Tolerance - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Sep 2012
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Ideas in Action

open power pose (e.g., feet on desk, hands behind head) decreased cortisol (the stress hormone), increased testosterone (the hormone linked to power and dominance), and boosted a subject’s tolerance for risk. “Wired magazine called this a... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna;Roger Thompson; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

01 Sep 2004
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A Market-Based Prescription

something that will be tailored to their needs. They will not tolerate the fragmentation and hassles inherent in the present system. How long will it take to implement a consumer-driven system in this country? It took only about five... View Details

Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Health, Social Assistance

01 Dec 2013
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Your Own Medicine

tolerate it. The night of the first dose, he asked for sushi—not a typical choice for someone feeling nauseated. Halfway into a third order of edamame, he froze. "Oh my God," pointing to a maggot in the food, "I'm going to throw up, and... View Details

Keywords: Morrell, Daniel; biomedicine; biopharmaceutical company; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance

01 Oct 2002
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View from the Top

a culture in business that does not tolerate “nodders” and “yes men,” neither in management nor in the boardroom. We need a culture that is willing, when necessary, to ask awkward and embarrassing questions and that insists on believable... View Details

01 Sep 2020
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The Devil You Don’t Know

direct lesson about economic policy from that period for a couple of reasons. For one thing, as the country has grown richer and our capacity to deal with some of these problems has increased, our tolerance for loss of life is lower—as it... View Details

01 Jun 2017
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Six Receive 2017 HBS Alumni Achievement Award

as you get closer to the office.” Those millennials: “This is a generation that has its head in the right place. They’re much more tolerant and open—they don’t see the same sort of barriers or gradations when it comes to communication,... View Details

01 Dec 2019
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John McArthur

grateful. —Nique Fajors (MBA 1993) I arrived at HBS in 1969, one year after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Frankly, I arrived with doubts regarding whether, as an African American, I would be welcomed or merely tolerated... View Details

Keywords: Dean

02 Sep 2018
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Havana Rising

leadership, unsure of its direction. By the early afternoon of May Day, with the noise of the parade starting to die down, Gordon sits in the courtyard of a casa particular—a private-home-turned-hotel—and traces her tolerance for... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; photographed by Eve North

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