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- 2014
- Working Paper
Mobilizing Culture for Public Action: Community Participation and Child Rights in Rural Uttar Pradesh
By: Akshay Mangla
Community-based initiatives that work to empower the poor and promote their participation have gained strong support among scholars and practitioners of development. Yet the questionable assumptions about culture and development that inform these initiatives render it... View Details
Mangla, Akshay. "Mobilizing Culture for Public Action: Community Participation and Child Rights in Rural Uttar Pradesh." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 14-100, April 2014.
- 02 Jan 2024
- Research & Ideas
10 Trends to Watch in 2024
The lightning-fast ascent of generative AI isn’t the only sea change on the horizon for businesses in the new year. The global economy is in flux as war, climate change, trade issues, and infrastructure problems demand attention. Many companies continue to struggle to... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 20 Sep 2010
- Research & Ideas
Power Posing: Fake It Until You Make It
focusing on postures and measuring neuroendocrine levels." The Experiment In their article, to be published in a forthcoming Psychological Science, Cuddy and coauthors Dana R. Carney and Andy J. Yap of Columbia University detail the... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 26 May 2023
- Blog Post
Bringing Space Tech Back to Earth
Grinnell/SEAs) Even while honing her entrepreneurial skills, Sweeney continued to build new machines. Since coming to Harvard, she’s designed a fleet of spacecraft to clear small debris from low-Earth orbit, a robotic plant to mimic users’ View Details
- 13 Jun 2022
- Research & Ideas
Extroverts, Your Colleagues Wish You Would Just Shut Up and Listen
conversation. Make eye contact, nod, and smile while talking. Assume an open posture. Keep your hands apart, not crossed or folded. Directly face the person with whom you are talking. Mirror the posture of the person with whom you are... View Details
Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds
- 05 Mar 2009
- What Do You Think?
How Frank or Deceptive Should Leaders Be?
for not just a recession but a depression. They raise questions about the appropriate posture for leaders under conditions in which they themselves may harbor pessimism about the future. And they call out for more attention to ways in... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 10 Sep 2012
- HBS Case
HBS Cases: Branding Yoga
name, Bikram's Yoga College of India. In 1994, he began offering intensive courses, training 200 teachers per year, according to the case. Worried that competitors were copying his teachings and techniques, Bikram decided in 2002 to patent a typical 90-minute class,... View Details
- 28 May 2013
- First Look
First Look: May 28
existing agglomerations, not creating new ones. The paper discusses several practical insights for regional policy makers. Publisher's link: http://cjres.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/reprint/rst008 2006 Psychological Science The Ergonomics of Dishonesty: The Effect of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Bonnie Kintzer (MBA 1987)
the turnaround. I knew the brands were still very strong in the mind of the consumer and, with the right team, that we could rebuild the company. I was very clear in the interview process that the name of the company had to change. If your name is Reader’s Digest,... View Details
- 03 Mar 2016
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Pamela Meyer (MBA 1986)
someone’s “baseline behavior,” so you have a reliable reference point for measuring changes later. Don’t point your finger and say, “Oh, your eyebrow twitched, you’re lying.” Look for clusters of verbal and nonverbal indicators of deceit: grooming gestures, View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
Volunteers Crack Case, Consider School's Future
for the next morning's case discussion. Jarred back to anxiety, that night I assumed the classic posture — highlighter in hand, scrutinizing the case as if my life depended upon it. Early Saturday morning, the familiar debate began —... View Details
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
Cracking Conferences
bag. Be purposeful. Know why you’re going—if it’s to acquire knowledge, you’ll have a more student-like posture than you would if you’re attending an event for networking purposes. Ask great questions. Be curious about other people’s... View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
INK: Out of Exile
a duty to reveal the unspoken truth of the experience. Gratitude, for example, is an essential and private part of the refugee experience, she says. “But native-born people don’t really understand all that we keep hidden, like the obligation to View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
Faculty Books
hbswk.hbs.edu/item/7234.html. Is Your iPhone Turning You into a Wimp? The body posture inherent in operating everyday gadgets affects both your back and your behavior. According to a new study by Associate Professor Amy Cuddy and her... View Details
- 20 Apr 2010
- First Look
First Look: April 20
Nonverbal Displays Affect Neuroendocrine Levels and Risk Tolerance Authors: Dana R. Carney, Amy J.C. Cuddy, and Andy J. Yap Publication: Psychological Science (forthcoming) Abstract Humans and other animals express power through open, expansive View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Who Owns Yoga?
poses and the techniques he taught. In 2002, Bikram patented a typical 90-minute class, which consists of 26 postures and two breathing exercises in a room heated to 105°F. Hundreds of cease-and-desist letters were slapped on the doors of... View Details
- 01 Nov 2021
- Blog Post
Ace Your Phone or Video Interview
smiling on the phone versus when they are not. Also, consider standing up for the interview instead of sitting, as standing improves your posture naturally. This is good for voice projection, creating internal feelings of confidence, and... View Details
- 30 Dec 2013
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Articles of 2013
Christensen. It's time for companies to look at products the way customers do: as a way to get a job done. Is Your iPhone Turning You Into a Wimp? The body posture inherent in operating everyday gadgets affects not only your back, but... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 18 Sep 2012
- First Look
First Look: September 18
and presentation quality (e.g., captivating, confident). As predicted, high-power posers performed better and were more likely to be chosen for hire, and this relationship was mediated only by presentation quality, not speech quality. Power-pose condition had no effect... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Mar 2009
- Research & Ideas
How to Revive Health-Care Innovation
value network, compared to the reactive posture they have taken in the past. Finally, we have seen a pervasive pattern in every industry that has been transformed through disruption. This same pattern characterizes what has happened to... View Details