Happiness - Publications - Faculty & Research

03 Feb 2020
What Do You Think?

Can an Organization Have Too Much 'Rebel Talent'?

reflect, (5) learn everything—then forget everything, (6) find freedom in constraints, (7) lead from the trenches, and (8) foster happy accidents [through, for example, ways of bringing diverse employees together on a daily basis]. One... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

08 Feb 2000
Research & Ideas

Women Negotiating in the New Millenium

men are more interested in group identity. "Women hold back on what they want to claim," she said, adding that, "this may be a more functional strategy for women. Strong personal relationships may be more important to women's career success than to men.... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

01 Sep 2017
News

Futures Made Bright Through Opportunity

finance and accounting, but they are happy I don’t know what I’m going to do yet, that I have the luxury of choice. I can’t thank the School enough.” Wu has participated in HBS’s Rock Center for Entrepreneurship program and this past... View Details

Keywords: Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

08 Sep 2016
News

How We Make It Work

The Black family (including their dog, Rocky) take a watermelon break. (photo by Christina Gandolfo) One day I came home from work, and the twins were stumbling around on the ground, and [Cynthia] said, “You don’t really look happy.” And I said, “You know, View Details

12 Nov 2018
Research & Ideas

'Always On' Isn't Always Best for Team Decision-Making

findings. Another finding with technological implications is that storing and showing participants their best previous solution didn’t lead to better results. “There’s that interesting question of how much we are captives of our own past selves,” Lazer says. “We come... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland

04 Sep 2019
News

Advancing Diagnostics that Can Save Lives

who has raised $12 million for DZD, attributes the very existence of the company to the Harvard Innovation Labs ecosystem and is happy to share his experience with other founders. “When we started the company, we asked ourselves whether... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

13 Apr 2017
News

Solving Nigeria’s Skilled Workforce Challenge

could take hundreds of years, but there is happiness in the daily pursuit of making a difference.” Rewane sees the transformative power of the program every day as hopeful, hard-working students—some micro entrepreneurs, many unemployed... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

01 Aug 2002
News

HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report

dedicated board members for their hard work this year and to all of you who keep the HBS connections so strong and vital. Have a happy and healthy summer. Susan Luick Good (MBA '71) July 2002 View Details

29 Jan 2015
Op-Ed

The Fall of Greece

and, in any case, did not manage to reform the country in a fast enough pace. Driving from Athens to Thessaloniki in 20 hours is hardly an achievement—even if there is a lot of traffic. Moreover, I am happy to see old faces go: I am a big... View Details

Keywords: by George Serafeim

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Frequently Asked Questions - Alumni

associated costs to participating may come up throughout the year: Commuting-related expenses, such as gas, parking, transit passes, etc. Food and beverages for monthly meetings, in the form of a small cash contribution or bringing one item. Social outings mutually... View Details

21 Jan 2014
News

Climbing to New Heights

on European investments—sourcing, evaluating, and managing opportunities to create value for our investors." Petzel also claims that his climbing days are over. "After I finished the Everest climb, I gave away most of my gear to the porters," he says. "My wife and... View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley

24 Sep 2021
Blog Post

Is the MBA Worth It? Hear What Recent HBS Grads Have to Say (Part 2)

those two years getting more experience. The problem is that most people who hear that argument have only experienced a tiny fraction of the universe of career possibilities. I believe that the key to a happy life (or a successful... View Details

02 Jun 2021
Blog Post

Paul’s Sabbatical Story: Hypothesis-testing by sabbaticals

the eco-lodge showed him that there’s no such thing as utopia; he was surprised by things he missed—intellectual challenge and his community—back home. His time in Estonia proved to be just as valuable. He’s no longer pinning his hopes for View Details

25 Aug 2022
News

In My Humble Opinion: Road Tested

Charles and taking in the sights.” Happy accident: “I’m a more quantitative person, and my management consulting experience—which focused on materials and metals—was very analytical, so I wanted a business profession that fit that. But I... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; trucking; leadership; fintech; career

16 Dec 2015
Research & Ideas

Why ‘Sleep on It’ No Longer Sounds Like Great Advice

On It? The Effects of Overnight Sleep on Subjective Preference-Based Choice, forthcoming in the Journal of Behavioral Decision Making. Sleeping on a decision may not lead to a happy outcome. ©iStock/vadimguzhva In order to test their... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Retail

01 Dec 2011
What Do You Think?

Thinking Slow: An Argument for Bureaucracy?

(New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2005) Daniel Kahneman, Thinking, Fast and Slow (New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2011) Richard H. Thaler and Cass R. Sunstein, Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

Profile

Prita Kumar

person who makes the same mistake twice.” Being an entrepreneur requires a strong emotional and psychological makeup. How are you handling the ups and downs of the relatively new experience? I feel most happy when I’m making... View Details

01 Jan 2006
News

Sir Ronald M. Cohen, MBA 1969

regenerating our deprived communities, improving financial inclusion, and realizing the potential of our disadvantaged youth.” Described by The Economist as “the compassionate capitalist,” Cohen is happy to say he’s not alone. “Just... View Details

30 Sep 2013
Research & Ideas

Do Mergers Hurt Product Quality?

whether we should be happy or sad when companies merge." Quantifying Quality Sheen faced the challenge of tracking both product pricing and product quality before and after company mergers. As a finance scholar, he depends on... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Consumer Products

06 Jul 2020
Blog Post

A Letter from the Women in Investing Club

who did not have backgrounds in investing to effectively make a career switch. Looking back on the year, the strength of our community was consistently cited as a differentiator for our group. Over the course of the two semesters (including virtually!), we hosted View Details

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