Habit - Publications - Faculty & Research

11 Sep 2019
Research & Ideas

Germany May Have the Answer for Reducing Drug Prices

Germany, that would be encouraging.” About the Author Danielle Kost is the senior editor of Harvard Business School Working Knowledge. [Image: TomFreeze] Related Reading: What Hospitals Must Learn to Compete Electronic Health Records Were Supposed to Cut Medical Costs.... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Health

08 Jul 2015
What Do You Think?

Do Americans Work Too Much and Think About Work Too Little?

that, "It's very hard to change one's habit and society's perception. You may be the only executive strolling in the park with young mothers and playing kids. You feel completely out of place, and feel like 'getting back to... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Financial Services

25 Aug 2003
Research & Ideas

Should You Sell Your Digital Privacy?

identity/privacy in terms of being an asset? A: I want Amazon to know my identity, in particular my taste in books and music. I know that they respect the value of that knowledge so that the issue of sharing the data won't ever come up. I want American Airlines to know... View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls & Sean Silverthorne; Advertising

22 Jun 2021
Research & Ideas

The COVID-19 Mutiny: When Teams Leave and Take Their Clients

zero-sum dynamic at play. This is true even—especially—if all relationships had been collegial and warm. Some of the worst legal mistakes are made out of a desire to be open and aboveboard, or from the simple habits of friendship. It can... View Details

Keywords: by Robin Abrahams, Boris Groysberg, and Steven L. Manchel

20 Dec 2016
Research & Ideas

The 10 Most Popular 'Cold Call' Podcasts

your best self forward. The Key to Keeping Resolutions? Betting Against Yourself Leslie John It’s been a few months since many of us made New Year’s resolutions. Have you stuck with yours? Professor Leslie John studies how to help people change bad View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty

18 Oct 2016
Op-Ed

Why Business Should Invest in Community Health

including the Los Angeles County Alliance for Boys and Girls Clubs and Edible Schoolyard New York City, which focus on increasing the physical activity and healthy eating habits of children and their families in local communities.... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch, Howard Koh, and Pamela Yatsko; Health

06 Jun 2005
Research & Ideas

Don’t Listen to “Yes”

leader, but of course, the danger is that people can easily be misunderstood. Q: Assuming that a decision has been made that everyone will accept, how can the "rules of engagement" be sustained going forward so that old habits... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

01 Mar 2018
What Do You Think?

Two Decades Later, is the 'New Economy' Finally Here?

York, 2017) James C. Collins and Jerry I. Porras, Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies (Harper Business: New York, 1994) Jim Collins, Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap and Others Don’t (Harper Business:... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

11 Oct 2010
Research & Ideas

It Pays to Hire Women in Countries That Won’t

especially tuned in to the consumer-spending habits of the local populace-a boon to companies trying to serve the local market. "Many female managers that we studied had valuable insights about consumer demand that were quite... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

12 Apr 2004
Research & Ideas

Waking Up a Sleeping Company

of expansion of the business; their jobs expanded, but their work habits remained the same. These characteristics, residing deep in the culture, affected customer responsiveness, fiscal discipline, quality of managers, and interpersonal... View Details

Keywords: by Bill George

24 Apr 2013
Research & Ideas

Who Sets Your Benchmarks?

spoken with and advised a steady stream of young, middle-, and later-stage professionals who excelled for a period but then began to struggle professionally and to experience doubt about what they wanted. In the early stages of their careers, they have the opportunity... View Details

05 Apr 2021
What Do You Think?

Why Can’t More Leaders Teach?

leaders who are considered for teaching appointments actually qualify. He attributes this mainly to issues with “status and ego.” In my experience, the problem often was the inability to listen to what MBA students were really saying. I assumed this was a View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

03 Dec 2007
Research & Ideas

Authenticity over Exaggeration: The New Rule in Advertising

Imagine the glee of marketers at the dawn of the Internet era—could anyone imagine a more sophisticated, precise way of reaching consumers? By tracking the purchasing habits of its prey, marketers could respond with targeted advertising... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Publishing; Advertising

18 Apr 2018
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, April 18, 2018

fifth. The global agriculture system was undergoing major changes and the standard of living in China was increasing, changing the food consumption and dietary habits of the nation's 1.3 billion people. COFCO's management needed to decide... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

02 Jan 2008
Research & Ideas

Most Popular Stories 2007

versus items they should buy (salad). In their research on online grocery-buying habits and DVD rentals, Harvard Business School's Katy Milkman and Todd Rogers, along with Professor Max Bazerman, provide insights on the want-should... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

06 May 2002
Research & Ideas

Profits for Nonprofits: Earning Your Own Way

you build it, they will come' kind of marketing." "Our goal is to foster habits of mind, ways to be present to one's work," he explained. "We realize that because of our small size we're not going to train people to... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

03 Oct 2017
First Look

First Look at Research and Ideas, October 3, 2017

marriage market, this study provides timely and compelling empirical evidence of the unintended consequences on later life outcomes of sex selection in India. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53295 View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

14 May 2012
Research & Ideas

Breaking the Smartphone Addiction

business services team effectiveness, and overall case experience. It is becoming part of the culture—the future of BCG." The Cycle Of Responsiveness: The Root Of The 24/7 Habit The reason PTO can be so effective for both... View Details

Keywords: by Leslie A. Perlow

30 Jun 2003
Research & Ideas

Computer Security is For Managers, Too

dividends as well. Test and benchmark. Security professionals have a terrible habit of starting with a dramatic security audit—a staged attempt to defeat a company's defenses. But companies should save their money because the results of a... View Details

Keywords: by Robert D. Austin & Christopher A.R. Darby

01 May 2009
What Do You Think?

Do Innovation and Entrepreneurship Have to Be Incompatible with Organization Size?

2001) Matthew S. Olson and Derek van Bever, Stall Points: Most Companies Stop Growing—Yours Doesn't Have To (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2008) James C. Collins and Jerry I Porras, Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

Publications