Trust - Publications - Faculty & Research

17 Nov 2020
Blog Post

Partners and Families Are an Integral Part of the MBA Experience

had to make sure that they found a doctor they liked and could trust in Boston. While Dylan and his wife Michelle decided to move to Boston months in advance so that she could deliver the baby here and not have to worry about traveling in... View Details

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Dean Srikant Datar’s 2024 Commencement Remarks | About

increase the trust that society places on your business. I would also urge you to focus on a core principle of design thinking, which is “and” rather than “or” thinking—in other words, searching expansively for creative and novel... View Details

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Winning with Digital Platforms Online Course | HBS Online

Concepts What Is a Platform? Value Creation and Capture Growth Factors Featured Exercise Articulate dynamic pricing’s benefits and drawbacks Define the most important characteristics of economies of scale Determine how platforms build View Details

14 Dec 2020
Research & Ideas

What Does December's Drug-Approval Dash Mean for COVID-19 Vaccines?

medical conditions—should assess the potential risks of COVID-19 vaccines and other drugs approved in December, and how regulators can build more trust with the public. He teamed with University of Texas at Dallas Professor Umit Gurun and... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Pharmaceutical; Health

29 Oct 2020
Research & Ideas

The COVID Gender Gap: Why Fewer Women Are Dying

income, employment, religion, and health status. Other factors were psychological and behavioral, like political affiliation and how much people trust the scientists responsible for making health recommendations. Why are women behaving... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Health

04 Dec 2013
Research & Ideas

The Fantastic Horizon: How to Invest in a New City

trusted regulatory environment: Taking a page from the playbooks of Singapore and Switzerland, both KAEC and Phu My Hung worked within national and provincial frameworks to establish extra transparency, extra processing speed, a... View Details

Keywords: by John Macomber; Construction; Real Estate

22 Jul 2021
News

Mentoring Fashion Startups in Singapore; Rising Star Accolades for Mid-Career Women

amount of opportunity and trust to me. At the completion of my tenure, I plan on transitioning to the civilian workforce. Hopefully, the Rising Star award can help open doors as I start the next chapter.” Just six months into her tenure... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Sep 2012
News

High Honors

companies, primarily in the computer and health-care realm. In the four decades since, Johnson has helped build the biotech industry and earned a reputation as a thoughtful investor, trusted adviser, and generous philanthropist. Among his... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young; Finance; Corporate, Subsidiary, and Regional Managing Offices; Management; Mining; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services; Miscellaneous Store Retailers; Retail Trade

01 Dec 2020
News

Well Matched

the next and be organized while doing so is super important. How would you describe your working relationship with Serena? It takes time to build trust with someone who is a celebrity, so I definitely think my first year and now, my third... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; venture capital; diversity; inclusion; tennis; leadership; women; Finance

01 Sep 2003
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Books

authority, win trust and respect, motivate others, and become leaders. Hill’s book, which has received wide acclaim, contains numerous insights for prospective and new managers, those responsible for developing new managers, and academics... View Details

Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg; Margie Kelley; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

31 Jan 2017
Research & Ideas

Why These Business School Professors Oppose Trump's Executive Order on Immigration

different planet, and the negative consequences to many forms of innovation and entrepreneurial investment may be shattering. Without trust in the future, many talented workers may look elsewhere. But isn’t Silicon Valley impossible to... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

24 Jan 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research: January 24, 2017

that the product will grow its revenue eight times by 2018. Visually identified by a mascot, Miip seeks to reimagine adverting by becoming a user's trusted companion on the mobile phone, introducing them to new, relevant products, much as... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

28 Jul 2015
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First Look: July 28, 2015

Because of a lack of trust in Greece's ability to repay its debt, two programs were organized that provided financial assistance to Greece. This was followed by a debt restructuring that provided debt relief to Greece through a... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

24 Apr 2012
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First Look: April 24

experts' ability to combine and balance these two processes, we distinguish analytically among four positions of influence they can occupy-compliance expert, technical champion, trusted advisor, and engaged toolmaker-and trace the... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

01 Dec 2019
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2019

can't speak truth to power, senior leaders don't hear what they need to hear about their company's fitness to compete and employees lose trust in those leaders and become less committed to change. In Fit to Compete, Beer presents an... View Details

01 Apr 2000
News

A Place in the Sun

otherwise -- to preserve its natural beauty. In 1992 he founded the Turtle Island Community Foundation, a charitable trust that provides assistance to local villages in the areas of health, transportation, education, and cultural... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna and Garry Emmons

30 Sep 2014
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First Look: September 30

the puzzle of low adoption, we show that payouts improve trust in the product and that farmers shield payouts from claims by relatives. Download working paper:... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

26 Feb 2019
Blog Post

Forget Cash. Here Are Better Ways to Motivate Employees

benefits, like flexible work options or the ability to choose assignments, led to much stronger job satisfaction than straightforward cash rewards. “If you allow an employee to work at home, you help employees feel like you trust them to... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

January 2025
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Constitutional Fiction: John Miller & the Legitimacy of Family Constitutions

By: Lauren Cohen, Octavian Graf Pilati and Sophia Pan

John Miller sat reviewing his family’s Constitution, grappling with how best to implement and enforce its provisions. Designed to prevent ambiguity in governance, the Family Constitution set out core values and guidelines to promote harmony and cohesion among family... View Details

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01 Dec 2016
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Alumni Books of 2016

Gayle Tzemach Lemmon (MBA 2006) (Harper) In 2010, the Army created Cultural Support Teams, a secret pilot program to insert women alongside Special Operations soldiers raiding insurgent compounds in Afghanistan. The Army reasoned that only women could gain some measure... View Details

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