positive behavior - Publications - Faculty & Research

20 Feb 2019
News

Dean Nohria: Business Schools have a Vital Role in Teaching Trust

decision through the triple lens of their economic, legal and ethical responsibilities,” says Nohria. “Beginning in 2020, the curriculum will go further by asking students to consider what proactive, positive things they should be doing... View Details

01 Jun 2011
News

Building a Social Network

Florida. During a board meeting break, George Weathersby, YPO’s recently appointed CEO, ponders this puzzle: Of the 59 YPO networks (including groups devoted to golf, family business, real estate, wine, and environmental action), half are rated View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

22 Oct 2018
Sharpening Your Skills

Motivate Me, Please

everything. To Motivate Employees, Give an Unexpected Bonus (or Penalty) Employees can be more motivated by the anticipation of a reward or punishment than the actual payoff. Why Government 'Nudges' Motivate Good Citizen Behavior Research... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

01 Apr 1999
News

Spirit at Work

intensive discussions of the spiritual dimensions of leadership and how their personal beliefs govern their lives and positively influence the roles they play in society. Sessions use relevant excerpts from religious and classical... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso

17 Mar 2023
News

Dean Datar Meets with Alumni in New York

Starting this past fall and continuing through the coming year, Dean Srikant Datar is traveling to meet with alumni around the world. On Tuesday, March 14, more than 200 alumni in the New Your area gathered to celebrate and connect with each other at "HBS in New York:... View Details

21 Jan 2009
First Look

First Look: January 21, 2009

from these temporal inconsistencies, positing that the "should" self dominates during the prediction and recollection phases but that the "want" self is dominant during the critical action phase. We draw on the... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

21 Jul 2023
Blog Post

Malcolm McClain (MBA/MPP 2023) Named First RISE Career Fellow

building and well-being. The fellowship’s unique model provides funding for one graduating student to join an organization dedicated to creating local financial and business opportunities. The RISE Career Fellow selects a company and partners with its leadership to... View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit / Government

01 Jun 1997
News

A Better Way to Go on Strike

contract, American and its pilots would be in the same financial position as they would be with a strike. Each could bargain as hard or as collaboratively as it saw fit, holding out as long as its resources and will permit. But what about... View Details

Keywords: David Lax and Professor James K. Sebenius

01 Mar 2006
News

Whitehead Urges MBAs to Become Lifelong Leaders

includes the following positions held: cochairman (and 38-year veteran) of Goldman Sachs; deputy secretary of state in the Reagan administration; and board president of many prominent nonprofit organizations. Founder of the Committee to... View Details

22 Mar 2011
First Look

First Look: March 22

Publisher's Link: http://www.jchs.harvard.edu/publications/MF10-16.pdf Unable to Resist Temptation: How Self-control Depletion Promotes Unethical Behavior Authors:F., M. Schweitzer Gino, N. Mead, and D. Ariely Publication:Organizational... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

September 1974 (Revised April 1975)
Case

Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc. (B)

A consumer attitude survey involving more than 1,000 cranberry users has been conducted. Multivariate statistical procedures including factor analysis, cluster analysis and multiple discriminant analysis have been employed to suggest four attitude segments in the... View Details

Keywords: Surveys; Product Positioning; Mathematical Methods; Consumer Behavior; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Food and Beverage Industry

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26 Jun 2007
First Look

First Look: June 26, 2007

include positioning strategies, choosing the proper channel, potential partnerships, manufacturing issues, market analysis, and PR management. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=507016... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Feb 2001
News

High Stakes: Springboard 2000 Comes to HBS

presentations to a group of some three hundred top investment professionals. Presenters spoke of markets with multibillion-dollar potential, margins over 70 percent, eighteen-month paths to profitability, and, of course, products View Details

Keywords: Singleton, Laura; Springboard 2000

08 Aug 2024
Blog Post

Alumni in Climate Networking Series: London

Positive: How Courageous Companies Thrive by Giving More Than They Take. Peter and Paul discussed Paul’s past work at Unilever, what he’s learned since leaving, and his top takeaways from his book, Net Positive. The conversation covered some of Paul’s favorite examples... View Details

17 May 2018
Sharpening Your Skills

You Probably Have a Bias for Making Bad Decisions. Here's Why.

taha ajmi/Unsplash Until the last year or so, the term "recency bias" was rarely a topic of cocktail conversation—unless it was a gathering of behavioral scientists letting their hair down. But then a news item surfaced about... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

01 Dec 2004
News

Retirement's Changing Face

to balance my life,” he states. “I’ve reallocated, just as you would an investment portfolio.” Snoey’s most recent position was at Harley-Davidson, where he was president and COO of the company’s Transportation Vehicles Division and a... View Details

Keywords: Personal Services

17 Apr 2017
News

Jeff Immelt Wants a Radical Transformation of GE

plastics, appliances, NBC, much of its finance operation, and soon, it’s rumored, even the lighting division. The reason for this, according to Immelt, is what’s drawn him to Boston—the city’s leadership position in technology, medicine,... View Details

Keywords: Miscellaneous Manufacturing; Manufacturing

01 Apr 2002
News

Career Transitions, Continuing Education Focus of Washington, D.C., Club

In 1995, Joseph L. Loughran (MBA '83) volunteered to be the government activities luncheon coordinator for the HBS Club of Washington, D.C. "Little did I know what was in store for me," he jokes. Loughran, a Pennsylvania native, is now president of the four... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

26 Mar 2013
First Look

First Look: March 26

ones. Findings: Our key counterintuitive finding is that Japanese and American founders of entrepreneurial firms are more similar than is often suggested. We first find that in both Japan and the U.S., achievement motivation is positively... View Details