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    Build the Life You Want: The Art and Science of Getting Happier

    In Build the Life You Want, Arthur C. Brooks and Oprah Winfrey invite you to begin a journey toward greater happiness no matter how challenging your circumstances. Drawing on cutting-edge science and their years of helping people translate... View Details
    • 15 Dec 2021
    • News

    Pandemic Sweetens Lure of Smaller Cities’ Relocation Incentives

    • Article

    Managing a Polarized Workforce: How to Foster Debate and Promote Trust

    By: Julia A. Minson and Francesca Gino
    One of the toughest challenges leaders face is managing diverse perspectives—and given heightened tensions over politics and movements such as #MeToo and Black Lives Matter, that’s more difficult today than ever before. At the same time, productive disagreement and... View Details
    Keywords: Polarization; Employees; Perspective; Interpersonal Communication; Organizational Culture; Trust
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    • 01 Oct 2014
    • What Do You Think?

    Is Too Much Focus a Problem?

    "Excess of everything is bad it always relates to the matter in point (for example) getting big data about our customers and focusing too deeply on it will lead to not noticing other important facets However, while finalizing a... View Details
    Keywords: by James Heskett
    • 15 Oct 2007
    • Research & Ideas

    Businesses Beware: The World Is Not Flat

    flat world, what differences have mattered, do matter, and will continue to matter for companies? Pankaj Ghemawat: The subtitle is meant to emphasize that we continue to live in a semiglobalized world, one... View Details
    Keywords: by Martha Lagace
    • 17 Nov 2020
    • In Practice

    How Retailers Can Thrive in a Shopping Season Like No Other

    retailers struggle to match supply with demand. Many e-retailers are urging consumers to “buy early” this holiday season, citing concerns about postal services and shipping. Given capacity constraints placed upon retail stores by many state governments, retailers are... View Details
    Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Retail
    • 10 Jan 2012
    • First Look

    First Look: January 10

    be reinforced in the labor market but do not result in weaker political preferences for redistribution. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/12-048.pdf Inside the Black Box of the Corporate Staff: An Exploratory Analysis... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 09 Mar 2023
    • Blog Post

    Where Will You Be in 30 Years: Behind the Scenes of the 5 Big Life Decisions Documentary

    that time, what accomplishments they will be most proud of, where they will live, and whose lives will be impacted by their personal and professional presence. Fred Singer (MBA 1992) and Tori Hackett (MBA 1994) asked themselves these same... View Details
    • Profile

    Omowale Casselle

    difficult decision to place her in an assisted living facility as we could no longer manage her 24/7 care needs on our own. In the course of a few short months, I went from a professional high to a personal low." "Since that... View Details
    Keywords: Technology; Consumer Products
    • 19 Apr 2010
    • Research & Ideas

    The History of Beauty

    impact of television both in helping define beauty and in developing the industry? A: During the late 1940s, television spread rapidly across the United States, and soon afterwards elsewhere. Television offered remarkable new opportunities to take brands into people's... View Details
    Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Beauty & Cosmetics
    • November 2022
    • Background Note

    The Future of E-Commerce: Lessons from the Livestream Wars in China

    By: Ayelet Israeli, Jeremy Yang and Billy Chan
    This note explores the emerging multi-billion dollar commerce trend of livestream commerce. Livestream commerce is the sale of goods or services directly to consumers via live shows on digital platforms (such as social media or e-commerce platforms). It is a form of... View Details
    Keywords: Retail; Retailing; E-commerce; E-Commerce Strategy; Ecommerce; Channels Of Distribution; Marketing Communication; Livestream Commerce; Marketing; Marketing Channels; Marketing Strategy; Advertising; Brands and Branding; Media; Consumer Behavior; Social Media; Retail Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Advertising Industry; China; United States; United Kingdom
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      Race, Work, and Leadership

      Race, Work, and Leadership is a rare and important compilation of essays that examines how race matters in people’s experience of work and leadership. What does it mean to be black in corporate America today? How are racial dynamics in organizations... View Details

      • 06 Oct 2008
      • Research & Ideas

      Updating a Classic: Writing a Great Business Plan

      sector and social entrepreneurs. Q: You wrote in the original article that most business plans "waste too much ink on numbers and devote too little to the information that really matters to intelligent investors." Still true... View Details
      Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
      • August 6, 2020
      • Article

      Companies Must Go Beyond Random Acts of Humanitarianism

      By: Frank Cooper and Ranjay Gulati
      Any organization can write a check or mobilize resources when confronted with a crisis such as the Covid-19 pandemic or a social movement such as Black Lives Matter. But corporate crisis response becomes much more meaningful when stakeholders know that the organization... View Details
      Keywords: Mission and Purpose; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact
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      • September 2024 (Revised December 2024)
      • Case

      Ming Min Hui at Boston Ballet

      By: Edward H. Chang, David Allen and Annelena Lobb
      This case asks how Ming Min Hui, the newly appointed executive director of Boston Ballet, should ensure that the company stays true to its art form yet relevant to its times. Hui stood out among ballet leaders as a young, Asian American woman with a Harvard Business... View Details
      Keywords: Arts; Change; Diversity; Gender; Race; Theater Entertainment; Leadership; Management; Nonprofit Organizations; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Music Industry; United States; Massachusetts; Boston
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      • 08 Mar 2004
      • Research & Ideas

      Secret to Success: Go for “Just Enough”

      it seems to be about simpler values. Like the upper-middle-class living room featured in sitcoms, many depictions of a simple life today cost more than you might think. Our collective fixation on "the best" and what the best... View Details
      Keywords: by Laura Nash & Howard Stevenson
      • 13 Jul 2021
      • Blog Post

      A View from the Horizon

      Rene Jones, Chairman and CEO of M&T Bank, Harvard Business School, Summer Venture in Management (SVMP) alumnus 1985 In April, I was honored to join over 70 Black leaders from a variety of industries who signed a letter that supported... View Details
      • 14 Oct 2021
      • Blog Post

      Making the MBA Degree More Accessible

      In the year since the HBS Plan for Racial Equity was established, the MBA Admissions and Financial Aid teams have continued and extended efforts toward increasing opportunities for Black applicants. Alongside reinforcing and expanding... View Details
      • Research Summary

      Research Summary

      By: Leslie A. Perlow

      There has been tremendous change in the workplace — ubiquitous technology, 24/7 globalization, hyper-efficiency and now significant changes in work location. Professor Perlow’s research explores the implications for the ways we work and live, and what we can do to... View Details

      • Forthcoming
      • Book

      How to Be Bold: The Surprising Science of Everyday Courage

      By: Ranjay Gulati
      What leads people to speak truth to power, share bold new ideas, or put their lives on the line? Most of us chalk it up to personality, presuming that our heroes are naturally fearless. But what if courage isn’t simply a matter of personality? What if it’s something... View Details
      Keywords: Personal Characteristics; Personal Development and Career
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