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    • 14 Feb 2019
    • Cold Call Podcast

    The Delicious History of Hershey Chocolate

    Have you ever wondered how Hershey chocolate came to be so popular? Professor Nancy Koehn discusses the life and vision of Milton Hershey, the entrepreneur and philanthropist behind the Hershey chocolate bar, the town of Hershey, Pennsylvania, and the Milton Hershey School.  Open for comment; 0 Comment(s) posted.

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    • 05 Dec 2018
    • Research & Ideas

    Why Managers Should Reveal Their Failures

    by Dina Gerdeman

    If you want to get your messages through to employees, be ready to confess your own management shortcomings, counsels Alison Wood Brooks. Open for comment; Comment(s) posted.

    • 18 Mar 2018
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Thanks for Nothing: Expressing Gratitude Invites Exploitation by Competitors

    by Jeremy Yip, Kelly Kiyeon Lee, Cindy Chan, and Alison Wood Brooks

    Think more carefully and strategically about expressing gratitude while negotiations are still underway. Even if negotiators feel grateful for concessions from a counterpart, it may not help them, and it might even hurt them, to express it then and there. Wait until the deal is done before saying thanks.

    • 16 Mar 2018
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Amount and Diversity of Digital Emotional Expression Predicts Happiness

    by Laura Vuillier, Alison Wood Brooks, June Gruber, Rui Sun, Michael I. Norton, Matthew James Samson, Emiliana Simon-Thomas, Paul Piff, Sarah Fan, Jordi Quoidbach, Charles Gorintin, Pete Fleming, Arturo Bejar, and Dacher Keltner

    Emoticons might seem trivial because they require just the tap of a finger, but this study shows how emoticons make a difference in overall emotion expression. People use emoticons to highlight the emotions they intend to convey, and emoticons also serve as predictors—and causes—of happiness and well-being.

    • 15 Mar 2018
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Backhanded Compliments: How Negative Comparisons Undermine Flattery

    by Ovul Sezer, Alison Wood Brooks, and Michael I. Norton

    Backhanded compliments seem like praise but can leave a sting. This study explores the psychology of backhanded compliments. Flatterers deploy backhanded compliments to garner liking while conveying social status. Recipients view praise of this kind as strategic put-downs and penalize would-be flatterers even as the backhanded compliment undermines their motivation and perseverance.

    • 03 Jan 2018
    • Sharpening Your Skills

    5 Career-Related New Year’s Resolutions (and 5 Tips for Keeping Them)

    by Carmen Nobel

    Here are well-researched tips from Harvard Business School faculty to help you keep your career-related resolutions this year. Open for comment; Comment(s) posted.

    • 31 Oct 2017
    • First Look

    New Research and Ideas, October 31, 2017

    by Sean Silverthorne

    Mutual funds and unicorns ... Harvard’s investigation into a soccer scandal ... Business sustainability from a historical perspective.

    • 30 Oct 2017
    • Research & Ideas

    Asking Questions Can Get You a Better Job or a Second Date

    by Rachel Layne

    Knowing how to keep a conversation going can improve your career as well as your social life, according to research by Alison Wood Brooks and colleagues. Open for comment; Comment(s) posted.

    • 30 May 2017
    • First Look

    First Look at New Research and Ideas, May 30

    Sean Silverthorne

    Advice for those seeking advice ... Should CEOs become social activists? ... What companies don’t know about location.

    • 19 Sep 2016
    • Research & Ideas

    Why Isn't Business Research More Relevant to Business Practitioners?

    by Carmen Nobel

    There’s a pervasive paradox in academia: Research conducted at business schools often offers no obvious value to people who work in the world of business. Professors and practitioners weigh in on how to enhance the relevance of research. Open for comment; Comment(s) posted.

    • 06 Sep 2016
    • First Look

    September 6, 2016

    Carmen Nobel

    How to make the other side play fair...Why organic agriculture thrives in some countries but not others...When humor works

    • 02 Aug 2016
    • First Look

    August 2, 2016

    Sean Silverthorne

    Can rituals decrease performance anxiety? ... How to attract attention on the internet ... The risk of eliminating what you are known for.

    • 26 Jul 2016
    • First Look

    July 26, 2016

    Sean Silverthorne

    Looking under Disney's 'tentpole' strategy ... The right way to show distress at work ... Quick payment boosts employment growth.

    • 23 Sep 2015
    • Research & Ideas

    Men Want Powerful Jobs More Than Women Do

    by Carmen Nobel

    While women and men believe they are equally able to attain high-level leadership positions, men want that power more than women do, according to new research by Francesca Gino, Caroline Wilmuth, and Alison Wood Brooks. Open for comment; Comment(s) posted.

    • 30 Apr 2014
    • Research & Ideas

    Venture Investors Prefer Funding Handsome Men

    by Carmen Nobel

    Studies by Alison Wood Brooks and colleagues reveal that investors prefer pitches from male entrepreneurs over those from female entrepreneurs, even when the content of the pitches is identical. And handsome men fare best of all. Open for comment; 13 Comment(s) posted.

    • 23 Oct 2013
    • Research & Ideas

    Overcoming Nervous Nelly

    by Michael Blanding

    In situations from business negotiations to karaoke, Alison Wood Brooks explores the harmful effects of anxiety on performance—and how to combat them. Closed for comment; 8 Comment(s) posted.

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