behavioral change - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Sep 2016
News

Up to the Highest Heights

multivariate equation in real time, all the time, in a super intense situation. The kite has enough power to change your direction from going horizontal across the water at 20 miles an hour to 40 feet in the air in a tenth of a second.... View Details

Keywords: April White

18 May 2022
News

How the Best Teams Keep Good Ideas Alive

13 May 2021
News

Zhalisa Clarke's Sabbatical Story: Tech Leader Turned Healer

Keywords: DiDonna, Dennis; Sabbatical

25 Aug 2015
News

Sunset in the East?

Illustration by Daniel Bejar The Chinese economy seems to have finally hit the brakes. Thanks to stalling real estate and export markets, this year China reported first and second quarter growth rates of 7 percent—its lowest numbers in six years. We asked Professor... View Details

Keywords: Administration of Economic Programs; Government; Real Estate; Health, Social Assistance

18 Jun 2007
Op-Ed

Leveling the Executive Options Playing Field

dual-reporting system in the United States, the debate over changing this system to one where conformity would be more common, the international experience with increased conformity, evidence on the View Details

Keywords: by Mihir Desai

24 Feb 2023
News

Dean Datar Meets with Alumni in Palm Beach

Society (BiGS), which he described as an interdisciplinary research enterprise that will position HBS as an intellectual hub for examining the most critical issues and opportunities of our times—from climate change and environmental... View Details

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2023 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

in Organizations, Simmons Graduate School of Management, in Boston. Prior to joining the HBS faculty, she taught at Columbia University and Harvard's Kennedy School of Government. Professor Ely received her Ph.D. in Organizational View Details

01 Mar 2012
News

The Accidental Innovator

human-capital development that Khan finds himself turning to science fiction to try to make sense of it all. Meanwhile, financial backers such as the Gates Foundation, Google, and venture capital’s Ann and John Doerr (MBA 1976) are adding credibility and momentum to... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Educational Support Services; Educational Services; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

09 Feb 2017
News

Turning Disorder into Opportunity

within the organization,” says Fieldhouse. “We built a manager’s training course; individual development plans that focused on adaptive and executive function skills; workplace performance scales; and transition and career movement plans.” Fieldhouse says the Dandelion... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Myers

23 Dec 2013
Research & Ideas

Just How Independent are ‘Independent’ Directors?

firm performance. Photo: iStockPhoto In place of those markers, Ma and Khanna used a different proxy of looking at which chair appoints a director, assuming that a social tie must exist between the two. Then they measured how the voting View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

21 Nov 2024
News

Mother Nurture

Julia Cole, Tina Keshani, and Sophia Richter (Illustration by Gisela Goppel) When Tina Keshani (MBA 2020), Julia Cole (MBA 2020), and Sophia Richter (MBA 2020) met at Startup Boot Camp in their first year at HBS, they quickly discovered they shared a vision to create a... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Dec 2001
News

Navigating Success in Volatile Times

participants to the Plaza Hotel in New York City. The 2001 program featured six panel discussions and five keynote addresses and provided a multidimensional exploration of the changing landscape for personal and professional development.... View Details

Keywords: Mary Ellen Gardner; Finance

14 Feb 2023
News

Dean Datar Meets with Alumni in San Francisco

times—from climate change and environmental sustainability to racial equity and social and economic inclusion—and then sharing that research with students, practitioners, policy makers, and the general public to affect meaningful change.... View Details

18 Apr 2017
First Look

First Look at New Ideas, April 18

organizational behavior as a field of study. He was a pioneer in creating a body of work on organization design, leadership, and change in both the private and public sectors. Lawrence’s professional work... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

June 17, 2016
Comment

Companies Need to Start Marketing Security to Customers

By: John A. Quelch

Recent events in Orlando underscore an important marketing truth: consumer safety and security are mission critical. A popular nightclub, Pulse, known as a safe place for the LGBT community, is put out of business at least temporarily by a terrorist act. Not far away... View Details

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20 Dec 2018
News

Baker Library Webinar Features Resources for Alumni

and military veterans from the Danish Royal Army. One of the highlights of the evening was the keynote speech from U.S. Senator for Massachusetts, Ed Markey, who talked about the importance of addressing climate change and how Denmark has... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Jun 2009
News

Social Innovation Goes Mainstream

Two years later at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Microsoft’s Bill Gates announced his own commitment to social change through “creative capitalism.” “With these three events, the movement moved into the mainstream,” she... View Details

Keywords: Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services

01 Mar 2012
News

Faculty Research Online

management, change management, and ethics. An interview with Professor Boris Groysberg. See http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/6827.html. Horrible Boss Workarounds Bad bosses are generally more inept than evil and often aren’t purposefully bad,... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Oct 1997
News

Short Takes

Green Stuff: Value, Risk, and Environmental Management Environmental issues increasingly influence companies in their approach to fundamental business concerns. How these matters play out in terms of corporate behavior is the subject of a... View Details

01 Dec 2005
News

Fall Reunions

academic program filled classrooms with alumni eager to sample the latest in faculty research covering more than two dozen topics, ranging from venture capital and health care to retailing and globalization. LINK TO PHOTO GALLERY Read about the panel discussion... View Details