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Effect of Different Financial Incentive Structures on Promoting Physical Activity Among Adults: A Randomized Clinical Trial

By: Chethan Bachireddy, Andrew Joung, Leslie K. John, Francesca Gino, Bradford Tuckfield, Luca Foschini and Katherine L. Milkman

Importance: Few adults engage in recommended levels of physical activity. Financial incentives can promote physical activity, but little is known about how their structure influences their effectiveness; for example, whether incentives are more effective if they are... View Details

Keywords: Physical Activity; Financial Incentives; Motivation and Incentives; Money

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26 Apr 2024
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Deion Sanders' Prime Lessons for Leading a Team to Victory

subordinates accountable, but they have no clue how to do that,” says Harvard Business School Senior Lecturer Hise Gibson in explaining what drew him to study Sanders’ sometimes-controversial leadership style. Gibson, who played football at West View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman; Sports

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Strategy for Health Care Delivery—Virtual

process—starting with identifying the program that best addresses your learning and development goals. Contact a program advisor via email or call 1.800.427.5577 (outside the U.S., call +1.617.495.6555).... View Details

Keywords: Health Care; Health Care

20 Jun 2023
Research & Ideas

Looking to Leave a Mark? Memorable Leaders Don't Just Spout Statistics, They Tell Stories

social programs was a much bigger problem than it was. “Even when unrepresentative of reality at large,” stories “are more easily recalled than statistics,” the study notes. “This selective recall can give rise to misperceptions about... View Details

Keywords: by Scott Van Voorhis

20 Oct 2016
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An Interview with Associate Director, Phillip Andrews

What did you do before you came to CPD? Before I joined the Career & Professional Development (CPD) team, I spent two years as a case researcher working with faculty to develop and write business case studies for use in the HBS classroom and in business View Details

Keywords: All Industries

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Named Fellowship Funds - Alumni

(MBA 1972) Fellowship Eugene D. Atkinson (MBA 1972) created this fellowship in honor of his 50th Reunion to support students who graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point or who have served in the US military. In... View Details

23 Jun 2023
HBS Case

This Company Lets Employees Take Charge—Even with Life and Death Decisions

However, even though nurses rotate through administrative roles, every nurse’s primary job remains patient care. Typically, three to four nurses on a team care for one patient, allowing for consistency and closer patient relationships,... View Details

Keywords: by Annelena Lobb; Health

31 Oct 2022
Research & Ideas

Why the Largest Minority Group Faces the Most Hate—and How to Push Back

matters Tabellini and colleagues looked at US hate crimes against four racial and ethnic minority groups: Blacks, Hispanics/Latinx, Asians, and Arabs between 1990 and 2010. Using data from the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the... View Details

Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds

03 Oct 2023
Research Event

Build the Life You Want: Arthur Brooks and Oprah Winfrey Share Happiness Tips

science matters. We have a class, it's a very popular class at the Harvard Business School. Some of you will take it in the spring if you're HBS students in the MBA program second year. It's called Leadership and Happiness. And here's... View Details

Keywords: by HBS Staff

16 May 2023
HBS Case

How KKR Got More by Giving Ownership to the Factory Floor: ‘My Kids Are Going to College!’

and antipathy, having bounced from one private equity owner to another four times, ran deep. The strategy demanded that Stavros deeply engage with the operations to discover pain points, like inefficient delivery routes and wasted scrap... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman

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Marketing - Faculty & Research

Eyewear also included four Richemont eyewear brands, among which the high-end one Cartier. By 2024, Kering Eyewear was the second-largest eyewear manufacturer, generating 1.5 billion in revenue. However, slowing growth in China’s luxury... View Details

01 Sep 2023
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Solving for Z

With nearly 20 years of experience as a senior human resources executive, Matthew Breitfelder (MBA 2002) has seen a lot of change in the corporate talent space. But what’s happening now looks like a tectonic generational shift. From his perch as global head of human... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; Illustrations by Doug Chayka; Administration of Human Resource Programs; Government

19 Dec 2023
Research & Ideas

The 10 Most Popular Articles of 2023

reshape how work gets done. The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2023Need a book recommendation for your summer vacation? HBS faculty members share their reading lists, which include titles that explore spirituality, design, suspense, and more. View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

30 Apr 2024
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When Managers Set Unrealistic Expectations, Employees Cut Ethical Corners

In the 1990s, when Harvard Business School Professor Lynn S. Paine was researching and writing about examples of corporate misconduct, she hoped more businesses would take decisive action to root out fraud and other unethical behavior. Many companies have since formed... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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Driving Nonprofit Performance and Innovation—Virtual

(outside the U.S., call +1.617.495.6555). Application Submission We recommend that you apply at least four weeks before the program start date. You may use our online form or download an application. HBS... View Details

10 Oct 2023
News

HBS Responds to the Attacks on Israel

MESSAGE FROM DEAN SRIKANT DATAR Dear members of the HBS community, I wanted to follow up on the message I joined with Harvard’s leadership in sending last evening, and on the statement issued by President Claudine Gay earlier today. Over the past few days, I have... View Details

Enabling Mission Impact: Funding Strategies for High-Risk High-Reward Innovation

Governments and foundations around the world are urgently seeking strategies to optimize their investments across a range of distinctive missions targeted towards societal challenges. How should such investments be made, from early R&D spending to later-stage... View Details

12 Apr 2010
Research & Ideas

One Report: Better Strategy through Integrated Reporting

management, reputation, strategy and other sustainability aspects. The informed investor assesses the quality of the company's risk management and whether it has considered the sustainability issues pertinent to its business." Q: What are the benefits of more... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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About - Case Method Project

approached by high school teachers looking to try the cases with their students. This led a handful of high schools to experiment with Moss’s cases in the 2014-15 school year. In response to positive feedback from this 2014-15 trial, formal pilot View Details

25 Jun 2024
Research & Ideas

Rapport: The Hidden Advantage That Women Managers Bring to Teams

points to differences in the instincts and baseline soft skills of men and women when they approach managerial roles and responsibilities.” The research team chose Latin America because men and women hold both frontline and managerial... View Details

Keywords: by Kara Baskin; Food & Beverage

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