Subjective Well Being - Publications - Faculty & Research

29 Apr 2016
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The First Five Years: Kelly McKenna (MBA 2015)

momentous. Since we launched in December 2013, we have already seen five of our formerly homeless artists gain housing; not simply because of this new opportunity to earn income, but because being validated—being shown their talent is... View Details

01 Jun 2010
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Michael Depatie

larger chains seem to be adopting some of the distinctive, personal touches that characterize boutique hotels like Kimpton. Yes, what was once a fairly small niche has become a legitimate segment of the industry. The big chains are adding... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Accommodation; Hospitality

06 Jan 2021
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A Message from Dean Srikant Datar

activity in a way by which that goal can be realized. You’ll see much more in this arena in the new year. Second, I see many opportunities to leverage the many digital assets we have built and to think about how we might use the case... View Details

14 Aug 2019
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Leading from Within

and, at the time, CEO for Unilever in eastern Europe, as well as a theologian—at a Spirituality in Business conference in 2003, he says it was “like meeting a brother.” The two kept in touch and spent the next several years working... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

01 Oct 2000
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Books

concept of modularity -- the building of complex products from smaller subsystems that can be designed independently yet function together as a whole. It was modularity, the authors assert, that freed designers to experiment with... View Details

01 Jun 2007
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New Program for Science-Based Businesses

HBS has launched a new Executive Education program designed to help leaders of science-based businesses meet the many distinctive challenges found in their industry. Leading Science-Based Enterprises, to be held on campus June 26–29, will... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

01 Sep 2024
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The Exchange: Lessons from the Edge

Image by John Ritter Professors Geoff Jones and Tarun Khanna had been toiling away from their respective HBS offices for many years, each of them interested in emerging markets but expressed through different disciplines: Jones, a historian, was studying how the world... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

01 Mar 2019
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Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2019

a syllabus and course outline, and using established educational theory in practical situations. Mom Hacks: 100+ Science-Backed Shortcuts to Reclaim Your Body, Raise Awesome Kids, and Be Unstoppable by Darria Long Gillespie Da Capo... View Details

01 Dec 1999
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The Way You See It

innovations of the last 75 years, as well as some thoughts about the coming decades.* * Total responses from MBAs and Executive Education participants who graduated in or before 1975 and those who graduated between 1976 and 1999 were... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons. Data collection by Ericka Webb.

06 Dec 2021
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HBS Curricula Explore the Complexities of Innovation

Transformation introduces the critical elements of designing and developing digital products and services, how these can be configured and led, and ways to manage the results. A related MBA elective launching in the spring, 2032: 5... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

09 Nov 2017
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Paving the Way for Veterans to Serve in Congress

of current members of Congress who served in the military (about 19 percent) is at an all-time low. Even during the 1970s, when Vietnam-era anti-war sentiment was strong, the figure was well over 60 percent. That’s resulted in a severe... View Details

Keywords: Ralph Ranalli

06 Dec 2021
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December 2021 Alumni and Faculty Books

students, relocated persons, immigrants, or refugees—will find useful advice for landing a job in the United States this book. Readers will learn the different stages of the search process and how to prepare for each one, as well as... View Details

16 Jul 2020
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Accounting for Real Change

of this moment echoes back to the Wall Street crash of 1929, he writes, when investors realized that they didn’t comprehend the nature of a company’s true profits. By 1933, the US government started mandating that companies adhere to “generally accepted accounting... View Details

01 Jun 2014
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A Look at Olook

July 2011, after a year-and-a-half at McKinsey and about six months as the cofounder of Dafiti, which he calls a "Zappos clone"—a kind of Brazilian knockoff of the famous American online shoe seller. Olook sells its own brand as well as... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; fashion; Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores; Retail Trade

20 Oct 2016
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Smart Moves

Photography by Brandon Patoc You think the traffic is bad where you live? Be glad you don’t live in London, where the average driver wastes 101 hours a year—the most of any city in Europe—stuck in traffic, according to the Traffic... View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley; Support Activities for Transportation; Transportation

14 Nov 2019
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Keeping Red Lobster Fresh

image and people say, oh that changed, wow, that building looks so much better. Now they're willing to try it, but even when people do try, you only get one chance to knock their socks off. Right. And that's why it's important to do it in that order: Make sure you're... View Details

Keywords: Food Services and Drinking Places; Hospitality

20 Apr 2016
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Steps to Success

capable people to do things they never knew existed and to achieve mastery of it.” In describing that sense of accomplishment, Ruhr could well be speaking about the early years of her own career, which was... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

01 Sep 2022
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Your Family, Your Work, Your Way

Well, you’re well within your rights to share that, and your boss hopefully will be happy for you. We don’t know, hopefully there’ll be a supportive reaction. But unless you... View Details

09 Apr 2019
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Finding a Fix for Food Allergies

generation. Greg says increased numbers of people with food allergies as well as the number of allergens causing severe reactions now send someone to the emergency room every two to three minutes in the United States. “We have a lot at... View Details