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  • 03 Oct 2023
  • Research Event

Build the Life You Want: Arthur Brooks and Oprah Winfrey Share Happiness Tips

emotions are nothing more than signals. This is what Oprah and I write about at the beginning of the book. What are your emotions? Signals. The outside world has things going around. You perceive them. You translate those images and... View Details
Keywords: by HBS Staff
  • 05 Dec 2023
  • Research & Ideas

Lessons in Decision-Making: Confident People Aren't Always Correct (Except When They Are)

worth because of emotions and other factors, a bias called the “winner’s curse.” Through this effort, the researchers collected more than 70,000 decisions. In the second part of the study, the test subjects participated in simple... View Details
Keywords: by Kara Baskin
  • 13 Jan 2003
  • Research & Ideas

The Subconscious Mind of the Consumer (And How To Reach It)

communications device or even a personal care product invokes deep thoughts and feelings about social bonding can be very helpful to R&D experts. In the case of a communications device, this suggests that tactile experiences of View Details
Keywords: by Manda Mahoney
  • December 2018
  • Article

Improving Resilience Among Employees High in Depression, Anxiety, and Workplace Distress

By: Allison L. Williams, Acacia C. Parks, Grace Cormier, Julia Stafford and A.V. Whillans
Depression and anxiety are costly for both employees and employers, in terms of direct medical costs as well as costs stemming from lost productive time and missed days at work. Resilience training has been shown to improve workplace functioning for employees, which... View Details
Keywords: Depression; Anxiety; Engagement; Resilience; Presenteeism; Employee Engagement; Mental Health; Employees; Emotions; Health; Internet and the Web; Performance Productivity
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  • 11 Oct 2024
  • Blog Post

Committing to Work and Family: Allison Boxer (MBA 2012)

I found my professional North Star as an undergraduate student while studying abroad in rural Tanzania. Our work in clean water access was a light bulb moment for me, clarifying the ways in which business and social impact can work... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
  • 08 Oct 2020
  • Research & Ideas

Keep Your Weary Workers Engaged and Motivated

necessities of social distancing attenuate or alter the traditional organizational levers. Several CEOs observed: “Keeping spirits high in a sales environment. At the moment our sales force has to work twice as hard for a quarter of the... View Details
Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams
  • 2023
  • Chapter

Malleability Interventions in Intergroup Relations

By: Smadar Cohen-Chen, Amit Goldenberg, James J. Gross and Eran Halperin
One important characteristic of intergroup relations and conflicts is the fact that toxic or violent intergroup relations are often associated with fixed and stable perceptions of various entities, including the ingroup (stable and positive), the outgroup (stable and... View Details
Keywords: Conflict and Resolution; Groups and Teams; Attitudes
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  • 03 Jun 2009
  • Working Paper Summaries

It Is Okay for Artists to Make Money…No, Really, It’s Okay

Keywords: by Robert D. Austin & Lee Devin; Entertainment & Recreation
  • 05 Sep 2023
  • Book

Thriving After Failing: How to Turn Your Setbacks Into Triumphs

ideal of perfectionism and irrationally avoid giving themselves permission to come up short. When failures happen, Edmondson says, they often conjure reactions of aversion, confusion, and fear, negative emotions that distract people from... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding

    Jerry R. Green

    Jerry R. Green

    David A. Wells Professor of Political Economy

    John Leverett Professor in the University

    Harvard University

     

    Jerry Green is the John Leverett Professor in the University and the David A. Wells... View Details

    Keywords: aerospace; education industry; insurance industry; professional services
    • 26 Jul 2016
    • First Look

    July 26, 2016

    less competent than employees who do not. Across five experiments, we explore how reframing a socially inappropriate emotional expression (distress) by publicly attributing it to an appropriate source... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • May 2008
    • Article

