happiness - Publications - Faculty & Research

December 2024
Article

Human Bias in the Oversight of Firms: Evidence from Workplace Safety Violations

By: Jonas Heese, Gerardo Pérez Cavazos and Andreya Pérez Silva

We study the effects of mood as a source of human bias on regulators’ oversight and enforcement decisions. We use weather at facilities at the time of an OSHA inspection to proxy for the OSHA compliance officers’ mood. We find that during periods of good mood due to... View Details

Keywords: Prejudice and Bias; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Happiness; Working Conditions; Safety

30 Mar 2003
Research & Ideas

How Your Employees and Customers Drive a New Value Profit Chain

It may be time to think about who really creates value in your organization, starting with customers and employees. Harvard Business School professors W. Earl Sasser and James L. Heskett discuss their book, The Value Profit Chain. Mahoney: The premise that View Details

Keywords: by Manda Mahoney

8 AM – 5 PM EST, 17 Nov 2016
Career Events

Career Reboot Camp in New York City

Career Reboot Camp is coming to New York! Led by Professor Tim Butler and facilitated by HBS career coaches, participants will work through exercises to reflect on their key career interests, what's important to them in work and life, and create a plan to move forward... View Details

Portrait Project

Toby Johnson

around in circles over his head. Don't heroes usually do this the other way around? He said, "I'm proud of you and your sisters, and I love your mom. What more could I ask for?" For him, a life with no regrets. This is the kind of View Details

Career Coach

Imam Akinlade

tech, Imam can share key insights into how to assess each of these industries against your personal post-MBA job criteria as well as what to expect in each of these industries from sourcing to recruitment and onboarding. He is also happy... View Details

Career Coach

Adriann Dolphin

Adriann wants to help students explore roles in the consumer products and tech industries. She can also provide insight into the job experience in consulting, having worked in that industry. She is happy to help with interview prep,... View Details

Career Coach

Sarah Zia

including thinking through different industries and narrowing focus. Sarah is happy to help with managing timelines, tailoring resumes, preparing for different interview formats, and evaluating offers. Work Experience: The Raine Group,... View Details

Portrait Project

Monica Gupta Adractas

each impact four friends, who each help dozens by becoming teachers, doctors... Imagine the potential for impact I will also use a simple smile - or a hearty laugh - to spread happiness everyday. After all, laughter also multiplies with... View Details

Portrait Project

Rachel Reddy

Tears rolling softly down my face. My six young cousins carrying the coffin. A deep quiet and stillness despite a church packed to bursting point. Yet, there’s a profound sense of peace and happiness inside me. I had known this wonderful... View Details

Portrait Project

Laura Hayden

bigger idea has stayed with me: I want to make people feel good, feel lighter, feel better. When asked what I like best about working with others, I often say that if I can make people feel good, excited and happy about what they are... View Details

Portrait Project

Heidi Brooks

refugees in Cote d'Ivoire and helping build small businesses in Vietnam. I've strengthened programs that directly and indirectly improved the lives of thousands of people in Africa, Latin America, and Asia. After traveling and living in 55 countries, I am surprisingly... View Details

25 Sep 2017
News

Solving Nigeria’s Skilled Workforce Challenge

their combined creative synergy made the team a runner-up in the 2013 Social Enterprise Initiative new venture competition. “It’s tough, and sometimes I feel like I’m building a cathedral that could take hundreds of years,” Rewane says. “But there is View Details

Career Coach

Celia Chen

Having worked at McKinsey for 5 years in fintech and consumer/retail industries and Amazon as a senior product manager responsible for launching a new service, Celia is happy to speak to students interested in any of the fields. She can... View Details

01 Jun 1999
News

Sheila Lirio Marcelo

grueling to most people, for Lirio Marcelo it has been more or less the happy norm since she matriculated atHLS in 1995. "The busier I am, the more motivated I get," explains the active dynamo, whose interest in business prompted her to... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso

Career Coach

Grace Jemison

within digital health, providers, and social impact. Having worked and interned in these industries, she understands how winding and frustrating the process can be, and is happy to help you understand the various roles, how to reach out... View Details

Career Coach

Lobna Dawoud

Having an international background, Lobna is happy to help international students navigate the job search and visa requirements/concerns. Employment Experience: JPMorgan Chase (Investment Banking Internship), McKinsey & Company... View Details

Career Coach

Jade Haynes

in technology and startups. Jade can provide insights into how these industries recruit, what the job experience will look like, and how they can help meet your personal criteria in a post-MBA career. She is happy to help with career... View Details

Career Coach

Maggie Yang

Having worked in professional services, start-ups, and big tech across numerous functions and industries, Maggie can advise on how to think through industry, company, and function. She is happy to help with career visioning, resume and... View Details

08 Mar 2016
Blog Post

6 Discoveries I Made About HBS

school. Now, on the other side of HBS, I'm very happy with the choices I made, and wish I would have owned them from the beginning. 4. There are lots of different approaches to summer internship recruiting Don't be afraid to get off the... View Details

Portrait Project

Matt Segneri

greatest happiness in serving others. I cannot stop laughing at awkward and inappropriate things, and I don't want to. It bothers me that I ended that last sentence in a preposition. Oddly, I often have exactly three things I need to tell... View Details

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