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Giving - Alumni

gifts@hbs.edu or 617.495.6207. How can I make a gift in honor or in memory of someone? Use this form and check the box labeled “This gift is in honor or memorial of someone,” or mail a check to Harvard... View Details
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Curriculum - MBA

Learning & Memory in Neural Systems ES 201 Decision Theory CS 283 Computer Vision Microelectronics & Photonics ES 273 Optics and Photonics ES 274 Quantum Devices ES 276 Introduction to MicroElectroMechanical System ES 277 Microfabrication... View Details
  • January 1982
  • Article

A Negativity Bias in Interpersonal Evaluation

By: T. M. Amabile and A. H. Glazebrook
Two studies were conducted to demonstrate a bias toward negativity in evaluations of persons or their work in particular social circumstances. In Study 1, subjects evaluated materials written by peers. Those working under conditions that placed them in low status... View Details
Keywords: Social Psychology; Status and Position; Prejudice and Bias; Performance Evaluation; Situation or Environment; Perception; Attitudes
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  • August 2021
  • Case

Mylestone: Can Multiple Pivots Preserve the Life of a Death Tech Startup?

By: Shikhar Ghosh and Marilyn Morgan Westner
Dave Balter and Jim Myers co-founded Mylestone, a death tech startup that applied technology to transform how grieving people memorialize the dead. The startup addressed a cultural problem and promised to solve a pressing need in the antiquated, multi-billion dollar... View Details
Keywords: Pivot; Startup; Business Model; Cryptocurrency; Ethical Decision Making; Emotions; Growth and Development Strategy; Ethics; Market Entry and Exit; Customer Relationship Management; Loss; Change Management; Relationships
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  • 11 Jun 2024
  • In Practice

The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2024

As the vacation season looms, Harvard Business School faculty members share recommendations for a little light reading. Spoiler alert: Lessons in Chemistry tops two of their beach-read lists. For those whose brains can’t—or won’t—turn off, HBS faculty also suggest some... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
  • 02 Jun 2009
  • First Look

First Look: June 2, 2009

  Working PapersTruth in Giving: Experimental Evidence on the Welfare Effects of Informed Giving to the Poor Authors:Christina Fong and Felix Oberholzer-Gee Abstract It is often difficult for donors to predict the value of charitable giving because they know little... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 2024
  • Chapter

Regulating Collective Emotions

By: Amit Goldenberg
When we think of emotion and emotion regulation, we typically think of them as processes occurring at the individual level. Even when emotions are experienced by multiple people who interact with each other, analysis is typically centered around individual-level... View Details
Keywords: Groups and Teams; Emotions; Behavior
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  • 28 Aug 2023
  • Research & Ideas

How Workplace Wellness Programs Can Give Employees the Energy Boost They Need

also shown that physical exercise increases effective cognition and memory in adults. A Gallup study also found that companies with high levels of employee engagement reported 23 percent higher profitability compared to companies with low... View Details
Keywords: by Hise Gibson
  • October 2020
  • Case

HOPE and Transformational Lending: Netflix Invests in Black Led Banks

By: John D. Macomber and Janice Broome Brooks
Following the killing of George Floyd on Memorial Day in 2020, the large US corporation Netflix elected to make a "transformational deposit" of $10 million into Hope Credit Union (HCU), a small Black led community development finance institution (CDFI) based in... View Details
Keywords: Banking; Rural Entrepreneurship; Economic Development; Black Entrepreneurs; Economic Growth; Credit; Banks and Banking; Entrepreneurship; Rural Scope; Development Economics; Race; Investment; Decision Making; Banking Industry
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  • 03 Oct 2023
  • Research Event

Build the Life You Want: Arthur Brooks and Oprah Winfrey Share Happiness Tips

He said, when they're teenagers, don't freak out. That was good advice. You know. I didn't always follow that one. But, he, the other thing that he said, he says, have a good memory about when you were a kid. Just remember when you were a... View Details
Keywords: by HBS Staff
  • 17 Oct 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 17, 2017

2017 Boston: Harvard Business Review Press Entering StartUpLand: An Essential Guide to Finding the Right Job By: Bussgang, Jeffrey J. Abstract—Many professionals aspire to work for startups. Executives from large companies view them as models to help them adapt to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

    Innovation and Its Discontents: How Our Broken Patent System is Endangering Innovation and Progress, and What to Do About It

    The United States patent system has become sand rather than lubricant in the wheels of American progress. Such is the premise behind this provocative and timely book by two of the nation's leading experts on patents and economic... View Details

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    Ways to Give Today - Alumni

    my intention that the Agreement shall create obligations that are binding and enforceable against me, my heirs, executors, administrators, representatives, assigns, and estates.” How can I make a gift in honor or in memory of someone? Use... View Details
    • Portrait Project

    Anika Ayyar

    tumbling out, and my nervousness melted away. Years later, my grandfather, too, found comfort in stories, as he learned to navigate life without his best friend, my grandmother. As we pieced together relics of her life through our stories, the spirit in these View Details
    • 14 Aug 2023
    • Blog Post

    Crossing the Bridge: A Reflection on the HKS/HBS Joint Degree Program

    macroeconomic level. My highlight has been the magic of it all—the special moments with classmates ideating our future aspirations, the surprise guests that show up to class and bring cases to life, and the random excursions where life-long View Details
    • Portrait Project

    Nikita Ramanujam

    sorry," they said, "But K'Lea was shot and killed." Tears fell; I couldn’t stop shaking. The image of my former student experiencing something so horrific couldn’t leave my mind, and memories of her flooded back. I had met K’Lea four... View Details
    • Portrait Project

    Jerome Fulton, Jr.

    memory of my mother and dedicated to helping high school students impacted by gun violence. To date, I have awarded fifteen students over $15,000 in grants and scholarships. As I ascend, I will continue turning my pain into purpose and... View Details
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    Recruiting Calendars - Recruiting

    Academic 10-21 May FIELD Global Immersion (FGI) 1st Year Academic 26 May Memorial Day University 29 May Commencement University Past Events Oct 2024 + – 25 Oct Open Day (no classes) 2nd Year Academic 25 Oct Open Day (no classes) 1st Year... View Details
    • 01 Dec 2023
    • News

    Thinking Ahead

    in our memory in a way that numbers, which are more abstract, do not. As a behavioral economist with a focus on how information is communicated via natural language and how ideas become contagious, Assistant Professor Thomas Graeber has... View Details
    Keywords: Julia Hanna; Illustrations by Chris Gash; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information
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    Harshini Chengareddty

    also brought so many of the other things that matter in our lives into the discussion. What is your favorite childhood memory? My family’s annual camping trips. Every Memorial Day Weekend for almost 10 years without fail, we would go... View Details