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- 07 Jul 2021
Life at HBS Chat: SA & Section Leadership
Life At HBS Chats are a unique opportunity to hear straight from current HBS students regarding their MBA experience. These current students will share their backgrounds and talk about how they have cultivated their personal and... View Details
- 15 Jun 2018
- News
Skydeck Live: The Science of a Meaningful Life
change the story in his head. He decided to pretend that he was flying a Cessna, which makes no sense, and he stopped reacting to all these emergencies in his environment and started pro-acting. But what's... View Details
- 08 Apr 2019
- Sharpening Your Skills
The Life of Luxury and How to Sell It
Research released recently by iseecars.com seems to indicate a fleeting happiness with luxury cars. New buyers of BMW, Jaguar, Land Rover, Mercedes-Benz, and Porsche sell them more frequently in the first year than owners of other models.... View Details
- 26 May 2015
- News
Exploring tax policy and our quality of life
says Weinzierl. “The point is: people are debating much bigger questions. What do we want this society to be like?” Through economics—and a little humor—Weinzierl’s research parses how people answer that question. Should tall people pay higher taxes than short people?... View Details
- 23 Jun 2023
- HBS Case
This Company Lets Employees Take Charge—Even with Life and Death Decisions
Is it possible to truly empower employees to make their own decisions—even when those decisions could mean life or death? That is the question posed by Dutch home healthcare organization Buurtzorg, which has... View Details
- 29 Sep 2020
- Blog Post
New Life for Old Tech: Startup Provides Network Security Solutions for Obsolete Devices
MRI machines play a critical role in hospital operations. Yet, like other legacy devices that typically have decades-long life cycles, MRI machines are likely to have been purchased long before network or... View Details
- April 2022
- Article
Consumers Value Effort over Ease When Caring for Close Others
By: Ximena Garcia-Rada, Mary Steffel, Elanor F. Williams and Michael I. Norton
Many products and services are designed to make caregiving easier, from premade meals for feeding families to robo-cribs that automatically rock babies to sleep. Yet, using these products may come with a cost: consumers may feel they have not exerted enough effort.... View Details
Keywords: Effor; Caregiving; Close Relationships; Symbolic Meaning; Signaling; Relationships; Consumer Behavior; Perception
Garcia-Rada, Ximena, Mary Steffel, Elanor F. Williams, and Michael I. Norton. "Consumers Value Effort over Ease When Caring for Close Others." Journal of Consumer Research 48, no. 6 (April 2022): 970–990.
- 17 Apr 2024
Life at HBS Chat with the LatAm Club
Join this interactive session for a Life at HBS Chat with the LatAm Club. This virtual event is a unique opportunity to hear from current HBS students in the LatAm Club regarding their MBA experience.... View Details
- 26 Sep 2019
- News
What Can the World’s Largest Refugee Camp Teach Us About the Meaning of Work?
Keywords: Danielle Kost
- Article
What to Know About Locating in a Cluster
By: Willy C. Shih and Sen Chai
As a study of two industry clusters in Denmark shows, factors that can make clusters attractive—easy people movement and knowledge spillovers—can also make it harder for individual companies to retain proprietary knowledge. View Details
Keywords: Clusters; Clustering; Competitiveness; Life Sciences; Telecommunications; Science-based; Research And Development; Industry Clusters; Research; Innovation Strategy; Innovation and Management; Geographic Location; Pharmaceutical Industry; Biotechnology Industry; Telecommunications Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Denmark
Shih, Willy C., and Sen Chai. "What to Know About Locating in a Cluster." Art. 57117. MIT Sloan Management Review 57, no. 1 (Fall 2015): 104–107.
- 1983
- Chapter
On the Role of Social Security as a Means for Efficient Risk-Bearing in an Economy Where Human Capital is Not Tradeable
By: Robert C. Merton
Merton, Robert C. "On the Role of Social Security as a Means for Efficient Risk-Bearing in an Economy Where Human Capital is Not Tradeable." In Financial Aspects of the U.S. Pension System, edited by Zvi Bodie and John B. Shoven. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1983. (Reprinted in The Foundations of Pension Finance, Volume I, Zvi Bodie and E. Philip Davis, eds., Edward Elger, 2000.)
- 18 Nov 2024
Life at HBS Chat with the Canadian Club
Join a panel of current students from the Canadian Club to learn about the HBS MBA experience. Whether you are just considering next steps in your academic and professional career or already know an MBA is View Details
- September 2021
- Article
Income More Reliably Predicts Frequent Than Intense Happiness
By: Jon M. Jachimowicz, Ruo Mo, Adam Eric Greenberg, Bertus Jeronimus and Ashley V. Whillans
There is widespread consensus that income and subjective well-being are linked, but when and why they are connected is subject to ongoing debate. We draw on prior research that distinguishes between the frequency and intensity of happiness to suggest that higher income... View Details
Jachimowicz, Jon M., Ruo Mo, Adam Eric Greenberg, Bertus Jeronimus, and Ashley V. Whillans. "Income More Reliably Predicts Frequent Than Intense Happiness." Social Psychological & Personality Science 12, no. 7 (September 2021): 1294–1306.
- November 2006
- Article
It Must Be Awful for Them: Healthy People Overlook Disease Variability in Quality of Life Judgments
By: H. Lacey, A. Fagerlin, G. Lowenstein, D. Smith, Jason Riis and P. Ubel
Lacey, H., A. Fagerlin, G. Lowenstein, D. Smith, Jason Riis, and P. Ubel. "It Must Be Awful for Them: Healthy People Overlook Disease Variability in Quality of Life Judgments." Judgment and Decision Making 1, no. 2 (November 2006): 146–152.
- 04 Jan 2021
- Video
Phillip Jones (MBA/MPP 2021): Intro and HBS Student Life
- March 2011
- Supplement
Padraig O'Ceidigh and Aer Arann: Building a Business in the Context of a Life - What Happened
By: Janet J. Kraus and Shirley Spence
Provides an epilogue to the problem posed in the companion case: what to do in the face of potential liquidation? View Details
Keywords: Natural Disasters; Crisis Management; Air Transportation; Entrepreneurship; Management Teams; Business or Company Management; Success; Decision Making; Air Transportation Industry; Republic of Ireland
Kraus, Janet J., and Shirley Spence. "Padraig O'Ceidigh and Aer Arann: Building a Business in the Context of a Life - What Happened." Harvard Business School Supplement 811-090, March 2011.
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The Transition to Retirement
My current major research program is the Retirement Transitions Study: a broad study of retiring professionals' everyday experiences, including identification with work; identity stability, change, and development; meaningfulness of work; changes in life structure,... View Details