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- 01 Dec 1996
- News
Organizations and Markets: A Challenging View of the World
emotional reaction that leaves the conscious brain incapable of making a rational response. Understanding the irrationality of human behavior is essential for understanding how people relate - or do not... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 02 Nov 2016
- What Do You Think?
Are Employees Becoming Job 'Renters' Instead of 'Owners'?
decline in job ownership. Leadership took a large share of the blame. J Mac’s comment was typical of several: “I think the ‘job renter’ behavior is the result of the ‘management takes all’ culture in today’s corporations ” Ed Hare... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
The Baby Business
for which we don’t have reliable numbers. You say that this market is driven by such deep-seated human feelings that banning it outright would be futile. Yet obviously some rules are needed. We need to look at this area as objectively as... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
New Face at Facebook
advertising arm, which generates more than half its revenue and employs thousands of people. In addition to developing an advertising network for Facebook, she will be in charge of marketing and human resources. “Facebook represents one... View Details
- 05 May 2010
- What Do You Think?
Is Denial Endemic to Management?
Summing Up How best is denial managed? Denial is endemic to management. It is a natural part of human nature, closely related to the survival instinct. It can be useful or disastrous. And it can be managed. That sums up at least many of... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 10 Nov 2008
- What Do You Think?
How Much Can You Ask of Your Customers?
so that volunteers (often customers, but also others) can easily contribute content (opinions and ratings for Zagat guides), "stuff for sale" (eBay online marketplace), behavioral data (Google's search engine algorithm), and... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 01 Apr 1997
- News
Learning from the Past
specially commissioned maps, and 11 explanatory appendices as well as numerous footnotes and other study aids. Insights into contemporary human behavior and society, written more than 2,400 years ago.... View Details
Keywords: James E. Aisner
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Combating Climate Change
problems. Supply chains will be disrupted. There will be new conflicts over water, resources, and human migration. The very physical integrity of factories and buildings will be threatened. So what can businesses do? For most firms,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Li & Fung's Global Footprint
helped with your business career? The HBS approach to case studies and the analytical frame of mind that they teach are invaluable. My whole analytical framework came from Harvard. Now, what didn’t work very well for me was everything dealing with View Details
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Getting Things Done: Motivating Yourself and Others - Course Catalog
the wide range of motivational factors that drive human behavior in an organizational context, including pay, perquisites, promotions, opportunities for skill development, social approval, fairness, stress,... View Details
- Web
3 Technologies that Will Change the World - Course Catalog
HBS Course Catalog 3 Technologies that Will Change the World Course Number 1632 Professor of Management Practice Shikhar Ghosh Spring; Q3Q4; 3.0 credits Paper ‘The real problem of humanity is that we have Paleolithic emotions, medieval... View Details
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Faculty Research Online
HBS Working Knowledge is an online forum for innovation in business practice, offering a first look at new thinking from HBS faculty. Read the complete articles summarized below by visiting their Web links. Behavioral Finance — Benefiting... View Details
- 27 Jul 2022
- News
Navigating Peer Relationships While Climbing the Ladder
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
On the Outside at HBS
group of which that student is not a part. HBS students are exceptional people, but they are also human beings: They too can be hurtfully critical, or fail to be inclusive of their classmates in ways that maximize the HBS learning... View Details
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Patrick Ferguson
the attendance and consumption of sports, investigating the validity of the assumption that uncertainty of outcome is the primary draw for fans. Patrick sees broad applicability to his research beyond the fields of management and sports. “Ultimately,” he says, “our... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- What Do You Think?
Thinking Slow: An Argument for Bureaucracy?
fallacy of the assumptions on which it is based: a world of rational humans who are unemotional, well-informed, and take the long-term view in economic decisions. In contrast, behavioral economics emphasizes... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- January 1986 (Revised July 1990)
- Supplement
Kristen's Cookie Co. (A2)
Intended for distribution during class, this case contains one set of answers to the (A1) case. It introduces the concept of a Gantt chart and discusses issues raised by the case such as the value of labor flexibility. The open-ended questions in the (A1) case are only... View Details
Bohn, Roger E. "Kristen's Cookie Co. (A2)." Harvard Business School Supplement 686-094, January 1986. (Revised July 1990.)
- 03 Mar 2010
- What Do You Think?
To What Degree Does “Identity” Affect Economic Performance?
Summing Up Is "identity" a victim of competitiveness? A recent study of organizational behavior published by Timothy Kieningham and Lerzan Toksoy shows that employees' perceptions of their employers' levels of commitment to them... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 22 Feb 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Mind of the Market: Extending the Frontiers of Marketing Thought
And, it might seem appropriate to ask, how do such philosophical questions relate to marketing? Zaltman's eponymous research tool, the Zaltman Metaphor Elicitation Technique, called ZMET for short, was designed to illuminate exactly these kinds of View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace