Browsing HBS Scholarly Articles by Keyword "relationships"
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Comovement and Predictability Relationships Between Bonds and the Cross-Section of Stocks
(2012)Government bonds comove more strongly with bond-like stocks: stocks of large, mature, low-volatility, profitable, dividend-paying firms that are neither high growth nor distressed. Variables derived from the yield curve ... -
Does Social Connection Turn Good Deeds into Good Feelings? On the Value of Putting the 'Social' in Prosocial Spending
(2013)When are the emotional benefits of generous behavior most likely to emerge? In three studies, we demonstrate that the hedonic benefits of generous spending are most likely when spending promotes positive social connection. ... -
Making Transparency Transparent: The Evolution of Observation in Management Theory
(2017)Observation is key to management scholarship and practice. Yet a holistic view of its role in management has been elusive, in part due to shifting terminology. The current popularity of the term “transparency” provides the ... -
Matchmaking Promotes Happiness
(SAGE Publications, 2014-07-18)Four studies document and explore the psychology underlying people's proclivity to connect people to each other—to play "matchmaker." First, Study 1 shows that chronic matchmaking is associated with higher well-being. ... -
Memory Lane and Morality: How Childhood Memories Promote Prosocial Behavior
(American Psychological Association, 2012)Four experiments demonstrated that recalling memories from one's own childhood lead people to experience feelings of moral purity and to behave prosocially. In Experiment 1, participants instructed to recall memories from ... -
The Rise and Fall of Small Worlds: Exploring the Dynamics of Social Structure
(INFORMS, 2012)This paper explores the interplay between social structure and economic action by examining some of the evolutionary dynamics of an emergent network that coalesces into a small-world system. The study highlights the ... -
Vicarious Dishonesty: When Psychological Closeness Creates Distance from One's Moral Compass
(Elsevier, 2012)In four studies employing multiple manipulations of psychological closeness, we found that feeling connected to another individual who engages in selfish or dishonest behavior leads people to vicariously justify the actions ... -
What Makes a Critic Tick? Connected Authors and the Determinants of Book Reviews
(Elsevier, 2013)This paper investigates the determinants of expert reviews in the book industry. Reviews are determined not only by the quality of the product, but also by the incentives of the media outlet providing the review. For ... -
With a Little Help from My (Random) Friends: Success and Failure in Post-Business School Entrepreneurship
(Oxford University Press (OUP), 2013)To what extent do peers affect our occupational choices? This question has been of particular interest in the context of entrepreneurship and policies to create a favorable environment for entry. Such influences, however, ...