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  • 12 Nov 2021
  • Op-Ed

Can Our Parenting Struggles Make Us Better Leaders?

I’m not just a professor and business consultant; I’m also a parent to two kids. As I’ve often mused, the challenges leaders face at home and at work aren’t necessarily all that different. In particular, both contexts leave leaders struggling between their desire to... View Details
Keywords: by Ranjay Gulati; Air Transportation
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Prosocial Spending and Buying Time: Money as a Tool for Increasing Subjective Well-Being

By: Elizabeth Dunn, A.V. Whillans, Michael I. Norton and Lara B. Aknin
Researchers have long been interested in the relationship between income and happiness, but a newer wave of work suggests that how people use their money also matters. We discuss the three primary areas in which psychologists have explored the relationship... View Details
Keywords: Wellbeing; Money; Spending; Decision Making; Happiness; Well-being
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    Build the Life You Want: The Art and Science of Getting Happier

    In Build the Life You Want, Arthur C. Brooks and Oprah Winfrey invite you to begin a journey toward greater happiness no matter how challenging your circumstances. Drawing on cutting-edge science and their years of helping people translate... View Details
    • October 2016
    • Supplement

    Airbnb in Amsterdam (B)

    By: Mitchell Weiss, Emer Moloney and Vincent Dessain
    In December 2014, Amsterdam and Airbnb announced an MOU to promote responsible home sharing and to simplify the payment of tourist tax for hosts in the city. It was the most comprehensive agreement that Airbnb had with any city in the world. Its final provision read,... View Details
    Keywords: Public Entrepreneurship; Innovation; Sharing Economy; Amsterdam; Airbnb; Molly Turner; Regulation; Homesharing; Tourism; Business And Government; Public-private Partnership; Business and Government Relations; Government Administration; Public Sector; City; Urban Development; Tourism Industry; Public Administration Industry; Travel Industry; Netherlands; Europe
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    • 8 AM – 5 PM EDT, 22 Sep 2016

    The HBS What's Next Workshop

    While coming back to HBS to reminisce, what about a day to reflect on whats next for you? Led by Professor Tim Butler and facilitated by a team of experienced HBS career coaches, the day-long MBA Alumni "What's Next Workshop" program is based on Career &... View Details
    • February 2007
    • Article

    The Formation of Beliefs: Evidence from the Allocation of Land Titles to Squatters

    By: Rafael Di Tella, Sebastian F. Galiani and Ernesto S. Schargrodsky
    We study the formation of beliefs in a squatter settlement in the outskirts of Buenos Aires exploiting a natural experiment that induced an allocation of property rights that is exogenous to the characteristics of the squatters. There are significant differences in the... View Details
    Keywords: Values and Beliefs; Property
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    • 08 Jan 2008
    • First Look

    First Look: January 8, 2008

      Working PapersThe Political Economy of 'Natural' Disasters Authors:Charles Cohen and Eric D. Werker Abstract Natural disasters occur in a political space. Although events beyond our control may trigger a disaster, the level of government preparedness and response... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
    • Article

    Reclaim Your Commute: Getting To and From Work Doesn't Have to be Soul Crushing

    By: Francesca Gino, Bradley Staats, Jon M. Jachimowicz, Julia J. Lee and Jochen I. Menges
    Every day, millions of people around the world face long commutes to work. In the United States alone, approximately 25 million workers spend more than 90 minutes each day getting to and from their jobs. And yet few people enjoy their commutes. This distaste for... View Details
    Keywords: Commuting; Welfare; Attitudes; Satisfaction; Performance Productivity
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    • 2021
    • Working Paper

    The Business of K-12 Education in China

    By: Geoffrey Jones and Yuhai Wu
    This working paper examines the evolution of K-12 education in China, especially between 1985 and the present day, drawing extensive interviews with participants in the educational sector. China has been hugely successful in reaching almost 100 percent literacy,... View Details
    Keywords: K-12 Education; China; Real Estate; Early Childhood Education; Performance Evaluation; Teaching; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Personal Development and Career; Social Issues; Nonprofit Organizations; Private Sector; Education Industry; Real Estate Industry; China
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    • 14 Nov 2023
    • What Do You Think?

    Do We Underestimate the Importance of Generosity in Leadership?

    leader: fostering change. I don’t ever recall generosity having been emphasized in any of these discussions. I’m reminded of this by the current interest in the subject of happiness led by, among others, Arthur Brooks of this faculty.... View Details
    Keywords: by James Heskett
    • March 2018
    • Exercise

    Does It Hurt To Ask?

    By: Alison Wood Brooks
    Does It Hurt To Ask? (DIHTA) is an interactive exercise that pairs students (in groups of two) for a brief, spontaneous, open-ended conversation during class. Each student is given instructions to ask many questions (as many as possible) or few questions (ideally zero)... View Details
    Keywords: Interpersonal Communication; Communication Strategy; Perception; Information; Power and Influence
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    • 14 Feb 2018
    • News

    Money Can’t Buy Love, But Here’s What Can

    • Web

    Live from Klarman Hall - Alumni

    made failure downright fashionable. Yet despite happy talk, most people would rather do anything but fail. Failure, it seems, is fine in theory, and fine for other people, but difficult to accept for ourselves. Professor Amy Edmondson... View Details
    • 28 Aug 2023
    • Research & Ideas

    The Clock Is Ticking: 3 Ways to Manage Your Time Better

    Should you be reading this article? Or are you wasting time that would be better spent on something else? Time pressure—the struggle to get everything done within the limited hours we have—seems to have become more acute for many people since the onset of the COVID-19... View Details
    Keywords: by Kristen Senz
    • 01 May 2024
    • What Do You Think?

    Have You Had Enough?

    close as is practical, because the opposite leaves us with the striver’s curse.” Michael Schwartz provided a method of calculating enough in monetary terms, but then concluded, “What you do with it is, of course, the subject of your life.” William Cottringer offered... View Details
    Keywords: by James Heskett
    • 10 Jul 2023
    • In Practice

    The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2023

    Arthur Brooks: Spirituality and philosophy This March, I returned from my fifth trip to Dharamshala, India, to work with His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama. We held a conference on how leadership and happiness principles are entwined.... View Details
    Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
    • 05 Jan 2010
    • First Look

    First Look: January 5

      Working PapersThe Global Networks of Multinational Firms Authors:Laura Alfaro and Maggie Chen Abstract In this paper we characterize the topology of global multinational networks and examine the macro and micro patterns of multinational activity. We construct indices... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
    • June 2016
    • Teaching Note

    HubSpot: Lower Churn through Greater CHI

    By: Jill Avery, Asis Martinez Jerez and Thomas Steenburgh
    HubSpot, a web marketing startup selling inbound marketing software to small- and medium-sized businesses, is under pressure from its venture capital partners to rapidly acquire new customers and to maintain a low level of customer churn. The B2B SaaS company is in the... View Details
    Keywords: CRM; Customer Acquisition; Customer Retention; Churn Management; SaaS Business Models; Customer Lifetime Value; Venture Capital; Startup; Software; Monitoring And Control; Marketing; Customer Relationship Management; Marketing Strategy; Accounting; Technology Industry; United States
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    • 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
    • 02 Jan 2024
    • Research & Ideas

    10 Trends to Watch in 2024

    The lightning-fast ascent of generative AI isn’t the only sea change on the horizon for businesses in the new year. The global economy is in flux as war, climate change, trade issues, and infrastructure problems demand attention. Many companies continue to struggle to... View Details
    Keywords: by Rachel Layne