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- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Again and Again
Edited by Jen McFarland Flint; Illustrations by Jason Holley Whenever he’s presenting to a large audience, Professor Michael Norton likes to pose this question to the crowd: After you get up in the morning, do you brush your teeth first and then shower, or vice versa?... View Details
- 22 Sep 2023
- News
Skydeck Voices: The Most Important Person I Met at HBS
Photo provided by Harvard University Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Who was the most important person you met at HBS? And why? This is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck, and when my colleagues set up on Spangler Lawn during Spring Reunions... View Details
- 25 Nov 2019
- Research & Ideas
When Your Passion Works Against You
There’s a time and a place for it,” says Harvard Business School Assistant Professor Jon M. Jachimowicz. “It can even be dangerous if you’re not careful about when, how, and to whom you express passion.” Passion can be intoxicating When an employee expresses passion... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 21 Sep 2020
- Research & Ideas
Are You Sabotaging Your Own Company?
locks, clogging toilets, messing with machinery, and slashing tires. Today, 76 years after the manual was written, cybersecurity breaches likely represent the most dreaded act of outside obstruction many companies face, Thomke notes. But the manual’s second method of... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 16 Oct 2017
- Research & Ideas
The Most Successful Startups Have Hands-On Founders
that more intensive people management is a worthwhile investment of a founder’s time.” Effective human resource management is more than just keeping the paperwork flowing. “You also need to focus on the strategic part of managing people... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- Web
Advisory Board - Entrepreneurship
entrepreneurship, branding, and innovation expertise. Bluemercury’s innovative retailing and human resource model has been the topic of numerous books, including Shopping: Why We Love it and How Retailers Can Create the Ultimate Customer... View Details
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Curriculum - Business & Environment
relentlessly. They make better decisions than humans in an increasing number of contexts. They are unconstrained by moral boundaries. Are these technologies different from other ground-breaking technologies such as electricity, nuclear... View Details
- 07 Apr 2023
- Research & Ideas
When Celebrity ‘Crypto-Influencers’ Rake in Cash, Investors Lose Big
disclosing compensation. Despite these concerns, more research is needed to determine the overall value of crypto influencers’ investment advice on social media, they write. Some top influencers in the space, such as Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong and Alex Gladstein of... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 08 Apr 2019
- Sharpening Your Skills
The Life of Luxury and How to Sell It
maker better off emphasizing performance over luxury? Are luxury and sustainability mutually exclusive? And just what is the “new aspirational lifestyle?” Here is what they found. A Good Place to Start The ‘Luxury Prime’: How Luxury Changes People What effect does... View Details
- 20 Apr 2010
- First Look
First Look: April 20
Nonverbal Displays Affect Neuroendocrine Levels and Risk Tolerance Authors: Dana R. Carney, Amy J.C. Cuddy, and Andy J. Yap Publication: Psychological Science (forthcoming) Abstract Humans and other animals express power through open,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
Rounding the Bend
Illustration by Fernando Cobelo To help people visualize what a circular economy could look like and bring the challenges down to a closet-sized scale, Emily Bolon (MBA/MPA 2007) recommends the following exercise. First, make a mental tally of the number of garments... View Details
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Teacher Profiles - Case Method Project
Devon, PA Subjects: Human Rights & Social Justice, Entrepreneurship & Technology, Economics, Business Ethics CA Jennifer Walker Colony High School Ontario, CA FL Jordan Walker Lincoln High School (FL)... View Details
- 13 Jun 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, June 13
Christians and Israeli Jews are more likely to form deontological judgments, they divide between the deontological principles of inaction and indirectness. Using textual analysis, we reveal that specific beliefs regarding divine responsibility and View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Jan 2024
- News
The Values and Virtues of a Quick Fix
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Speed has gotten a pretty bad rap, says Anne Morriss (MBA 2004). The Silicon Valley mantra of moving fast and breaking things has led to waves of high-profile... View Details
- 17 Feb 2022
- Book
When Employees Feel a Sense of Purpose, Companies Succeed
an organizational purpose—or, frankly, with anything related to their jobs—if they’re holding back important parts of their identities or personalities. “Who are those people who can’t wait to leave work every day, who are leaving right... View Details
Keywords: by Ranjay Gulati
- 13 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Merck CEO Ken Frazier Discusses a COVID Cure, Racism, and Why Leaders Need to Walk the Talk
Ken Frazier right now? Ken Frazier: I have to tell you, it is incredibly hectic. The good news is my family is well. My children are well, my spouse is well. We had our 35th anniversary dinner last night. All of that is good, but I'm... View Details
- 22 Oct 2019
- Research & Ideas
Use Artificial Intelligence to Set Sales Targets That Motivate
Setting the right sales targets for employees is a difficult balancing act, with long-term consequences on growth and morale. Setting a target too low, making it easily achievable, might cause an an employee to not put in the effort.... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
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Dean Srikant Datar Statements & Speeches | About
institution whose motto, Veritas, impels us to seek truth, it is incumbent upon us to acknowledge and understand the ways that Harvard’s strength today was built on human subjugation and the systems—including business—that perpetuated it.... View Details
- 22 Apr 2022
- Research & Ideas
Companies Can Expand Their Talent Pool by Giving Ex-Convicts a Second Chance
National Bureau of Economic Research. The paper was written by Cullen, Will Dobbie of Harvard Kennedy School, and Mitchell Hoffman of the University of Toronto. “There are a lot of companies willing to give workers with criminal pasts a second chance under the View Details
Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald
- 14 Sep 2021
- Blog Post
Top 5 Myths About HBS
environment. And it's necessary, because the way that we teach is very much like a Socratic method, where you really do need to learn from each other as opposed to fighting for the right answer. Chad: There's a tradition at HBS called... View Details