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- 31 Mar 2011
- News
The U.S. places long bets on energy innovation
- 2011
- Working Paper
Memory Lane and Morality: How Childhood Memories Promote Prosocial Behavior
By: Francesca Gino and Sreedhari D. Desai
Four experiments demonstrated that recalling memories from one's own childhood lead people to experience feelings of moral purity and to behave prosocially. In Experiment 1, participants instructed to recall memories from their childhood were more likely to help the... View Details
Keywords: Judgments; Moral Sensibility; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Organizational Culture; Behavior; Emotions; Personal Characteristics; Welfare
Gino, Francesca, and Sreedhari D. Desai. "Memory Lane and Morality: How Childhood Memories Promote Prosocial Behavior." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 11-079, February 2011.
- March 1980 (Revised July 1985)
- Case
Parker Brothers (A)
Focuses on the decision required of Parker Brothers regarding the necessity and advisability of recalling a new product that may have been related to the death of two children. View Details
Cady, John F. "Parker Brothers (A)." Harvard Business School Case 580-085, March 1980. (Revised July 1985.)
- Article
Memory Lane and Morality: How Childhood Memories Promote Prosocial Behavior
By: F. Gino and S. Desai
Four experiments demonstrated that recalling memories from one's own childhood lead people to experience feelings of moral purity and to behave prosocially. In Experiment 1, participants instructed to recall memories from their childhood were more likely to help the... View Details
Gino, F., and S. Desai. "Memory Lane and Morality: How Childhood Memories Promote Prosocial Behavior." Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 102, no. 4 (April 2012): 743–758.
- 30 Jan 2014
- Video
Cold Call
- 09 Oct 2020
- Video
Mahbubur Rahman
Mahbubur Rahman recalls the challenges faced by the start-up in 1962 of what is now the large ETBL Holdings Group in Bangladesh, including how he built his first contacts with foreign firms. View Details
- October 2010 (Revised December 2015)
- Supplement
Toyota Motor Corporation: 1990-2010
By: Roy D. Shapiro and Stephanie van Sice
This case follows Toyota's remarkable growth and geographic expansion from 1990 to 2010 and, in the recalls of 2009 and 2010, poses questions about the impact of that growth. Issues of increasing technological complexity also play a part. View Details
Keywords: Growth and Development; Problems and Challenges; Expansion; Complexity; Technology; Auto Industry
Shapiro, Roy D., and Stephanie van Sice. "Toyota Motor Corporation: 1990-2010." Harvard Business School Supplement 611-035, October 2010. (Revised December 2015.)
- January 2017
- Supplement
Q&A: Ghislain de Charentenay, Sanford C. Bernstein Director of Research, Asia
By: Linda A. Hill and Allison J. Wigen
In this video supplement to the HBS case series "Sanford C. Bernstein Goes to Asia," case protagonist Ghislain de Charentenay recalls his leadership priorities and challenges upon being appointed director of research in Asia. View Details
Keywords: Talent Management; Sell-side Analysts; Organizational Behavior; Leadership And Managing People; Leadership, Personal Strategy ＆ Style; Leadership Style; Asia; Hong Kong; Collaboration; Leadership; Organizational Culture; Talent and Talent Management; Financial Services Industry; Asia; Hong Kong
Hill, Linda A., and Allison J. Wigen. "Q&A: Ghislain de Charentenay, Sanford C. Bernstein Director of Research, Asia." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Supplement 417-707, January 2017.
- 17 Jan 2017
- Video
From the White House to HBS, Students Reflect on Inauguration
- Video
Amina Laraki Slaoui
Amina Laraki Slaoui, President of AMH Group, recalls the life-changing accident which left her paraplegic and explains how she observed a lack of accessibility for people with disabilities upon her return to Morocco. View Details
- January 1991
- Supplement
Suzuki Samurai, Supplement
By: John A. Quelch
A condensed version of Suzuki Samurai: The Rollover Crisis. Suzuki management must plan a response to a Consumers Union demand for a recall of the Samurai on grounds of its unacceptable propensity to roll over. View Details
Quelch, John A. "Suzuki Samurai, Supplement." Harvard Business School Supplement 591-040, January 1991.
- 09 Nov 2020
- Video
Muhammad Musa
Muhammad Musa, the Executive Director of BRAC International since 2015, recalls how the founder Sir Abed Hazan Fazle led the NGO’s first international foray in Afghanistan in 2002, negotiating with conflicting parties to establish schools for girls. View Details
- 28 Aug 2020
- Video
Mohamed Jaffer
Mohamed Jaffer, Chairman of MJ Group, which is Kenya’s largest provider of cargo handling services, recalls the long struggle of locally-born Asians to be considered truly local. In 2017 the Kenya government finally recognized Asians as Kenya’s 44th tribe. View Details
- 12 Apr 2012
- News
An Innovative Education
- 10 Aug 2015
- News
Introducing: Discover Your True North
- 20 Aug 2024
- Blog Post
Chasing a Dream: My Summer Internship at Chelsea Football Club
walking—my family recalls me always having a ball at my feet. In high school I played on the varsity team and, at 17, I joined a first-division team in Lebanon. I combined my academic and soccer pursuits by studying civil engineering at... View Details
- 06 Mar 2012
- News
How to completely, utterly destroy an employee's work life
- January 2017
- Article
Should You Sleep on It? The Effects of Overnight Sleep on Subjective Preference-based Choice
By: Uma R. Karmarkar, Baba Shiv and Rebecca M.C. Spencer
Conventional wisdom and studies of unconscious processing suggest that sleeping on a choice may improve decision-making. Though sleep has been shown to benefit several cognitive tasks, including problem solving, its impact on everyday choices remains unclear. Here we... View Details
Keywords: Decision Making; Choice; Sleep; Choice Sets; Confidence; Consumer Psychology; Consumer Preferences; Decision Choices and Conditions; Consumer Behavior
Karmarkar, Uma R., Baba Shiv, and Rebecca M.C. Spencer. "Should You Sleep on It? The Effects of Overnight Sleep on Subjective Preference-based Choice." Journal of Behavioral Decision Making 30, no. 1 (January 2017): 70–79.
- Article
Happiness Runs in a Circular Motion: Evidence for a Positive Feedback Loop between Prosocial Spending and Happiness
By: Lara B. Aknin, Elizabeth W. Dunn and Michael I. Norton
We examine whether a positive feedback loop exists between spending money on others (i.e. prosocial spending) and happiness. Participants recalled a previous purchase made for either themselves or someone else and then reported their happiness. Afterward, participants... View Details
Aknin, Lara B., Elizabeth W. Dunn, and Michael I. Norton. "Happiness Runs in a Circular Motion: Evidence for a Positive Feedback Loop between Prosocial Spending and Happiness." Journal of Happiness Studies 13, no. 2 (April 2012): 347–355.