Emotions - Publications - Faculty & Research

09 Jan 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 9, 2018

December 13, 2017 Harvard Business Review What It Takes to Become a Great Product Manager By: Austin, Julia Abstract—As an aspiring product manager (PM), there are three primary considerations when evaluating the role: Core Competencies, View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

11 May 2017
News

Going with the Flow

interests have spanned a number of industries but Fisher says a common emotional thread runs through them all. “I am passionately engaged in mission-driven enterprises that make a significant difference in people’s lives,” she says.... View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley

01 Jun 2003
News

Books

buildup of such silence, she finds, can be catastrophic as fewer new ideas emerge, unexpressed negative emotion festers, managers and executives don’t get the vital information they need, productivity plummets, and creativity crashes.... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Laura Singleton; Donald; Sull; Henry; Chesbrough; Rob; Austin; Leslie; Perlow; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

18 Sep 2018
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New Research and Ideas, September 18, 2018

Flexibility: The Role of Cognitive and Emotional Framing in Innovation Adoption by Incumbent Firms By: Raffaelli, Ryan, Mary Ann Glynn, and Michael Tushman Abstract—Why do incumbent firms frequently reject non-incremental innovations?... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

01 Dec 2022
News

December 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts

spiritual rebirth in the modern era. Through the works of artists such as Raphael, Duccio, Rembrandt, Monet, and Picasso, you will discover how various themes and motifs of man’s struggle to find God occur, morph, fade, and then reoccur centuries later. Family... View Details

04 Aug 2009
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neuroscience, sociology, and anthropology to unpack fear as a discrete emotion and to elucidate its effects on workplace silence. In doing so, we move beyond prior descriptions and categorizations of what employees fear to present a... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

21 Jul 2003
Research & Ideas

Don’t Get Buried in Customer Data—Use It

that customers have developed based on their experience and emotional connection with a product or brand. Without capturing what is going on inside customers' minds and hearts, ... the picture is incomplete.—Doug Grisaffe, Walker... View Details

Keywords: by Jean Ayers

31 Jan 2023
News

Female Founders' Dilemmas; UK Tech Startups

embarking on the founder’s journey takes you on an intense emotional rollercoaster,” says Mulcahy. “You have to be ready and have to reflect and design your own way to deal with a constant level of pressure. These last years, with the... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Mar 2008
News

An American Odyssey

are areas where income lost to unjust enrichment would have been saved or invested by black people. It’s not a big proportion of GDP, but it will require a huge emotional and psychological shift in the public’s thinking. I believe it can... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Lawrence Fouraker; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services; Finance

23 May 2000
Research & Ideas

The Emerging Art of Negotiation

It's easy to come up with a recipe for disaster when the subject is negotiation. As in chess, once you sit down at the table every move counts. So many factors compete to undermine an optimal settlement: the emotions of both participants;... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

29 Apr 2016
News

The First Five Years: Kelly McKenna (MBA 2015)

it. My preferred artistic medium is music—I played the piano and violin and sang competitively from age five through high school. I don’t have as much time for it anymore, but, growing up, it helped me to relax, to engage with and develop my own creativity, and gave me... View Details

22 Aug 2011
Research & Ideas

Getting to Eureka!: How Companies Can Promote Creativity

wins were more frequently associated with the positive emotions and intrinsic motivation that in turn generated the creativity needed to develop innovative approaches to problems. That doesn't mean that managers don't have some control... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

19 Jun 2017
News

Can Neuroscience Find You the Perfect Job?

no career matches available because we hadn't built that side of the platform. So we learned interesting things about the general cognitive and emotional traits that we all have as human beings but not the career matching. And,... View Details

10 Jan 2005
Research & Ideas

Motivation and the Cross-Sector Alliance

(1) Even if mix of original motivations remains constant (50%-50% in example), intensity may increase. (2) Even if intensity of original motivation remains constant, it may become more blended: 2a Generating a value-oriented and emotional... View Details

Keywords: by James Austin, Ezequiel Reficco & SEKN research team

05 Dec 2011
Research & Ideas

It’s Alive! Business Scholars Turn to Experimental Research

tools like an infrared eye tracker to measure eye movements and special vision software that analyzes facial expressions to gauge emotional responses. Experiments in the field are gaining popularity too, covering a wide spectrum of... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

04 Oct 2024
In Practice

Research-Based Advice for the Seasonally Overwhelmed and Schedule Challenged

maintaining a home and raising children. Which spousal actions register as “extra” and inspire gratitude? Which register as “not enough” and inspire resentment? We examined these emotions and the underlying expectations they reflected in... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

15 Dec 2015
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December 15, 2015

monetary rewards are at stake (Study 3). The tendency to infer dislike from dissimilarity is driven by a belief that others have a narrow and homogeneous range of preferences (Study 5). Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50152 December... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

05 Sep 2006
Research & Ideas

HBS Cases: Porsche’s Risky Roll on an SUV

physical culture as well as almost our mental culture. And automobiles are such an emotional product. People put their personalities into their cars. It's not true for everyone, but people's personalities come through in terms of the car... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Auto; Manufacturing

11 Feb 2013
Research & Ideas

Neuroeconomics: Eyes, Brain, Business

images. This offered scientific proof of why viewers may have been especially disturbed by the dead-eyed characters in The Polar Express, and why film producers need to be mindful of the uncanny valley. "Eyes convey a wealth of information, from attention to View Details