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- 12 Jul 2019
- News
The Birth of a Silicon Valley Blockbuster
company: I read a story that early on an engineer wanted to institute happy hour Fridays and a decision was made not to do that for reasons having to do with culture. Can you tell us what happened and the decision making that went into... View Details
- 19 Apr 2011
- First Look
First Look: April 19
the drivers of customer churn and uncover opportunities to increase customer retention across the customer selection, selling, and training processes. Students assess a metric, CHI (Customer Happiness Index), which HubSpot uses to predict... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 May 2022
- News
Bidding Up
house in York for us to live in. So this started a very happy childhood in York. JH: Growing up, Bob and his brother had an outdoorsy childhood, riding their bikes and playing in the fields and creeks near town. But Wilson was also pretty... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Local Hero
history, is a framed copy of the front page of the August 8, 1992, San Francisco Examiner. On that particular day, the editors co-opted the signature home-run call — “Bye-Bye Baby!” — of the Giants’ Hall of Fame broadcaster Russ Hodges to announce a far less View Details
- 12 Jul 2020
- Book
The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2020
work on money as an important part of my Leadership and Happiness course and look forward to catching up with his newest efforts. My extended family has agreed to share The World: A Brief Introduction, by Richard Haas, in a group... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 04 Jun 2013
- First Look
First Look: June 4
spending) are unleashed when givers are aware of their positive impact. In Study 1, an experiment using real charitable appeals, giving more money to charity led to higher levels of happiness only when participants gave to causes that... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Dec 2021
- News
Higher Returns
able to make that decision. We weren't going to make money that way. I'm glad that we made that decision. It was difficult. It was extremely difficult. The salesperson who brought the deal to the table was not happy with that decision.... View Details
- 16 Dec 2016
- News
An Environmental Epiphany
become the largest philanthropy on climate and energy in Europe-- the European Climate Foundation-- I was happy to trade in my role as a parliamentary representative for a foundation CEO. Morrell: That is, again, another new transition... View Details
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Running Up the Score
extra innings, nobody can say with certainty how it will all turn out. When the climactic moment finally comes, will the crowd go home happy or heartbroken? As Yogi Berra, the sports world's preeminent sage, once observed: "It's hard to... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Redefining Success: Women & Work.
having a more diverse and balanced life." In London, Debbie Sandford says that her view of success has changed since she graduated in 1990. "It is much more closely linked in my mind to happiness and balance and less to achievement than... View Details
- 25 Aug 2010
- News
Games, Parties, Pranks, and Celebrations
there, causing quite a bit of laughter. At his last lecture, we presented a toilet seat signed by all of us to him as a thank-you gift, and you’ve never seen a happier man! Dick was very, very happy to get this as a present and said he... View Details
- 08 Jun 2018
- News
My First Job: Selling Shoes, Surviving Black Monday, and Shaped by Chicken Lenses
was wondering, why is this guy asking him where his wife is? And he says, well, she's out shopping. He says, well, because when she gets home and sees these numbers, she is going to be very happy with you. So now he was innovating his own... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Alumni Books of 2016
and food habits to marriage and old age, from music and language to celebrities and censorship, he looks at over a hundred ads to study how the Indian consumer has changed over the past five decades and how advertising and society have shaped each other. The View Details
- 14 Mar 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, March 14
reputational gains from the agreement for the city, “We were worldwide news. In that way it worked out really well.” But she acknowledged that there were also skeptical points of view. “The only immediate result was the tax agreement, which we were really View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Apr 2017
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First Look at New Research, April 4
relative merits for Unigrains of expanding its reach globally versus maintaining its specialized position in French agribusiness. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/516051-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 316-154 Hello Alfred: Come Home... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Jul 2024
- News
Surviving the Iditarod
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Sunny Stroeer: Many folks have heard of the Iditarod Sled Dog race, which is the last great race on earth where mushers compete to cover the distance from Anchorage to Nome as quickly as possible. The... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
September 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books
executive coach and speaker Matt Spielman guides readers through straightforward questions designed to reorient your perspective and refocus your efforts on realizing happiness and fulfilment in life. You will also learn to create a... View Details
- 12 Sep 2006
- First Look
First Look: September 12, 2006
and which one gets the biggest slice of the pie. The issue of pricing perfectly captures this tension. Ideally, you'd like to price your goods high while your complementors price theirs low. Airlines, for instance, would be happy to see... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
India Arrives
Pincus set up shop, the general impression of private equity matured. SUVIR SUJAN first thought of returning to India when consulting work brought him home in 1999. Since then he's sold a start-up to eBay and recently launched a venture-capital fund. Another View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 19 May 2022
- News
Leading to Salvation
steal them. AE: People here are just so happy because they have a nice place to go. JH: For April Estes, Bob’s work has had a profound impact in the community, as well as in her own life. AE: Only thing I can say is that he’s saved our... View Details