Always On - Publications - Faculty & Research

15 Apr 2024
Book

Struggling With a Big Management Decision? Start by Asking What Really Matters

what will work. Published with permission by Springer. Doing Well by Doing Good? One Industry’s Struggle to Balance Values and Profits Lessons in Decision-Making: Confident People Aren't Always Correct... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

16 Jul 2007
Research & Ideas

Understanding the ‘Want’ vs. ’Should’ Decision

possess multiple selves with different, competing interests. We call 2 of these metaphorical selves the "want-self" and the "should-self." The want-self is myopic and desires instant gratification. If left to its own devices, the want-self would... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Retail; Entertainment & Recreation

18 Feb 2020
Blog Post

A Vision of Love@HBS in 2020

propose to her and secure our future together. Now, as HBS students, we fondly reflect on our long and winding journey that showed us that our love is enduring. No matter what lies ahead, we’ll always have... View Details

23 Apr 2012
Research & Ideas

How to Brand a Next-Generation Product

very deliberate effort to market the iPad as a sibling to the Mac. Macs keep their names with each successive upgrade, analysts noted, while iPhones sport sequential numbers and letters to indicate improvements. “Consumers don't necessarily read specs to learn about... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

17 Sep 2018
Research & Ideas

Welcome to Retirement. Who Am I Now?

FatCamera In an interview with Harvard Business School Professor Teresa Amabile for a study on retirement, one man on the cusp of exiting his career spoke openly about how the... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Entertainment & Recreation

17 Oct 2023
HBS Case

With Subscription Fatigue Setting In, Companies Need to Think Hard About Fees

that a firm’s transition from a traditional one-off payment system to a subscription model isn’t always clear or easy. For one thing, many firms initially miss the one-time large upfront payments for a... View Details

Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald; Consumer Products; Information; Information Technology

02 Apr 2024
What Do You Think?

What's Enough to Make Us Happy?

who fail to have this conversation with ourselves run the risk of chasing and acquiring things that are never enough. These matters are highly personal. I like to think that how we make decisions on these matters determines, as the old... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

12 Sep 2023
Book

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

himself who wonder why they feel unfulfilled. Brooks dove into happiness research after commanding a prestigious nonprofit left him feeling empty. “I wasn’t enjoying what I was doing, and I wasn’t getting the most out of my own life, so my wife suggested I turn my... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman

27 Jan 2009
First Look

First Look: January 27, 2009

is found when the regression is run on data generated by a calibrated version of our theoretical model. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-080.pdf Dirty Work, Clean Hands: The Moral Psychology of Indirect Agency... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

03 Jan 2023
What Do You Think?

How Would the Leadership Style of Girl Scouts' Frances Hesselbein Fare Today?

both could be very direct as well. Hesselbein, according to one account, once lectured a class of retiring CEOs that included Alan Mulally, who was out of a job at Boeing prior to becoming CEO of Ford, to stop “whining” about what they... View Details

Keywords: Re: James L. Heskett

09 Apr 2007
Research & Ideas

Industry Self-Regulation: What’s Working (and What’s Not)?

should managers know most about self-regulation? Michael Toffel: A growing number of firms are expressing concern about the societal aspects of industrial activities. In the 1990s, most were focused on the activities within their own... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

26 Oct 2022
Research & Ideas

How Paid Promos Take the Shine Off YouTube Stars (and Tips for Better Influencer Marketing)

research by Harvard Business School Assistant Professor Shunyuan Zhang has discovered. Airing a sponsored video—versus original, unaffiliated content—costs an influencer 0.2 percent of their subscribers on average within three days... View Details

Keywords: by Kara Baskin; Technology; Media & Broadcasting

06 Mar 2012
First Look

First Look: March 6

PublicationsStrength in Numbers: The Political Power of Weak Interests Author:Gunnar Trumbull Publication:Harvard University Press, forthcoming Abstract This book investigates the sources of interest group influence has on public... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

24 Feb 2016
HBS Seminar

David Brumley of Carnegie Mellon University

11 Apr 2023
Op-Ed

The First 90 Hours: What New CEOs Should—and Shouldn't—Do to Set the Right Tone

must retain flexibility. Remember, there will always be surprises once you start turning over the rocks. You’re bound to have new questions you wish you’d been able to ask before you accepted the job. Get your directors View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch

24 Oct 2011
Research & Ideas

The Yelp Factor: Are Consumer Reviews Good for Business?

In recent years, consumer review sites including Yelp, Citysearch, and TripAdvisor have become the first stop for recommendations on everything from dinner to dentists. Along the way, they've earned a loyal following from fans, but also... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Food & Beverage

21 Sep 2021
Office Hours

Readers Ask: How Can I Gain Power and Influence?

power is always relative. You may have great influence in one relationship and be completely dependent in another. Second, people confuse power with authority, but authority is no guarantee of power, and you... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

15 Jan 2014
Research & Ideas

Managing the Family Business: It Takes a Village

ownership support of the business are just too important to ignore or take for granted. We also know that strong performance of the business, the ownership group, and the family depends on the effective leadership of each group. This... View Details

13 Jan 2003
Research & Ideas

The Subconscious Mind of the Consumer (And How To Reach It)

customers themselves are not aware? Zaltman: There are several helpful approaches. One is to double check stated beliefs with actual behavior. For example, many consumers report handling competing brands and comparing prices at the point... View Details

Keywords: by Manda Mahoney

21 Aug 2020
Blog Post

Pursuing a JD/MBA Joint Degree

(JD/MBA 2021) and Viroopa Volla (JD/MBA 2021), co-presidents of the JD/MBA Association, offer their perspectives on the program and what they have learned about the HLS/HBS joint degree. It’s a four-year program that gives you the full... View Details

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