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- March 24, 2020
- Article
Delayed Negative Effects of Prosocial Spending on Happiness
By: Armin Falk and Thomas Graeber
Does prosocial behavior promote happiness? We test this longstanding hypothesis in a behavioral experiment that extends the scope of previous research. In our Saving a Life paradigm, every participant either saved one human life in expectation by triggering a targeted...
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Falk, Armin, and Thomas Graeber. "Delayed Negative Effects of Prosocial Spending on Happiness." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 117, no. 12 (March 24, 2020): 6463–6468.
- April 2014 (Revised January 2015)
- Background Note
Note on Mobile Healthcare
By: John A. Quelch and Margaret L. Rodriguez
Delivering health care to the global population was a challenge. Health care costs accounted for ten percent of world GDP by 2013. In the U.S., health care costs were expected to top $3.1 trillion in 2014. New technologies, shortages of trained personnel and...
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Keywords:
Health Care;
Mobile;
Mobile App;
Public Health;
Startups;
Hardware;
Software;
Telemedicine;
Global;
Medical Devices;
Medical Services;
Medical Solutions;
Entrepreneurs;
Government And Business;
Technological Change;
Health Care and Treatment;
Entrepreneurship;
Government and Politics;
Technological Innovation;
Applications and Software;
Information Infrastructure;
Health Industry;
Technology Industry
Quelch, John A., and Margaret L. Rodriguez. "Note on Mobile Healthcare." Harvard Business School Background Note 514-122, April 2014. (Revised January 2015.)
- October 2023
- Case
Nelson Mandela: Changing the World
By: Robert L. Simons and Shirley Sun
This case traces the rise of Nelson Mandela from his tribal home in South Africa to president of the country. Rejecting expectations that he would be a tribal leader, Mandela instead dedicates his life to fighting Apartheid. After peaceful approaches fail, he joins...
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- 27 Jan 2020
- Research & Ideas
Hard Work Isn't Enough: How to Find Your Edge
basic thing they expect you to deliver? To zero in on your basic goods, trust your gut in figuring out what skills you bring to the table—and what you don’t. If your brilliant business idea relies on software programming and you’re not a...
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by Dina Gerdeman
- 2023
- Working Paper
Healthcare Provider Bankruptcies
By: Samuel Antill, Jessica Bai, Ashvin Gandhi and Adrienne Sabety
Healthcare firms are increasingly filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Using two strategies, we show causal evidence that bankruptcies harm patients through increased worker turnover. First, in an online experiment, experienced nurses assess hypothetical employers and...
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Keywords:
Insolvency and Bankruptcy;
Health Care and Treatment;
Outcome or Result;
Retention;
Health Industry
Antill, Samuel, Jessica Bai, Ashvin Gandhi, and Adrienne Sabety. "Healthcare Provider Bankruptcies." Working Paper, November 2023.
- 2016
- Article
Buying to Blunt Negative Feelings: Materialistic Escape from the Self
By: Grant Edward Donnelly, Masha Ksendzova, Ryan Howell, Kathleen Vohs and Roy F. Baumeister
We propose that escape theory, which describes how individuals seek to free themselves from aversive states of self-awareness, helps explain key patterns of materialistic people’s behavior. As predicted by escape theory, materialistic individuals may feel dissatisfied...
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Keywords:
Materialism;
Escape;
Self;
Negative Emotions;
Self-awareness;
Emotions;
Consumer Behavior;
Identity;
Motivation and Incentives
Donnelly, Grant Edward, Masha Ksendzova, Ryan Howell, Kathleen Vohs, and Roy F. Baumeister. "Buying to Blunt Negative Feelings: Materialistic Escape from the Self." Review of General Psychology 20, no. 3 (2016): 272–316.
- 17 Feb 2022
- Book
When Employees Feel a Sense of Purpose, Companies Succeed
employees to discover their purpose in life but to then find a connection between our personal life purpose with the purpose of the organization where we work. The great resignation under way over the past...
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by Ranjay Gulati
- 11 Jan 2022
- Research & Ideas
Feeling Seen: What to Say When Your Employees Are Not OK
should keep in mind that they may bond more with employees if they clarify that it’s acceptable for workers to express themselves, even when they feel frustrated or discontent. After all, verbalizing those emotions is often discouraged at companies where employees are...
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by Pamela Reynolds
- 04 Oct 2022
- What Do You Think?
Have Managers Underestimated the Need for Face-to-Face Contact?
large crowds. Have the changes in the underlying behaviors affecting many industries become so ingrained in employees, consumers, and everyday life that they will not revert to what they were before? The evidence is mixed. One can argue...
