stress - Publications - Faculty & Research

20 Nov 2017
Research & Ideas

How Independent Bookstores Have Thrived in Spite of Amazon.com

by shopping at neighborhood businesses. Indie bookstores won customers back from Amazon, Borders, and other big players by stressing a strong connection to local community values. Curation: Independent booksellers began to focus on... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel (with video by Amelia Kunhardt); Retail

01 Mar 2023
What Do You Think?

How Much Does 'Deep Purpose' Matter to the Bottom Line?

days of time each week. They’ve stressed the importance of time spent together for creative collaboration as well as the need for team-building and the preservation of the organization’s chemistry. On the other hand, we have responses to... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

24 Jan 2005
Research & Ideas

Rethinking Activity-Based Costing

excessive delays, poor quality, overtime, or stressed employees. Whichever approach you prefer, it's important not to be overly sensitive to small errors. The objective is to be approximately right, say within 5 percent to 10 percent of... View Details

Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan & Steven R. Anderson

15 Mar 2017
Blog Post

An Average Day at HBS

try your best to stay two days ahead! This removes some stress and provides you with flexibility to take advantage of all that HBS has to offer. Speakers: not surprisingly, HBS has no shortage of amazing opportunities to hear from... View Details

25 Mar 2021
Blog Post

Meet the Student Academic Services Support Team at HBS!

of Social Work and is available to meet with students for support regarding adjustment, stress and achieving academic and personal success. In her role she oversees programing related to sexual assault and gender related concerns as well... View Details

22 Feb 2018
Book

The New History of American Capitalism

political economy. Thomas Piketty locates the roots of growing inequality in the economic returns to capital and stresses the political stakes of distributive justice. “If democracy is someday to regain control of capitalism,” he writes,... View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing

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Social Enterprise - Faculty & Research

robust to multiple data and methodological stress tests. Our findings show that ownership matters for ESG performance and give us an indication of the preferences of different types of owners regarding ESG. Keywords: ESG ; CSR ; Family... View Details

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Balancing Work & Life - Alumni

with a more stable job with more predictable schedules and income. Build out your support team You (and your partner) may be able to “outsource” the tasks that would otherwise put stressful pressures on your time. Look for opportunities... View Details

10 Jan 2023
Op-Ed

Time to Move On? Career Advice for Entrepreneurs Preparing for the Next Stage

with intention, we are more likely to come out on the other side with more clarity, less stress and with a higher likelihood of success—in whatever way each individual defines success. "Take a moment—even if it’s just an afternoon—to... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Austin

08 Feb 2022
Research & Ideas

Silos That Work: How the Pandemic Changed the Way We Collaborate

splitting off into more isolated and well-defined communication networks, according to research by Harvard Business School Professor Tiona Zuzul. The authors of the working paper stress that this shift is not necessarily negative, noting... View Details

Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald

16 Jul 2012
Working Paper Summaries

Selection, Reallocation, and Spillover: Identifying the Sources of Gains from Multinational Production

Keywords: by Laura Alfaro & Maggie X. Chen

05 Mar 2009
What Do You Think?

How Frank or Deceptive Should Leaders Be?

around a plan to move forward and communicate his confidence in the plan ." Terri Bonar-Stewart suggested to leaders that they, "Lay out the facts, ask for employees' help (they have been waiting for you to ask), use humor (you can't laugh and feel View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

20 Oct 2023
News

Highlights from the Fall 2023 Alumni Board Meeting

circle in terms of ideas, feedback, and financial support. Foley also stressed the School’s “deep commitment to fiscal responsibility.” Foley noted that philanthropy makes up 27% of the School’s revenue, and Senior Director of Development... View Details

24 Feb 2016
Research & Ideas

Why It's Best to Take Tests Early in the Day

reduce stress at work and increase job performance.” If you think your organization would benefit from experimenting with ways to recharge employees and increase their productivity, please send an email to Francesca Gino at fgino@hbs.edu... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Education

01 Mar 2024
News

The War Within

understand why their lives had changed. “The power of a nine-year-old saying, ‘Can we all breathe together?’ was overwhelming.” A grant from Heal Ukraine Trauma funded Teaching Recovery Techniques, an evidence-based program designed to help children cope with traumatic... View Details

Keywords: Janelle Nanos; illustration by Daniel Bejar

01 Sep 2023
News

History Matters

capital. Such conditions stress a financial system, leaving it vulnerable to a shock. The decade before the Panic of 1907 was a stressful whopper of growth. Second, it takes quite a shock to trigger a... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

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Events - Business History

the continuing methodological challenges in conducting oral history, including the choice between audio and video recordings, and the language in which such interviews should be conducted. The urgent need to develop agreed standards was View Details

13 Nov 2017
Research & Ideas

Want to Be Happier? Spend Some Money on Avoiding Household Chores

Source: iStock If you’re stressed out because it feels like there are never enough hours in the day, here’s a solution: hire a housecleaner, order takeout, and pay the kid next door to mow the lawn. In other words, buy yourself more free... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

01 Oct 2021
News

Fueling the Faculty Pipeline

priority that his parents, especially his father who was orphaned at a young age, stressed to their three children. Because of them, Melwani was inspired to earn a degree in economics at Cambridge University, to attend HBS, and to... View Details

04 Jun 2020
Book

It’s Not About You: Why Leaders Need to Look Outward

information (or more often, misinformation) we’re putting out there about our own trustworthiness. What’s worse, stress tends to amplify the problem. Under pressure, we often double down on behaviors that undermine trust. For example, we... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

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