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  • January 2021 (Revised March 2022)
  • Teaching Note

The What Works Centre: Using Behavioral Science to Improve Social Worker Well-being (A) and (B)

By: Ashley V. Whillans
This case describes the experiences of Michael Sanders—the Chief Executive of the What Works Center for Children’s Social Care—as he led the design and implementation of a program of research aimed at improving the social care system in the United Kingdom (UK) at the... View Details
Keywords: Non-cash Compensation; Behavioral Science; Employees; Well-being; Compensation and Benefits; United Kingdom
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  • July 2017 (Revised December 2018)
  • Case

Populism in America: Fake News, Alternative Facts and Elite Betrayal in the Trump Era

By: Rafael Di Tella and Sarah McAra
During the 2016 U.S. election, long-time politician Hillary Clinton, a Democrat, and celebrity billionaire Donald Trump, a Republican, faced off in a contentious race for president. In the primaries, candidates from both major political parties used anti-establishment... View Details
Keywords: Populism; Elites; Income Inequality; Government and Politics; Globalization; Political Elections; News; Media; Labor; Prejudice and Bias; Public Opinion; Social Issues; Wealth and Poverty; Social Media
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  • 25 May 2016
  • Blog Post

Meet the Africa Business Club

events with an Africa flair! Every year, the Africa Business Club hosts the largest African student-run conference, bringing together preeminent keynote speakers, expert... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
  • 01 Feb 1999
  • News

All in the Family

York Times Company, for example)-and also the most vulnerable (witness Canada's Steinberg's grocery store chain, which succumbed to family infighting). Howard H. Stevenson, HBS's Sarofim-Rock Professor of Business Administration and an... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
  • 22 Feb 2011
  • Research & Ideas

The Most Important Management Trends of the (Still Young) Twenty-First Century

HBS Working Knowledge recently celebrated its tenth birthday, and we mark the occasion by looking back and looking forward. We've asked HBS Dean Nitin Nohria and a number of faculty to both remark on what... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • April 2013
  • Article

Making a Difference Matters: Impact Unlocks the Emotional Benefits of Prosocial Spending

By: Lara B. Aknin, Elizabeth W. Dunn, Ashley V. Whillans, Adam M. Grant and Michael I. Norton
When does giving lead to happiness? Here, we present two studies demonstrating that the emotional benefits of spending money on others (prosocial spending) are unleashed when givers are aware of their positive impact. In Study 1, an experiment using real... View Details
Keywords: Prosocial Spending; Prosocial Impact; Subjective Well Being; Donations; Happiness; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving
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  • 01 Sep 2020
  • News

Navigating the Populism Phenomenon

HBS professor Rafael Di Tella says he saw firsthand the downside of populism and the economic hardships of Peronism while growing up in Argentina. The country—and Latin America... View Details
Keywords: April White
  • 12 Dec 2012
  • Research & Ideas

Power to the People: The Unexpected Influence of Small Coalitions

areas of regulation," he explains. In most cases, new regulations emerged from political coalitions forged between specific industries and groups of activist consumers. Questioning The Unquestioned View Trumbull nods in agreement when... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
  • 16 Dec 2002
  • Research & Ideas

Mentoring—Using the Voice of Experience

transmit knowledge for a lot of reasons, both in the types of knowledge and the types of ways that they try to do it, and also the degree to which View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 09 May 2012
  • Research & Ideas

Clayton Christensen’s “How Will You Measure Your Life?”

2010) and Karen Dillon, the book uses meaningful corporate and personal anecdotes to extoll the value of theory in finding and creating happiness. "You'll see that without theory, we're at sea without a... View Details
  • 16 Jul 2020
  • Research & Ideas

Restaurant Revolution: How the Industry Is Fighting to Stay Alive

stable demand and pricing for both restaurants and the supply chain. Voices of hope The restaurant industry has been long marked by creativity and resiliency, intrinsic to restaurant operators’ DNA.... View Details
Keywords: by Michael S. Kaufman, Lena G. Goldberg, and Jill Avery; Food & Beverage
  • 01 Sep 2006
  • News

Down the Memory Chute

were asked to analyze a case and grade a sample paper, Rich Wailes recalls. “There followed two months of training, including case discussions with faculty members and the editing and grading of sample... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
  • 14 Dec 2021
  • Op-Ed

To Change Your Company's Culture, Don't Start by Trying to Change the Culture

intervention in meetings. Twitter is a perfect example. Concerned that Twitter’s “nice culture” held back innovation, Dantley Davis, the new vice-president of design, asked employees in a meeting to critique... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Beer
  • 12 Jan 2021
  • News

Keeping the Coast Clear

along Narragansett Bay. That coast and the waters within feature prominently in the state’s identity. “If you ask the average Rhode Islander from... View Details
Keywords: Fishing, Hunting and Trapping; Agriculture
  • 13 Jan 2021
  • Blog Post

Welcome to the BEI Blog!

which has quickly grown to be one of the largest business & environment clubs on campus. We work closely with the Sustainability Club, as well as the Energy &... View Details
  • 07 Mar 2022
  • Research & Ideas

Effective Leaders Share the Spotlight with Their Teams

managers can elevate others For managers seeking to put the study findings into action, Zou has a few suggestions: Focus on small wins. “During day-to-day communication, ask for more feedback and be more... View Details
Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds
  • 01 Dec 2008
  • News

Business at the Summit

that the pursuit of energy independence was the “moon shot” of the next decade, with government and the private sector acting as partners. View Details
Keywords: leadership; alumni events; Centennial; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services; Finance; Management
  • 01 Mar 2011
  • News

Letters to the Editor

share the same religious background.” What is his definition of “few”? How many “few” have fought violently in Iraq, Afghanistan, and all over the world for many years now? How many “few” are there in Iran,... View Details
  • 12 Oct 1999
  • Research & Ideas

Spirit at Work: The Search for Deeper Meaning in the Workplace

Beer, the School's Cahners-Rabb Professor of Business Administration and an expert on organizational behavior. "Quite simply, without a sense of purpose, we become alienated from our work and find it... View Details
Keywords: by Marguerite Rigoglioso
  • 27 Jan 2023
  • News

Turning Up the Volume

When the executive director of Leadership Enterprise for a Diverse America (LEDA) stepped down in June 2020, Ilana Goldman (MBA/MPA 2002) stepped up. As chair of the board and a political and nonprofit consultant, she saw it as her duty to fill the role until a... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon