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- 17 Mar 2022
- Research & Ideas
Navigating Tradeoffs: How Purpose Becomes a Company's ‘Lighthouse in the Storm’
Governance) company rooted in natural resource conservation as part of our DNA, it was a really hard, emotional decision for us,” Puri says, “but we’re still using plastic boxes ten years later because there isn’t an alternative available... View Details
Keywords: by Ranjay Gulati
- 12 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 12, 2019
friends, and strangers, even when costly. Why do people devote their resources to helping others? In this chapter, we examine whether engaging in prosocial behavior promotes subjective well-being, which encompasses greater positive affect, lower View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 06 Sep 2016
- First Look
September 6, 2016
we’ll hire it again. If it does a crummy job, we “fire” it and look for something else to solve the problem. Jobs are multifaceted. They’re never simply about function; they have powerful social and emotional dimensions. And the... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 13 Oct 2015
- First Look
October 13, 2015
spent fully awake. After an overnight period including sleep, individuals showed increases in positive perceptions of the choice set. This finding contrasts with previous research showing that sleep selectively enhances recall for View Details
- 17 Feb 2015
- HBS Case
HBS Cases: The Battle for San Francisco
globally, San Francisco may be the proverbial canary in the coal mine, displaying the negative effects of such rapid increases in wealth on a city's culture. "This is a place where the effects of inequality appear to be heightened... View Details
- 28 Jun 2016
- First Look
June 28, 2016
deliberate learning efforts using both a cognitive (task understanding) and an emotional (self-efficacy) mechanism. We study the proposed framework by means of a mixed-method approach that combines the reach and relevance of a field... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Mar 2013
- First Look
First Look: March 5
Allocators with suspicious partners did not significantly differ from liars on word count. Allocators with suspicious partners used more negative emotion words and profanity. Mixed support was found for... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Jun 2013
- First Look
First Look: June 4
Emotional Benefits of Prosocial Spending By: Aknin, Lara B., Elizabeth W. Dunn, Ashley V. Whillans, Adam M. Grant, and Michael I. Norton Abstract—When does giving lead to happiness? Here, we present two studies demonstrating that the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Apr 2007
- Research & Ideas
Delivering the Digital Goods: iTunes vs. Peer-to-Peer
presence of iTunes has a negative impact on the size of p2p networks resulting in reduced congestion and more efficient file sharing. Better functioning p2p networks, in turn, result in more content exchange, affecting positively iPod... View Details
- 12 Jan 2016
- First Look
January 12, 2016
Effectiveness of the Hostile Mediator By: Zhang, Ting, Francesca Gino, and Michael Norton Abstract—Contrary to the tendency of mediators to defuse negative emotions between adversaries by treating them... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 31 Jul 2019
- News
Skydeck Live: The Rise of the FOMO Sapiens
options without discarding them, that's where you get stuck in a negative sort of loop. Anybody here know who Marie Kondo is? Marie Kondo, we love her. She's this expert on cleaning your house. And she says, "When you get rid of... View Details
- 22 Jun 2021
- Research & Ideas
The COVID-19 Mutiny: When Teams Leave and Take Their Clients
correspondingly negative effect." Align employees with company goals. Anecdote and data alike confirm the adage that “People don’t leave jobs, they leave managers.” For most employees, their direct manager is the face of the organization.... View Details
- 08 Nov 2024
- HBS Case
What Wartime Service Taught These Historic Leaders
number of US casualties. After the war ended, McNamara’s military connections brought him to Ford, where he used the skills he’d learned during the war to quickly move up the ranks. There, he followed the numbers more than his emotions... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2017
Olympic bids in their own cities. Act from Choice: Simple Tools for Managing Your Habits, Your Emotions and Yourself, to Be How You Mean to Be by Robert Goldmann (MBA 1961) (Clarity Publications Inc.) With the goal of training your brain... View Details
- 18 Sep 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, September 18, 2018
show that when consumers are forward looking, the value of concealment is context dependent; we present insights and discuss intuition regarding which product categories likely lead to positive vs. negative values of concealment. Download... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
What's the Word?
number of working women who’ve experienced negative health consequences as a result of the pandemic is 10 to 12 percentage points higher than men. It’s stress, a sense of being overwhelmed, depression—all of the conditions that occur when... View Details
- 14 May 2008
- Research & Ideas
Getting Down to the Business of Creativity
research in a real-world setting bears this out, with positive emotion tied to higher creativity and negative feelings linked to lower motivation and creativity. (Data for her study are based on diary... View Details
- 11 Sep 2006
- Research & Ideas
Negotiating When the Rules Suddenly Change
Totally eliminating friction is unrealistic on the battlefield and at the bargaining table. In both instances, you need the authority and the emotional steadiness to cope in spite of uncertainty. Strategy is further complicated by the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
Drive-In Nation
emotional and intellectual, not just financial. This is a big deal.” With the auto industry’s problems, globalization’s “creative destruction” is evident as never before to many Americans, as is the fear that the country may no longer be... View Details
- 10 Jan 2005
- Research & Ideas
Motivation and the Cross-Sector Alliance
(1) Even if mix of original motivations remains constant (50%-50% in example), intensity may increase. (2) Even if intensity of original motivation remains constant, it may become more blended: 2a Generating a value-oriented and emotional... View Details