stress - Publications - Faculty & Research

07 Dec 2011
Research & Ideas

Are Creative People More Dishonest?

importance of being creative and innovative, it's important to make sure that you're stressing the presence of ethics, too," Gino says. "Dan and I are of the hope that managers will start thinking about how to structure the... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Advertising

11 Sep 2012
First Look

First Look: September 11

images after a traumatic event, a hallmark feature of post-traumatic stress disorder, are suggested to develop because the trauma memory is disorganized and not integrated into autobiographical memory. Unconscious Thought Theory predicts... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

15 May 2020
Research & Ideas

Find Your Pragmatic Path through Radical Uncertainty

activities. These days, we need to plan more carefully because small decisions can have dire consequences for ourselves and for others. Consider the newly stressful task of grocery shopping. Should I order groceries online for home... View Details

Keywords: by Howard Stevenson, Eugene B. Kogan, and Shirley Spence

12 Nov 2015
Research & Ideas

Can Consumers be Trusted with Their Own Health Care?

already stressed in the health care system.” Quelch argued, on the other hand, that it was fun to get those test results, and he hadn’t heard of anyone who took the test and immediately sought major unnecessary medical interventions. “I’m... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Health

19 Dec 2012
Research & Ideas

How to be Extremely Productive

dinner, take a couple of hours every day to connect with the people in your life who should matter most. Q: You stress the importance of reading, writing, and public speaking. Any hints? A: When it comes to reading, prioritize. Determine... View Details

Keywords: by Deborah Blagg

22 Dec 2009
First Look

First Look: Dec. 22

suddenly erupt in a full-blown crisis. The CCA approach is well-suited to capturing such "non-linearities" and to quantifying the effects of asset-liability mismatches within and across institutions. Risk adjusted CCA balance sheets facilitate simulations and... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

13 Feb 2007
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First Look: February 13, 2007

realities of the global economy, fosters leadership, and uses citizen-diplomats to befriend moderates in troubled regions and business networks to ensure success in the major emerging economies; and (6) building community by stressing... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

24 Sep 2014
Op-Ed

We Need a Miracle. New Nuclear Might Provide it.

alternatives, the world's governments need to act. They must redesign their nuclear regulatory practices and provide physical facilities for prototype evaluation that will let private capital take on the tasks of technical innovation, experimentation, and rigorous... View Details

Keywords: by Joseph Lassiter; Energy; Utilities

08 Nov 2024
Op-Ed

How Private Investors Can Help Solve Africa's Climate Crisis

African people, businesses, and nations are becoming increasingly stressed by climate-related perils like droughts, river flooding, extreme heat, and rising sea levels. This is leading not only to the destruction of assets but also... View Details

Keywords: by John Macomber; Green Technology; Energy

24 Oct 2012
Research & Ideas

Want People to Save More? Send a Text

safety net for emergencies, but also would reduce financial stress and improve their quality of life. "In the private sector, a lot of startups fail, and the market provides a signal about whether the product is viable," says... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard

03 Oct 2013
Research & Ideas

Lehman Brothers Plus Five: Have We Learned from Our Mistakes?

was a source of stress for the system's stability. Today, banks are better capitalized, rely less on short-term wholesale funding, and make available much more detailed information about their portfolios, while the amount of "shadow... View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty; Banking; Financial Services; Construction; Real Estate

19 Mar 2006
Research & Ideas

Unlocking Your Investment Capital

describe a resulting decline in credit ratings that will impose financial stress on those institutions that have written credit protection, which will in turn cause their credit ratings to decline and thus create further View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen; Financial Services

12 Nov 2001
Research & Ideas

Can Religion and Business Learn From Each Other?

yourself and what you can deliver. All these things are typical stresses in the business environment. Where would religion fit in there? Well, religion could fit in a number of ways. One is, first of all, the personal perspective, that... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

29 Apr 2015
Lessons from the Classroom

Use Personal Experience to Pick Winning Stocks

that friction in the market between what the price is and what it should be, Cohen and Malloy stress the importance of identifying a "catalyst" that will cause the market to catch up. "It's one thing to say I am going to... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services

12 Feb 2007
Lessons from the Classroom

‘UpTick’ Brings Wall Street Pressure to Students

In a Harvard Business School classroom, students in the Dynamic Markets class may have one minute to make a decision in a pressure cooker one called "the most stress I've experienced in ten years." It's margin call time in a... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Financial Services; Education

05 Sep 2000
What Do You Think?

Whither the Information Economy?

the Internet "is the result of a product based society." All of this is notwithstanding the fact that manufacturing in our "product based society" represents less than 20% of U.S. gross domestic product these days. While View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

04 Nov 2002
What Do You Think?

What’s Best for the Corporate Brain?

to be transferred into the corporate brain," a formidable task in many organizations. Those stressing the importance of memory placed the greatest value on the retention of talent in the organization. As C. J. Cullinane put it,... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

25 Feb 2013
Research & Ideas

Lean Strategy Not Just for Start-Ups

introduced SnapTax, a smartphone app that lets users file their 1040EZ form in 10 minutes. Cook also stressed the need of having a strong, overriding company vision when establishing an innovative, experimental culture. Intuit's vision:... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Financial Services

18 Jul 2024
Research & Ideas

New Hires Lose Psychological Safety After Year One. How to Fix It.

positive. While not every employee comment and concern should be embraced or addressed, a company can cushion the disappointment of a negative interaction by creating a culture of positive feedback. “It can counterbalance the inevitable negative moments when people are... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health

25 Sep 2012
First Look

First Look: September 25

stock that receives a favorable recommendation, but this impact is significantly reduced if the recommendation comes from analysts subject to client pressure. Leadership Is Associated with Lower Levels of Stress Authors: Gary D. Sherman,... View Details