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- 27 Oct 2002
- Research & Ideas
Want a Happy Customer? Coordinate Sales and Marketing
To other functional departments such as finance and operations, the sales and marketing functions look alike. After all, they are both "outward looking," focused on the customer and the market. But, creating a strong marketing and sales team has proven... View Details
Keywords: by Benson Shapiro
- Article
Getting the Most Out of Giving: Concretely Framing a Prosocial Goal Maximizes Happiness
By: Melanie Rudd, Jennifer Aaker and Michael I. Norton
Across six field and laboratory experiments, participants assigned a more concretely-framed prosocial goal (e.g., making someone smile or increasing recycling) felt happier and reported creating greater personal happiness after performing a goal-directed act of... View Details
Keywords: Prosocial Behavior; Goal Framing; Affective Forecasting; Goals and Objectives; Happiness; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving
Rudd, Melanie, Jennifer Aaker, and Michael I. Norton. "Getting the Most Out of Giving: Concretely Framing a Prosocial Goal Maximizes Happiness." Journal of Experimental Social Psychology 54 (September 2014): 11–24.
- January 25, 2021
- Blog Post
Lower Income Translates to Fewer Happy Experiences—Here Is How We Can Fix It
By: Jon M. Jachimowicz and Adam Eric Greenberg
Can money actually buy happiness? Research shows that having more money makes people evaluate their lives more favorably (what researchers call “life satisfaction”). Surprising as it may seem, whether money leads to greater life satisfaction because it makes people... View Details
Jachimowicz, Jon M., and Adam Eric Greenberg. "Lower Income Translates to Fewer Happy Experiences—Here Is How We Can Fix It." Character & Context (January 25, 2021). https://www.spsp.org/news-center/blog/jachimowicz-greenberg-wealth-happiness-inequalities.
- February 2013
- Teaching Note
K&N's: Health and Happiness for Pakistan (TN)
By: David E. Bell, Damien P. McLoughlin and Mary Shelman
- 15 Aug 2023
- Cold Call Podcast
Ryan Serhant: How to Manage Your Time for Happiness
- Article
Valuing Time Over Money Is Associated with Greater Happiness
By: A.V. Whillans, Aaron C. Weidman and Elizabeth W. Dunn
How do the trade-offs that we make about two of our most valuable resources—time and money—shape happiness? While past research has documented the immediate consequences of thinking about time and money, research has not yet examined whether people’s general... View Details
Whillans, A.V., Aaron C. Weidman, and Elizabeth W. Dunn. "Valuing Time Over Money Is Associated with Greater Happiness." Social Psychological & Personality Science 7, no. 3 (April 2016): 213–222.
- Article
Happiness on Tap: Piped Water Adoption in Urban Morocco
By: Florencia Devoto, Esther Duflo, Pascaline Dupas, William Pariente and Vincent Pons
Connecting private dwellings to the water main is expensive and typically cannot be publicly financed. We show that households' willingness to pay for a private connection is high when it can be purchased on credit, not because a connection improves health but because... View Details
Devoto, Florencia, Esther Duflo, Pascaline Dupas, William Pariente, and Vincent Pons. "Happiness on Tap: Piped Water Adoption in Urban Morocco." American Economic Journal: Economic Policy 4, no. 4 (November 2012): 68–99.
- Article
Time Use and Happiness of Millionaires: Evidence from the Netherlands
By: Paul Smeets, A.V. Whillans, Rene Bekkers and Michael I. Norton
How do the very wealthy spend their time, and how does time use relate to well-being? In two studies in the Netherlands, the affluent (N=863, N=690) and the general population (N=1232, N=306) spent time in surprisingly similar ways, such as by spending the same amount... View Details
Keywords: Time And Wellbeing; Millionaires; Social Class; Wealth; Happiness; Demographics; Netherlands
Smeets, Paul, A.V. Whillans, Rene Bekkers, and Michael I. Norton. "Time Use and Happiness of Millionaires: Evidence from the Netherlands." Social Psychological & Personality Science 11, no. 3 (April 2020): 295–307.
- November 16, 2022
- Article
America Is Pursuing Happiness in All the Wrong Places
By: Arthur C. Brooks
The U.S. is undergoing a crisis of our personal and shared sense of meaning as polarization rises and institutions erode. The solution is as simple as it is difficult: Love one another. View Details
Keywords: Happiness; Civil Society or Community; Family and Family Relationships; Government and Politics; United States
Brooks, Arthur C. "America Is Pursuing Happiness in All the Wrong Places." The Atlantic (November 16, 2022).
