Cognition and Thinking - Publications - Faculty & Research

14 Jun 2021
Op-Ed

When Your Nerves Get the Best of You, Change the Narrative

narrative and turn stressful moments into meaningful ones. Expect to do well How we think about an outcome influences our actual results. This insight has been demonstrated for years through the use of... View Details

Keywords: by Francesca Gino

09 Sep 2015
Research & Ideas

Leadership Lessons of the Great Recession: Options for Economic Downturns

With global markets in turmoil over the last several weeks, leaders throughout the world are starting to think about how they should respond if confronted with an economic downturn. Yet what do we know about how leaders decide what to do... View Details

Keywords: by Sandra Sucher & Susan Winterberg; Aerospace; Electronics

16 Mar 2009
Research & Ideas

When the Internet Runs Out of IP Addresses

don't think they're going to be a big problem here. For one thing, the proposed transfer rules are slated to require that an address recipient be a bona fide network that actually needs, and can use, IP... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Telecommunications

14 Feb 2019
Blog Post

LOVE At HBS

love to her patients and the people around her, always thinking about others first. I did not realize her love could have such a big impact on my life when I was a child. But gradually I realized she was... View Details

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HBR Classics - Alumni

thinking and practice. As an exclusive benefit for HBS alumni, 77 of these HBR Classics are now available for free downloading. Please browse the collection below; login is required. Just click on a title to... View Details

29 Oct 2012
Research & Ideas

Are You Paying a Tip--or a Bribe?

could even argue that the main difference between the two acts is merely the timing of the gift: Tips follow the rendering of a service, whereas bribes precede it." Torfason says the link between tipping and bribing may come in part... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

01 Oct 1997
News

J. Hughes Norton III

services. IMG also sponsors tournaments and events and does television production and merchandising as well. Behind this boom, however, is the industry concerned about... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

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Online Business Strategy Course | HBS Online

multinational corporation or a small local business, we have a solution for your learning and development needs. Learn More Our Difference Business Strategy enables anyone to think View Details

16 May 2024
News

On the Job

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. We all have early memories of on-the-job learnings—those moments that had a lasting impact on how we see the world of work and our place in it. This... View Details

Keywords: first job; leadership; life experience; career lessons; Finance; Oil and Gas Extraction; Mining; Retail Trade

29 Nov 2023

Perspectives from Africa

Preparing to submit an application in Round 2? In this Perspectives from Africa virtual event, Africa Business Club ECs will share their RC experience, the difference being an EC, how they are thinking about leveraging their summer... View Details

21 Apr 2015
First Look

First Look: April 21

welcome counterpoint to the largely hidden involvement of corporate leaders in shaping policy through the hundreds of millions of dollars they direct to Super PACs, trade associations, and think tanks to... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel & Sean Silverthorne

25 Oct 2022
Research & Ideas

Is Baseball Ready to Compete for the Next Generation of Fans?

will take maybe two or three years to sort out whether betting is a medium- to long-term phenomenon versus something that could be viewed as a fad. Also, I think that when betting is an endemic part of any sport, it raises the ante for... View Details

Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette; Media & Broadcasting; Sports

01 Jun 2007
What Do You Think?

How Should Pay Be Linked to Performance?

employees for their) competence. So beyond paying for (their) performance, why don't we think more about (paying to retain them) for (their) competence?" Pallavi Marathe concurs, saying that "Salary View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

06 Feb 2023
Blog Post

African American Student Union Spotlight on HBCUs

feel welcomed and wanted for just being me and that felt really good. At what point did you decide to pursue an MBA, and why? I started to think... View Details

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Shad Hall | About

business leadership. Announcing the Shad gift in 1987, Dean McArthur said, “We are proud and very grateful that John has given us this challenge and this support. For years, he has pushed us to move sooner,... View Details

08 Dec 2020
Research & Ideas

Why Companies Hunt for Talent on Digital Platforms, Not in Resume Piles

field studies, researchers tend to think that workers submit resumes to open positions. In fact, scholars have learned a lot about discrimination in labor markets by sending resumes to job postings to see who gets called back View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Employment

07 Jan 2016
Blog Post

Is HBS Too Big?

concerned about feeling like a number rather than a student in the classroom. Once I got to HBS I realized that it feels big in all the right ways and small in allthe right ways. What I mean is that there are inherent benefits to being a... View Details

12 Nov 2018
Blog Post

Student Portraits - Armed Forces Alumni Association

of us soon.” REFLECTION ON SERVICE: I’m immensely proud of the time I’ve spent in uniform and the bonds I’ve made with fellow service members during four combat deployments (here’s to you, allies). I do not View Details

01 May 2017
Research & Ideas

Bad At Your Job? Maybe It's the Job’s Fault

meetings or too much time on managing this matrix, and the person is spread too thin. You add more and more stuff, and no one thinks of the cost... View Details