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07 Apr 2021
Research & Ideas

How Teams Work: Lessons from the Pandemic

discussions to intrude on meetings scheduled for other purposes. “Grabbing a marker and sketching ideas together on a whiteboard—that's much more difficult in the virtual environment,” says Ashley Whillans, assistant professor at HBS and... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

05 Dec 2018
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Why Managers Should Reveal Their Failures

success. “If you’re highly successful, your achievements are obvious. It’s more novel and inspiring for others to learn about your mistakes,” says Harvard Business School Assistant Professor Alison Wood Brooks. “What’s exciting about this... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

20 Sep 2010
Research & Ideas

Power Posing: Fake It Until You Make It

or lack of resources," says HBS assistant professor Amy J.C. Cuddy, one of the researchers on the study. “It's not about the content of the message, but how you're communicating it.” In "Power Posing: Brief Nonverbal Displays... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

23 Sep 2015
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Men Want Powerful Jobs More Than Women Do

New research from Harvard Business School reveals a stark gap in the professional ambitions of men and women. Having surveyed a diverse sample of more than 4,000 men and women, a team of social scientists reports a list of potentially... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

18 Jun 2020
Research & Ideas

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

Do lower-income families need and deserve access to fewer things than everyone else? As a society, we seem to think so, revealing a "grim double standard," finds a study published this month, Inequality in Socially Permissible... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

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Technology & Innovation - Faculty & Research

humans who are perceived as more versus less robotic. These results have theoretical implications for understanding social cognition about both humans and nonhumans and practical implications for the increasingly botsourced and outsourced... View Details

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Effects of Description of Options on Parental Perinatal Decision-Making

By: Marlyse F. Haward, Leslie K. John, John M. Lorenz and Baruch Fischhoff

Objective: To examine whether parents' delivery room management decisions for extremely preterm infants are influenced by (a) the degree of detail with which options-comfort care (CC) or intensive care (IC)-are presented or (b) their order of presentation. Methods: 309... View Details

Keywords: Decision Making; Values and Beliefs; Personal Characteristics; Attitudes; Motivation and Incentives; Family and Family Relationships; Health Care and Treatment

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19 Dec 2022
Research & Ideas

What Motivates People to Give Generously—and Why We Sometimes Don't

Both Associate Professor Christine Exley and Assistant Professor Julian Zlatev apply the tools of their research to examine a simple question: What makes people give? Exley became interested in the topic as a child, when she tried to... View Details

Keywords: by Jen McFarland Flint, HBS Alumni Bulletin

17 Mar 2009
First Look

First Look: March 17, 2009

of the domestic economy. Moreover, we illustrate that gray markets may cause unintended social welfare consequences when domestic governments mandate the use of arm's length transfer prices between international subsidiaries.... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

15 Nov 2022
Book

Stop Ignoring Bad Behavior: 6 Tips for Better Ethics at Work

perpetrator’s mission. Some examples of collaborators include those assistants and actors who kept silent even as movie producer Harvey Weinstein assaulted women. Also in this category, says Bazerman, are legislators like Lindsay Graham... View Details

Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds

09 Sep 2008
First Look

First Look: September 9, 2008

independent social rating agency and avoids selection issues by taking advantage of a natural experiment that arose when the agency expanded the scope of its ratings. We find empirical support for our hypotheses and present implications... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Lehman Brothers Family Partners | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

1800s, the Lehman family has made noteworthy contributions to philanthropic work in health, social services, and the arts. Robert Lehman, ca. 1960. Lehman Brothers Records, Baker Library, Harvard Business... View Details

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Winners & Runners-Up | New Venture Competition

AI-powered, genetic insights. Team: Brandon Chi, MBA 2024; Joseph Swift; Amitesh Pratap; Leonie Luginbuehl. Play Solara: Sacerdote Grand Prize Winner, Social Enterprise Track, 2024 New Venture Competition video Play Video duration: 2:05... View Details

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Loan Reduction - Entrepreneurship

Assistance Programs site for additional information on loan eligibility and requirements (login required). Will not be sponsored/reimbursed for any MBA-related tuition or expenses now or in the future. Are committed to the fulltime... View Details

15 Sep 2022
Research & Ideas

Looking For a Job? Some LinkedIn Connections Matter More Than Others

advancement—especially important in a hot labor market at a time of economic uncertainty. “Your digital network can have lasting implications on how your career progresses, not just over the next year, but over your whole life,” says Iavor Bojinov, View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

11 Jan 2022
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Feeling Seen: What to Say When Your Employees Are Not OK

crucial, especially for managers trying to lead widely dispersed teams during difficult times, says Harvard Business School Assistant Professor Julian Zlatev. Many managers believe in maintaining emotional boundaries with employees, but... View Details

Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds

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Competitions & Challenges - Health Care

Venture Competition The New Venture Competition is an annual student competition sponsored by Harvard Business School’s Rock Center for Entrepreneurship and Social Enterprise Initiative. Business Track: Participating teams require at... View Details

16 Apr 2018
Research & Ideas

Can Consumers Be Saved From Their Misguided Decisions?

health, career—that an industry is evolving around motivating people to be smarter about their choices. The problem: solutions created by these researchers and other behavioral scientists, such as incentives to remind health care shoppers... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Consulting; Retail

20 Apr 2011
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Blind Spots: We’re Not as Ethical as We Think

constrained the "want" self. Ann's teaching assistant used a similar precommitment strategy to constrain her "want" self during finals week. Knowing she should study but would be tempted to procrastinate by spending... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

07 Jul 2021
Book

Good News for Disgraced Companies: You Can Regain Trust

new book The Power of Trust: How Companies Build It, Lose It, Regain It, Sucher and her coauthor, HBS research associate Shalene Gupta, highlight those social media examples along with a global list of companies that have either... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert

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