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- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Faculty Q&A: The Price Is Right
expected. Buyer-seller relationships tend to be based on exchange norms, whereas relationships with friends and family tend to be based on communal norms. As you might expect, people tend to pay less when exchange norms are salient and more when communal norms are...
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Julia Hanna
- 14 May 2020
- Blog Post
A PRIDE Farewell
symbolic step to nudge behaviors and thoughts, and we hope that in years to come, our community will continue to take more tangible steps to bridge the internal divides we often face. Looking ahead, we are confident PRIDE is prepared to...
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- 25 Mar 2021
- Research & Ideas
Steer Clear of the Blind Spots That Derail Experiments
the University of Pennsylvania’s Behavior Change for Good Initiative to test new ways to nudge members to exercise. Researchers found that while all of their interventions yielded an initial surge of activity, many of those gains waned...
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by Danielle Kost
- 21 Mar 2016
- Blog Post
MBA/MPA-ID: The Intersection of Policy and Business
years. Initially counterintuitive, I realized that it is a true embodiment of how HBS is pushing us to live our lives with intentionality, actively thinking about making choices that nudge us one step closer to our ultimate career and...
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- 18 Aug 2020
- Blog Post
Innovating in the Hot Market of Cold Brew
features, rather than just building because we had the resources of Harvard at our fingertips. Our community of supporters is there and strong as ever, continuing to nudge us along. In spite of the challenges that the pandemic has raised,...
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- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Vision: Into the Breach
plays a role in nudging enterprises toward less risky digital practices. “Saving our clients from being breached is the prime directive,” says Itskovich, who previously worked at Bain Capital and financial services startup Ebury. “It’s...
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Alexander Gelfand
- 14 Dec 2010
- Op-Ed
Tax US Companies to Spur Spending
centralized effort or another significant program by the Federal Reserve. But a remarkably large pool of unmobilized capital is sitting within our firms and managers appear frozen in their decision-making. A gentle nudge to break this...
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by Mihir A. Desai
- 27 Feb 2006
- Research & Ideas
Take Responsibility for Rising Stars
needs, to help them cultivate new skills, and to provide them opportunities for professional development and personal growth. Managers must do this even if it means nudging their rising stars into new functional areas or business units....
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- 01 Sep 2013
- News
A Hollywood Backstory
identify goals, overcome obstacles, and persist until their goals are realized. That determined individuals can bring about changes big and small is reinforced in almost every movie ever made. That's an invaluable contribution that helps drive away inertia and...
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- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Road to Recovery
Illustration by Jon Krause Eric Gastfriend (MBA 2015) had watched friends and family members struggle with addiction. He’d seen some of them go to treatment, and he’d seen many of them relapse. He didn’t understand why the field of addiction psychiatry had been unable...
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- 01 Oct 2020
- What Do You Think?
Are CEOs the Wrong Leaders for Stakeholder Capitalism?
be expecting too much of corporate boards and CEOs if we put primary responsibility for stakeholder capitalism in their hands. Incentives influenced by market-based competition nudge them toward short-term optimums regardless of their...
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by James Heskett
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
The Doctor Is In
management involved issues such as access, cost, and quality. I saw my two passions — medicine and public policy — combined in a single field." A nudge toward that realization came from former HBS Dean Lawrence Fouraker, who, while a...
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- 01 Dec 2022
- News
I Gave at the Office
some of these short-term nudges or interventions affect outcomes beyond the immediate ask. For example, when people feel tricked into giving, does that make them less likely to donate to that charity in the future? Both this and...
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- 21 Mar 2016
- HBS Case
Can Customer Reviews Be 'Managed?'
the first big thing, which is managing reviews. Now how do you manage reviews? There are three types of ways that you can manage reviews as a hotel. You can manage the location of the review. People are probably going to review your hotel. You can try to View Details
- 30 Sep 2015
- Research & Ideas
Political Polarization: Why We All Just Can't Get Along
A recent study suggests that America’s political polarization is driven more by incorrect beliefs and stereotypes about the other side than distaste with those people. That should be good news for those wondering how to knit polarized sides together, or at least View Details
- 06 Dec 2013
- Op-Ed
HBS Faculty Remember Nelson Mandela
opposed to merely setting direction. I probably should emphasize that leading from behind is not about abrogating responsibility. After all, the shepherd makes sure that the flock stays together. He uses his staff to nudge and prod if the...
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- 10 Mar 2021
- News
Chasing the Silver Tsunami
Thriving Online After three decades in service of people who are over the age of 50, Meredith Oppenheim is working to nudge the industry in a new direction—broadening the scope of its offerings to include meaningful online engagement. Her...
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- 10 Dec 2007
- HBS Case
One Laptop per Child
anticipated to nudge governments from polite handshakes to cash commitments. One problem: the price. Although originally envisioned as the "$100 PC," OLPC has struggled to bring the price below $175. And now it faces competition...
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- 05 Sep 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 5, 2017
mostly, but not entirely, settled. Some, but not all, of the key hospital leaders had signed on to participate in the event. Rittgers wondered what she could do to nudge the hackathon towards success. Were these just expected hurdles, and...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Jan 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Knowledge Coach
are several rungs on the ladder of expertise: novice, apprentice, journeyman, and then master. Each individual reaching a rung above novice has knowledge to impart to those on the lower rungs of the ladder, although it is likely incomplete. A View Details
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by Dorothy Leonard & Walter Swap