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Inside the Learning: How Faculty Prepare for Class

teach about the psychology of conversation, especially the fundamental building blocks of communication that transcend context—skills and insights that apply across people, purposes, languages, cultures, and so on. In some sense, this is... View Details

25 Oct 2016
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October 25, 2016

companies committed to making positive contributions to health and wellness. Focusing on four interconnected areas of corporate impact, it not only discusses the business imperative of promoting a healthier society and improved living... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

12 Oct 2011
Research & Ideas

Creating Online Ads We Want to Watch

in the ad. (In this this video clip illustrating a participant's eye movements, the large dots indicate actual focus.) "It so happens that there are two basic types of eye movements: one is fixation, and the other is where the eye is moving from one View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Consumer Products

28 Jan 2014
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twenty-first century. Publisher's link: http://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/management/governance/cambridge-handbook-institutional-investment-and-fiduciary-duty August 2013 Psychological Science The Emergence of 'Us and Them' in... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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2017 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

including the SAGE Handbook of Prejudice and The Social Psychology of Gender . Margaret Morganroth Gullette Margaret Morganroth Gullette is a cultural critic and prize-winning writer of nonfiction, an internationally known age critic,... View Details

10 Mar 2021
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New Releases: Alumni and Faculty Books, Podcasts

giving—whether your attention or your money. Once ready to nudge yourself toward better, the book trains your eye on how to extend what you’ve learned and positively influence others. Melding philosophy and View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

26 Sep 2019
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What Can the World’s Largest Refugee Camp Teach Us About the Meaning of Work?

Rohingya’s spirits and break the monotony of life at a refugee camp. But, Hussam wondered if small work opportunities could help refugees reclaim their roles as providers, bring meaning to their days, and ease some of their psychological... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

16 May 2018
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How Companies Managed Risk (and Even Benefitted) in World War Internment Camps

in times of need?” Business networks form In this sense, the experience created intergenerational ties, supplementing those formed among camp internees. These bonds proved useful to Germans in finding new positions and receiving... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Manufacturing

04 Sep 2012
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Why Most Leaders (Even Thomas Jefferson) Are Replaceable

and remove them from power when situations change. Take seriously the statements made by unfiltered leaders before they take power. Choose unfiltered leaders who have been successful filtered leaders in other contexts. Shape the position... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard

March 2023 (Revised January 2024)
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Deepa Bachu (A): Design Thinking at Pensaar Design

By: Thomas Graeber, Joshua Schwartzstein and Amram Migdal

In this case, set in June 2019 in Bangalore, Karnataka, India, Deepa Bachu of Pensaar Design and her team work with client ITC Ltd. to use design thinking and behavioral experiments to improve workplace safety and strive toward the company’s zero-accident goal. The... View Details

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08 Dec 2009
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Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/10-041.pdf Publications From Wealth to Well-Being? Money Matters, but Less than People Think Authors: Lara B. Aknin, Michael I. Norton, and Elizabeth W. Dunn Publication: Journal of View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

23 Nov 2010
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First Look: November 23

psychology and ethical decision making. Read the paper: http://www.francescagino.com/uploads/4/7/4/7/4747506/caruso_gino_cognition_2011.pdf The Design of Online Advertising Markets Author: Benjamin G. Edelman Publication: In The Handbook... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

05 Apr 2021
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Why Can’t More Leaders Teach?

important person in the company,” and encourage associates to feel psychologically safe and willing to take reasonable risks. “Observing John, I realized that the best leaders also possess qualities that make great teachers,” says DeLong,... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

01 Sep 2003
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Andrea Silbert

president of HSA and knew that she wanted to be an entrepreneur. She was offered a deferred admittance to HBS and took a position at Morgan Stanley after graduation. Her two years on Wall Street provided a strong foundation. “It was a... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

17 Jan 2017
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First Look at New Research: January 17

psychological and organizational sciences, we argue that engaging in future-oriented thinking about specific work goals while commuting, what we call work-related prospection, positively influences job... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

January 2017 (Revised September 2017)
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Sales Razor Technologies

By: Paul Gompers and Noam Wasserman

Describes the issues facing a founder-CEO regarding building a board of directors, assembling an executive team, managing tension between co-founders, and outsourcing system development work. View Details

Keywords: Information Technology; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Conflict Management; Governing and Advisory Boards; Employees; Management Teams; Product Development; Technology Industry

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01 Mar 2007
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The Joy of Work

Unit, and faculty chair of the Arthur Rock Center for Entrepreneurship at HBS. For the past several years, Amabile, who holds a Ph.D. in psychology from Stanford University, has been analyzing findings from her longitudinal research on... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

18 Jun 2012
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Better by the Bunch: Evaluating Job Candidates in Groups

because of the potential positive effects on a company's bottom line. "By basing decisions on performance rather than uninformative stereotypes," Bohnet says, "instead of hiring who you think is the most productive person,... View Details

Keywords: by Maggie Starvish

03 Jan 2007
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First Look: January 3, 2007

out less-intensive users of the product. High prices do not cause greater product use than low prices for a given buyer, but there is some evidence that the act of paying increases use. Our estimates imply that positive prices may be... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

July 2013
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Slicing Pie with a Razor: Ockham Technologies' Founding Agreement

By: Noam Wasserman and Yael Braid

Ockham Technologies' three founders are about to craft their founding agreement and split the equity among themselves. Uncertainty lingers over each member's future contributions, though—how is the team to devise a durable and effective split? Jim Triandiflou and Ken... View Details

Keywords: Information Technology; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Conflict Management; Governing and Advisory Boards; Employees; Management Teams; Product Development; Technology Industry

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