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  • 25 May 2020
  • News

For Kenny Chesney and Others, Promotion in a Pandemic Is a Quandary

  • 25 Jul 2022
  • News

What Leaders Can Learn From Great Teachers

  • 2022
  • Book

From Strength to Strength: Finding Meaning, Success, and Deep Purpose in the Second Half of Life

By: Arthur C. Brooks
Many of us assume that the more successful we are, the less susceptible we become to the sense of professional and social irrelevance that often accompanies aging. But the truth is, the greater our achievements and our attachment to them, the more we notice our... View Details
Keywords: Aging; Meaning In Life; Purpose; Personal Development and Career; Success; Happiness; Satisfaction
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  • 2017
  • Chapter

Gapponshugi in Global Perspective: Debating the Responsibility of Capitalism

By: Geoffrey Jones
This chapter places the concepts of ethical capitalism developed by the 19th century Japanese venture capitalist Shibusawa Eiichi in a global historical perspective. The chapter reviews the similarities and differences over time and between countries of proponents of... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Responsibility; Business Ethics; Ethics; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Business History; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact
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    Derek C. M. van Bever

    Derek van Bever is a Senior Lecturer in the General Management Unit of Harvard Business School. He teaches courses in both years of the MBA program (“Leadership and Corporate Accountability” in the first-year required curriculum and “Building and Sustaining a... View Details

    • 2015
    • Chapter

    Government and the Minimalist Platform: Business at the Kumbh Mela

    By: John D. Macomber and Tarun Khanna
    India's Kumbh Mela, a religious festival occurring once every 12 years at the confluence of the Ganges and Yamuna rivers, attracts over 80 million pilgrims to a temporary "pop-up megacity" over the course of two months. A team of faculty and students from five Harvard... View Details
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    • 2023
    • Working Paper

    The Politics of Philanthropy in China

    By: Geoffrey Jones and Yuhai Wu
    This working paper looks historically at business philanthropy in China. In the West, the literature has distinguished between entrepreneurial and customary philanthropy, while the phenomenon of spiritual philanthropy has been identified in many emerging markets. This... View Details
    Keywords: China; Philanthropy; Ethics; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Moral Sensibility; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Economic Systems; Economic Sectors; China
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    • June 2024
    • Article

    Oral History and Business History in Emerging Markets

    By: Geoffrey Jones
    This article describes the motivation, structure and use of the Creating Emerging Markets (CEM) oral history-based project at the Harvard Business School. The project consists of lengthy interviews with business leaders from emerging markets. By June 2024 183... View Details
    Keywords: Emerging Economies; Oral History; Emerging Markets; Business History; Research
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    • 10 Jul 2023
    • In Practice

    The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2023

    What books are HBS faculty members reading this summer—and are certain publications especially meaningful to them? Turns out, faculty are interested in a variety of topics, everything from exploring spirituality and confronting climate... View Details
    Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
    • October 2019
    • Case

    Street Symphony: Making Human Connections Through Music

    By: Rohit Deshpandé
    To Vijay Gupta, music was sacred. A highly accomplished and renowned violinist with The Los Angeles Philharmonic, Gupta believed the act of making and performing music was a deeply spiritual practice — one that had the power to heal audiences and musicians... View Details
    Keywords: Arts; Cultural Entrepreneurship; Nonprofit Organizations; Social Issues; Business and Community Relations; Music Entertainment; Human Needs; Music Industry; Los Angeles; California; United States
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    • 12 Sep 2023
    • Book

    Successful, But Still Feel Empty? A Happiness Scholar and Oprah Have Advice for You

    spiritual connections. They’re oblivious to the power these pillars could bring to their mindset, the authors say. Big idea 1: Put your own oxygen mask on first for better relationships The authors zoom in on the emotional contagion... View Details
    Keywords: by Avery Forman
    • 02 Apr 2024
    • What Do You Think?

    What's Enough to Make Us Happy?

    wellbeing and the things that determine them—our relationships with family and friends, our careers, our financial wealth, our physical and spiritual exercise and diet? The notion is that if we set goals for “enough,” we’ll be more... View Details
    Keywords: by James Heskett
    • 07 Aug 2013
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Debating the Responsibility of Capitalism in Historical and Global Perspective

    Keywords: by Geoffrey G. Jones
    • 11 Jun 2024
    • In Practice

    The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2024

    As the vacation season looms, Harvard Business School faculty members share recommendations for a little light reading. Spoiler alert: Lessons in Chemistry tops two of their beach-read lists. For those whose brains can’t—or won’t—turn off, HBS faculty also suggest some... View Details
    Keywords: by Avery Forman
    • 17 Aug 2020
    • Research & Ideas

    What the Stockdale Paradox Tells Us About Crisis Leadership

    explanation is elegant: “Personal spirituality functions in a deceptively simple way. When a person who has lived for themselves and their immediacy is thrown into a new and frightening environment, be it a prison camp or a liferaft, a... View Details
    Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams
    • 03 Oct 2023
    • Research Event

    Build the Life You Want: Arthur Brooks and Oprah Winfrey Share Happiness Tips

    answered it yesterday. You answer today. “Faith, family, friends, and work that serves, those institutions are in decline. The level of faith and spirituality or a sense of philosophy is in clear decline with every generation.” Brooks:... View Details
    Keywords: by HBS Staff

      PRESENCE

      New York Times bestseller, Wall Street Journal bestseller, Washington Post bestseller, Chicago Tribune bestseller, Publishers Weekly bestseller, USA Today bestseller, Amazon "Best Books of December" pick and... View Details

      • 21 Dec 2023
      • Blog Post

      Top 10 MBA Voices Blogs of 2023

      their time in the Spiritual Lives of Leaders and Personal Finance courses. Read More>>> CROSSING THE BRIDGE: A REFLECTION ON THE HKS/HBS JOINT DEGREE PROGRAM I was blessed to have a dynamic career before pursuing my dual master's... View Details
      • 27 Jul 2020
      • Book

      Reflection: The Pause That Brings Peace and Productivity

      reflection, including Meditations by Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius, Spiritual Exercises by Jesuit order founder Ignatius Loyola, Essays by philosopher Michel de Montaigne, as well as many diaries and journals of leaders. “We often get... View Details
      Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
      • 02 Jun 2022
      • Research & Ideas

      Blissful Thinking: When It Comes to Finding Happiness, 'Your Dreams Are Liars'

      my crystallized intelligence. And I wanted to have space to build my love relationships. I wanted to share the knowledge that I had. I wanted to have more time to walk my spiritual journey. I wanted to show myself that I could quit. I... View Details
      Keywords: by Dan Morrell