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- 17 Apr 2006
- Research & Ideas
Resisting the Seductions of Success
psychological and emotional anesthetic. Its victims don't know their inner lives have shriveled and their healthy instincts have grown dull. In fact, these men and women often seem to be living exemplary, balanced lives, and they may be... View Details
- 29 Apr 2016
- News
The First Five Years: Kelly McKenna (MBA 2015)
themselves with social causes or wish to bring about positive change in the world. Beyond the income these artists are receiving, the confidence and hope it instills within them touches every part of their lives. A lot of these artists... View Details
- September 2004
- Article
Trust in Agency
Existing models of the principal-agent relationship assume the agent works only under extrinsic incentives. However, many observed agency contracts take the form of a fixed payment. For such contracts to succeed, the principal must trust the agent to work in the... View Details
Keywords: Trust; Agency Theory; Relationships; Behavior; Motivation and Incentives; Contracts; Business Model; Emotions; Forecasting and Prediction; Ethics; Standards; Risk and Uncertainty
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon. "Trust in Agency." Journal of Economics & Management Strategy 13, no. 3 (September 2004): 375–404.
- 06 Sep 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Power of Leadership Groups for Staying on Track
authenticity, which is the essential quality of leaders with high levels of emotional intelligence, or EQ. In my experience I have not seen leaders fail for lack of IQ, but I have observed many leaders fail who lacked EQ. Daniel Goleman,... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George
- 29 Dec 2014
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Articles and Research Papers of 2014
Silvia Bellezza, Francesca Gino, and Anat Keinan shows there may be prestige advantages when you stand out rather than fit in. The Role of Emotions in Effective Negotiations Senior Lecturer Andy Wasynczuk, a former negotiator for the New... View Details
- 26 Aug 2014
- First Look
First Look: August 26
pursuit of emotional support or friendship, and unlike social ties that emerge spontaneously, instrumental networking in pursuit of professional goals can impinge on an individual's moral purity-a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
An American Odyssey
social change and very conscious that I was going to use my HBS training in different ways than most of my classmates,” America explains. “In class, I appreciated the pro-labor side in cases that had a union-management component. I was... View Details
- 18 Oct 2011
- First Look
First Look: October 18
the operating decisions of the waste-to-energy firm. Our analyses suggest that if the social planner's objective is to maximize landfill diversion, offering a subsidy as a per kilowatt-hour for electricity is more cost effective, whereas... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Feb 2002
- Research & Ideas
Secrets of the Successful Businesswoman
your emotional life and your commitments to others and your relationships and your commitments to an institution and [pursuing] excitement and opportunity and possibility." Each woman she described had reconciled her own multiple... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 17 Mar 2022
- Research & Ideas
Navigating Tradeoffs: How Purpose Becomes a Company's ‘Lighthouse in the Storm’
CEO Corie Barry, who says that making money is the company’s business imperative, not its purpose. Barry explains how the company manages to balance pursuing its mission of enriching people’s lives through technology while also focusing on its View Details
Keywords: by Ranjay Gulati
- 01 Jan 2008
- News
Meg Whitman, MBA 1979
that has redefined commerce. Since stepping down from eBay last spring, Whitman’s focus now lies in the public and social sectors. When Meg Whitman joined eBay in 1998, the two-year-old private company had thirty employees and $4.7... View Details
- 04 Oct 2007
- What Do You Think?
Has Managerial Capitalism Peaked?
better. Be it mutual funds or hedge funds, these so-called owners have virtually no emotional investment in the companies (they own)." B. D. Majuqwana comments that "the biggest drawback for PE is that it does not aim to create... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 03 Jan 2008
- What Do You Think?
Does Judgment Trump Experience?
creator of knowledge with a storyline (comprising ideas, values, and ways of generating emotional energy for the organization) and a teachable point of view, in addition to possessing good judgment. There is no mention of experience,... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 10 Sep 2018
- Research & Ideas
Celebrating 'The Men and Women of the Corporation' 40 Years Later
change our own behavior. I say this for myself, too, to make sure I'm totally acknowledging the people who have been hurt by our social structures. Because there is always an emotional component to change,... View Details
Keywords: by Robin J. Ely
- 07 Nov 2006
- First Look
First Look: November 7, 2006
feasible, and when it's not. Second, drawing from intervention research, we argue that management teams facing hot topics can learn to handle relationship conflicts productively, despite the heightened emotions and interpersonal tensions... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Feb 2021
- Research & Ideas
Pandemic Self-Care for CEOs: Rituals, Running, and Cognitive Restructuring
stress” and “kept me mentally healthy and strong.” Some also noted that they were managing their social lives more proactively, making more concerted efforts to reach out to loved ones. “I called elderly family members regularly and... View Details
- 23 Dec 2014
- First Look
First Look: December 23
thwart its Level II opponents. Publisher's link: http://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Publication%20Files/14-091_6caacd58-20c1-4257-9be5-204972ad4b4c.pdf December 2014 International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences Negotiations:... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 27 Sep 2017
- Research & Ideas
What Happens When Ordinary People Get Creative?
mainstream press, led to the 2011 book The Progress Principle—a guide for managers who want to provide catalysts for progress among their employees. But the research also revealed a more meta result: Amabile realized the extent to which people volunteer their inner... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 14 May 2008
- Research & Ideas
Getting Down to the Business of Creativity
perceptions, emotions, and motivations," Amabile says. "We call this 'inner work life,' and we found that it directly influences creativity and other aspects of performance." Previous laboratory studies have demonstrated the causal relationship between... View Details
- 16 Jan 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 16, 2018
Guide to Corporate Culture: How to Manage the Eight Critical Elements of Organizational Life By: Groysberg, Boris, Jeremiah Lee, Jesse Price, and J. Yo-Jud Cheng Abstract—Executives are often confounded by culture because much of it is anchored in unspoken behaviors,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne