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03 Oct 2006
First Look

First Look: October 3, 2006

bold ambitions. President Hu Jintao has repeatedly stressed the importance of "scientific development" to China's continuing growth, and in January he vowed that "China over the next 15 years will join the list of... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

10 Jun 2002
Research & Ideas

How to Look at Globalization Now

Contrary to their predictions, cross-border economic activity surged in the postwar period and, as it breached prewar records, inspired forked responses, with optimists stressing that international economic integration had reached new... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

20 Jul 2016
Research & Ideas

Airplane Design Brings Out the Class Warfare in Us All

sensitive to hierarchy, and research shows that feeling low status can make people feel stressed and angry” “People are exquisitely sensitive to hierarchy, and research shows that feeling low status can make people feel View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Air Transportation; Sports; Travel

31 Jan 2017
Research & Ideas

Why These Business School Professors Oppose Trump's Executive Order on Immigration

shrink the pie we all share, and at the end we all lose. This is even truer if other countries follow in the path of the US. I also want to stress that we should not be surprised by the executive order. The current president campaigned... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

03 Mar 2008
Research & Ideas

Marketing Your Way Through a Recession

consumers trade down to models that stress good value, such as cars with fewer options. Tough times favor multi-purpose goods over specialized products, and weaker items in product lines should be pruned. In grocery-products categories,... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch

16 Sep 2008
First Look

First Look: September 16, 2008

for the orchestrating role of the manager; (2) adjust your leadership style to maximize your team's performance; (3) balance conflicting expectations from your boss, peers, and direct reports; and (4) deal productively with the stresses... View Details

21 May 2020
Research & Ideas

Fighting the COVID Blues: Advice from Business Research

and financial distress—a mentally toxic combination for many. In fact, almost half of adults in the United States, 45 percent, say that worry and stress related to the coronavirus and the resulting economic downturn are hurting their... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman and Danielle Kost

16 Jul 2014
HBS Case

Marketing Obamacare

segment consumers into four different groups: Confident Rejecters, Cautious Optimists, Stoic Skeptics, and Stressed and Strained. The agency then created different messages for each one—for example, emphasizing affordability for the... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health

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

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

06 Aug 2020
Research & Ideas

Who Will Give You the Best Professional Guidance?

most entrepreneurs and leaders dealing with the stress of scaling their companies and balancing life’s demands. Therapists are medical professionals with extensive training who focus on an individual’s psychological, emotional, and... View Details

Keywords: by Julia B. Austin

17 Apr 2013
Research Event

Conference Challenges Gender Conventions

difference, stereotypes, organizational change, and work/family. In her presentation on difference, Dartmouth's Ella Bell stressed the importance of multicultural gender studies. "It's not just about white women," she said,... View Details

Keywords: by Maggie Starvish

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

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

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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

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

06 Apr 2015
Research & Ideas

After Germanwings, More Attention Needed on Employee Mental Health

stigmatization and dysfunctional finger-pointing being the result." Stress Or Mental Illness? A culture of 3 a.m. emails and competition in the conference rooms can contribute to workplace stress. A 2013 survey by the American Psychiatric... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health; Air Transportation

29 Dec 2019
Research & Ideas

Read Our Most Popular Research Stories of 2019

You Can Still Be Productive Commuters who listen to music or talk radio might be increasing their chance of a stressful workday. Here are better ways to cope with a bad commute. Why Salespeople Struggle at Leading When salespeople become... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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