human behavior - Publications - Faculty & Research

07 Jun 2021
News

How to Get Your Team to Stop Asking You Every Little Question

16 Feb 2021
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To Reduce Gender Bias in Hiring, Make Your Shortlist Longer

01 Jun 2011
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Building a Social Network

experience where there are rules on who should talk to whom and how. “Through discussion, students discover that there is no such thing as one best way to structure human relationships,” he continues. “It really depends on the context.”... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

13 Feb 2014
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Success Factors Behind an International Assignment

Keywords: international assignments; work/life balance; career planning

01 Sep 2020
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When Your Boss Doesn't Respect Your Family Commitments

01 Oct 1997
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Theory & Practice

practices that will allow people to flourish - the key to organizational success. Do Lunch or Be Lunch by Howard H. Stevenson (Harvard Business School Press) According to HBS professor Howard Stevenson, most of human history and much of... View Details

01 Jan 2008
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John Doerr, MBA 1976

Partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page EARLIER EUDUCATION Rice University, 1973 B.S., Electrical Engineering Rice University, 1974 M.S., Electrical Engineering LESSONS FROM HBS “The Human... View Details

20 Feb 2008
First Look

First Look: February 20, 2008

economicus, model of human behavior that treats managers as selfish maximizers of personal wealth and power. The Homo economicus model implies that a firm's board of directors can best further stockholders'... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Dec 2013
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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

25 Aug 2010
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Games, Parties, Pranks, and Celebrations

on record-keeping suggested that “bingo therapy” would be good for patieints. Professors Shapiro and Piper told us to knock it off. The two behavior profs were too touchy-feely and could bring themselves only to look the other way. (While... View Details

Keywords: Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Arts, Entertainment

20 Sep 2006
Research & Ideas

The Power of Ordinary Practices

There are two myths in defining creativity. One is the genius myth—that creativity is tied to genius. To the contrary, I've found that although some people have extreme levels of talent, everyone with normal human capacities is capable of... View Details

Keywords: Re: Teresa M. Amabile

18 Dec 2019
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Thinking Smart About Numbers

brought into society. It also touched upon Desai’s earlier book, The Wisdom of Finance: Discovering Humanity in the World of Risk and Return. Professor Mihir Desai talks about finance and his new book in New Delhi. Professor Mihir Desai... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

05 Mar 2025
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Uncertain Terms

crave. It’s an exercise in imagination. Businesses today are investing heavily in big data’s predictive potential, but you write that you’re skeptical that “artificial intelligence will tame even banal uncertainties that frustrate actual View Details

01 Jun 2015
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Research Brief: If State Pensions Clean Up Their Books, Who Pays?

to a later date. “What we might actually be seeing is politicians lobbying in the interest of their own reelection chances,” she says. “We might need a bit more skepticism when a state says, ‘We have things under control.’ ” “Lobbying View Details

Keywords: Erin Peterson

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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12 Jul 2023
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The Simple Power of Communicating with Kindness

28 Jun 2022
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Help Your Team (Actually) Work Smarter, Not Harder

03 Jun 2021
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What It Takes to Run a Great Hybrid Meeting

27 Nov 2020
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Managing Someone Whose Life Has Been Upended

31 Jul 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, July 31, 2018

months of deliberations with multiple stakeholders in India and the U.S., including individuals from academia, industry, and government. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54716 forthcoming Handbook of View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

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