Power Posing - Publications - Faculty & Research

12 Aug 2002
Op-Ed

Using Big Business to Fight Poverty

corporations have it in their power to become the world's most effective means for reducing poverty—George C. Lodge The success of a DaimlerChrysler project in Brazil's poverty-stricken northeast provides a particularly good example of... View Details

Keywords: by George C. Lodge

17 Sep 2024
Blog Post

The International Experience at HBS: Zoe Sun (MBA 2024)

questions I posed before the MBA, HBS has brought me closer to being the mission-driven, responsible leader I aspire to be. How has the classroom experience enriched your understanding of global business challenges? What are some of the... View Details

01 Jun 2012
News

Straight to the Heart

emphasizes the power of fate and serendipity in finding love. How do you respond to those who find your proactive approach too contrived? If there’s one pet peeve I have after 10 years in the love business, it’s people’s complete faith in... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; marriage; social media; matchmaking; Personal Services

02 Jan 2007
Research & Ideas

Most Popular Articles of 2006

looks like a "win-win" answer to the scarcity of good managers and the predominance of low-involvement entry-level jobs. But are sufficient numbers of entry-level employees ready for self-management? And is management ready? The View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

Web

Contemporary Black Artists at Harvard Business School | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

gilded frame, built with the help of artists Richard DeGussi and George Mingo. As the float moved down Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard, O’Grady’s fifteen collaborators, seen here dressed in white, invited people to pose in the empty... View Details

19 Aug 2024
News

Quantum Leap

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Quantum computing has long been talked about as one of the next big things—the kind of technology, like AI, that will change everything. But to our... View Details

01 Dec 2020
News

In Review

disseminate our research in new ways, including blogs, video cases, podcasts, and large-scale events in Klarman Hall. Internationalization? We inherited a powerful international platform from my predecessors that we strengthened by... View Details

22 Feb 2011
Research & Ideas

Most Popular Articles, Papers of the Decade

You Make It Published: September 20, 2010 Nervous about an upcoming presentation or job interview? Holding one's body in "high-power" poses for short time periods can summon an extra surge of power... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

12 Feb 2014
Research & Ideas

Private Sector, Public Good

changing the constraints under which firms operate. Are there changes that would make it easier for business to contribute to the public good? Would these kinds of shifts be desirable or would they have unexpected side effects? And second, she View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

30 Jan 2006
HBS Case

The Case of the Mystery Writer’s Brand

tastes. People don't want to be fed a menu of books based on their past selections.—John Deighton One question the case poses is whether Patterson could use the sort of individualized information gathered by book clubs about readers'... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Entertainment & Recreation; Information; Publishing

09 Jul 2013
Research & Ideas

Catching Up With Boards--Jay Lorsch

at length about the The Pay Problem posed by executive compensation in a May/June 2010 article in Harvard Magazine. There we argued that evidence of the link between executive compensation and company performance is not clear. We noted,... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Aisner

03 Jan 2018
What Do You Think?

In the Wake of #MeToo, Should Corporate Boards Hire Compliance Officers?

on-the-job misdeeds served the purpose nicely. Those supporting the idea of a corporate board's creating an independent officer of compliance, reporting directly to the board, cited the need for visible action in the face of growing challenges View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

10 Feb 2015
First Look

First Look: February 10

collective creativity and insight. These two divergent perspectives pose a paradox that has held the attention of scholars for many years. In response, researchers have marshaled evidence to specify the conditions under which diversity... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

08 Jul 2002
Research & Ideas

How to Fashion Your New E-Business Model

vertical portals have a profound effect on traditional distribution networks, but because many vertical portals will have production capabilities, they may also pose a threat to specialty producers that choose to downplay the significance... View Details

Keywords: by Lynda M. Applegate

29 Mar 2016
First Look

March 29, 2016

many industries. Extant papers largely assume that platforms dominate the pricing decision, whereas in practice, prices in business-to-business transactions are often determined by a bargaining process. We study how the relative bargaining View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

23 Feb 2010
First Look

First Look: Feb. 23

this chapter, we share preliminary results from a collaborative project on leadership for innovation. We studied a dozen effective leaders of innovation in a wide range of industries and geographies, posing the following question: what do... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

08 Jul 2014
First Look

First Look: July 8

Overall, the findings demonstrate the power of non-financial rewards to motivate agents in settings where there are limits to the use of financial incentives. Publisher's link: http://www.people.hbs.edu/nashraf/NoMarginNoMission_JPubE.pdf... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

20 Aug 2013
First Look

First Look: August 20

Buildings By: Herron, J., Amy C. Edmondson, and Robert G. Eccles, Jr. Abstract—Buildings are the nation's greatest energy consumers. Forty percent of all our energy is used for heating, cooling, lighting, and powering machines and devices... View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

02 Apr 2015
Research & Ideas

Digital Initiative Summit: The Business of Crowdsourcing

quality responses from the community. A beverage company client for Tongal initially asked for an ad that would convince people that its product was healthier than competitors. But if the question were posed in that way, many of the... View Details