Happiness - Publications - Faculty & Research

11 Oct 2022
News

Righting the Ship

that’s faster and safer—and they’re able to build new facilities where needed. But equally important is the higher quality of work and life for the teams: “They're happy and proud of where they work now, but then there’s also an... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

04 Nov 2016
News

The Competitiveness of Lost Causes

consulting firm could do.” Urgency and Long-Term Impact After being based in Barcelona for many years, Duch was happy to bring his family to Washington, DC, a city that he says offers “more racial, religious, and ethnic diversity and a... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

01 Apr 2020
Blog Post

How Scott Linzmeyer Crafted a Business He Loves at Reveler Beverage

deadline, and as Linzmeyer dug into the earlier concepts he and his co-founder considered the retail component stuck out to him as the clear winner. He loved craft beer, but as a consumer he wasn’t happy with the options of where he could... View Details

12 Jun 2019
Research & Ideas

Investors Have More Than Money to Offer Entrepreneurs

financial management advice. But startups often run into issues outside those categories, everything from what to ask potential hires in a job interview to analyzing sales funnels. Experienced investors have likely run into those issues many times over and are View Details

Keywords: by Julia Austin

14 May 2008
Research & Ideas

Getting Down to the Business of Creativity

Happiness is not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.—Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Inauguration Day, 1933 Creativity, a quality more traditionally associated with artistic... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Retail; Apparel & Accessories; Fashion; Entertainment & Recreation

01 Mar 2019
News

The One That Got Away

growth market with a sector leader and a smart, trustworthy, deep-pocketed partner, do it and figure out the fund issues later. Your investors will be happy you did! Deborah Farrington (MBA 1976) StarVest Partners Still Buffering I was an... View Details

09 Jun 2017
News

Curating the Cuisine of Southwest China

climate. The weather-- it's sort of like Berkeley here. It's like California. It's spring year round. Flowers always bloom. And the mountain is always green. And that kind of bothered me because I felt perfect weather made people lazy. Everyone was very content to be... View Details

01 Jun 2017
News

Life in Lockdown

team shares the feedback they received from about a dozen people. “People’s faces lit up,” Behrens says. From the research, Foalea determines her key demographic: women, ages 24–35, who are happy with their style but would like... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Myers; photography by Chris Churchill

01 Jun 2018
News

June 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books

already being practiced by some far-sighted US providers, reversing the typical flow of innovation in the world. Reverse innovation has worked in other industries. We need it now in health care. Not Fade Away: Staying Happy When You’re... View Details

21 Nov 2016
Research & Ideas

It Matters That Your CEO Doesn't Know Much About Sales

effectively is a governance issue as well as a prerequisite for profitable growth.” Related Reading Connecting Goals and Go-To-Market Initiatives The Most Powerful Workplace Motivator Want a Happy Customer? Coordinate Sales and Marketing View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

10 Sep 2014
Research & Ideas

Become a Value Creator

said, noting that the biggest predictor of happiness in life is good relationships. "If you have really good relationships, you have really good friends. You have people who have your back, who believe in you, who really respect you,... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

10 Dec 2012
Research & Ideas

Why We Blab Our Intimate Secrets on Facebook

legal and ethical reasons, the mere act of ensuring privacy seems to suppress information disclosure. What's the solution? "Perhaps the happy medium for marketers is to protect people's privacy, but don't explicitly tell them you're doing... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

26 Apr 2011
First Look

First Look: April 26

be more complex than previously thought. While fervent believers benefit from their involvement, those with weaker beliefs are actually less happy than those who do not ascribe to any religion—atheists and agnostics. These results may... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

06 May 2021
Blog Post

The Extraordinary Things We Do on Ordinary Days: A Mother’s Day Tribute

actions, and remembering there’s a little mind always watching and observing what we’re doing. If I can do this, I have no doubt we will raise a wonderful daughter. As we celebrate Mother’s Day, take a minute to tell all the moms in your life how wonderful they are.... View Details

01 Dec 1999
News

Q & A: Herb Kohl

life. And I've been happy with all of them, so far. We'll see what tomorrow brings. Local Hero A lifetime basketball fan, Herb Kohl worked to get the Bucks to Milwaukee in 1969. Not wanting to see the NBA franchise leave his hometown when... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

20 Jun 2012
Lessons from the Classroom

Teaching Leadership: What We Know

way to teach leadership. There are currently as many ways to teach the topic as there are definitions of it (Rost, 1991), each proponent as enthusiastic as the next about his or her favored approach. And finally, we have learned that most experienced teachers are not... View Details

Keywords: by Scott A. Snook, Rakesh Khurana & Nitin Nohria; Education

05 Sep 2006
Research & Ideas

HBS Cases: Porsche’s Risky Roll on an SUV

shareholders' meeting in 2004 in Leipzig. While rival carmakers such as Ferrari, Aston Martin, Alfa Romeo, and Lamborghini have been happy to locate where labor costs are cheaper, Porsche wanted to ensure its "Made in Germany"... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Auto; Manufacturing

01 Mar 2015
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2015

business and live a happy life at the same time by following his 12 principles for developing a culture of excellence. They include being true to character, leading with a vision, prioritizing one’s time, innovating through imagination,... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

12 Jul 2020
Book

The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2020

work on money as an important part of my Leadership and Happiness course and look forward to catching up with his newest efforts. My extended family has agreed to share The World: A Brief Introduction, by Richard Haas, in a group... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

04 Jun 2013
First Look

First Look: June 4

spending) are unleashed when givers are aware of their positive impact. In Study 1, an experiment using real charitable appeals, giving more money to charity led to higher levels of happiness only when participants gave to causes that... View Details