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Design: At, Into, & Beyond - Race, Gender & Equity

better discern. It aims to listen deeply and respond mindfully to the issues/challenges/provocative questions of the day – and does so by humanizing the cost of poor implementation. An inclusive designer might ensure that HTML is written... View Details

01 Mar 2003
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“Culture Is Everything”

culture. As a student at HBS, for example, he didn’t take his courses in human behavior seriously. Now, he said, he understands that “culture is everything.” Culture, in fact, was IBM’s problem. “The... View Details

Keywords: IBM; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing

04 Oct 2018
News

“A Shout Through Time”

proud and... happiness. This was really confirmed by how the family Perzyk collaborated to all this event. Perzyk: It taught me that people are fundamentally kind, and that's something that bears repetition. Not just for this moment in time but, just because it speaks... View Details

20 Apr 2010
First Look

First Look: April 20

Nonverbal Displays Affect Neuroendocrine Levels and Risk Tolerance Authors: Dana R. Carney, Amy J.C. Cuddy, and Andy J. Yap Publication: Psychological Science (forthcoming) Abstract Humans and other animals express power through open,... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

02 Jun 2003
What Do You Think?

What Can Aspiring Leaders Be Taught?

behaviors and settings could have as great an influence as the content itself. One respondent wrote, "...values should be modeled by the instructors in how they prepare and deliver content, the time and value they give their... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

Profile

John Bracaglia

longitudinal health data study to "map human health." "At the time I applied," John says, "I had no idea what I'd be doing at HBS. But I respected the alumni and the talent the school produces. HBS builds people... View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing/Energy; Tech; CPG

21 Mar 2024
News

OC Alumni Get Clarity on AI; Inequality and Climate Change Explored in DC

Clubs News Clubs News Demystifying AI at Orange County Leadership Breakfast At its first HBS Leadership Breakfast event since before the pandemic, the HBS Association of Orange County (HBSAOC) tackled the potential of AI with a talk titled The Dawning of Artificial... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Dec 2012
News

Shareholders' Value?

today's shareholders aren't quite up to making shareholder capitalism work. —Jay W. Lorsch is the Louis E. Kirstein Professor of Human Relations at HBS. Justin Fox is editorial director of the HBR Group. The preceding is adapted from a... View Details

01 Dec 2016
News

Takeaways

organization’s collective wisdom in the process.” —Catherine J. Turco (MBA 2003), The Conversational Firm “Work through gray-area problems as a manager, using the best advice and information, and then resolve these problems as a human... View Details

01 Dec 2013
News

Curing Health Care

Prescriptions: Free the Data! Build a Killer App Measure Health Care's Real Costs Make Medicine Personal Leverage Human Nature Integrate Preventive Care and Payment BUSH: A passionate advocate for improving health care efficiency and... View Details

Keywords: Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance; Management; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

13 Sep 2016
First Look

September 13, 2016

forthcoming Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes Bounded Awareness: Implications for Ethical Decision Making By: Bazerman, Max, and Ovul Sezer Abstract—In many of the business scandals of the... View Details

July – August 2008
Article

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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27 Aug 2012
Research & Ideas

Employee-Suggestion Programs That Work

expedient work around? The nurses overwhelmingly chose to work around a problem, because that is what allows them to get their very demanding jobs done in the most efficient way. Tucker's future research will continue focus on how human... View Details

Keywords: by Paul Guttry

01 Oct 1999
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Eight Among Many: Antoinette J. ("Toni") Rapone

Behavioral ecologist Toni Rapone knows that natural selection is the law of the planet. But for the vibrant and down-to-earth MBA-cum-scientist, that knowledge comes from more than textbooks. Rapone, whose given name, Antoinette, honors... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso

16 Aug 2022
News

Strategies for Dealing with Difficult Coworkers

01 Feb 1999
News

Short Takes

development. Tacit dimensions of human behavior can also point to new directions in product creation, say Leonard and Sensiper. In designing an automobile navigation system, for example, researchers at the... View Details

Keywords: Judith A. Ross

November 2023
Article

Brokerage House Initial Public Offerings and Analyst Forecast Quality

By: Mark Bradshaw, Michael Drake, Joseph Pacelli and Brady Twedt

We examine how brokerage firm initial public offerings (IPOs) influence the research quality of sell-side analysts employed by the brokerage. Our main results focus on earnings forecast bias and absolute forecast errors as proxies for research quality. Using a... View Details

Keywords: IPOs; Research Analysts; ＂Brokerage Industry; Initial Public Offering; Employees; Behavior; Outcome or Result