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Build the Life You Want: The Art and Science of Getting Happier
In Build the Life You Want, Arthur C. Brooks and Oprah Winfrey invite you to begin a journey toward greater happiness no matter how challenging your circumstances. Drawing on cutting-edge science and their years of helping people translate... View Details
- 05 Feb 2024
- Research & Ideas
The Middle Manager of the Future: More Coaching, Less Commanding
experience decreased by 8 percent between 1985 and 2015, while those highlighting collaboration increased by 37 percent. References to supervisory duties in Indeed.com reviews decreased by 22 percent, while mentions of... View Details
Keywords: by Ben Rand
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
The Sound of Music
The renowned Silk Road Ensemble put on an impromptu lunchtime performance in HBS’s Spangler Center in late September, drawing an admiring crowd of students, faculty, and staff. The ensemble is led by... View Details
Keywords: Christianity
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Competing in the Age of AI
Above: Karim Lakhani discussed GenAI with alumni during his presentation at When Professor Karim Lakhani leads discussions about generative artificial intelligence (GenAI), he often begins by asking audience members to stand if they’ve used an AI tool like ChatGPT or... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 10 Sep 2009
- Working Paper Summaries
Feeling Good about Giving: The Benefits (and Costs) of Self-Interested Charitable Behavior
- 07 Aug 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Business of Biotech
Maderis. "People tend to be afraid of the unknown. We spend a lot of time at Genzyme meeting with groups that work to educate legislators, as well as the general public." Representatives from... View Details
- 25 Oct 2020
- Research & Ideas
The Dark Side of Fintech Borrowing
Cream-Skimming?, was written by Marco Di Maggio, the Ogunlesi Family Associate Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, and Vincent Yao, an associate professor from Georgia State University’s J. Mack Robinson’s... View Details
- 11 Feb 2022
- Lecture
Explaining the Persistence of Gender Inequality: The Work-Family Narrative as a Social Defense Against the 24/7 Work Culture
By: Irene Padavic and Robin J. Ely
Are women’s family responsibilities the reason for their stalled advancement?
Conventional wisdom says “yes.” But is it true? When companies create solutions to address work-life conflict instead of rethinking the 24/7 work culture, they find their... View Details
Conventional wisdom says “yes.” But is it true? When companies create solutions to address work-life conflict instead of rethinking the 24/7 work culture, they find their... View Details
"Explaining the Persistence of Gender Inequality: The Work-Family Narrative as a Social Defense Against the 24/7 Work Culture." Lecture at the Kanter Lecture, Purdue University, Center for Families, February 11, 2022.
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
A Matter of Opinion
dominant culture becomes, the more our perspective is limited.” As for business, Navasky thinks it too has a conventional wisdom that holds, for example, that all taxes, regulation, and labor unions are always bad. “Those kinds View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
The Prophet of Start-Ups
Manufacturing, but it was really his philosophy of life and of business. At Harvard, Doriot became a Yoda-like figure, dispensing wisdom to an ever-growing group View Details
- 17 Aug 2020
- Research & Ideas
What the Stockdale Paradox Tells Us About Crisis Leadership
related discipline of survival psychology shine a light on the present moment and contains wisdom for how leaders can manage the unrolling crisis. “As CEOs in this crisis, we have no option but to become the... View Details
Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams
- 27 Jan 2012
- Working Paper Summaries
Discretion Within the Constraints of Opportunity: Gender Homophily and Structure in a Formal Organization
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
The Class of 1977
surprise “Keep America Rolling” zero-percent financing campaign on GM vehicles to keep GM's, and its suppliers', production lines rolling in the face of an unprecedented national crisis. Rick's quick and decisive action against... View Details
Keywords: Desmond Wong
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
The Business of Biotech
well as the general public." Representatives from Genzyme and hundreds of firms at the Bio2000 conference in Boston were confronted with a crowd of 2,500 protesters marching... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 2008
- Book
Gross National Happiness: Why Happiness Matters for America—and How We Can Get More of It
By: Arthur C. Brooks
Who are the happiest Americans? Surveys show that religious people think they are happier than secularists, and secularists think they are happier than religious people. Liberals believe they are happier than conservatives, and conservatives disagree. In fact, almost... View Details
Brooks, Arthur C. Gross National Happiness: Why Happiness Matters for America—and How We Can Get More of It. New York: Basic Books, 2008.
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Alumni Books of 2016
Coast California’s most powerful and affluent family dynasties. Charlie Whistler’s Omnium Gatherum: Campfire Stories and Adirondack Adventures by Philip Delves Broughton (MBA 2006) (Harper) A compendium of practical knowledge, trivia, and... View Details
- 14 Mar 2019
- News
The Merchant of Osaka
she is quite petite, just over five feet tall, a figure all the more surprising given the force of her presence. It may help explain why, when crowding into the back of a taxi,... View Details
Keywords: Health, Social Assistance
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
C.D. Spangler's School of Thought
C.D. Spangler At HBS, C.D. ("Dick") Spangler Jr. (MBA 1956) has long been known as "both gracious and wise." In May, a Harvard University citation made it official, describing Spangler in those words as he was awarded an honorary doctor View Details
- 15 Dec 2021
- Research & Ideas
The 10 Most Popular Articles of 2021
surprisingly, the 10 most-read articles on Harvard Business School Working Knowledge reflected the mood swings of another challenging, complex year for managers and employees everywhere. The 10 most popular articles 1. COVID Killed the... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 26 Nov 2007
- Research & Ideas
Best Practices of Global Innovators
firms to evaluate choices and measure the value of alternative collaboration approaches. A second focus is to develop a better understanding of where firms should collaborate. We have seen examples that... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne