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- December 2005 (Revised October 2006)
- Case
Nest Fresh Eggs (A)
By: Teresa M. Amabile and Victoria Winston
Cyd Szymanski's cage-free egg business was threatened by large caged-hen companies that saw new profit potential in the industry she had helped build. Szymanski had based her company, Nest Fresh Eggs, on a strong personal belief that people deserved healthier... View Details
Keywords: Motivation and Incentives
Amabile, Teresa M., and Victoria Winston. "Nest Fresh Eggs (A)." Harvard Business School Case 806-056, December 2005. (Revised October 2006.)
- 25 Feb 2025
- HBS Seminar
Michel Pham, Columbia University
Unleashed
When leaders seek out advice, they’re often told to fix themselves. Should they?
When leaders want to improve, they will find no shortage of ideas to help them. They’re told to identify and develop their natural-born strengths, mine failures... View Details
- 08 Oct 2020
- Research & Ideas
Keep Your Weary Workers Engaged and Motivated
maximizing productivity? How do we help employees with work/life balance?” “How to keep people engaged and connected and OPTIMISTIC in appropriate measure while so many have so many competing personal and business and health and family... View Details
Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams
- 16 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 16
operations cover food and home and personal care, and its brands include Lipton Tea, Hellmann's, Bird's Eye, Wall's, Ben and Jerry's, Surf, Domestos, Comfort, Dove, Sunsilk, Pond's, Signal, Axe, and Calvin Klein. In particular the book... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 14 Jun 2021
- Op-Ed
When Your Nerves Get the Best of You, Change the Narrative
When I first started teaching executive education classes at Harvard Business School, I was part of a team of five professors who conducted one-week programs for leaders of businesses from all across the globe. Most of my colleagues had extensive experience to draw on:... View Details
Keywords: by Francesca Gino
- 09 Oct 2001
- Research & Ideas
Driven: How Human Nature Shapes Organizations
the overall objectives of the firm in relation to customers, investors, and regulators. Now people are chosen to step into these roles and the organization is set in motion. What will happen in real time? Once on the job, the bonding drive will lead every View Details
Keywords: by Paul Lawrence & Nitin Nohria
- 10 May 2021
- Research & Ideas
Who Has Potential? For Many White Men, It’s Often Other White Men
those from traditionally underrepresented groups, so that all can reach their full potential. “It’s critical when giving feedback to hold the belief that the person has the capacity to learn and grow,” Ely says. “If a manager delivering... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- Web
Generative AI - Alumni
Careers Generative AI Careers Generative AI In today's dynamic job market, Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) stands out as a powerful ally for job seekers, offering personalized insights into industry trends and crafting... View Details
- 2013
- Book
Happy Money: The Science of Happier Spending
By: Elizabeth Dunn and Michael Norton
If you think money can't buy happiness, you're not spending it right. Two rising stars in behavioral science explain how money can buy happiness—if you follow five core principles of smarter spending. Happy Money offers a tour of new research on the science of... View Details
Dunn, Elizabeth, and Michael Norton. Happy Money: The Science of Happier Spending. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2013.
- 13 May 2014
- Working Paper Summaries
The Contaminating Effects of Building Instrumental Ties: How Networking Can Make Us Feel Dirty
- 18 Dec 2013
- HBS Case
Lessons from the Lance Armstrong Cheating Scandal
Cyclist Lance Armstrong overcame incredible personal adversity to reach the highest levels of success. Then, just as spectacularly, he fell from grace in a public scandal that destroyed not only his reputation, but also the reputations of... View Details
- 28 Mar 2016
- Research & Ideas
What's a Boss Worth?
one person who poisons the whole bunch,” says Stanton, who co-wrote the study with Edward Lazear and Kathryn Shaw of the Stanford Graduate School of Business, where he began the research as part of his dissertation in 2011. In order to... View Details
- Research Summary
The Psychology of Conversation
Conversation is a profound part of the human experience. To share our ideas, thoughts, and feelings with each other, we converse face to face and remotely—via phone, email, text message, online comment boards, and in contracts. Conversations form the bedrock of our... View Details
- May 2021 (Revised February 2024)
- Teaching Note
THE YES: Reimagining the Future of E-Commerce with Artificial Intelligence (AI)
By: Ayelet Israeli and Jill Avery
THE YES, a multi-brand shopping app launched in May 2020 offered a new type of buying experience for women’s fashion, driven by a sophisticated algorithm that used data science and machine learning to create and deliver a personalized store for every shopper, based on... View Details
Keywords: Data; Data Analytics; Artificial Intelligence; AI; AI Algorithms; AI Creativity; Fashion; Retail; Retail Analytics; E-Commerce Strategy; Platform; Platforms; Big Data; Preference Elicitation; Predictive Analytics; App Development; ＂Marketing Analytics＂; Advertising; Mobile App; Mobile Marketing; Apparel; Online Advertising; Referral Rewards; Referrals; Female Ceo; Female Entrepreneur; Female Protagonist; Analytics and Data Science; Analysis; Creativity; Marketing Strategy; Brands and Branding; Consumer Behavior; Demand and Consumers; Forecasting and Prediction; Marketing Channels; Digital Marketing; Internet and the Web; Mobile and Wireless Technology; AI and Machine Learning; E-commerce; Digital Platforms; Fashion Industry; Retail Industry; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Consumer Products Industry; United States
- November 2009
- Article
What Would Peter Say?
Heeding the wisdom of Peter Drucker might have helped us avoid - and will help us solve - numerous challenges, from restoring trust in business to tackling climate change. He issued early warnings about excessive executive pay, the auto industry's failure to adapt and... View Details
Keywords: Judgments; Employee Relationship Management; Leadership; Goals and Objectives; Management Practices and Processes; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Business and Community Relations; Business and Government Relations; Business and Shareholder Relations
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss. "What Would Peter Say?" Harvard Business Review 87, no. 11 (November 2009).
- 15 Oct 2018
- Research & Ideas
Shaky Business: How Handshakes Win Negotiations
the table, according to their paper, “Handshaking Promotes Deal-Making by Signaling Cooperative Intent,” forthcoming in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. To shake, or not to shake? In one experiment, the researchers... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- March 2018 (Revised March 2018)
- Teaching Note
OpenInvest
By: Boris Vallee and Caitlin Reimers Brumme
Founded by a team of hedge fund and NGO alumni, OpenInvest launched its platform in 2015 to enable retail investors to tailor their portfolio to their personal values in an automated way, for instance by screening out weapon manufacturers stocks or overweighting LGBTQ... View Details
- Web
Joseph O'Donnell | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
Whitehead About This Collection Contact Us Special Collections Baker Library Search Search Search Entrepreneurs Resources Persons Joseph O'Donnell Joseph O'Donnell, MBA 1971 Boston Concessions Interview conducted in June 2001 Interview... View Details
- 27 Apr 2016
- Research & Ideas
How the FBI Reinvented Itself After 9/11
enforcer be the same person, the FBI can take advantage of the plea bargain system we have in the United States,” Gulati says. “Once the agent puts that person in jail, he or she can say to the criminal, ‘OK, if you want to get out of... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel