Happy End Problem - Publications - Faculty & Research

21 Nov 2023
Op-Ed

The Beauty Industry: Products for a Healthy Glow or a Compact for Harm?

In my recently published book Deeply Responsible Business, I write about business leaders since the 19th century who have acted responsibly, often by putting the welfare of their communities above the idea of maximizing profits. I make a sharp distinction between... View Details

Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones; Beauty & Cosmetics

24 Jan 2023
Research & Ideas

Passion at Work Is a Good Thing—But Only If Bosses Know How to Manage It

that I seek to make in the world.’ Employees may view passion as an end in itself, to achieve fulfillment.” Managers are often aligned with this view, says Jachimowicz: "When I talk to organizational leaders, they're often very... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

01 Dec 2023
News

The Imposter Among Us

That was evident in the flood of responses the Bulletin received when we asked readers to share their stories. From these submissions, it’s also apparent that age, experience, and success are not determining factors, as the phenomenon can occur at the beginning or the... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

31 Jan 2022
Research & Ideas

Where Can Digital Transformation Take You? Insights from 1,700 Leaders

to know their customers like never before. Rather than expecting customers to buy whatever a company sells, the most successful companies proactively anticipate and discover customers’ problems and desires and innovate accordingly.... View Details

Keywords: by Linda A. Hill, Ann Le Cam, Sunand Menon, and Emily Tedards

07 Nov 2017
First Look

New Research and Ideas: November 7, 2017

and that this difference is associated with significant performance differentials. We propose three possible reasons for the managerial gap of founder CEO firms: a) informational problems preventing a clear understanding of the weakness... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

11 Aug 2022
Research & Ideas

When Parents Tell Kids to ‘Work Hard,’ Do They Send the Wrong Message?

ability. "People are struggling to make ends meet around the country, and success is often determined in part by uncontrollable factors." “They explained this disparity by saying the [higher-achieving] group worked harder,” says Whillans,... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Education

April 2011 (Revised January 2013)
Supplement

Felipe Calderón: Leading with Light and Power (C)

By: J. Bruce Harreld and David Lane

This sequence of cases explores how leaders get their team focused on framing, analyzing, and ultimately acting upon complex decisions. The A case provides an inside look as President of Mexico, Felipe Calderon, works with his cabinet ministers to decide how to... View Details

Keywords: Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Decision Choices and Conditions; Cases; Leadership Style; Crime and Corruption; State Ownership; Problems and Challenges; Risk and Uncertainty; Economics; Finance; Performance; Management Teams; Energy Industry; Mexico City

Citation

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19 Dec 2023
Research & Ideas

15 Podcast Episodes That Grabbed Listeners in 2023

Call Ryan Serhant: How to Manage Your Time for Happiness Real estate entrepreneur, television star, husband, and father Ryan Serhant is incredibly busy and successful. He starts his days at 4 a.m. and often doesn’t View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

17 Jan 2024
HBS Case

Psychological Pricing Tactics to Fight the Inflation Blues

pricing is everywhere—because it still works Charm pricing is one of the most familiar pricing techniques out there: setting prices ending in 99, whether it’s a supermarket advertising fruit at $2.99 a pound or a streaming service... View Details

Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald; Consumer Products; Retail

25 Oct 2006
Op-Ed

Fixing Executive Options: The Veil of Ignorance

the vesting period—appears to vitiate many of the benefits of incentive alignment. How might option compensation be refashioned to deliver the benefits without the distortions? Perhaps the answer to these problems can be found with... View Details

Keywords: by Mihir Desai & Joshua Margolis

01 Sep 2023
News

That Was Then, This Is Now

It started with a question. But before that, it started in the classroom. Tony Deifell (MBA 2002) loved the discussions in his LEAD course, taught by Professor (and now former Dean) Nitin Nohria; wanting to make them more tangible, Deifell adapted the idea of... View Details

Keywords: Photographed by Tony Deifell (MBA 2002); edited by Julia Hanna. Above: Heidi Brooks, photographed in 2003 and 2023.; life experience; family; leadership

Web

2023 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

Less Info Happiness levels are plummeting in the United States. People disagree about why this slump is happening – technology, polarized culture, the economy, politics, etc. – but we all know it’s happening. Journeying toward greater... View Details

11 Apr 2024
In Practice

Why Progress on Immigration Might Soften Labor Pains

consumers, who may end up paying higher prices. Restrictions on unskilled immigration might be particularly harmful for sectors like hospitality or agriculture, where immigrant labor cannot be easily replaced because US-born workers... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

23 Nov 2021
Book

What It Takes to Build an Organizational Culture That Wins

which some claim that strategy today confers only short-term competitive advantage. In her book, The End of Competitive Advantage, Rita Gunther McGrath argues that the management presumption that competitive advantage is sustainable... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman

30 Oct 2007
First Look

First Look: October 30, 2007

cognitive processes through which a problem is interpreted associatively in terms of something that has been experienced in the past. Despite recognition's centrality to strategic choice, we have limited knowledge of its nature and its... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

20 Apr 2011
Research & Ideas

Blind Spots: We’re Not as Ethical as We Think

and actual behavior, according to the authors. The rapidly developing field of behavioral ethics has described a decision-making process whereby we recognize what we should do—give equal weight to job candidates of all races, for example—but in the View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

30 Jun 2022
HBS Case

Peloton Changed the Exercise Game. Can the Company Push Through the Pain?

Baker Foundation Professor, examines what business leaders can learn from Peloton’s journey in his case study, Peloton Interactive, Inc.: Creating the Immersive Connected-Fitness Category. The main takeaway: The company could have avoided some of its View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert; Media & Broadcasting; Health; Bicycle

01 Mar 2024
News

Game On

It’s raining in Sarasota. And not a light sprinkle but a proper, Florida drenching, so the outdoor courts at the Pickleball Club’s Lakewood Ranch location are deserted. Inside is a different story. Most of the 12 courts are in play. With four people to a court, all... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; photographed by Edward Linsmier; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Arts, Entertainment

October 2018 (Revised August 2019)
Case

Everybody Knows: Russia and the Election

By: Rawi Abdelal, Rafael Di Tella and Galit Goldstein

Following a contentious presidential race, Donald Trump’s 2016 election destabilized America’s status quo. Academics, journalists, politicians and the public at large examined why Trump had won. Many Americans, inside and outside the government, asserted that a... View Details

Keywords: Strategic Industry; Strategic Alliances (Business); Business And Government; Business And Public Policy; Business And Society; Media Businesses; Media Content; Media Slant; Media Regulation; Internet Of Everything; Government Policy; Politics; Political Campaigns; Political Strategy; Political Turmoil; Government; Government Regulation; Security; International Business; International Relations; National Security; Political Elections; News; Media; Internet and the Web; Rights; Problems and Challenges; Globalization; Business and Community Relations; Business and Government Relations; Government Legislation; Risk and Uncertainty; Cognition and Thinking; Conflict and Resolution; Identity; Civil Society or Community; Culture; Public Opinion; Social Issues; War; Social Media; Public Administration Industry; United States; Russia