The company has also made strides in its efforts... View Details
Keywords: COVID-19 Pandemic; ESG Reporting; Acquisition; Customer Focus and Relationships; Decision Making; Social Entrepreneurship; Environmental Sustainability; Environmental Management; Climate Change; Ethics; Moral Sensibility; Values and Beliefs; Global Strategy; Corporate Governance; Health Pandemics; Human Resources; Human Capital; Crisis Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Marketing; Distribution Channels; Supply Chain; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Mission and Purpose; Organizational Culture; Customer Ownership; Relationships; Business and Community Relations; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Networks; Partners and Partnerships; Science-Based Business; Reputation; Human Needs; Social Issues; Strategy; Equality and Inequality; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; Brazil; Latin America
- July 2021
- Supplement
Trouble at Basecamp: Managing Politics, Polarization, and Conflict in the Workplace (B)
By: Nour Kteily, Deepak Malhotra and David Lane
Supplement to the (A) case View Details
Keywords: Change; Communication; Diversity; Fairness; Values and Beliefs; Governance; Employees; Working Conditions; Leading Change; Leadership Style; Mission and Purpose; Organizational Culture; Work-Life Balance; Labor and Management Relations; Conflict and Resolution; Identity; Social Issues; Equality and Inequality; Technology Platform; Information Technology Industry; United States
Kteily, Nour, Deepak Malhotra, and David Lane. "Trouble at Basecamp: Managing Politics, Polarization, and Conflict in the Workplace (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 922-004, July 2021.
- 30 Sep 2002
- Research & Ideas
Use the Psychology of Pricing To Keep Customers Returning
time). For such managers, if every paying customer showed up at one time, the system would break down. One way to assure this is to bill in a lump sum as opposed to in installments. In the case of the country club, in particular, I might... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Mahoney
- 23 Dec 2008
- First Look
First Look: December 23, 2008
run gas and water distribution systems in diverse urban and rural locations throughout mainland China—often in the face of entrenched local interests who could have blocking power. Discussions with HKGC's negotiation teams revealed an... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 03 Sep 2013
- First Look
First Look: September 3
Ann, and Ryan Raffaelli Abstract—The institutional logics perspective highlights how organizations are embedded within broader systems of meaning and how this embeddedness activates salient institutional logics in organizations that can... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Mar 2006
- Research & Ideas
Global Poverty Needs a Global Answer
question. Of course, all countries are "developing" in one way or another. What I mean by the phrase is that countries or regions of countries in which poverty—described by the World Bank as living on less than $1 a day—is endemic, that is rooted in the... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
- 07 Apr 2015
- First Look
First Look: April 7
commissions hurt sales. If managers must retain a cap, they should set it as high as possible to avoid reducing reps' incentives. Although overly complicated compensation systems have their downsides, research has found that a View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 May 2007
- First Look
First Look: May 8, 2007
point to the shift to more open systems perspectives on organizations, the conceptions of organizations being embedded in larger social contexts, and recent developments in the study of individual cognition.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 16 Aug 2016
- First Look
August 16, 2016
to dealers with whom they have the strongest ties, and more so during periods of market turmoil. Systemically important dealers exploit their connections at the expense of peripheral dealers as well as clients, charging higher markups... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Apr 2013
- First Look
First Look: April 23
and informally ensure its members embrace proper business standards? Relying on his faculty experience, Michel Anteby takes readers inside the School to draw vivid parallels between the socialization of faculty and of students. In an era... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Sep 2012
- First Look
First Look: September 5
Motivation Authors:F. Gino and S. Wiltermuth Publication:Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (forthcoming) Abstract We propose that separating rewards into categories can increase motivation, even when those categories are... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Jul 2010
- First Look
First Look: July 13
Review 88, nos. 7-8 (July-August 2010) An abstract is unavailable at this time. Read the Article: http://hbr.org/2010/07/are-you-ignoring-trends-that-could-shake-up-your-business/ar/1 Vision Statement: Mapping the Social Internet... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 03 Nov 2015
- First Look
November 3, 2015
integral component of management control systems and play a significant role in achieving desirable performance outcomes. We focus on a key environmental performance objective—reduction of carbon emissions—as a setting in which to examine... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Jul 2011
- First Look
First Look: July 19
Read the paper: http://www.people.hbs.edu/lcohen/pdffiles/pomalco.pdf Achieving Sustainability Through Integrated Reporting Authors:Robert G. Eccles and Daniela Saltzman Publication:Stanford Social Innovation Review (summer 2011) An... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Aug 2016
- First Look
August 23, 2016
niche for competitive advantage. The case provides the context for the students to identify the design elements underlying HBC’s success and helps them explore the link between guest satisfaction and employee training, empowerment, feedback culture, continuous product... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne