Happiness - Publications - Faculty & Research

07 Mar 2016
Blog Post

Living Off Campus at HBS

you make that decision? Cameron: I live off campus between Harvard and Central Squares, and am incredibly happy with my decision. I am originally from Cambridge and was working in Boston prior to HBS. Knowing the area I had a good sense... View Details

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Social Enterprise - Faculty & Research

All HBS Working Knowlege 09 Apr 2024 Sustaining a Legacy of Giving in Turkey Re: Christina R. Wing 05 Dec 2023 Tommy Hilfiger’s Adaptive Clothing Line: Making Fashion Inclusive 15 Aug 2023 Why Giving to Others Makes Us Happy Re: Ashley V.... View Details

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Diversity and Inclusion - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning

point in the conversation. I am also happy to continue discussion of these issues after class.” Emphasize the importance of keeping the focus on ideas, content, arguments, and implications — not the person delivering them. Suggest the... View Details

12 Aug 2019
Research & Ideas

How Scale Changes a Manager's Responsibilities

follow a structured process. The product leads would constantly complain about his attitude and work quality. I carved out a prototyping role for him on the team so we could keep experimenting with new ideas and he could remain happy and... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Austin

16 Jun 2020
Research & Ideas

Your Customers Have Changed. Here's How to Engage Them Again.

Lessons from Chinese Companies’ Response to Covid-19 (Harvard Business Review) What Quarantine Can Teach You About Spending and Happiness (Wall Street Journal) Read COVID-19 coverage from Working Knowledge What principles should your firm... View Details

Keywords: by Rohit Deshpandé, Ofer Mintz, and Imran S. Currim; Retail; Service

November 2008
Article

Getting off the Hedonic Treadmill, One Step at a Time: The Impact of Regular Religious Practice and Exercise on Well-Being

By: Daniel Mochon, Michael I. Norton and Dan Ariely

Many studies have shown that few events in life have a lasting impact on subjective well-being because of people's tendency to adapt quickly; worse, those events that do have a lasting impact tend to be negative. We suggest that while major events may not provide... View Details

Keywords: Health; Religion; Behavior; Happiness; Welfare

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16 Oct 2017
Research & Ideas

The Most Successful Startups Have Hands-On Founders

getting the feedback they need, and they’re happy in the firm so they’re less likely to quit,” says Rembrand Koning, an assistant professor in Harvard Business School’s Strategy Unit who was a coauthor of the study. "Our findings... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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Balancing Work & Life - Alumni

a lot of stress by preplanning who does what during the week to come, making it easier for both of you to manage shared responsibilities with less conflict. Past Program Resources How to be Happy at Work Are you truly View Details

12 Oct 2022
Blog Post

11 Stories from HBS PRIDE for National Coming Out Day

recognizing early on that being able to help others would require helping myself first. The path to find my own happiness took me through 21 years of being a closeted gay male, feeling like an “other,” and having no visible role models to... View Details

12 Dec 2005
Research & Ideas

Using the Law to Strategic Advantage

Constance Bagley: Yes, I'd be happy to. The law offers a variety of tools managers can use to manage the firm more effectively. They range from contracts, which can be used to strengthen business relationships, allocate risk and reward,... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Legal Services

15 Aug 2016
Blog Post

Writing a Case as a Student at HBS

choose; most professors are happy to have case writing help! If you chose a professor before a topic, you will want to discuss potential topics with him or her during these first meetings. 4) Get researching! Some professors provide more... View Details

30 May 2005
Research & Ideas

Six Steps for Making Your Threat Credible

less at stake than I do." You might also suggest that your substitute is a harder bargainer than you are: " I don't want to walk away from this deal, but he's in charge and is not happy with the offer on the table." In both... View Details

Keywords: by Deepak Malhotra

29 Aug 2022
Op-Ed

Income Inequality Is Rising. Are We Even Measuring It Correctly?

Exeter Business School. You Might Also Like: More Proof That Money Can Buy Happiness (or a Life with Less Stress) The Pursuit of Passion Propagates Privilege Of Learning and Forgetting: Centrism, Populism, and the Legitimacy Crisis of... View Details

Keywords: by Jon M. Jachimowicz, Kristin Blesch, and Oliver P. Hauser

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2021 Virtual Presentations - Alumni

and corporate finance. Alumni will leave this session with a better sense of selected risks and opportunities in markets today. Slides From Strength to Strength: Happiness and Success in the Second Half of Life Faculty: Professors Arthur... View Details

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Reunions - Alumni

commitment varies from month to month and class to class. Volunteers have the option of focusing their efforts on broad-based gift participation, leadership gift commitments, or planned giving. Your class's Development Liaison will be View Details

17 Sep 2018
Research & Ideas

Welcome to Retirement. Who Am I Now?

beautiful things. “Most people are very happy right from that first morning,” Amabile says. The rocky self-reflection stage of retirement Yet, for many, that giddy glow starts to wear off within weeks or months, as they shuffle through a... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Entertainment & Recreation

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Time for Happiness: Why the Pursuit of Money Isn't Bringing You Joy—and What Will

By: A.V. Whillans

Adam (real story, fake name) was a good employee who was given a plum project he believed could get him a promotion and a raise. Taking it seemed like the proverbial no-brainer: Work hard, nail the assignment, get more pay. He knew he’d have to put in long days and... View Details

Keywords: Time; Privilege; Guilt; Money; Happiness

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08 Apr 2019
Sharpening Your Skills

The Life of Luxury and How to Sell It

Research released recently by iseecars.com seems to indicate a fleeting happiness with luxury cars. New buyers of BMW, Jaguar, Land Rover, Mercedes-Benz, and Porsche sell them more frequently in the first year than owners of other models.... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Auto; Retail; Fashion

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1.24 Commencement - MBA

Policies 5. Technology, Copyright, & Publishing Policies 6. Important Contact Information The MBA Program joyfully anticipates the annual Harvard Commencement exercises in late May each year. All students are encouraged to attend, and the MBA Program is View Details

01 Sep 2010
News

Now Starring: Single Dad

Wand said he hoped it would show people in similar situations that there can be happy endings. “I’ve had a pretty wonderful life,” said Wand, who in 1983 married classmate Beverly Patton (MBA ’81) and today is an adjunct finance professor... View Details

Keywords: single parents; fatherhood; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

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