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- January 2022
- Article
Rational Habit Formation: Experimental Evidence from Handwashing in India
By: Reshmaan Hussam, Atonu Rabbani, Giovanni Reggiani and Natalia Rigol
We test the predictions of the rational addiction model, reconceptualized as rational habit formation, in the context of handwashing in rural India. To track handwashing, we design soap dispensers with timed sensors. We test for rational habit formation by informing... View Details
Hussam, Reshmaan, Atonu Rabbani, Giovanni Reggiani, and Natalia Rigol. "Rational Habit Formation: Experimental Evidence from Handwashing in India." American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 14, no. 1 (January 2022): 1–41. (Lead Article.)
- July 2021
- Article
Creating Exercise Habits Using Incentives: The Trade-off Between Flexibility and Routinization
By: John Beshears, Hae Nim Lee, Katherine L. Milkman, Robert Mislavsky and Jessica Wisdom
Habits involve regular, cue-triggered routines. In a field experiment, we tested whether incentivizing exercise routines—paying participants each time they visit the gym within a planned, daily two-hour window—leads to more persistent exercise than offering flexible... View Details
Keywords: Behavior And Behavioral Decision Making; Healthcare; Exercise; Habit; Routine; Health; Behavior; Decision Making
Beshears, John, Hae Nim Lee, Katherine L. Milkman, Robert Mislavsky, and Jessica Wisdom. "Creating Exercise Habits Using Incentives: The Trade-off Between Flexibility and Routinization." Management Science 67, no. 7 (July 2021): 4139–4171.
Rational Habit Formation
Regular handwashing with soap is believed to have substantial impacts on child health in the developing world. Most handwashing campaigns have failed, however, to establish and maintain a regular practice of handwashing. Motivated by scholarship that suggests... View Details
- 19 Dec 2018
- Sharpening Your Skills
New Year, New Habits
Good Habit Psychological nudges can be a cost-effective way for governments to get citizens to do the right thing. Skills and Behaviors that Make Entrepreneurs Successful Research at Harvard Business School takes a unique approach to... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- September – October 2000
- Article
Managing away Bad Habits
By: James Waldroop and Timothy Butler
Keywords: Management
Waldroop, James, and Timothy Butler. "Managing away Bad Habits." Harvard Business Review 78, no. 5 (September–October 2000). (Anthologized as a chapter in "Harvard Business Review on Finding and Keeping the Best People" and in "Harvard Business Review on Developing Leaders".)
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Stephen Covey's Successful Habits
Recognized as one of America's 25 most influential individuals by Time magazine, Stephen R. Covey (MBA '57) is the author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, which has sold more than 10 million copies in 28 languages in 40... View Details
- 25 Mar 2014
- News
12 Habits Of Productive People
- 20 Nov 2020
- News
Make Mindfulness a Habit
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Curb Your Smartphone Habit
MIT, she grew deeply interested in “spending long periods of time living with and living like” the people she studied, “trying to understand the world from their perspectives.” In her new book, Sleeping with Your Smartphone: How to Break the 24/7 View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Ink: The Habit of Innovation
Habit Inside Your Organization. The book, co-authored by Innosight partners Andy Parker and Natalie Painchaud, as well as Paul Cobban of DBS Bank in Singapore, suggests there is a better way. The authors present a roadmap for making... View Details
- 14 Mar 2016
- Working Paper Summaries
The Role of Incentive Salience in Habit Formation
- 28 Jul 2024
- News
Michael Norton on Rituals and Habits
- 29 Apr 2024
- News
How to Turn Habits Into Rituals
- April 2001
- Article
Six Habits of Merely Effective Negotiators
Keywords: Negotiation
Sebenius, James K. "Six Habits of Merely Effective Negotiators." Harvard Business Review 79, no. 4 (April 2001): 87–95.
- 13 Oct 2020
- Video
Working too much? Break some bad habits
The Ritual Effect: From Habit to Ritual, Harness the Surprising Power of Everyday Actions
For more information on Professor Norton’s book, View Details
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Research: How Investors' Reading Habits Influence Stock Prices
By: Anastassia Fedyk
Fedyk, Anastassia. "Research: How Investors' Reading Habits Influence Stock Prices." Harvard Business Review (website) (September 2, 2016).
- 28 Jul 2019
- News
6 Vacation Habits That Defend From Future Burnouts
- 14 Jul 2014
- News