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- 02 Jun 2020
- Research & Ideas
Coronavirus Careers: Cloud Kitchens Are Now Serving
delivery drivers to hand off the food to consumers. Another barrier: Competition for attention on food delivery apps can be intense, a challenge especially for cloud kitchens that are completely reliant on these apps for customers. Establishing View Details
- Portrait Project
Jeff Barkas
Then, we noticed a change. We heard about my grandma’s lost car keys, and we learned of my grandpa’s missed doctor appointments. Their health rapidly declined, and my family scrambled to care for them and search for elder care professionals. View Details
- 17 Dec 2014
- Research & Ideas
How Our Brain Determines if the Product is Worth the Price
increase the likelihood of buying products, but only if the decision was related more to the product's usefulness than to pure emotional desire. Water Filtration Pitchers And Batteries To that end, the researchers designed a follow-up... View Details
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts
Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books You Got This! A Straightforward, No-Nonsense Playbook for Crushing 130+ Workplace Challenges By Heidi Abelli (MBA 1993) Palmetto Publishing Stepping into the corporate world can feel like navigating a labyrinth, especially when... View Details
- 23 Jul 2012
- Research & Ideas
The Power of Conversational Leadership
INTIMACY: The authors note that intimacy need not require physical proximity, which would be impossible in a multinational company where employees are separated by thousands of miles. Rather, it requires emotional or mental intimacy.... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- Web
Gender & Race in Organizations Research Group - Race, Gender & Equity
research investigates how organizational and social network processes shape gender and race differences amongst employees in the workplace. I do this by examining the roles of culture, cognition, and emotion in organizations using field... View Details
- 23 Nov 2021
- Research & Ideas
The Vinyl Renaissance: Take Those Old Records Off the Shelf
emotional element to using the product. It can often be about reconnecting with one’s past or a nostalgia. But it’s not just that. For just pure nostalgia products, you have collectors. But they’re a very small group. They often will... View Details
- Web
Becoming an Entrepreneur - Alumni
emotional sustenance, and a team of expert advisors who can help you blaze your trail and stay on the path. Entrepreneurship at HBS Harvard Innovation Labs Harvard Innovation Labs supports alumni entrepreneurs who've graduated to the next... View Details
- 06 Jan 2014
- Research & Ideas
Technology Re-Emergence: Creating New Value for Old Innovations
readers. They've connected with consumers' desire to be with others who are like themselves. The Swiss understood the importance of helping consumers build an emotional connection with their watches. My sense is that the same holds true... View Details
- 11 May 2016
- Research & Ideas
Fix This! Why is it so Painful to Buy a New Car?
effect. Another time she told the dealer she wanted a car with a manual drive. “No you don’t,” the salesman snapped. Says Avery, “I felt disrespected.” “I’m happy with the car, but it was a roller coaster of emotions going through the... View Details
- Portrait Project
Sharyar Aziz
and emotional battle for me, including complex surgeries, my jaw wired shut, and an all-liquid diet. The sensational nature of the incident generated global media coverage. Headlines such as “Men’s Singing Group Beaten in Anti-Gay Attack”... View Details
- 30 Oct 2017
- Research & Ideas
Asking Questions Can Get You a Better Job or a Second Date
potential job, that you are an engaging listener with high emotional intelligence. Plus, the manager may like you more. “We don’t have many evidence-based prescriptions about what you can do to become more emotionally intelligent or to... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- May 2011
- Article
Can Nervous Nelly Negotiate? How Anxiety Causes Negotiators to Make Low First Offers, Exit Early, and Earn Less Profit
By: A.W. Brooks and M.E. Schweitzer
Negotiations trigger anxiety. Across four studies, we demonstrate that anxiety is harmful to negotiator performance. In our experiments, we induced either anxiety or neutral feelings and studied behavior in negotiation and continuous shrinking-pie tasks. Compared to... View Details
Brooks, A.W., and M.E. Schweitzer. "Can Nervous Nelly Negotiate? How Anxiety Causes Negotiators to Make Low First Offers, Exit Early, and Earn Less Profit." Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes 115, no. 1 (May 2011): 43–54. (Awarded Best Paper with a Student as First Author by the International Association for Conflict Management, 2010.)
- 09 Jul 2007
- Research & Ideas
Five Steps to Better Family Negotiations
a family business raises the stakes of—and often complicates—a family negotiation. Consider first what sets family relationships apart. Relatives (especially in nuclear families) typically have long-standing relationships that are based on strong View Details
Keywords: by John A. Davis and Deepak Malhotra
- 26 Jan 2022
- News
Making Peace with Anger
during this period. Walker’s openness about the separation showed a vulnerability that even some of his best friends had never seen—and which would eventually help him forge deeper emotional bonds. WW: As I told people that Sheila and I... View Details
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
Edited by Margie Kelley The Happiness Handbook By Landon Carter (MBA 1967) Marshall and McClintic Publishing Have you ever wished you had the instruction manual for being a happy human on planet Earth? This book will answer some of life’s fundamental questions: Who am... View Details
- 12 Mar 2021
- News
My Favorite Case
important, as I was not yet in a major leadership position. I now have to manage a team of creatives and business professionals, and often their motivations and goals are misaligned. How to balance out their weightings in the company, and encourage them to collaborate... View Details
- 06 Aug 2021
- Book
Steve Jobs and the Rise of the Celebrity CEO
best fights, this one is personal. Steve Jobs is going to best Bill Gates. This fight is Shakespearean, elemental, and emotional ...” Jobs had complete, dictatorial control. He selected his own Board of Directors. He was the dog that had... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
John Crowley’s Extraordinary Measures
two youngest children, who were born with a rare and often fatal neuromuscular disorder. Watching its production was, alternately, an unreal, thrilling, and deeply emotional experience for the Crowley family. Less than a year after... View Details
- 05 Oct 2020
- Book
Want to Be Happier? Make More Free Time
leisure. We know that countries that value leisure more than work are happier and are better able to handle the emotional consequences of financial shocks like economic downturns. We know that happiness increases productivity. So the... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman