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05 Sep 2023
Book

Thriving After Failing: How to Turn Your Setbacks Into Triumphs

Action Orientations Can Help You Meet the Moment Four Steps to Building the Psychological Safety That High-Performing Teams Need Today How to Learn from the Big Mistake You Almost Make Feedback or ideas to share? Email the Working... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

21 Nov 2023
Op-Ed

The Beauty Industry: Products for a Healthy Glow or a Compact for Harm?

In my recently published book Deeply Responsible Business, I write about business leaders since the 19th century who have acted responsibly, often by putting the welfare of their communities above the idea of maximizing profits. I make a sharp distinction between... View Details

Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones; Beauty & Cosmetics

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Fellowships - Business History

three-page research proposal online no later than December 1, 2024. Letters of reference can be submitted online through interfolio or by email to bhi@hbs.edu with the applicant's name in the subject line. We are an equal opportunity... View Details

14 Nov 2023
What Do You Think?

Do We Underestimate the Importance of Generosity in Leadership?

column Do Leaders Learn More From Success or Failure? If memorability is a measure, leaders appear to learn more from failure than from success. Dan Wallace emailed me about a case he remembered in an HBS class about an entrepreneur who... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

16 May 2023
HBS Case

How KKR Got More by Giving Ownership to the Factory Floor: ‘My Kids Are Going to College!’

new pickup trucks.” You Might Also Like: Are Companies Actually Greener—or Are They All Talk? Company Reviews on Glassdoor: Petty Complaints or Signs of Potential Misconduct? Effective Leaders Share the Spotlight with Their Teams Feedback or ideas to share? View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman

17 Jan 2024
Research & Ideas

Are Companies Getting Away with 'Cheap Talk' on Climate Goals?

Companies regularly set ambitious climate goals, but these plans often end up like many people’s New Year’s resolutions: unmet aspirations that quietly fizzle out. While companies often gain positive media attention by trumpeting plans for reducing greenhouse gas... View Details

Keywords: by Tim Gray

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Global Crises Data by Country - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

exchange rate crises, stock market crises, sovereign debt growth and default, and many other data series. To see Carmen’s related research, please visit her website here. The BFFS Project keeps this data updated and available for download. Please View Details

07 Jul 2022
HBS Case

How a Multimillion-Dollar Ice Cream Startup Melted Down (and Bounced Back)

offer the employees a couple of weeks of severance and help finding jobs and references to future employers,” says Eisenmann. Failed founders also owe investors an explanation of what went wrong. “This can be hard for a founder who's going through this brutal process... View Details

Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds

25 Jun 2024
Research & Ideas

Rapport: The Hidden Advantage That Women Managers Bring to Teams

Middle Manager of the Future: More Coaching, Less Commanding Feedback or ideas to share? Email the Working Knowledge team at hbswk@hbs.edu. Image: Image created by HBSWK with assets from AdobeStock/Vera Kuttelvaserova View Details

Keywords: by Kara Baskin; Food & Beverage

17 Feb 2020
Sharpening Your Skills

How Entrepreneurs Can Find the Right Problem to Solve

“Our conversion rate from click to sign-up was 50 percent.” “We interviewed a bunch of people and they said they’d use our product if we built it.” These quotes suggest the entrepreneurs may have found an audience interested enough to click on an ad and provide an... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Austin

2011
Article

A Choice Prediction Competition for Social Preferences in Simple Extensive Form Games: An Introduction

By: Eyal Ert, Ido Erev and Alvin E. Roth

Two independent, but related, choice prediction competitions are organized that focus on behavior in simple two-person extensive form games: one focuses on predicting the choices of the first mover and the other on predicting the choices of the second mover. The... View Details

Keywords: Forecasting and Prediction; Behavior; Decision Choices and Conditions; Competition; Motivation and Incentives; Game Theory; Fairness

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31 May 2023
HBS Case

From Prison Cell to Nike’s C-Suite: The Journey of Larry Miller

business. Feedback or ideas to share? Email the Working Knowledge team at hbswk@hbs.edu. Images above courtesy of the Miller family, Nathaniel S. Butler/National Basketball Association via Getty Images, and Bettmann/Bettman via Getty... View Details

Keywords: by Jamal Meneide; Entertainment & Recreation; Consumer Products

10 Oct 2023
Research & Ideas

In Empowering Black Voters, Did a Landmark Law Stir White Angst?

Hate—and How to Push Back How Systemic Racism Can Threaten National Security Feedback or ideas to share? Email the Working Knowledge team at hbswk@hbs.edu. Image: HBSWK View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

11 Dec 2023
Research & Ideas

Doing Well by Doing Good? One Industry’s Struggle to Balance Values and Profits

they have to live in some crappy apartment with five roommates.” You Might Also Like: Reunited and It Feels (Not) So Good: Tips for Managing a Rocky Return Managers, Your Employees Don’t Want to Be Facebook ‘Friends’ The Moral Enterprise: How Two Companies Profit with... View Details

Keywords: by Scott Van Voorhis

15 May 2024
Research & Ideas

A Major Roadblock for Autonomous Cars: Motorists Believe They Drive Better

AI in Adapting to Change Can Autonomous Vehicles Drive with Common Sense? Can we automate our way to better decision making? Feedback or ideas to share? Email the Working Knowledge team at hbswk@hbs.edu. Image: Illustration created by... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Transportation; Auto

15 Aug 2023
HBS Case

(Virtual) Reality Check: How Long Before We Live in the 'Metaverse'?

the metaverse. It is like we are trying to talk about the internet, but email hasn't been invented yet.” Meanwhile, Apple recently unveiled a new $3,500 headset called Vision Pro, although the company isn’t referring to its technology as... View Details

Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald; Technology; Computer; Information Technology

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Frequently Asked Questions - Doctoral

Faculty members receive hundreds of emails from prospective students and regret that they are unable to respond to all inquiries. Prospective applicants are encouraged to explore faculty members’ research interests to see how their own... View Details

03 May 2024
Research & Ideas

How Much Does Proximity Influence Startup Innovation? 20 Meters' Worth to Be Exact

different backgrounds becomes pretty important.” You Might Also Like: ‘Intrinsic Joy’ Sparks Ideas Better than Cash Cofounder Courtship: How to Find the Right Mate—for Your Startup Feeling Separation Anxiety at Your Startup? 5 Tips to Soothe These Growing Pains... View Details

Keywords: by Ben Rand

23 May 2023
Research & Ideas

Face Value: Do Certain Physical Features Help People Get Ahead?

important question as we think about the implications in our daily life,” Zhang says. You Might Also Like: Why Confronting Racism in AI 'Creates a Better Future for All of Us' How Paid Promos Take the Shine Off YouTube Stars (and Tips for Better Influencer Marketing)... View Details

Keywords: by Kara Baskin

05 Aug 2022
Research & Ideas

Why People Crave Feedback—and Why We’re Afraid to Give It

Get the Best of You, Change the Narrative Related reading from the Working Knowledge Archives Reflecting on Work Improves Job Performance Feedback or ideas to share? Email the Working Knowledge team at hbswk@hbs.edu. Image:... View Details