Lifestyle - Publications - Faculty & Research

26 Aug 2020
News

What the Climate Change Movement Can Learn from the Pandemic

users’ credit card purchases and then connects users with offsets they can buy to mitigate their footprint. Part of Pal’s motivation for building Joro was that she wanted a tool that would not only allow her to better measure the impact of her View Details

21 Jul 2014
Research & Ideas

Is a Gap in Small-Business Credit Holding Back the American Economy?

engine for innovation and job creation to drive competitiveness, while also providing a path to a prosperous lifestyle for countless American families. But today, small businesses are not creating these jobs at the rate that we need. The... View Details

Keywords: by Karen Mills; Manufacturing

01 Dec 2002
News

Mary Callahan Erdoes

you a standard answer to that, but I need to understand each client's specific circumstances before ever giving asset-allocation advice. What are their income and lifestyle needs, time horizons, and goals? Is the money going to charity,... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

01 Mar 2009
News

Damon Silvers

that trouble was coming, just as the fact that in the United States consumer consumption has gone from 65 percent to 70 percent of GDP since 1970. The idea that the United States can maintain 300 million people in a broadly middle-class View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Administration of Economic Programs; Government; Transportation Equipment Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Transportation

20 Sep 2004
Research & Ideas

How Consumers Value Global Brands

companies like Disney, McDonald's, Levi Strauss, and Jack Daniel's spun American myths for the rest of the world. But today's global myths have less to do with the American way of life. Further, no longer are myths created only by View Details

Keywords: by Douglas B. Holt, John A. Quelch & Earl L. Taylor

15 Feb 2022
Blog Post

Health is Wealth | The Path to Creating a Venture

Daniel Wallerstofer, PhD, her Co-Founder at Rootine. Launching Rootine After launching her first venture during her EC year, Rachel started experiencing stress, fatigue, and signs of burnout. She started to look at not only her nutrition, but her overall View Details

08 Aug 2018
News

Getting Life Back in Balance

viticulture, and forestry industries. Although it would be a jarring lifestyle change, Gower says he had the full support of his wife and their three grown children to take the leap. In fact, Sally is used to his adventurous streak. The... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Myers

01 Aug 1998
News

Spring Reunions: Milestones and Memories

challenges of this experience have been beyond anything I could have imagined." Just as his work straddles two industries, Verba's lifestyle spans two cities. "I live in San Francisco," he notes, "but I spend half my week in Los Angeles.... View Details

Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey

05 Sep 2017
News

Living the Quantitative Life

de-motivating, where I could see two or three months in, that I was nowhere near on track to hitting that goal. But the problem wasn't my behavior, necessarily, it was the fact that I just came up with that goal top-down and it was pretty unrelated to my actual View Details

08 Jan 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, January 8, 2019

generating a brand book for Israel that suggested a guiding brand position of “creative energy”; inviting social media influencers to partake in trips focused on lifestyle interests; generating appealing, non-conflict related content... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

22 Jul 2021
News

Mentoring Fashion Startups in Singapore; Rising Star Accolades for Mid-Career Women

Chris Marshall (DBA 1996), Kamal Karmakar (OPM 37), Eugene Lee (MBA 1976), and Sophia Shing (MBA 1997). The seven participating startups were recruited by TaFF as part of The Bridge Fashion Incubator (TBFI) program, considered Southeast Asia’s “first fashion tech,... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

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Demo Day | New Venture Competition

their storefronts for AI shopping agents. Coord Health Christina Vosbikian (MBA 2025), Leora Sutton (MBA 2025) Coord Health provides critical at-home care for women's health. Through virtual preventative care and lifestyle coaching, it is... View Details

14 Apr 2022
Blog Post

Trust the Process, and Trust Yourself Even More: Interview with Wellness and Empowerment Leader, Dilan Gomih (MBA 2019)

another shot and afterward immediately felt how exercise improved her productivity and mindset. Gomih was hooked and started quickly introducing lifestyle changes to make fitness and wellness central to her life. Business School,... View Details

23 May 2017
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First Look at New Ideas and Research: May 23, 2017

https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/517069-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 517-032 Shang Xia: The Creation of a Chinese Luxury Lifestyle Brand The case traces the birth of Shang Xia, a joint venture between the Hermès Group and... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Spirit at Work: The Search for Deeper Meaning in the Workplace

profits," he says. The Sikh lifestyle encourages daily yoga, meditation, and prayer; religious tolerance; and "recognizing the divine in every person" — all of which translate into business practice in a variety of ways,... View Details

Keywords: by Marguerite Rigoglioso

05 Jun 2007
First Look

First Look: June 5, 2007

supplement: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=807158 Westin Hotels and Resorts: Operations of a Lifestyle Experience Harvard Business School Case 607-129 Westin Hotels and Resorts adopted a new... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 May 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, May 1, 2018

and coordinating government entities towards promoting happiness and positivity at work, and promoting happiness as a lifestyle more generally. The case details the UAE's progress through February 2018. The class discussion gives students... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

02 Jan 2001
Research & Ideas

Gurus in the Garage

casual but cultured lifestyle of California's Napa Valley, his coach Fern Mandelbaum, cofounder of toy maker Skyline, questioned whether other Americans shared his concept of Napa. "I thought, 'Come on, Fern, I will tell you what it... View Details

Keywords: by Dorothy Leonard & Walter Swap

16 Jun 2009
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First Look: June 16

lifestyles of China's rural population. However, the cost of connecting remote locations was high and was often not offset by subscriber fees or usage rates of these populations. Would this investment be relegated to a socially... View Details