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- 02 Jul 2012
- Research & Ideas
Why Good Deeds Invite Bad Publicity
Do companies with reputations for acting in socially responsible ways receive public goodwill when unpleasant news hits? The question of how much (or even if) corporate social responsibility (CSR) policies...
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- 2012
- Working Paper
How Short-Termism Invites Corruption—And What to Do About It
Researchers and business leaders have long decried short-termism: the excessive focus of executives of publicly traded companies-along with fund managers and other investors-on short-term results. The central concern is that short-termism discourages long-term... View Details
Keywords:
Business and Shareholder Relations;
Public Ownership;
Performance Expectations;
Economy;
Crime and Corruption;
Ethics;
Trust;
Financial Services Industry;
United States
Salter, Malcolm S. "How Short-Termism Invites Corruption—And What to Do About It." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 12-094, April 2012.
- 2018
- Working Paper
Thanks for Nothing: Expressing Gratitude Invites Exploitation by Competitors
By: Jeremy Yip, Kelly Kiyeon Lee, Cindy Chan and Alison Wood Brooks
Previous research has revealed that expressing gratitude motivates prosocial behavior in cooperative relationships. However, expressing gratitude in competitive interactions may operate differently. Across five studies, we demonstrate that individuals interacting with...
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Yip, Jeremy, Kelly Kiyeon Lee, Cindy Chan, and Alison Wood Brooks. "Thanks for Nothing: Expressing Gratitude Invites Exploitation by Competitors." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 18-081, February 2018.
- Article
Inviting Consumers to Downsize Fast-Food Portions Significantly Reduces Calorie Consumption
By: Janet Schwartz, Jason Riis, Brian Elbel and Dan Ariely
Policies that mandate calorie labeling in fast-food and chain restaurants have had little or no observable impact on calorie consumption to date. In three field experiments, we tested an alternative approach: activating consumers' self-control by having servers ask...
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Keywords:
Food;
Labels;
Consumer Behavior;
Interpersonal Communication;
Motivation and Incentives;
Health Industry;
Food and Beverage Industry
Schwartz, Janet, Jason Riis, Brian Elbel, and Dan Ariely. "Inviting Consumers to Downsize Fast-Food Portions Significantly Reduces Calorie Consumption." Health Affairs 31, no. 2 (February 2012): 2399–2407.
- 02 Jun 2014
- Research & Ideas
Excerpt: ‘A Social Strategy’
book excerpt What My Research Revealed, In Broad Strokes From A Social Strategy: How We Profit From Social Media By Mikolaj Jan Piskorski As I began my research, it quickly became clear that there are two...
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- November 2020 (Revised March 2022)
- Teaching Note
Social Salary Setting at Spiber
By: Ashley Whillans and John Beshears
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 920-050. The case tells the story of Spiber, a Japanese technology start-up company. To reflect the company’s values, the leadership team implemented a new and unique salary-setting process: each employee had the authority to choose their...
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Your Social Entrepreneurship checklist | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
The Social Enterprise Initiative has long supported students and alumni starting organizations with a social impact focus. Our curriculum, career support, community building, and funding supports students in...
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- 03 Mar 2014
- Blog Post
Align Your Social Media and Recruiting Strategies
associations to create word of mouth marketing about your Q&A platform or a live chat you’re hosting. You may even invite students who have previously interned at your organization to be a key participant in the chat. Set Goals and...
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- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Social Entrepreneurship Fellows Named
invite their friends to join and support them in pursuit of legal rights. “This is the equal rights struggle of our generation,” says Elliot. Now in its second year, the Social Entrepreneurship Fellowship...
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- 21 Oct 2013
Prospective Student Lunch: Social Enterprise
The HBS Social Enterprise Club invites prospective applicants to join us on campus for an informal lunch. During the lunch, students will discuss resources at HBS around Social...
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- 18 Sep 2017
- Research & Ideas
'Likes' Lead to Nothing—and Other Hard-Learned Lessons of Social Media Marketing
Seventeen years after the dawn of social media marketing, this medium continues to be an intriguing puzzle—a place where brands are investing more time and money, but are still struggling to determine what works well and where the returns...
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- 06 Aug 2020
- News
It’s Okay to Say “No” to Social Events During COVID
- Web
Community | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
Menschel, a former director of the foundation and limited partner at Goldman Sachs, was an early supporter of the HBS Social Enterprise Initiative and served on the Advisory Board. Recipients are invited to...
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- 25 Mar 2009
- Working Paper Summaries
Demographics, Career Concerns or Social Comparison: Who Games SSRN Download Counts?
- Web
Clubs & Consulting | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
bono activities, alumni consulting teams in several cities offer nonprofit organizations business management expertise. Student Clubs The Social Enterprise Club, the Social Enterprise Conference, and a...
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- Web
Adding a Social Dimension to Strategy - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
HBS ISC Creating Shared ValueCSV Creating Shared Value CSV Explained Emerging Topics CSV in Practice Published CSV Cases CSV Explained CSV Explained The Three Levels of CSV Adding a Social Dimension to Strategy Redefining Capitalism The...
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- 2011
- Article
A Choice Prediction Competition for Social Preferences in Simple Extensive Form Games: An Introduction
By: Eyal Ert, Ido Erev and Alvin E. Roth
Two independent, but related, choice prediction competitions are organized that focus on behavior in simple two-person extensive form games: one focuses on predicting the choices of the first mover and the other on predicting the choices of the second mover. The...
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Keywords:
Forecasting and Prediction;
Behavior;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Competition;
Motivation and Incentives;
Game Theory;
Fairness
Ert, Eyal, Ido Erev, and Alvin E. Roth. "A Choice Prediction Competition for Social Preferences in Simple Extensive Form Games: An Introduction." Special Issue on Predicting Behavior in Games. Games 2, no. 3 (September 2011): 257–276.
- 6 PM – 8 PM CDT, 25 Sep 2015
HBS Chicago Young Alumni Reception
HBS alumni MBA 2006-2015 are invited to an evening of socializing and networking in Chicago.
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