Happiness - Publications - Faculty & Research

July – August 2008
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Help Employees Give Away Some of That Bonus

By: Michael I. Norton and Elizabeth W. Dunn

Employees who spend some or all of their bonuses on others-thereby creating what the authors call a "prosocial" workplace-are happier as a result. Managers can enhance that effect by providing opportunities to share the wealth. View Details

Keywords: Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Compensation and Benefits; Employees; Behavior; Happiness

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Norway: An Embarrassment of Riches

By: Sophus A. Reinert, Forest Reinhardt and Jens-Henrik Munthe-Kaas

Keywords: Sovereign Wealth Funds; Welfare State; Internationalization; Dutch Disease; Macroeconomics; Energy Sources; Values and Beliefs; Sovereign Finance; Immigration; Welfare; Natural Resources; Happiness; Energy Industry; Norway

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Grant Donnelly & Michael Norton

We are currently working on a number of projects investigating decision-making, from how much money millionaires think they need to be happy to whether the feeling of being observed might decrease people’s likelihood of cheating on their... View Details

Shara Ticku

from Harvard Business School and a BA/BBA from the University of Texas, where she double majored in Plan II Honors Program and the Business Honors Program, with a minor in Finance. Shara currently serves as an Entrepreneur in Residence at Harvard Business School. I'm... View Details

Keywords: Consumer Products & Packaged Goods;#2;#Agriculture;#13;#Biotech & Life Sciences;#28;#Energy, Oil, Renewables, & Environment;#35;#Food & Beverages;#56;#Personal Health & Wellness

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Yael Gilboa Archives | Social Enterprise

breakfasts and happy hours with nearly everyone... INITIATIVES focus on societal challenges that are too complex for any one discipline or industry to solve alone. View Details

01 Dec 2008
News

Farm Boy

JEPPSON: With his wife, Marianne, a long, happy life at Oakholm, the family farm. Apart from his role as chairman and CEO of the Norton Company and service on the boards of numerous nonprofit and civic organizations in Worcester,... View Details

Portrait Project

Lisa Bourne

passionate about because, in the end, I want to be truly happy and experience each moment in life intensely. It may sound clichéd, but what else really matters? (Maybe winning $100 million and seeing the best band on the planet—U2, of... View Details

18 May 2020
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Kevin Mayer Takes Over TikTok

Kevin Mayer (MBA 1990) Jesse Grant/Getty Images for Disney Kevin Mayer (MBA 1990) Jesse Grant/Getty Images for Disney Kevin Mayer (MBA 1990) has left his position leading Disney’s streaming business to take over the video-sharing platform TikTok, reports the New York... View Details

12 Sep 2016
Blog Post

An Interview with Corporate Relations Director, Jonathan Shepherd

alumni. I spend a large part of my time in one-to-one coaching appointments. While the conversations often revolve around the finance and real estate industries, I’m happy to speak with any student or alumnus about anything. Conversations... View Details

Portrait Project

Gad Caspy

friends who will tell me when I am full of myself and yet will drop everything when I need them. I want to have a warm family who will love me regardless of my faults and will allow me to be supportive of those whom I love. An important part of being View Details

01 Dec 1999
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EMC's Ruettgers Finds Gold in Data Storage

"During the Gold Rush," EMC Corporation's Michael C. Ruettgers (MBA '67) reminded a Burden Hall audience last September, "a lot of infrastructure people got rich, along with a handful of gold panners." That's why, amid the glitz and glory of the high-tech revolution,... View Details

Portrait Project

Rahima Dosani

in a world where everyone else can say their name without a second thought. I will embody the happiness she missed out on. I will radiate the undying gratitude and empathy I learned from her. And I will use love, in all its multifaceted... View Details

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Gavriel Goidel

three children, despite our different worldviews. At the end of the day, my pursuit for self-realization and happiness is not about money or titles, but rather about the freedom to choose without being judged. And honestly, my beautiful... View Details

25 May 2016
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Supporting Critical Initiatives

with a Harvard MBA can negotiate a deal to buy a company without apologizing for being a woman or a mom,” she observes. “I’m happy to support a school that is giving more women a seat at the table.” View Details

01 Dec 2004
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Warren Buffett Speaks at HBS

is wealthy enough so that, ideally, all its citizens should be taken care of and “some base level” of health care should be available to all. Buffett concluded with some professional and personal advice. “Go into a field that you have a passion for, and where you think... View Details

Keywords: Warren Buffett; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

Career Coach

Kareem Stanley

Kareem can provide helpful information about how venture capital & private equity recruit those from non-traditional backgrounds, what the job experience will look like, and how to leverage your past experience to make it applicable to/useful for finance. He is... View Details

Career Coach

Lauren Weston

experience in the fintech, software, and real estate technology sectors. In particular, she can help students who want to "break into VC" as well as students who worked in investing prior to HBS and are considering returning to investing or pursuing startup operating... View Details

Career Coach

Cici Xie

visa, Cici can provide insights into how these industries recruit, differences amongst various investing styles, what the job experience will look like, and how to choose your career path to meet your personal goals. She is happy to help... View Details

30 Mar 2010
First Look

First Look: March 30

Read the preview: http://hbr.org/2010/04/fixing-health-care-on-the-front-lines/ar/1 Happiness Adaptation to Income beyond "Basic Needs" Authors:Rafael Di Tella and Robert MacCulloch Publication:Chap. 8 in International... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Spencer Copeland

balance and happiness in life. What is one thing you brought with you to campus, and one thing you'll be leaving with? I came to campus with high expectations for this stage of my life. I knew that HBS could be a place for me to grow... View Details

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