- July 15, 2021
- Article
How to Build a Life: Different Cultures Define Happiness Differently
By: Arthur C. Brooks
Brooks, Arthur C. "How to Build a Life: Different Cultures Define Happiness Differently." The Atlantic (July 15, 2021).
- 2019
- Chapter
Happiness and Prosocial Behavior: An Evaluation of the Evidence
By: Lara B. Aknin, Ashley V. Whillans, Michael I. Norton and Elizabeth W. Dunn
Humans are an extremely prosocial species. Compared to most primates, humans provide more assistance to family, friends, and strangers, even when costly. Why do people devote their resources to helping others? In this chapter, we examine whether engaging in prosocial... View Details
Aknin, Lara B., Ashley V. Whillans, Michael I. Norton, and Elizabeth W. Dunn. "Happiness and Prosocial Behavior: An Evaluation of the Evidence." Chap. 4 in World Happiness Report, edited by John F. Helliwell, Richard Layard, and Jeffrey D. Sachs, 67–86. New York: Sustainable Development Solutions Network, 2019.
- April 15, 2021
- Article
How to Build a Life: How to Buy Happiness
By: Arthur C. Brooks
Brooks, Arthur C. "How to Build a Life: How to Buy Happiness." The Atlantic (April 15, 2021).
- March 2001
- Article
Preferences over Inflation and Unemployment: Evidence from Surveys of Happiness
By: Rafael Di Tella, Robert MacCulloch and Andrew Oswald
Di Tella, Rafael, Robert MacCulloch, and Andrew Oswald. "Preferences over Inflation and Unemployment: Evidence from Surveys of Happiness." American Economic Review 91, no. 1 (March 2001).
- 03 Oct 2023
- Research Event
Build the Life You Want: Arthur Brooks and Oprah Winfrey Share Happiness Tips
View Video “Are you happy?” asks Atlantic editor Jeffrey Goldberg of happiness expert Arthur C. Brooks. “Next question,” Brooks jokes, before answering: “No one is. Happiness is not a destination. It’s a... View Details
Keywords: by HBS Staff
- December 2011
- Exercise
What We Carry: Success, Failure, and Happiness in Family Systems
By: Timothy Butler
The purpose of this exercise is to enable participants to identify essential career and life themes. The core task of the exercise is to extract themes, images, metaphors and "dynamic tensions" from a list of exciting careers that have been selected from a larger... View Details
Butler, Timothy. "What We Carry: Success, Failure, and Happiness in Family Systems." Harvard Business School Exercise 812-026, December 2011.
- 25 Jan 2022
- Research & Ideas
More Proof That Money Can Buy Happiness (or a Life with Less Stress)
happiness that money can bring, I think we are missing something,” says Jachimowicz, an assistant professor of business administration in the Organizational Behavior Unit at HBS. “We also need to think about all of the worries that it can... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- August 22, 2024
- Article
How to Build a Life: The Ultimate Happiness Diet
By: Arthur C. Brooks
Brooks, Arthur C. "How to Build a Life: The Ultimate Happiness Diet." The Atlantic (August 22, 2024).
- October 20, 2022
- Article
How to Build a Life: Envy, the Happiness Killer
By: Arthur C. Brooks
Brooks, Arthur C. "How to Build a Life: Envy, the Happiness Killer." The Atlantic (October 20, 2022).
- June 22, 2023
- Article
How to Build a Life: The Happy Art of Grandparenting
By: Arthur C. Brooks
Brooks, Arthur C. "How to Build a Life: The Happy Art of Grandparenting." The Atlantic (June 22, 2023).
- August 10, 2019
- Editorial
E-Commerce Promised the World. Are We Happy With Our Purchase?
By: Louis Hyman and Kwelina Thompson
It has been 25 years since the first online transaction, but we are still struggling with the balance between convenience and security. View Details
Keywords: Technological Innovation; Technology Adoption; E-commerce; Consumer Behavior; Internet and the Web
Hyman, Louis, and Kwelina Thompson. "E-Commerce Promised the World. Are We Happy With Our Purchase?" New York Times (August 10, 2019).