Stress Testing - Publications - Faculty & Research

13 Feb 2013
Research & Ideas

5 Weight Loss Tips From Behavioral Economists

Weight Loss: A Randomized, Controlled Trial," published in the June 2011 edition of Journal of General Internal Medicine. TIP #3- Fill your backpack with rocks. A research team from Harvard and the University of Central Florida tested the... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

07 Dec 2011
Research & Ideas

Are Creative People More Dishonest?

faced with ethical dilemmas. The first study tested the hypothesis that a naturally creative person is predisposed to dishonest behavior. (The week before the experiment, the participants, 71 university students, completed an online... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Advertising

03 Dec 2015
Op-Ed

How "New Nuclear" Power Could Save the Planet—If Regulators Would Allow It

Leaders from some 150 nations have convened in Paris this week for the COP21 conference with a singular goal: to fight the global threat of climate change. Each of them have brought to Paris their own national plan for reducing greenhouse gas emissions that drive... View Details

Keywords: by Joseph Lassiter; Energy

16 Oct 2013
Op-Ed

Response to Readers: Combating Climate Change with Nuclear Power and Fracking

With more than 7,500 views and 180-plus tweets, I want to thank everyone for taking the time to read the original HBS Working Knowledge piece, The Case for Combating Climate Change with Nuclear Power and Fracking, and, in particular, for sharing your thoughts with one... View Details

Keywords: by Joe Lassiter; Energy; Utilities

27 Oct 2011
Research & Ideas

Horrible Boss Workarounds

stresses the importance of zooming—the ability to view the world through an adjustable lens as the situation demands, examining particular details in certain situations and maintaining a broad view of the mission in others. Talented... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

02 Oct 2019
What Do You Think?

What Grade Would You Give Walmart CEO Doug McMillon?

so primarily because of the belief that corporations have a responsibility to several stakeholders. Bing’s comment reflects this: “He deserves an A. The Milton Friedman concept of shareholder value deserves an F. Stressing the increase in... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Retail

28 Nov 2016
Research & Ideas

Challenging the Belief that Liability Laws Kill Medical Device Innovation

Doctors are afraid of getting sued. According to some accounts, 75 percent of them perform more tests and procedures than necessary to avoid potential lawsuits over medical malpractice. The phenomenon of “defensive medicine” has been... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Medical Devices & Supplies

12 Nov 2001
Research & Ideas

Can Religion and Business Learn From Each Other?

yourself and what you can deliver. All these things are typical stresses in the business environment. Where would religion fit in there? Well, religion could fit in a number of ways. One is, first of all, the personal perspective, that... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

30 Oct 2007
First Look

First Look: October 30, 2007

world in a way that fits the new realities of the global economy, fosters leadership, and uses citizen-diplomats to befriend moderates in troubled regions and business networks to ensure success in the major emerging economies; and (6) building community by View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

11 Jan 2016
Research & Ideas

Is Group Loyalty a Force for Good or Evil?

than just argue, you can look at the data.” Putting loyalty to the test The researchers arranged a simple experiment, in which participants were asked to solve a series of number puzzles. Rather than handing in their results, however,... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

24 Apr 2013
Research & Ideas

Who Sets Your Benchmarks?

in the Midwest, and my mother was a real estate agent who took on other work as money needs arose. They both hoped that I wouldn't have to deal with the financial stresses they had faced. They wanted me to have a nest egg. They hoped I... View Details

03 Jul 2018
What Do You Think?

Should CEO Satya Nadella Cancel Microsoft’s Contract with ICE?

families.” “Dr J Do what is right” put it this way: “The organization’s culture is getting tested My advice would be to quickly hold a series of town hall meetings with employees to gauge what they feel. More importantly, it needs to be a... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Computer; Technology

22 Jul 2015
Research & Ideas

Name Your Price. Really.

deal in two ways: In the first description, they stressed that the shop offered great coffee with great value and efficient service, setting up an exchange norm. In the second, they emphasized that the servers always offered a warm... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Consumer Products

29 Dec 2019
Research & Ideas

Read Our Most Popular Research Stories of 2019

You Can Still Be Productive Commuters who listen to music or talk radio might be increasing their chance of a stressful workday. Here are better ways to cope with a bad commute. Why Salespeople Struggle at Leading When salespeople become... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

30 Jul 2014
Lessons from the Classroom

Teaching The Deal

key negotiation strategies in the courses Negotiations and Deals. Both courses stress what corporate leaders learn from experience, that a manager's success depends largely on keen negotiation skills, whether the manager is trying to seal... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Education

10 May 2016
First Look

May 10, 2016

prowess. This narrative stresses that Britannica’s management faced organizational diseconomies of scope between supporting lines of business in the old and new markets, which generated internal conflicts. These conflicts hindered the... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

20 Jul 2015
Research & Ideas

Globalization Hasn’t Killed the Manufacturing Cluster

to business success. In today's global markets, companies have many choices to procure what they need to develop, build, and sell product. Pisano and Buciuni wanted to test the theory of the dying cluster. "I think people in general think... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Manufacturing; Apparel & Accessories; Fashion

02 Aug 2024
HBS Case

How a Mission to Cut Food Waste Launched a Multimillion-Dollar Venture

learned that the world’s wasted food could feed 800 million people. To test the idea of selling less-than-perfect products at a discounted price, he bought $200 worth of “unpretty” food, set up a sales table at a busy Toronto... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert; Technology; Information Technology

29 Sep 2015
First Look

September 29, 2015

recursion, interaction, and subjective construal between the self concept and the social system. In two lab experiments and a field experiment in a global consulting firm, we tested the hypotheses by offering people reflections on times... View Details