Filter Results:
(15,294)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(15,294)
- People (97)
- News (4,443)
- Research (6,970)
- Events (112)
- Multimedia (223)
- Faculty Publications (4,989)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(15,294)
- People (97)
- News (4,443)
- Research (6,970)
- Events (112)
- Multimedia (223)
- Faculty Publications (4,989)
- 2012
- Article
Does Power Corrupt or Enable?: When and Why Power Facilitates Self-interested Behavior
By: K. A. DeCelles, D.S. DeRue, J.D. Margolis and T.L. Ceranic
Does power corrupt a moral identity, or does it enable a moral identity to emerge? Drawing from the power literature, we propose that the psychological experience of power, although often associated with promoting self-interest, is associated with greater self-interest... View Details
Keywords: Power; Moral Identity; Self-interested Behavior; Moral Awareness; Commons Dilemma; Moral Sensibility; Behavior; Power and Influence
DeCelles, K. A., D.S. DeRue, J.D. Margolis, and T.L. Ceranic. "Does Power Corrupt or Enable? When and Why Power Facilitates Self-interested Behavior." Journal of Applied Psychology 97, no. 3 (May 2012): 681–689.
- 1989
- Article
The Creative Environment Scales: The Work Environment Inventory
By: T. M. Amabile and N. Gryskiewicz
The Creative Environment Scales Work Environment Inventory (WEI) is a new paper-and-pencil instrument designed to assess stimulants and obstacles to creativity in the work environment. Unlike many instruments that are designed as comprehensive descriptions of the work... View Details
Keywords: Creativity; Innovation and Invention; Working Conditions; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques
Amabile, T. M., and N. Gryskiewicz. "The Creative Environment Scales: The Work Environment Inventory." Creativity Research Journal 2 (1989): 231–254.
- 2007
- Working Paper
What Have We Learned From Market Design?
By: Alvin E. Roth
This essay discusses some things we have learned about markets, in the process of designing marketplaces to fix market failures. To work well, marketplaces have to provide thickness, i.e. they need to attract a large enough proportion of the potential participants in... View Details
Roth, Alvin E. "What Have We Learned From Market Design?" NBER Working Paper Series, No. 13530, October 2007.
- 12 PM – 1 PM EDT, 16 Mar 2017
- Webinars: Trending@HBS
Blended: Using Disruptive Innovation to Improve Schools
In this webinar, Michael B. Horn and Heather Staker will discuss the themes from their Amazon-bestselling book, Blended. Using the theories of disruptive innovation, Horn and Staker reveal a practical guide for designing an education system that can help all students... View Details
- Article
Feeling Authentic Serves as a Buffer Against Rejections
By: F. Gino and M. Kouchaki
Social exclusion is a painful yet common experience in many people’s personal and professional lives. This research demonstrates that feeling authentic serves as a buffer against social rejection, leading people to experience less social pain. Across five studies,... View Details
Gino, F., and M. Kouchaki. "Feeling Authentic Serves as a Buffer Against Rejections." Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes 160 (September 2020): 36–50.
- 22 May 2007
- Working Paper Summaries
Strategy-Proofness versus Efficiency in Matching with Indifferences: Redesigning the NYC High School Match
Crystal Guo
Crystal Guo is a doctoral student in the Health Policy Management PhD program at Harvard. Prior to pursuing her PhD, Crystal received her B.A. in English and Economics from the University of California, Berkeley in 2019 and completed her Health Policy and Management,... View Details
Keywords: health care
- 11 Sep 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, September 11, 2018
analyze and critique, and, therefore, the designers of society’s big data infrastructure, whether human or machines, play an unacknowledged legislative function of great... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- March 2008 (Revised November 2008)
- Case
Databank in Africa
By: Jordan Siegel and Yi Kwan Chu
This case tackles issues of regional strategy and strategic institutional arbitrage. Databank is a financial services firm designing its regional strategy for Africa and seeking to benefit from institutional arbitrage. View Details
Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Local Range; Emerging Markets; Service Operations; Business Strategy; Financial Services Industry; Africa
Siegel, Jordan, and Yi Kwan Chu. "Databank in Africa." Harvard Business School Case 708-478, March 2008. (Revised November 2008.)
