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01 Aug 2006
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business." Race is clearly "unfinished business" because of the plethora of conflicting emotions that are unleashed as we approach the taboo (Thomas, 1989). This tension speaks to the importance of this chapter as we... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

23 Mar 2003
Research & Ideas

AIDS in Africa—What’s the Solution?

illneses take a financial and emotional toll on businesses operating in Africa. "This is not just a disease we're talking about. This is a disease that has the power to destroy economies," said Harvard Business School Professor... View Details

Keywords: by Julie Jette

02 May 2012
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Can the “Leadership Industry” Fulfill Its Promise?

"to go and be with you" (Mike Flanagan), "high emotional stability" (Pete Ciekurs), and "authenticity in everything we do" (Raji Gogulapati). Some of these things can be taught, justifying a leadership... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

25 Oct 2017
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Will Machine Learning Make You a Better Manager?

to the point where analysts can “fingerprint” particular authors by the probability of how they use connecting words like “the,” “and,” and “that.” More recently, machine learning has moved into the realm of detecting emotion by examining... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Information Technology

23 Jul 2024
Research & Ideas

Forgiving Medical Debt Won't Make Everyone Happier

The solution seems obvious. Forgiving medical debt should ease both financial and emotional burdens for the two in five people in the US who carry it. Yet a new comprehensive study that tracked more than 200,000 patients and randomly... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Health

September 2019 (Revised February 2020)
Teaching Note

Fishbowl: Scaling Up

By: Leslie K. John

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Teaching Note for HBS No. 919-013. Fishbowl is a social media app that allows professionals to connect with other relevant professionals both within their company and... View Details

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December 2018 (Revised February 2020)
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Fishbowl: Scaling Up

By: Leslie K. John

Fishbowl is a social media app that allows professionals to connect with other relevant professionals both within their company and across industry. Unlike many other social media apps, on which users typically present idealized portraits of themselves, on Fishbowl,... View Details

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18 Apr 2005
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Prosper with Multi-Channel Retailing

of store finance and operations for youth retailer Abercrombie & Fitch, Inc., said his company uses all its channels to magnify its brand message. "For us, it's all about building brands, and branding is just about building an View Details

Keywords: by Julie Jette; Consumer Products; Retail

22 Apr 2002
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Work, Family, Private Life: Why Not All Three?

a cerebral rather than an emotional pursuit. Falling in love presupposes that there is some sensitivity, that there is some innocence that each of us possesses such that…we cannot help but fall [in love]. But in world where, when you... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

22 Jan 2013
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PublicationsThe Burden of Guilt: Heavy Backpacks, Light Snacks, and Enhanced Morality Authors:Gino, F., M. Kouchaki, and A. Jami Publication:Journal of Experimental Psychology: General Abstract Drawing on the embodied simulation account of View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

30 Apr 2019
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New Research and Ideas, April 30, 2019

to strengthen its connection with the most fanatical of its fans—the sneakerheads—and “bring back the fun and emotion of buying,” as Sussman put it. Is Nike on the right path with its digital strategy and, in particular, with how it seeks... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

07 Aug 2017
Research & Ideas

'Be Yourself (Within Reason)' and Other Job Search Survival Tips

what job offers we get, or even when we get news about our applications. Staying physically healthy while I was having a minor emotional meltdown helped feed that need for control. Going for a run or a yoga class also forced me to take a... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Accounting; Education

27 Sep 2017
Research & Ideas

What Happens When Ordinary People Get Creative?

mainstream press, led to the 2011 book The Progress Principle—a guide for managers who want to provide catalysts for progress among their employees. But the research also revealed a more meta result: Amabile realized the extent to which people volunteer their inner... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

19 Dec 2011
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Climbing the Great Wall of Trust

of assessing ability and reliability," says Chua. "Affective trust is trust that comes from the 'heart.' This type of trust involves considerable emotional investments." To test the relationship between those two types of... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

16 Jun 2003
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Researchers Contribute Globalization of Markets Papers

way to combine the best of both? Yes, if marketers are willing to dig below superficial benefits and attributes to connect products and services to emotions and schemes of thoughts that are almost universally shared among human beings.... View Details

Keywords: by Working Knowledge editors

17 Apr 2006
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Resisting the Seductions of Success

psychological and emotional anesthetic. Its victims don't know their inner lives have shriveled and their healthy instincts have grown dull. In fact, these men and women often seem to be living exemplary, balanced lives, and they may be... View Details

Keywords: by Joseph L. Badaracco Jr.; Entertainment & Recreation; Information; Publishing

06 Sep 2016
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September 6, 2016

we’ll hire it again. If it does a crummy job, we “fire” it and look for something else to solve the problem. Jobs are multifaceted. They’re never simply about function; they have powerful social and emotional dimensions. And the... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

18 Oct 2011
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Abstract Across eight experiments, we describe the influence of anxiety on advice seeking and advice taking. We find that anxious individuals are more likely to seek and rely on advice than are those in a neutral emotional state... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

10 Sep 2018
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Celebrating 'The Men and Women of the Corporation' 40 Years Later

change our own behavior. I say this for myself, too, to make sure I'm totally acknowledging the people who have been hurt by our social structures. Because there is always an emotional component to change, not just a structural component.... View Details

Keywords: by Robin J. Ely

13 Oct 2010
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Nyende, Claire Ashton-James, and Michael I. Norton Abstract This research provides the first support for a possible psychological universal: human beings around the world derive emotional benefits from using their financial resources to... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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First Look: August 1, 2006

AIDS in Africa—What’s the Solution?

Can the “Leadership Industry” Fulfill Its Promise?

Will Machine Learning Make You a Better Manager?

Forgiving Medical Debt Won't Make Everyone Happier

Fishbowl: Scaling Up

Fishbowl: Scaling Up

Prosper with Multi-Channel Retailing

Work, Family, Private Life: Why Not All Three?

First Look: Jan. 22

New Research and Ideas, April 30, 2019

'Be Yourself (Within Reason)' and Other Job Search Survival Tips

What Happens When Ordinary People Get Creative?

Climbing the Great Wall of Trust

Researchers Contribute Globalization of Markets Papers

Resisting the Seductions of Success

September 6, 2016

First Look: October 18

Celebrating 'The Men and Women of the Corporation' 40 Years Later

First Look: October 13, 2010

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