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- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Class Notes Extra
position of clarity,” notes Steichen, who has also devoted much of the past twenty years to weaving together what she has learned from various spiritual and psychological disciplines. “The equivalent in... View Details
- 28 Oct 2009
- Lessons from the Classroom
HBS Begins Teaching Consumer Finance
adopted a functional perspective, a concept that [University Professor] Bob Merton and a number of us have been working on for the last fifteen years. The functional perspective posits that if we want to understand financial products or... View Details
- 05 Jan 2009
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Articles and Working Papers 2008
Here are the 20 most popular stories published by HBS Working Knowledge in 2008, and the five most-read working papers authored by HBS faculty. Most Popular Articles 1. Creating a Positive Professional Image (2005) In today's diverse... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 14 Apr 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Surprising Right Fit for Software Testing
follow-through—makes use of the high intelligence, precision-oriented skills, deep concentration, and patience that can be positive features sometimes accompanying ASD. "These are useful distinctions for CIOs when thinking about... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
I Gave at the Office
still a win for humanity. Julian Zlatev: There’s been a long debate in psychology about whether people are truly altruistic: Is altruism really altruism if it reflects this warm glow or the self-interested reasons Christine is talking... View Details
- 23 Feb 2015
- Research & Ideas
How to Break the Expert’s Curse
research: How do you help experts help novices?” Researchers refer to the problem as the "curse of knowledge." Zhang is on a mission to break the curse. In her research on the psychology of rediscovery, she's looking into how experts can... View Details
- 25 Jun 2013
- First Look
First Look: June 25
firms to alleviate capital constraints and increase capital expenditures. Yet we also find instances in which governments use their minority positions to intervene in the management of firms, especially in natural resource industries.... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 02 Dec 2019
- What Do You Think?
How Does a Company like Boeing Respond to Intense Competitive Pressure?
possibly was another example unfolded. As reader Anna Johnson put it, “When the pressure to meet quarterly performance expectations against best-guess sales targets and a flesh pounding schedule take precedence, it’s not surprising that View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Consumer Finance Makes HBS Debut
concluded that we needed a relatively simple set of ideas to organize the course. First, we adopted a functional perspective, a concept that University Professor Bob Merton and a number of us have been working on for the last fifteen years. The functional perspective... View Details
- 21 Dec 2010
- First Look
First Look: December 21
paper: http://www.people.hbs.edu/ffoley/BFSWIPO.pdf Luck or Cheating? A Field Experiment on Honesty with Children Authors:Alessandro Bucciol and Marco Piovesan Publication:Journal of Economic Psychology (forthcoming) Abstract We run an... View Details
- 31 Jul 2012
- First Look
First Look: July 31
everyday work life, but to date, little is known about how weather affects individual productivity. Most people believe that bad weather conditions reduce productivity. In this research, we predict and find just the opposite. Drawing on cognitive View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 23 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 23, 2008
Experience and Team Familiarity: Addressing the Knowledge Acquisition-Application Problem Authors:Robert S. Huckman and Bradley R. Staats Abstract Prior work in organizational learning has failed to find a consistent effect of variation in experience on performance.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 08 Nov 2024
- HBS Case
What Wartime Service Taught These Historic Leaders
trip there that he wanted to see numbers improve in categories such as guns on the battlefield, attacks against the North, and enemies captured and killed. But the pressure to hit the numbers caused his commanders to report falsely View Details
- 10 Mar 2002
- Research & Ideas
Breakthrough Negotiation: Don’t Leave It On the Table
reframing issues or setting up confidence-building mechanisms. The ability to foster productive working relationships is another key to managing conflict. Such relationships act as a kind of psychological buffer during difficult times. As... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Watkins
- 17 Dec 2013
- First Look
First Look: December 17
as an imperial power. Publisher's link: http://press.princeton.edu/titles/9952.html August 2013 American Economic Review Household Bargaining and Excess Fertility: An Experimental Study in Zambia By: Ashraf, Nava, Erica Field, and Jean Lee Abstract—We View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 15 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 15
That They Are Now Losing Authors:Michael I. Norton and Samuel R. Sommers Publication:Perspectives on Psychological Science (forthcoming) Abstract Although some have heralded recent political and cultural developments as signaling the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
HBS Faculty Views on Debt Crisis
ironic, given that in 2008 and 2009, they were given a hard time for issuing excessively positive ratings of structured products based on home mortgages that turned sour. Whatever they do, someone gets mad. That said, the mistakes on... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 02 Jul 2024
- Book
Five Essential Elements to Build the Capital You Need to Lead
communication positions you for opportunities to pursue your own treasure, to join other people's journeys, and to bring others along on your journey with you as well. One of the principles of communication, as I like to put it, is Ask... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Sep 2020
- Blog Post
6 Ways to Support COVID-Weary Employees
as their mental well-being—a forthcoming article in American Psychologist examines current organizational psychology research to help business leaders manage COVID-related fallout in the workplace and develop solutions to ease the stress... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 11 Aug 2014
- HBS Case
The Business of Behavioral Economics
couple it with loss aversion, and you put people in a position where they're more likely to go out and exercise." StickK has incorporated another economic principle—the power of social norms—to keep people on track. Users create an online... View Details