- 16 Nov 2016
- Blog Post
My HBS Journey
heartbroken, as I will miss so much everyone I connected with here, but I am completely certain that choosing to pursue an MBA at HBS has been one of the best decisions I ever made. The HBS experience is... View Details
- 04 Oct 2004
- What Do You Think?
Does Speed Trump Intellectual Property?
Summing Up This month's column, in the eyes of several respondents, represents the struggle of competitive strategies based on process versus product. When seen in this light, the triumph View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- September 2023
- Supplement
Super Quantum: Using Artificial Intelligence to Transform Asset Management (B)
By: Feng Zhu and Kerry Herman
Dr. Zhang, CEO of Super Quantum, an AI-driven hedge fund, is considering an investor’s request to withdraw their funds as the markets experience volatility. Should he pull the investor’s funds? View Details
Keywords: Hedge Fund; Volatility; Decision Choices and Conditions; Asset Management; Investment Funds; Financial Services Industry
Zhu, Feng, and Kerry Herman. "Super Quantum: Using Artificial Intelligence to Transform Asset Management (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 624-028, September 2023.
Nitin Nohria
Nitin Nohria served as the tenth dean of Harvard Business School from 2010-2020. He previously served as co-chair of the Leadership Initiative, Senior Associate Dean of Faculty Development, and Head of the Organizational Behavior unit.
As Dean, building on... View Details
Keywords: accounting industry; arts; biotechnology; emerging market private equity; energy; executive search; financial services; green technology; health care; high technology; industrial goods; information technology industry; infrastructure industry; investment banking industry; legal services; management consulting; manufacturing; oil ＆ gas; petroleum; pharmaceuticals; professional services
- 29 Jan 2014
- News
Joe Biden’s Latest Challenge: Closing the Workplace “Skills Gap”
- April 2023 (Revised September 2023)
- Case
Levels: The Remote, Asynchronous, Deep Work Management System
By: Joseph B. Fuller and George Gonzalez
Levels is a highly innovative startup in the health care space. They intend to revolutionize health by linking behavior—eating, exercise, sleeping, etc.—to changes in metabolism. They believe metabolic health can be managed through careful monitoring of changes in... View Details
Keywords: Applications and Software; Business Startups; Organizational Culture; Management Style; Technology Industry; United States
Fuller, Joseph B., and George Gonzalez. "Levels: The Remote, Asynchronous, Deep Work Management System." Harvard Business School Case 323-069, April 2023. (Revised September 2023.)
- 14 Feb 2008
- News
Harvard Business School Sets Out Centennial Activities
- October 13, 2021
- Editorial
How Companies Can Improve Employee Engagement Right Now
By: Daniel Stein, Nick Hobson, Jon M. Jachimowicz and Ashley Whillans
A year and a half into the pandemic, employees’ mental “surge capacity” is likely diminished. Managers must take proactive steps to increase employee engagement, or risk losing their workforce. Engaged employees perform better, experience less burnout, and stay in... View Details
Keywords: Employee Retention; Employee Engagement; Employee Relationship Management; Work-Life Balance
Stein, Daniel, Nick Hobson, Jon M. Jachimowicz, and Ashley Whillans. "How Companies Can Improve Employee Engagement Right Now." Harvard Business Review (website) (October 13, 2021).
- April 1999 (Revised August 2000)
- Case
Compaq Computer: Focus Groups
By: David E. Bell and Ann Leamon
Gives the final report, both results and methodology, of the focus group on Compaq Computer's new consumer notebook. Describes the groups, selection method, and methodology in detail. Should Compaq base its product design on the opinions of 64 people? Must be used with... View Details
Keywords: Selection and Staffing; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Product Design; Outcome or Result; Corporate Strategy; Computer Industry
Bell, David E., and Ann Leamon. "Compaq Computer: Focus Groups." Harvard Business School Case 599-092, April 1999. (Revised August 2000.)
- Career Coach
Courtney Fairbrother
that encourage these groups to address climate change. She also oversees the implementation of infrastructure supporting increased career and entrepreneurial opportunities for students. Prior to joining the BEI team, Courtney worked for... View Details