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by James Heskett
- 04 Apr 2023
- Book
Two Centuries of Business Leaders Who Took a Stand on Social Issues
While shareholders still reign supreme at many companies, a widespread shift toward more responsible business practices is driving more leaders to take a stand on social and environmental issues today, says Harvard Business School Professor Geoffrey Jones. Jones...
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- 23 Jan 2013
- Research & Ideas
Three-Dimensional Strategy: Winning the Multisided Platform
the cost of being affiliated with end users exceeds the benefit. With more clarity brought to what makes MSPs special, Hagiu and Wright expect future research to further refine the modeling of strategy decisions around the MSP versus...
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by Julia Hanna
- May 2020 (Revised July 2020)
- Case
COVID-19: The Global Shutdown
By: Laura Alfaro and Sarah Jeong
In the first months of 2020, a pandemic overwhelmed the world. COVID-19, commonly known as the coronavirus, spread from China and created a severe public health emergency across countries. While an immediate fear of the disease’s impact on human life permeated society,...
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Keywords:
Trade;
Microeconomics;
Macroeconomics;
Financial Crisis;
Economy;
Economic Systems;
Economic Slowdown and Stagnation;
Economic Sectors;
Health Pandemics
Alfaro, Laura, and Sarah Jeong. "COVID-19: The Global Shutdown." Harvard Business School Case 320-108, May 2020. (Revised July 2020.)
- 2016
- Chapter
Luxury Branding Research: New Perspectives and Future Priorities
By: Anat Keinan, Sandrine Crener and Silvia Bellezza
Several major trends have changed the landscape for luxury brands. These shifts include the increasing role of technology (digital and mobile) as well as the use by consumers of alternative signals of status, such as wearing less prominently branded apparel, being less...
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Keinan, Anat, Sandrine Crener, and Silvia Bellezza. "Luxury Branding Research: New Perspectives and Future Priorities." Chap. 2 in Online Luxury Retailing: Leveraging Digital Opportunities: Research, Industry Practice, and Open Questions, 16–33. Philadelphia: Wharton School, Baker Retailing Center, 2016.
- Article
Gross National Happiness As an Answer to the Easterlin Paradox?
By: Rafael Di Tella and Robert MacCulloch
The Easterlin Paradox refers to the fact that happiness data are typically stationary in spite of considerable increases in income. This amounts to a rejection of the hypothesis that current income is the only argument in the utility function. We find that the...
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Di Tella, Rafael, and Robert MacCulloch. "Gross National Happiness As an Answer to the Easterlin Paradox?" Journal of Development Economics 86, no. 1 (April 2008).
- 28 Nov 2011
- Research & Ideas
Rethinking the Fairness of Organ Transplants
point system that takes into account a number of factors including the potential recipient's proximity to the available organ, blood type, life expectancy after a transplant, and various fairness criteria...
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- 20 Sep 2004
- Research & Ideas
How Consumers Value Global Brands
brands, in industries as diverse as information technology and oil. Social Responsibility. People recognize that global companies wield extraordinary influence, both positive and negative, on society's well-being. They expect firms to...
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- 11 Oct 2006
- What Do You Think?
How Do We Respond to the “Dependency Ratio” Dilemma?
"The only viable long term solution is for people (and their employers) to invest enough over the length of their working life . [It] is the only way in which the dependency ratio can be made irrelevant." Other suggestions...
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by Jim Heskett
- 2015
- Other Teaching and Training Material
Entrepreneurship Reading: Partnering with Venture Capitalists
By: Jeffrey J. Bussgang and Michael J. Roberts
This reading takes a deep look at the venture capital (VC) industry in the United States. VCs have a unique perspective on opportunity evaluation, deal structure, new venture support, and exit strategy. Their work at all stages of the entrepreneurial life cycle offers...
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Bussgang, Jeffrey J., and Michael J. Roberts. "Entrepreneurship Reading: Partnering with Venture Capitalists." Core Curriculum Readings Series. Boston: Harvard Business Publishing 8240, 2015.
- 2022
- Case
Tesla's Battery Supply Chain: A Growing Concern
In October 2021, the fictional vice president of supply chain sustainability at Tesla is working on finding the best way to achieve Tesla's goal of 100% recycling for the batteries in its electric vehicles (EVs) as they reach their end of life. A major challenge in...
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Keywords:
Supply Chain Management;
Environmental Sustainability;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Governance Compliance;
Metals and Minerals;
Auto Industry
Hoffman, Andrew J. "Tesla's Battery Supply Chain: A Growing Concern." William Davidson Institute Case 9-884-554, 2022.
- Research Summary
Fairness and Efficiency in Resource Allocation
In studying the relationship of fairness and efficiency, Professor Trichakis takes the novel approach of looking at varied industries for unifying factors, and he pays special attention to inequities by incorporating both quantitative work in social welfare and the... View Details