    When Winning Is Everything

    By: Deepak Malhotra, Gillian Ku and J. Keith Murnighan
    In the heat of competition, executives can easily become obsessed with beating their rivals. This adrenaline-fueled emotional state, which the authors call competitive arousal, often leads to bad decisions. Managers can minimize the potential for competitive arousal... View Details
    Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Auctions; Bids and Bidding; Behavior; Emotions; Personal Characteristics; Competitive Strategy; Competitive Advantage
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    • December 2018 (Revised February 2020)
    • Case

    Fishbowl: Scaling Up

    By: Leslie K. John
    Fishbowl is a social media app that allows professionals to connect with other relevant professionals both within their company and across industry. Unlike many other social media apps, on which users typically present idealized portraits of themselves, on Fishbowl,... View Details
    Keywords: Communication Technologies; Customer Value; Value Chain; Interpersonal Communication; Talent and Talent Management; Customer Value and Value Chain; Entrepreneurship; Business Model; Growth and Development Strategy; Marketing Strategy; Advertising; Product Marketing; Digital Platforms; Consumer Behavior; Network Effects; Emotions; Motivation and Incentives; Trust; Applications and Software; Technology Adoption; Social Media; Communications Industry; Employment Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Technology Industry; Telecommunications Industry; United States
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    • August 2020
    • Article

    Does Spending Money on Others Promote Happiness? A Registered Replication Report

    By: Lara B. Aknin, Elizabeth W. Dunn, Jason Proulx, Iris Lok and Michael I. Norton
    Research indicates that spending money on others—prosocial spending—leads to greater happiness than spending money on oneself (e.g., Dunn, Aknin, & Norton, 2008, 2014). These findings have received widespread attention because they offer insight into why people engage... View Details
    Keywords: Prosocial Spending; Generosity; Well-being; Replication; Happiness; Behavior; Spending
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    • 22 Nov 2011
    • First Look

    First Look: November 22

    https://www.e-elgar.co.uk/bookentry_main.lasso?id=12560&breadcrumlink=&breadcrum=&sub_values=&site_Bus_Man=&site_dev=&site_eco=&site_env_eco=&site_inn_tech=&site_int_pol=&site_law=&site_pub_soc= Resources or Power?... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • Web

    Marketing - Faculty & Research

    and interactive marketing, sales management and return on marketing investment. Some of our faculty specializes in specific industries such as retailing, agribusiness, social enterprise, media, arts and entertainment. There are several... View Details
    • 06 Feb 2018
    • First Look

    First Look at New Research and Ideas: February 6, 2018

    investigates dialog and objects in recurrent social practices. Drawing from both streams, this paper seeks to shed light on the complexity of cross-boundary teaming, while highlighting factors that may enhance its effectiveness. We... View Details
    • 18 Aug 2009
    • First Look

    First Look: August 18

    a purely social act with economic considerations. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/10-012.pdf Input Constraints and the Efficiency of Entry: Lessons from Cardiac Surgery Authors:David M. Cutler, Robert S. Huckman, and... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
    • 12 PM – 1 PM EST, 16 Feb 2017
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    Grown and Flown: Parenting Through the High School Years

    High school is a time of dynamic growth for kids who enter in 9th grade with one foot still in childhood and graduate four years later, well on their way to adulthood. But teens are not the only ones in a family who are changing. Adults, too, must learn to adapt to the... View Details
    • May 2025
    • Case

    IQanat: Empowering Rural Youth in Kazakhstan

    By: Boris Groysberg and Maxim Pike Harrell
    In June 2025, IQanat CEO Aliya Salikova considered scaling opportunities for the foundation, which provided educational opportunities for children from rural regions of Kazakhstan. Established by Kazakhstani businessman and philanthropist Aidyn Rakhimbayev, IQanat... View Details
    Keywords: Mission and Purpose; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Leadership; Social Enterprise; Social Entrepreneurship; Growth and Development Strategy; Growth Management; Rural Scope; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Equality and Inequality; Education Industry; Central Asia; Kazakhstan
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