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- 22 May 2017
- News
Two On-Track Investments
said, describing the feeling of winning the Derby. “It’s an emotional surge that is indescribable.” Read more: 6abc.com: "Owner of Kentucky Derby winner is a native of Bucks County" Baltimore Sun: "After attending race growing up,... View Details
- 28 Feb 2005
- Research & Ideas
How to Harness Auction Fever
or money in trying to acquire the item, they may continue to bid past their initially set limit. To quit before "winning" makes it difficult to self-justify initial investments in pursuit of the item. Competitive arousal—or the mechanism underlying... View Details
- 2010
- Article
An Organizational Approach to Undoing Gender: The Unlikely Case of Offshore Oil Platforms
By: Robin J. Ely and Debra E. Meyerson
This case study of two offshore oil platforms illustrates how an organizational initiative designed to enhance safety and effectiveness created a culture that unintentionally released men from societal imperatives for "manly" behavior, prompting them to let go of... View Details
Keywords: Safety; Goals and Objectives; Behavior; Organizational Culture; Performance Effectiveness; Gender; Emotions
Ely, Robin J., and Debra E. Meyerson. "An Organizational Approach to Undoing Gender: The Unlikely Case of Offshore Oil Platforms." Research in Organizational Behavior 30 (2010): 3–34.
- April 2011
- Case
Daniel Kim's Dilemma (A)
By: Bill George and Natalie Kindred
Daniel Kim was considering "blowing the whistle" on his friend, the CEO of a fast-growing startup where Kim had spent most of his professional career. When Kim joined the company, called Cardio-Metric, in 2002, it consisted of seven young engineers (including its two... View Details
Keywords: Ethics; Fairness; Corporate Accountability; Emotions; Behavior; Leadership Style; Governing and Advisory Boards; Corporate Disclosure
George, Bill, and Natalie Kindred. "Daniel Kim's Dilemma (A)." Harvard Business School Case 411-009, April 2011.
- Web
1.4.1 HBS Learning Model | MBA
Case Method relies on the active intellectual and emotional involvement of every student. Students derive and test generalizations across multiple analyses, using evidence from specific cases. This method strengthens each student's... View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Hawes Hall Dedicated
students who will attend classes in Hawes Hall, the School's teaching mission will be greatly enhanced by the technology in the building, including videoconferencing, teleconferencing, Webcast, and broadcast capabilities. Hawes was filled with View Details
- Portrait Project
Deena Bahri
contentment in stillness; cultivate my emotional life as intentionally as my cerebral life; and leave my fingerprints on everything I touch. Hmmm, you ask: Share what? Receive what? Believe what? Well, I think tomorrow's direct object is... View Details
- 02 Aug 2019
- News
Fulfilling Their Promise
worked with 500 young women, many of whom now serve as mentors themselves. “Girls Group,” says Schooner, “is all about accessing emotions and learning to love yourself; and if you love yourself, then you can love other people and take... View Details
- 23 Mar 2021
- Book
Succeeding in the New Work-from-Anywhere World
and resources. Based on the work of pioneering sociologist Richard Hackman, regularly relaunching can increase the likelihood of success of a team by 30 percent or more. Blanding: You make a distinction between cognitive trust and View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 12 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
Can Religion and Business Learn From Each Other?
and many responsibilities that aren't from the same person I am at home and in my church on Sunday, and I don't know how to navigate that transition.'" Business is made up of many relationships and actions that represent every human View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- Portrait Project
Aditya Dhanrajani
life of its own and can have meaning and purpose beyond the time I live. I will build to express my raw self, to surface the discord between my emotion and reason...to be in perpetual self-transcendence. I will build on my heritage, add... View Details
- 02 Dec 2017
- News
The Lines That Divide America
resentment and the socioeconomic divide. “These emotions have a pernicious and corrosive effect on American ideals,” Nohria warns. In the article he points to several efforts currently being undertaken by Harvard Business School that... View Details
Keywords: Nitin Nohria
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
HBS Students Mentor Kids
Boston. Manville is designed for kids from ages 5 to 15 who struggle in traditional educational settings due to emotional or physical issues. A key element of the school’s approach is the big sister/big brother concept, in which an older... View Details
- July – August 2008
- Article
When Virtue Is a Vice
By: Anat Keinan and Ran Kivetz
Choosing duty over pleasure today can cause regret down the road—whereas regret over the reverse is fleeting. Marketers of luxury products and services should consider prompting customers to predict their future feelings about choices made now. View Details
Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Forecasting and Prediction; Moral Sensibility; Marketing Strategy; Consumer Behavior; Emotions; Luxury
Keinan, Anat, and Ran Kivetz. "When Virtue Is a Vice." HBS Centennial Issue Harvard Business Review 86, nos. 7/8 (July–August 2008): 22.
- 15 Aug 2017
- Blog Post
What is Field Foundations?
reflection in 2011. What do you hope students get out of the course? The hope is that through various action-based learning exercises students develop key skills in communication, feedback/coaching, decision making, and emotional... View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Up to the Challenge: Martin Gonzalez - Quiet Courage
says. “It was the most emotional day of my life.” A second surgery and an extended round of chemotherapy — every Friday afternoon from March through November 2001 — followed. “I felt the sickest over the weekends, so I was able to attend... View Details
- October 2009
- Article
A Decision-making Perspective to Negotiation: A Review of the Past and a Look into the Future
By: Chia-Jung Tsay and Max Bazerman
Through the decision-analytic approach to negotiations, the past quarter century has seen the development of a better dialog between the descriptive and the prescriptive, as well as a burgeoning interest in the field for both academics and practitioners. Researchers... View Details
Keywords: Decision Making; Negotiation; Perspective; Ethics; Emotions; Perception; Relationships; Management Practices and Processes; Training; Behavior
Tsay, Chia-Jung, and Max Bazerman. "A Decision-making Perspective to Negotiation: A Review of the Past and a Look into the Future." Negotiation Journal 25, no. 4 (October 2009): 467–480.
- Portrait Project
Zachary Surak
remember the emotional sting. The world slowed to a crawl. I focused on my weaknesses. They were too great to count — SATs, grades, leadership. Then bitter resentment washed over me. My blood returned. It now boiled under my skin. I... View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Jeetendr Sehdev (MBA 2004)
selfies incredibly meaningful and empowering. We need that compassion and emotional understanding to create brands that connect. Brands today are looking to develop fanatics. Being careful or silent as a means of capturing the largest... View Details
- Profile
Brian T. Bedol
gymnast Mary Lou Retton. The moment was emotional and compelling and Bedol realized that tears were running down his face. Embarrassed, he looked around the plane and noticed that everyone watching the film were also in tears. As he... View Details