Human Needs - Publications - Faculty & Research

11 Mar 2016
Blog Post

2+2 Admit Experiments with Career Options

been limited solely to technology. I decided to take my first foray into business through UT’s inaugural M.S. Finance Program directly following my bachelor’s degree. I began to see the impact technology and business could have together, but I View Details

02 Nov 2016
What Do You Think?

Are Employees Becoming Job 'Renters' Instead of 'Owners'?

ownership. Tema Frank suggested that “If you want employees to behave like owners, they need to be allowed to express opinions and have them taken seriously.” LuAnne suggested that, “If you want an ownership culture, invest in career... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

01 Sep 2018
News

After the Fall

of Finance and Banking When searching out the causes of the 2008 financial crisis, Professor Robin Greenwood says one needs to look to the root of nearly every crisis: human behavior. With his focus on... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Myers; illustration by Dan Bejar; Monetary Authorities-Central Bank; Finance; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government

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Corporate Training Programs | HBS Online

Enrollment Simplified process allows participants to enroll directly in courses sponsored by their organization. Reporting Progress reporting is available to help teams celebrate participant milestones and to highlight participants who may View Details

01 Jun 2000
News

The Business of Biotech

With the sequencing of the human genome running ahead of schedule (see sidebar), the American Stock Exchange's "BTK" biotech index registered an annual increase of 232 percent in February, prompting exuberant headlines ("Move Over,... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

01 Dec 2011
News

At Your Service

situations, people are motivated at least as much by behavioral norms, such as pride in their work, as by money. We think there’s a significant, unrealized opportunity—whether you’re looking at managers, teams, or customers—to tap into the View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; customer service; Hospitals; Health, Social Assistance; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services; Air Transportation; Transportation

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

09 Apr 2025
News

The Working Parent Revolution

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morell, host of Skydeck. In 2023, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that in 67% of two-parent families with children, both parents worked, which was up from 59% in 2013.... View Details

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A Separate Campus - A Concrete Symbol: The Building of Harvard Business School 1908-1927 – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

words, “the ordinary humanities of life.” 6 Harvard Business School Class of 1920. The dean questioned why graduate students experienced Harvard as a “huge impersonal intellectual machine.” “The physical equipment should make it possible... View Details

14 Oct 2020
News

Sewn with Love

Girls for Humanity (FGFH), the mission of which was to provide humanitarian services and funding to communities in need across the world. Hanazawa mobilized the global fashion industry by soliciting excess... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

01 Jan 2008
News

James D. Wolfensohn, MBA 1959

shaped by sensing the human experience first and then moving into policy.” Wolfensohn’s current projects, as well as a family foundation run by his daughter Sara, reflect his continuing belief that the growing gap between poor and wealthy... View Details

01 Dec 2018
News

INK: The Bookshelf

trapped in the ice, and Shackleton has to decide how much of the wreckage he wants his team to salvage. He didn’t want his crew to think that they needed every last thing, that they were going to be stuck out on the ice forever—he wanted... View Details

01 Jun 2002
News

Alfred L. Cheauré - A Dog's Life

DNA.) We're also planning to launch an AKC-branded pet insurance product to meet a critical need since medical advances that have served humans well are now being made available for our canine companions.... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

07 Aug 2000
Research & Ideas

The Business of Biotech

With the sequencing of the human genome running ahead of schedule, the American Stock Exchange's "BTK" biotech index registered an annual increase of 232 percent in February, prompting exuberant headlines ("Move Over,... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Biotechnology; Health; Technology

26 Sep 2019
Research & Ideas

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

to Rohingya refugees since the violence in Myanmar erupted in August 2017. The organization considers the refugees’ mental health needs “acute.” "The global flow of goods and capital ties together all of View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

12 Sep 2012
Research & Ideas

The Unexpected Link Between Cadavers and Careers

If you happen to be in need of human cadavers, you'll have more success targeting married nursery school teachers than, say, married cowboys or firefighters. That's essentially the implication of a new study... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Education; Health

01 Sep 2005
News

WATER Ltd.

has emerged. Flush, shower, rinse, swallow — fumbling through their first waking moments, most Americans are probably too groggy to see competitive advantage in their early morning routine. But there it is: All the H2O they need — cheap,... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Waste Management and Remediation Services; Corporate Services; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

22 Aug 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 23

reason to reject the moral approach and to adopt the institutional approach instead. The commentary highlights key questions that need to be addressed if human rights are to play a central role in framing... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

May 2024
Case

HarvEast

By: Jeremy Friedman and Natalie Kindred

In late 2023, Dmitry Skornyakov, CEO of Ukrainian agribusiness HarvEast, was navigating the turmoil caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine that began in 2014 and escalated into full-scale war in February 2022. Before the full-scale invasion, HarvEast managed 127,000... View Details

Keywords: Goods and Commodities; Natural Resources; Food; Problems and Challenges; Adaptation; Innovation and Management; Crisis Management; Logistics; Supply Chain; Risk and Uncertainty; Loss; Trust; Human Needs; War; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Chile; South America; Latin America; Ukraine

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Educators

August 2023
Technical Note

Two Ways of Pursuing a Calling

By: Leslie Perlow and Hannah Weisman

Work can be a means to a financial end, a stepping stone to higher-level jobs, or a meaningful end in itself: a calling. The technical note provides an overview of two different ways people can pursue a calling: with an internal focus or external focus. View Details