Normative Social Influence - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Dec 1997
News

Growing Together

facing both nonprofits and other social-purpose enterprises. Another concerns the ways in which businesses can influence a community's health and create meaningful partnerships with government and nonprofit organizations. A third has to... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso and Nancy O. Perry

18 Apr 2011
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Capitalism Meets Conservation

interview, Adams noted that HBS influenced his thinking about capitalism and conservation. “We learned that there are market-based solutions to social issues,” he said. “It’s similar to what Michael Chu’s... View Details

Keywords: Accommodation; Hospitality; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services

1994
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Separation of Ownership and Control

By: Michael C. Jensen and Eugene F. Fama

Keywords: Ownership; Power and Influence; Governance

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2003
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Using Difference to Make a Difference

By: D. Meyerson and R. Ely

Keywords: Diversity; Power and Influence

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Student-Profile

Talia Gillis

Studying law and economics at the Hebrew University exposed me both to the normative way of evaluating the law as well as the theoretical and empirical tools used to assess the impact of those rules. Apart from my studies, a number of... View Details

25 Jun 2001
Lessons from the Classroom

Machiavelli, Morals, and You

Stevens — we never learn his first name—set out early in life to become a great butler, one of the very best. He didn't want to get rich at it. He didn't care for fancy clothes. What Stevens wanted more than anything, according to HBS professor Joseph L. Badaracco,... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

01 Dec 2009
News

Robert Goodwin

sustainable community development. We also work informally with a number of other groups, but project work is really only half of what we do. What is your other focus? Our other focus is advocacy — essentially influencing the behavior of... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

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The Persuasive 'Power' of Stigma?

By: Michael I. Norton, Elizabeth W. Dunn, Dana R. Carney and Dan Ariely

We predicted that able-bodied individuals and white Americans would have a difficult time saying no to persuasive appeals offered by disabled individuals and black Americans, due to their desire to make such interactions proceed smoothly. In two experiments, we show... View Details

Keywords: Persuasion; Stigma; Interactions; Interracial Relations; Power and Influence; Personal Characteristics; Interpersonal Communication; Attitudes

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12 Apr 2004
Research & Ideas

Waking Up a Sleeping Company

is conducted. Practicing solid values does not guarantee results unless a passionate commitment to performance standards is incorporated into the organization's norms. The question is, Do the organization's norms drive performance or do... View Details

Keywords: by Bill George

2024
Working Paper

Cicely Saunders and Modern Hospices—A Brother’s View: Case Histories of Transformational Advances

By: Amar Bhide and Srikant M. Datar

This case history describes the role of Dame Cicely Saunders (1918-2005) in shaping the modern hospice movement. View Details

Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Power and Influence

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October 2022
Case

Margaret Thatcher: Changing the World

By: Robert L. Simons and Shirley Sun

This case traces the rise of Margaret Thatcher, the daughter of a shopkeeper, from a small industrial town in England to the longest-serving leader in the Western world. The case describes how she became interested in politics at an early age, attended Oxford, and... View Details

Keywords: Politics; Leadership Style; Personal Characteristics; Business ＆ Government Relations; Values And Beliefs; Work-life Balance; Mission And Purpose; Government Administration; Power and Influence; Great Britain; Europe

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January 26, 2018
Editorial

Can Donald Trump Teach us Anything?

By: Peter Tufano

Keywords: Nationality; Diversity; Leadership; Power and Influence

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March 2022
Article

Strategic State Capacity: How States Counter Opposition to Climate Policy

By: Jonas Meckling and Jonas Nahm

When can states implement policies against the opposition from powerful interest groups? Research on state capacity has examined bureaucratic sources of capacity, leaving unexplained why countries with similar levels of bureaucratic capacity vary in goal attainment. We... View Details

Keywords: Power and Influence; Policy; Environmental Regulation

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Book Review

Review of The Politics of Power: Ontario Hydro and its Government, 1906-1995, by Neil B. Freeman

By: Willis Emmons

Keywords: Government and Politics; Power and Influence; Energy Industry

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03 May 2021
What Do You Think?

Where Does CEO Activism Go From Here?

or product doing what is, on balance, good for the business? Will their identification with an issue attract more customers than it drives away? Will it attract the kind of employee who shares the values implied by the CEO’s position? Of course, executives implicitly... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

Book Review

Negotiating with Iran: Cultural and Historical Insights

By: James K. Sebenius

In a vitally important relationship famously caricatured as the "Mad Mullahs" v. the "Great Satan," the fraught negotiating history and future of Iran and the United States demands historical, cultural, and psychological insight if there is to be any prospect of... View Details

Keywords: National Security; Negotiation; Power and Influence; Iran; United States

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2010
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What Is Leadership: The CEO's Role in Large, Complex Organizations

By: Michael E. Porter and Nitin Nohria

What is the role of the CEO in a large, complex enterprise? What makes a CEO effective? At first blush, these questions seem easy to answer. A CEO is the epitome of leadership. He or she exercises ultimate power and is responsible for making the most critical choices... View Details

Keywords: Decision Making; Leadership; Managerial Roles; Power and Influence

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01 Mar 2006
News

Faculty Research Online

your overall global strategy, says Professor Pankaj Ghemawat. One key: recognizing that regions don’t stop at national borders. An excerpt from the December 2005 Harvard Business Review. The Geography of Corporate Giving Where a company is headquartered View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

25 Apr 2019
Research & Ideas

Incubators Take Notice: Your Entrepreneurs Are Networking with the Wrong People

Past research suggests that nearby peers are more likely to influence performance than those far away, which explains why scientists work side-by-side at lab benches. But can entrepreneurs expect the same benefit at the networking... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost