Habit - Publications - Faculty & Research

16 Jul 2020
Research & Ideas

Restaurant Revolution: How the Industry Is Fighting to Stay Alive

consumer needs and habits will also affect restaurant usage. Restaurants located in or near office complexes suffered as office occupancy reduced, and will continue to feel the negative impact. Consumers heading to offices may have now... View Details

Keywords: by Michael S. Kaufman, Lena G. Goldberg, and Jill Avery; Food & Beverage

07 Mar 2022
Research & Ideas

Effective Leaders Share the Spotlight with Their Teams

likely to call on colleagues than were male and younger managers. Sharing the spotlight pays off The willingness to engage colleagues in the boardroom appears to also pay dividends in the stock market. Firms with CEOs who made a habit of... View Details

Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds

Research Summary

Current Research

Ian studies extrinsic rewards -- monetary incentives from formal compensation systems, as well as other formal and informal external rewards-- in order to help businesses understand the tensions and tradeoffs inherent in motivating employees. His research takes a... View Details

21 Sep 2020
Research & Ideas

Are You Sabotaging Your Own Company?

problem? That’s exactly what Thomke is hoping more business leaders will do: look inward and carefully reexamine whether their everyday work habits are boosting progress or impeding it. They should start by asking themselves a few key... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

11 Apr 2022
Research & Ideas

A World of Difference: What Keeps Companies from Becoming More Inclusive

traffic controller and the first officer; everybody’s perspective was brought in. He considered many alternatives when most of us would have focused on the obvious one. He had this beautiful habit of mind that every time he walked into... View Details

Keywords: by Jen McFarland Flint

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By: Reshmaan N. Hussam

Engaged with field work in South Asia and East Africa, Professor Hussam places a focus on exploring questions with strong theoretical motivation in the economics literature as well as relevant downstream policy implications. Her research spans four broad interests.... View Details

13 Jul 2020
Research & Ideas

Merck CEO Ken Frazier Discusses a COVID Cure, Racism, and Why Leaders Need to Walk the Talk

and slavery, which is quite unusual for someone at this stage. And my father only had a third grade education and what passed for third grade education for an African American child in South Carolina, between 1906 to 1909. But he was self-taught. He had immaculate... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Pharmaceutical

01 Aug 1998
News

Spangler Family Gift Endows New Campus Center

C.D. ("Dick") Spangler, Jr. (MBA '56), the recently retired president of the University of North Carolina, has made a lifelong habit of answering what he terms "life's cold calls of responsibility." To a gathering of graduating HBS... View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry

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Growing on the Job - Alumni

Harvard Manage Mentor Take A Course in Career Management Want a fulfilling career path? While others can help, it's up to you to make it happen. Learn how by getting to know yourself, finding opportunities in career setbacks, and making learning a View Details

14 Jul 2014
Research & Ideas

Pay Attention To Your ‘Extreme Consumers’

generalize," Avery says. But that misses the point. Rather than helping researchers estimate the habits of ordinary consumers, the data from extreme customers can uncover new consumer motivations, promoting different ways of looking at... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

30 Aug 2018
Blog Post

My Difficult Decision to Leave Google for HBS

I started believing that entrepreneurship might be the path for me. After graduating, I joined up with Tim to build and launch ZipBooks—modern accounting software for small businesses. While Tim and I haven’t built a lunch-time soccer league at ZipBooks (yet), we have... View Details

Portrait Project

Milly Wang

tracking near-Earth asteroids. I always thought that I wanted to be remembered for discovering a habitable planet outside our solar system or furthering the understanding of dark energy. But as years passed, I’ve come down to earth. I... View Details

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Research - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

Campbell , Carolin Pflueger & Luis M. Viceira JUN 2015 Campbell, Pflueger, and Viceira develop a macroeconomic model of habit formation that explains both bond and stock returns. They argue that the risk premia associated with bonds... View Details

11 Jun 2018
Research & Ideas

Why South Korea's Samsung Built the Only Outdoor Skating Rink in Texas

infringing on them—and Marshall was considered a favorable place to sue, since the town had a habit of ruling in the plaintiffs’ favor. While researching patent suits, Cohen was struck by just how much Samsung did to get its name in front... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Legal Services

01 Mar 2024
News

Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts

Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books You Got This! A Straightforward, No-Nonsense Playbook for Crushing 130+ Workplace Challenges By Heidi Abelli (MBA 1993) Palmetto Publishing Stepping into the corporate world can feel like navigating a labyrinth, especially when... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

02 Jul 2013
First Look

First Look: July 2

Publications 2006 pub Matching Firms, Managers, and Incentives By: Bandiera, Oriana, Luigi Guiso, Andrea Prat, and Raffaella Sadun Abstract—We exploit a unique combination of administrative sources and survey data to study the match between firms and managers. The... View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

01 Feb 1999
News

A Taste of Tradition

clan's empire. A company "creed" adopted in 1926 formalizes many of the traditions and habits long observed by the families. Among the ideals it articulates are peaceful behavior, faith, mutual respect, and discipline. A company "creed"... View Details

Keywords: Judith A. Ross

05 Oct 2020
Book

Want to Be Happier? Make More Free Time

about her research. The topic of her presentation: the mistake we often make in chasing a higher paycheck at the expense of quality time with loved ones. Video: Working too much? Break some bad habits View Video “I started talking to this... View Details