happiness - Publications - Faculty & Research

13 Aug 2020
Research & Ideas

6 Ways to Support COVID-Weary Employees

working together,” the article says. We talked to the researchers about how organizations can help employees cope with this difficult period—including everything from guaranteeing paid sick leave and gathering staff for virtual happy... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

Profile

Aline Camargo

was able to share my thoughts and concerns with friends, professors, career coaches, alumni and MBA administration managers who helped me much to brainstorm about decisions and life paths that would make me an effective leader and a happy... View Details

Keywords: Consumer Products; Retail; Entertainment / Media

Web

Tools of the Trade | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

transitioning to a management position in the organization’s New York office. “Part of being happy in your career involves knowing what sort of role you enjoy. HBS helped me refine my career interests,” says Varón. “Getting my MBA also... View Details

01 Jun 2003
News

400 and Counting: Surge in HBS Cases with Women Protagonists

Hart, whose primary sources of female executives were The Committee of 200’s rolodex and the HBS alumni database. “There are many women in significant roles in industry.” Hart, who plans to continue to oversee the project next year, is View Details

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

01 Mar 2017
News

Constant Inspiration

My 30th Reunion this year was pure joy.” Guidera, a firm believer in providing unrestricted support, donates to the HBS Fund for Leadership and Innovation every year. “The School knows best where to invest the money,” she says. “I am View Details

18 Mar 2014
Blog Post

BaubleBar Brought to Life, and Other Tales of Joining a Start-up

It’s so easy to lose perspective, but please don’t. You’ll find the right job, and you’ll be so happy you did Julia nodded, “It can be discouraging so many meetings; what feels like so little structure to your search. Keep at it. If it’s... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Technology; Consumer Products / Retail

16 Jun 2014
Blog Post

Recruiting Millennials in a Global Market

first-hand the transition from serving and advising both Generation X and Generation Y. And while all individuals are different, members of each generational group share common characteristics that shape their behaviors and desires and result in different motivations... View Details

Web

About | Harvard Business School

very important contributor to my later success in life, a success which has surprised many, myself included. I am very happy to contribute through the arts to make HBS an even better experience for those who are lucky enough to get to... View Details

Portrait Project

Matias Ruiz

my HBS journey: To do the impossible, we have to see the invisible. We should enjoy the small things in life, because maybe one day we may discover that those were the big things. Happiness is not how high we are, but in what direction we... View Details

Portrait Project

Marie-Laure Goepfer

"I want everything, right now, and I want it all. I do not want to be modest and just be happy with a little piece if I behave well. I want everything to be as beautiful as when I was a child - or die." – Antigone, Jean Anouilh... View Details

Profile

Domingo Garcia-Huidobro

out for lunch. We both knew that this was our little precious moment together. Who is one person from your life that you admire the most today? Definitely my wife. Her generosity never ceases to amaze me and I can’t believe how she masters the art of letting things go... View Details

2010
Chapter

Feeling Good about Giving: The Benefits (and Costs) of Self-interested Charitable Behavior

By: L. Anik, L. B. Aknin, M. I. Norton and E. W. Dunn

While lay intuitions and pop psychology suggest that helping others leads to higher levels of happiness, the existing evidence only weakly supports this causal claim: research in psychology, economics, and neuroscience exploring the benefits of charitable giving has... View Details

Keywords: Advertising; Cost vs Benefits; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Outcome or Result; Relationships; Research; Behavior; Happiness; Motivation and Incentives

Citation

February 1999 (Revised July 2004)
Case

Life as a Minor League CEO Frank Burke and The Chattanooga Lookouts

By: Stephen A. Greyser and Kirk A. Goldman

A "slice of life" depiction of the range of issues and activities experienced by Frank Burke (HBS MBA 1987), the president of a minor league baseball team (the Chattanooga Lookouts). Raises questions of the applicability of MBA skills in this role and the "quotient of... View Details

Keywords: Happiness; Managerial Roles; Entrepreneurship; Business or Company Management; Marketing; Cost Management; Cost vs Benefits; Operations; Sports; Business Education; Sports Industry; Tennessee

Citation

Educators

Purchase

29 May 2001
Research & Ideas

Howard Stevenson on the Lessons of the Internet Era

nice," Stevenson quipped. In the new world order, Stevenson said, here are the keys: Hire great people; take a pass on the mediocre Understand and use technology Think globally Don't believe your own financial PR Happiness is a... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

Profile

Stephanie Atiase

Stephanie would like to be a entrepreneur—building a business that serves customers with a great product and society socially. “I believe happiness is a state of mind,” Stephanie says. “When you’re invested in being at HBS – in the cases,... View Details

Web

Teams | New Venture Competition

(MBA/MPP 2024), David Velasquez (MBA/MPP 2023, MD 2024), Max Fisher, Irene Jiang (MPP 2024)An AI-enabled benefits navigation platform that simplifies health and social benefits for millions of underserved families. Happy Journey Academy... View Details

01 Sep 2018
News

In My Humble Opinion: In the Deal

more championship rings in him.” Next passport stamp: Bhutan, the Himalayan kingdom known for its Gross National Happiness index. Recommended reading: Milk and Honey and The Sun and Her Flowers by Rupi Kaur. “She’s a young Sikh woman who... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

01 Jun 2006
News

Social Enterprise Conference Draws 800 Participants

plenty of opportunities for networking. The Social Enterprise Conference was jointly hosted by the HBS Social Enterprise Club and by the Kennedy School of Government. As conference cochair Caitrin Moran (MBA ’06) told the Harbus, “We’re very View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

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

Profile

Robert Leke

reflective person before HBS, partly because I was not in environments where such practice was valued or promoted. Entering an environment where a reflective nature was encouraged helped me understand myself more. By knowing myself better - my passions, motivations,... View Details

Keywords: Investment Management / Hedge Fund; Venture Capital / Private Equity; Financial Services

Publications