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  • 05 Feb 2019
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, February 5, 2019

to take the lead in globalisation, developing its higher education and research systems at speed and actively seeking to cooperate with academic partners along the New Silk Roads in order to attract talent (back). But under which... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 02 Mar 2009
  • Research & Ideas

When Goal Setting Goes Bad

governments create dysfunctional systems that can be predicted to lead to bad behaviors, I see the problem starting with the dysfunctional system. And I see the creating of optimal systems as a key... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 18 Nov 2002
  • Research & Ideas

Where Morals and Profits Meet: The Corporate Value Shift

Then, over time, they come to take a broader view as they see the positive effects on work life, product quality, relationships with their constituencies, or their standing in the community. Q: Having a positive value system in place can... View Details
Keywords: by Carla Tishler
  • September 30, 2019
  • Article

Climate Change and Our Emerging Cultural Shift

By: Andrew J. Hoffman
Today, we have made climate change trivial by making its solutions easy, looking for simple answers that are palatable, generally framing it in the language of commerce. In the long run, it won’t work. There is no technological or political silver bullet to solving our... View Details
Keywords: Culture; Climate Change; Values and Beliefs; Transition
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  • 05 Nov 2021
  • Op-Ed

Is the Business World Finally Ready for the Wisdom of Shibusawa?

Eiichi Shibusawa continues to gain influence in Japan—even though he died almost a century ago. Japan’s government announced earlier this year that the 19th century business leader would be the face on 10,000 yen ($90) bank notes—the highest value denomination in... View Details
Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones and Rei Morimoto; Financial Services; Retail
  • 14 Dec 2010
  • First Look

First Look: Dec. 14

of shared beliefs resulting in similar and concurrent firm behavior; second, that firms notice and imitate the behaviors of firms from the same prior industry; and third, that as firms gain experience with particular features, the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 08 Nov 2011
  • First Look

First Look: Nov. 8

structural estimation methods. Our results confirm the belief expressed by industry experts that in the fast-food drive-thru industry, customers trade off price and waiting time. More interestingly, our estimates indicate that consumers... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 25 Aug 2014
  • News

Ashraf M. Dahod, MBA 1981

wife of 41 years, Shamim, and their two married daughters and two grandchildren are devout Shia Muslims who feel fortunate to be living in the United States, where they can practice their religion without restrictions. One of the key tenets of their View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
  • 08 Oct 2018
  • Research & Ideas

Knowing What Your Boss Earns Can Make You Work Harder

sure employees were being honest in their beliefs about others’ compensation, the researchers, working with the bank’s HR department, offered monetary rewards for employees who accurately guessed the average salaries of others. They found... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
  • June 10, 2021
  • Article

How to Be a Purpose-Driven Leader in a Capitalist World

By: Celia Bravard, John Pontillo and Andrew J. Hoffman
Today’s business school education isn’t suited to the big challenges facing the world — climate change, economic inequality and racial injustice — that the leaders of tomorrow will be expected to solve. So, how can students and young professionals succeed in a system... View Details
Keywords: Values and Beliefs; Mission and Purpose; Social Issues; Power and Influence; Social and Collaborative Networks; Opportunities
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  • 03 Dec 2014
  • What Do You Think?

Can the Brilliant Jerk Be Managed Effectively?

for the phenomenon. Munyaradzi Mushato suggested that, "my experience in industry tells me that most jerks are created by the very systems that are designed to improve performance that is, about 70% of the jerks are bred! Most... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • Web

Research - Race, Gender & Equity

Faculty & Research Research January 2025 Teaching Material Understanding and Addressing Gender Gaps By: Katherine Coffman This module provides a framework for students to analyze how gender stereotypes, through their impact on beliefs... View Details
  • 17 Feb 2022
  • Book

When Employees Feel a Sense of Purpose, Companies Succeed

employees first, and then everything else will fall into place.” Book Excerpt Deep Purpose: The Heart and Soul of High-Performance Companies Ranjay Gulati Chapter 6: Be Yourself, Be Candid, Be Kind Generations of scholars have seen culture as a powerful control View Details
Keywords: by Ranjay Gulati
  • 20 Nov 2019
  • Research & Ideas

It's No Joke: AI Beats Humans at Making You Laugh

“Humans would seem to have many advantages over computers, but that didn’t matter,” says Yeomans, who co-authored the recent article Making Sense of Recommendations in the Journal of Behavioral Decision Making. “I was especially surprised that the recommender View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 01 Sep 2023
  • News

Alumni and Faculty Books

to the underlying belief structure. Kusin uses a broad range of analytic tools enhanced and supplemented by 20 years of data collection, polling, and anecdotes from the highest level of access to deconstruct what actually exists. The... View Details
  • 18 Dec 2017
  • Op-Ed

Why Employers Must Stop Requiring College Degrees For Middle-Skill Jobs

Credit:  Pixsooz American companies have a problem. Over the past decade, they have begun to demand a bachelor’s degree in hiring workers for jobs that traditionally haven’t required one. This uptick in credentialing, or “degree inflation,” rested on the belief that... View Details
Keywords: by Joseph Fuller
  • 26 Nov 2001
  • Research & Ideas

How Toyota Turns Workers Into Problem Solvers

imply a belief that we may not get the right solution (to work system design) on the first try, but that if we design everything we do as a bona fide experiment, we can more rapidly converge, iteratively,... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Johnston; Manufacturing; Transportation; Auto
  • 12 Oct 2011
  • First Look

First Look: October 12

selective aspects of punishment in the U.S. over the period 1980-2004. We note that imprisonment increased around 1980, a period that coincides with the "Reagan revolution" in economic matters. We build an economic model where View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 12 Oct 2022
  • Blog Post

11 Stories from HBS PRIDE for National Coming Out Day

vulnerability, and challenge deeply held beliefs about family, religion, and community. Most importantly, coming out has introduced me to my second family. Even before I was widely out, the queer community embraced me with open arms,... View Details
  • 15 Dec 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Women Leaders and Organizational Change

success, are closely aligned with idealized masculine interests, attributes, and life situations is a hard sell, especially to those who have become successful within this system—whether men or women, rich or poor, white or minority. People, understandably, are... View Details
Keywords: by Mallory Stark