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- 17 Dec 2014
- Research & Ideas
How Our Brain Determines if the Product is Worth the Price
yes or no with the push of a button. After exiting the machine, participants filled out a survey to rate how much they had liked each product, on a scale of 1 to 7. The researchers focused on brain activity... View Details
- 08 Feb 2023
- Op-Ed
Building an Inclusive Workplace? Prepare to Shield It from Economic Fears
including approaches that emerged early in the pandemic. Some executives long for the days of yore, but were they that great? A recent survey of 10,000 executives by Deloitte found that pre-pandemic team structures and job boundaries... View Details
Keywords: by Hise O. Gibson and Nicole Gilmore
- 09 Feb 2015
- Research & Ideas
Professional Networking Makes People Feel Dirty
School of Management at Northwestern University.) "From an academic perspective, we thought we could advance the theory of networks by looking at the psychological consequences of networking." Previous psychology research has shown that... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 24 Jan 2018
- Research & Ideas
How to Get People Addicted to a Good Habit
water dispensers,” says Hussam, an assistant professor at Harvard Business School whose research lies at the intersection of development, behavioral, and health economics. “Which means that when these initiatives don’t work, nobody can... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 05 May 2009
- First Look
First Look: May 5, 2009
of industries can't be managed as "silos," tucked away in corporate, university, or government research labs, in incubators, or within venture capital funded entrepreneurial start-ups. Access to the marketplace is needed to help... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 26 Jun 2012
- First Look
First Look: June 26
PublicationsBanks as Multinationals Author:Geoffrey Jones Publication:New York: Routledge, 2012 Abstract This is a revised edition of a comparative, international study which looks at the history of multinational banks. Researchers from... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Oct 2020
- Sharpening Your Skills
18 Tips Managers Can Use to Lead Through COVID's Rising Waters
Since March, Harvard Business School Working Knowledge has posted more than 80 stories and research papers on the topic of COVID-19, most targeted at managers and the new challenges they face. That's a lot of information to digest. To... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Oct 2020
- Book
Want to Be Happier? Make More Free Time
working, research shows. In one survey of American workers, 75 percent said they did not take all of their paid vacation days. After taking time off, most employees report feeling more energetic—and they are... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 18 Dec 2017
- Op-Ed
Why Employers Must Stop Requiring College Degrees For Middle-Skill Jobs
Credit: Pixsooz American companies have a problem. Over the past decade, they have begun to demand a bachelor’s degree in hiring workers for jobs that traditionally haven’t required one. This uptick in credentialing, or “degree inflation,” rested on the belief that... View Details
Keywords: by Joseph Fuller
- 18 Nov 2022
- HBS Case
What Does It Take to Safeguard a Legacy in Asset Management?
emerged: how to preserve the firm’s growth strategy and shift firm ownership while also rewarding its diverse workforce for its investment in the team’s culture, write Harvard Business School Senior Associate Dean Luis M. Viceira, Senior Lecturer Emily R. McComb, and... View Details
- 26 Aug 2014
- First Look
First Look: August 26
engage in instrumental networking influences how dirty this networking makes them feel. Three laboratory experiments and a survey study of lawyers in a large North American law firm provide support for our predictions. We call for a new... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2021
- What Do You Think?
Can We Train for Trust?
legitimacy—that is, whether followers believe the leader has earned their position.” "This work suggests that trust can be engineered, at least at the organizational level." We know how to create a great place to work and how to engage employees, even if View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
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Grant uses a combination of laboratory and field experiments to harness consumers' cognitive and affective resources to increase their well-being. Consumers make countless daily decisions in the pursuit of happiness -- whether and how to spend or save their money, what... View Details
- 14 Apr 2015
- First Look
First Look: April 14
collection of innovative research and management insights that build upon the foundations of the first book but takes the study of brand relationships outside of traditional realms by applying new theoretical frameworks and considering... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 May 2022
- Research & Ideas
Desperate for Talent? Consider Advancing Your Own Employees First
Job openings in the United States continue to hover at record high levels, exacerbated by the Great Resignation and a sputtering emergence from the pandemic. Competition remains fierce among companies struggling to find qualified workers. Yet many employers,... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 04 Nov 2013
- Research & Ideas
The Real Cost of Bribery
It's a sad, quantitative fact that bribery runs so rampant in the world that it has become a Darwinian business tool. A July 2013 report from Transparency International finds that more than one in four people paid a bribe in the past year, based on a View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 20 Dec 2017
- Lessons from the Classroom
How to Design a Better Customer Experience
workshops. He will be running the session in the Leading Product Innovation executive education program on the HBS campus in February. Creating a memorable experience When it comes to providing the type of experience we gush about to friends, many companies are falling... View Details
- 05 Jun 2020
- Research & Ideas
How Anchor Investors Help Impact Funds Succeed
fund.” The group surveyed 13 fund managers about 28 funds, and conducted qualitative interviews with six anchor investors. The paper was written by Shawn Cole, the John G. McLean Professor at Harvard Business School; Rob Zochowski,... View Details
- 29 Jan 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Business Press Is a Watchdog that Bites
Miller, an HBS professor with expertise in financial communication, conducted in-depth research on whether and how the press digs up original information on accounting malfeasance—with surprising results. "The press is important in... View Details
- 20 Dec 2016
- First Look
December 20, 2016
forthcoming Research in Organizational Behavior The Dynamic Componential Model of Creativity and Innovation in Organizations: Making Progress, Making Meaning By: Amabile, Teresa M., and Michael G. Pratt Abstract—Leveraging insights gained... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel