Publications

Publications

Filter Results: (91) Arrow Down

Show Results For

← Page 2 of 91 Results →
  • Column

What Will U.S. Health Care Look Like After the Pandemic?

By: Robert S. Huckman
The pandemic crisis is almost certain to change many American industries. It would be a shame if health care is not one of them. A number of major practices have been altered to help the country cope with the extraordinary demands that the pandemic has imposed on the... View Details
Keywords: Health Pandemics; Health Care and Treatment; Change; Health Industry; United States
Related
  • 14 Jul 2014
  • News

Act Like an Entrepreneur Inside Your Organization

  • 2023
  • Book

Right Kind of Wrong: The Science of Failing Well

By: Amy Edmondson
A revolutionary guide that will transform your relationship with failure, from the pioneering researcher of psychological safety and award-winning Harvard Business School professor Amy Edmondson.

We used to think of failure as the opposite of success. Now,... View Details
Keywords: Failure; Success
Related
  • February 2004
  • Case

Note on Human Behavior: Reason and Emotion

By: Nitin Nohria and Bridget Gurtler
Human beings are driven by reasons and emotions. On the one hand, as rational choice theorists assert, human beings are resourceful and evaluative as they strive to maximize their own interests. An individual's interests can converge or diverge from the interests of... View Details
Keywords: Behavior; Cognition and Thinking; Emotions; Interests; Organizations; Organizational Design; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms
Related
  • September 2012
  • Article

Vicarious Dishonesty: When Psychological Closeness Creates Distance from One's Moral Compass

By: F. Gino and A. Galinsky
In four studies employing multiple manipulations of psychological closeness, we found that feeling connected to another individual who engages in selfish or dishonest behavior leads people to vicariously justify the actions of this individual and to behave more... View Details
Keywords: Behavior; Relationships; Ethics; Research
Related
  • 24 Sep 2009
  • Working Paper Summaries

“I read Playboy for the articles”: Justifying and Rationalizing Questionable Preferences

Keywords: by Zoë Chance & Michael I. Norton

    Right Kind of Wrong

    A revolutionary guide that will transform your relationship with failure, from the pioneering researcher of psychological safety and award-winning Harvard Business School professor Amy Edmondson.

    We used to think of... View Details
    • 08 Aug 2017
    • First Look

    First Look at Research and Ideas, August 8, 2017

    using money to buy time can protect people from the detrimental effects of time pressure on life satisfaction. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52953 Governance Through Shame and Aspiration: Index Creation... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 05 Sep 2023
    • Book

    Thriving After Failing: How to Turn Your Setbacks Into Triumphs

    missing our goals—sometimes due to our own shortcomings and sometimes due to factors outside our control. Either way, the only good option is to learn as much as possible from mistakes and failures alike.” Fortunately, Edmondson didn’t give in to those feelings of... View Details
    Keywords: by Michael Blanding
    • 18 Jun 2020
    • Research & Ideas

    What Is an "Essential" Purchase for a Low-Income Family?

    refugees were shamed on social media after being photographed with smartphones, and federal agencies have reprimanded how lower-income individuals spend relief funds after natural disasters. Even groceries aren't safe, Hagerty and Barasz... View Details
    Keywords: by Rachel Layne
    • 05 Dec 2022
    • Research & Ideas

    5 Companies Where Employees Move Up the Ladder Fast

    Mutual. The insurer fills more than 80 percent of managerial positions with internal candidates. “This is not a name and shame exercise,” says Fuller. “This is trying to get better information into the hands of more aspiring workers and... View Details
    Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds
    • 05 Dec 2018
    • Research & Ideas

    Why Managers Should Reveal Their Failures

    we shouldn’t underestimate how important it is to be seen as humble, grounded, and well-liked.” Related Reading: How to Demotivate Your Best Employees The Power of Ordinary Practices Working for a Shamed Company Can Hurt Your Future... View Details
    Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
    • 07 Jul 2011
    • What Do You Think?

    So We Adapt. What’s the Downside?

    investment, for example)." As C. J. Cullinane put it, "we have to be adaptable and flexible but Too much adaptability can lead to lack of direction " RT said that there is "No shame in revising ideas—publicly and to... View Details
    Keywords: by Jim Heskett
    • Portrait Project

    Srivatsa Krishna

    "Honor and Shame From No condition rise Do well thy part Therein all the honor lies." -Alexander Pope. A life has value, only if it adds value to the life of others. I believe that God has given us the privilege of this... View Details
    • Research Summary

    Overview

    My focus is empirical financial accounting research, with particular interests in governance, valuation, M&A, and short-sellers. All three of my papers to date fall under the broad heading of “alternative governance mechanisms”—studies of how accounting information is... View Details
    Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Corporate Governance; Valuation; Law
    • 06 Aug 2019
    • Blog Post

    Entrepreneurship and Global Capitalism - Discovering the Business of Storytelling

    watched the Mahabharata on rented videotapes. I watched Bollywood movies religiously.   I wrote in my HBS essay: “According to The New York Times, Bollywood is viewed as an industry that can successfully market its wares only to those within India and its diaspora.... View Details
    • 09 May 2023
    • Blog Post

    Celebrating Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month at HBS (part 1)

    ignore. “Asian” is centuries of struggle and perseverance. “Asian” is my grandparents’ escape from North Korea and their sacrifice for their children. “Asian” is me overcoming my shame and knowing who I am. “Asian” is something I’m... View Details
    • Research Summary

    Overview

    My focus is empirical financial accounting research, with particular interests in governance, valuation, M&A, and short-sellers. All three of my papers to date fall under the broad heading of “alternative governance mechanisms”—studies of how accounting information is... View Details
    Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Corporate Governance; Valuation; Law
    • Portrait Project

    Jennifer Wu

    whom I have taken for granted all along.  A sense of shame washed over me, as I recalled the many times I yelled at Mom and Dad in arguments and prioritized my needs over theirs. That was the moment I decided to return home after HBS.  I... View Details
    • 11 Jul 2016
    • HBS Case

    Neurodiversity: The Benefits of Recruiting Employees with Cognitive Disabilities

    things. The prevalence of this kind of condition is actually quite high in our society, so it’s a real shame if we are not engaging those people.” NEURODIVERSITY IN PRACTICE Sonne and Specialisterne have helped several companies set up... View Details
    Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Technology