Human Behavior - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Oct 2000
News

Three Promoted to Full Professor

Reinhardt is currently studying the relationships between business behavior and environmental quality, particularly in the energy industry and the food and agribusiness sector. His research focuses on the relationship between... View Details

13 Dec 2011
News

Harvard Business School Launches US Competitiveness Project

entrepreneurship, company location choices, firm governance, local business ecosystems, human capital, K-12 education, fiscal policy, tax policy, capital markets, environmental sustainability, democracy, and international trade. Scholars... View Details

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

22 Nov 2022
News

Alumni Summit Explores Leadership for a Sustainable Future

intelligence to help or hinder human progress; University of Montreal Daniel Jutras who elaborated on the implications of these new stakes on younger generations; and Ilham Kadri, CEO of Solvay, who described the concrete steps required... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

October 2024
Article

Canary Categories

By: Eric Anderson, Chaoqun Chen, Ayelet Israeli and Duncan Simester

Past customer spending in a category is generally a positive signal of future customer spending. We show that there exist “canary categories” for which the reverse is true. Purchases in these categories are a signal that customers are less likely to return to that... View Details

Keywords: Churn; Churn Management; Churn/retention; Assortment Planning; Retail; Retailing; Retailing Industry; Preference Heterogeneity; Assortment Optimization; Customers; Retention; Consumer Behavior; Forecasting and Prediction; Retail Industry

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17 May 2022
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3 Strategies for Managing an Understaffed Team

30 Mar 2022
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Do Your AAPI Employees Feel Safe Coming Back to Work?

23 Dec 2021
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Connect with Empathy, But Lead with Compassion

21 Oct 2021
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5 Things High-Performing Teams Do Differently

07 Jun 2021
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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

17 Jul 2023
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How to Manage an Employee Who Always Makes Excuses

14 Dec 2022
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When to Give Verbal Feedback — and When to Do It in Writing

10 Aug 2022
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Four Ways to Communicate with More Empathy

01 Jan 2022
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Family Ghosts in the Executive Suite

30 Oct 2020
News

Tough Macho Leadership Is Over. Here’s What’s Taking Its Place.

29 Oct 2020
News

Safe Workplaces

Keywords: Remote work

25 Nov 2013
Research & Ideas

Hiding From Managers Can Increase Your Productivity

Academy of Management's Organization and Management Theory Division and Organizational Behavior Division. "First the embeds were quietly shown 'better ways' of accomplishing tasks by their peers-a 'ton of little tricks' that 'kept... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Manufacturing

06 Dec 2011
First Look

First Look: Dec. 6

out (1) Roots of high achievers' anxiety: fear of being wrong, lack of a sense of purpose, and a craving for human connection; (2) Destructive behaviors we adopt to relieve our anxiety: busyness, comparing... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

23 Jul 2018
Research & Ideas

The Open Office Revolution Has Gone Too Far

SolStock As of this July, what do Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin, and Associate Professor Ethan Bernstein have in common? They’ve all published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. Bernstein’s new paper, The Impact of the ‘Open’ Workspace on View Details

Keywords: Re: Ethan S. Bernstein

23 Oct 2012
First Look

First Look: October 23

adaptive benefits of synchrony, including neural efficiency and the release of a reward signal that promotes future social interaction. In nature, neural synchrony yields behavioral synchrony. Humans use... View Details