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- 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
- 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
- Research Summary
Overview
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
- 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
- Web
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
- Web
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
- 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
- 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
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 16 May 2000
- Research & Ideas
Getting the Message: How the Internet is Changing Advertising
help corporations build relationships between their brands and their customers in the online marketspace. The Price Of Privacy The power of these new technologies and their ability to shadow an individual's online choices and habits are... View Details
Keywords: by Susan Young
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V.G. Narayanan | About
desirable habits and to harness other motivators such as peer pressure and frequent feedback. Education Phd in Business, Graduate School of Business at Stanford University , June 1995 MA in Economics, Economics Department Stanford... View Details