Categorization - Publications - Faculty & Research

23 May 2000
Research & Ideas

Minding the Muse: The Impact of Downsizing on Corporate Creativity

step that was to have unexpected significance later. "Our primary findings confirmed what we had learned through controlled experimentation," Amabile explains. "The stimulants to creativity were significantly stronger among projects the respondents had... View Details

Keywords: by Peter K. Jacobs

01 Dec 2022
News

Program Catalyzes New Streams of Research

Unit at HBS Vinluan’s research examines the relationship between the cognitive processes underlying racial categorization and stereotyping, as well as experiences of encountering stereotypes and discrimination. She examines these... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

10 Nov 2003
Research & Ideas

The Hard Numbers on Social Investments

to social problems through market solutions, the rate of return on these deals should be at least as high as traditional early stage investments. The big winners were in the technology and health care sectors, and in another group of companies that were View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls

24 Feb 2017
Blog Post

Advice for Prospective Latino Students

didn’t recognize the deep identity challenges that Latinos growing up in other parts of America face. Going to undergrad, I was torn between associating myself too much with Latino communities that could categorize and place me in a... View Details

28 Apr 2021
Blog Post

Alumni Spotlight: Cissy Chen (MBA 2019)

challenging aspects of your job? One challenge is that global standards, like SASB, which were originally designed for US markets, may not perfectly fit in an Asia context; e.g. SASB’s industrial categorization may not fit for Asian... View Details

02 Apr 2019
Research Event

Women Pay a Higher Career Price in Today's Always-On Work Culture

really done much in the mainstream academic literature in my field.” The team developed a system to identify and categorize moments when an interviewee tried to avoid a distressing feeling by hesitating, stumbling, or changing the topic,... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Consulting; Service

28 May 2013
First Look

First Look: May 28

Categorization of Black-White Biracials By: Ho, Arnold K., Jim Sidanius, Amy J.C. Cuddy, and Mahzarin R. Banaji Abstract—Individuals who qualify equally for membership in more than one racial group are not judged as belonging equally to... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

29 May 2006
Research & Ideas

Why CEOs Are Not Plug-and-Play

and required careful management of capital. GE Capital, Plastics, Medical Systems, and NBC were areas of growth, whether organic or through globalization or acquisitions. By coding our GE managers' resumes, we were able to determine their strategic skills and View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg, Andrew N. McLean & Nitin Nohria; Employment

13 Nov 2020
News

Faculty Focus Their Research on COVID-19 Issues

Professor of Business Administration. His interest in expanding the reach of this work drove the launch of the COVID-19 Business Impact Center, an online hub for the School’s intellectual capital related to the pandemic. Research is View Details

26 Oct 2017
Research Event

In an Era of 'Fake News,' What is the Future of Advertising and Publishing?

Europe’s attempts to regulate the internet. She characterized “right to be forgotten” laws that have passed as poor legislation but nonetheless important first steps to protect people’s privacy, and spoke of attempts to define and View Details

Keywords: by Jen Deaderick; Media & Broadcasting; Journalism & News

09 Oct 2017
Research & Ideas

Fearing Fox News, Democratic-leaning Companies Delayed Negative Announcements

cross-listed foreign firms—"foreign firms are legally not allowed to influence electoral outcomes in the United States"—they looked at soft money donation records, and categorized the remaining firms as Republican-leaning,... View Details

Keywords: by Jen Deaderick; Media & Broadcasting

18 May 2015
Research & Ideas

Advertisers Get Serious About Playing With Their Brands

company's recruitment costs took a dive. "That's advertising and HR resources that they don't have to use anymore," Kornfeld says. Types Of Play The researchers categorize several types of play engaged in by marketers. One is "playing... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Advertising

03 Nov 2022
Blog Post

Introducing the Creating Emerging Markets Sustainability Series

range widely and can be categorized into some overarching themes. Examples include crisis awareness and management, with the provision of shelter and medical attention for hundreds of river communities displaced by increased floods in... View Details

01 Sep 2005
News

Get Ready for Saudi Oil Shock

resource. All sorts of smart people will state categorically that $60 oil will basically destroy the world economies. Give me a break! It would be a good thing for oil prices to go up? It would be a wonderful thing for the world economy... View Details

Keywords: Lewis I. Rice; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services; Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing; Manufacturing

11 Dec 2020
Research & Ideas

Economic Jitters Push Pandemic Job Seekers to Big Companies, Not Startups

active on the AngelList platform between February 5 and June 18, 2020. Researchers used the number of years a candidate has spent in their current role, as well as a proprietary score created by AngelList that includes experience, education, skills, and job area to... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

14 Sep 2017
Op-Ed

Op-Ed: Google Engineer Deserved to be Fired by the CEO

humanity. As employers like Google attempt to create authentic cultures that enable people to be themselves, categorizing them according to their gender, race, or national origin inhibits people from expressing their true feelings and may... View Details

Keywords: by Bill George

16 Nov 2020
Research & Ideas

Transitions of Power Are Difficult. What Joe Biden and Other Incoming Leaders Need to Know.

a human tendency but not an inevitability. Leaders can do something about this. When people belong to more than one overlapping group (what is technically called pluralism), it’s harder to put “others” into a box and categorically hate... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

23 Jul 2001
Research & Ideas

How One Center of Innovation Lost its Spark

ventures within an industrial cluster, an incubator, and a large corporation to understand how each context promoted or hindered the venture. An empirical study might categorize different contexts and analyze how they contribute to... View Details

Keywords: by Donald Sull; Manufacturing; Transportation; Auto

15 Nov 2006
Research & Ideas

Lessons Not Learned About Innovation

the plug on every idea brought their way. Q: You categorize these mistakes under the headings of strategy, process, structure, and skills. Could you summarize your remedies? A: Here are a few of the dozen lessons I offer in the article:... View Details