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- 09 Dec 2002
- Research & Ideas
Most Accountants Aren’t CrooksWhy Good Audits Go Bad
recognized? The interpretation and weighting of various types of information are rarely straightforward. As Joseph Berardino, Arthur Andersen's former chief executive, said in his congressional testimony on the Enron collapse, "Many...
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- 26 Oct 2018
- Blog Post
Making the Switch from Finance to Fitness
go to an indoor cycling class with her. I didn’t understand. The bikes didn’t move – why would I do this? Nevertheless, I went to a class at Flywheel Sports and left feeling better, physically and mentally. While I grew up playing sports, I was not the person in the...
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- 19 Jul 2017
- Research & Ideas
Why Government 'Nudges' Motivate Good Citizen Behavior
merits of different policies,” Beshears says. “Doing so makes the case that nudges are often a particularly fruitful avenue to invest in.” Related Reading: The Business of Behavioral Economics 5 Weight Loss...
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by Michael Blanding
- 24 Aug 2016
- Research & Ideas
Behavioral Economists Can Make You a Healthier Consumer and Smarter Marketer
behavioral science, specifically, behavioral economics, tries to understand consumers as they actually behave and promote changes in their decision making around those biases. Harvard Business School Associate Professor Leslie John explains principles behind behavioral...
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by Amelia Kunhardt
- 10 May 2016
- First Look
May 10, 2016
Publisher's link: https://pubwww.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51040 forthcoming American Journal of Health Promotion The Effect of Cost Sharing on an Employee Weight Loss Program: A Randomized Trial By:...
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Carmen Nobel
- 11 Aug 2014
- HBS Case
The Business of Behavioral Economics
with matching funds. In the third case, participants were entered in a lottery that had a 5 percent chance of winning $100—but they would only win if they had met their weight loss goal for the month. This...
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- 19 Dec 2018
- Sharpening Your Skills
New Year, New Habits
entrepreneurs. Why Government 'Nudges' Motivate Good Citizen Behavior Psychological nudges can be a cost-effective way for governments to get citizens to do the right thing. 5 Weight Loss Tips From...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Feb 2022
- Blog Post
African American Student Union Spotlight on the Public Sector
around the weight assigned to ethical concerns, especially when they are judged against financial considerations. What has been the highlight of your HBS experience thus far? The students and alumni I have met so far are catalysts for...
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- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Road to Recovery
Illustration by Jon Krause Eric Gastfriend (MBA 2015) had watched friends and family members struggle with addiction. He’d seen some of them go to treatment, and he’d seen many of them relapse. He didn’t understand why the field of addiction psychiatry had been unable...
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- 01 Sep 2018
- News
Case Study: A Good Fit
apps allow, the team discovered a way to guide people through behavior changes with results that stick. Individuals using Gain Life’s weight loss apps achieve results that double the one-year benchmark for...
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Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Jul 2019
- What Do You Think?
Are Super Stretch Goals Only for the Very Young?
further growth, and essentially the loss of control of the company by the board, which was even required to remake its composition. At Volkswagen, eerily similar things happened, this time with engineering practices and goals. This sad...
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by James Heskett
- 28 Nov 2018
- Blog Post
Making the Switch from Finance to Fitness
go to an indoor cycling class with her. I didn’t understand. The bikes didn’t move – why would I do this? Nevertheless, I went to a class at Flywheel Sports and left feeling better, physically and mentally. While I grew up playing sports, I was not the person in the...
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Entertainment / Media / Sports
- 22 Jan 2013
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 22
physical experience of weight is associated with the emotional experience of guilt and thus that weight intensifies the experience of guilt. Across four studies, we found that participants who wore a heavy...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Apr 2015
- Research & Ideas
After Germanwings, More Attention Needed on Employee Mental Health
afterthought. "If you look at the allocation of resources in corporate wellness programs, you will find it heavily weighted towards physical health," says Quelch. Only rarely does a tragedy, such as a suicide of a top management executive...
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- 01 Jun 2010
- News
M.I.A. Boards
art-auction company executive; the former CEO of a Spanish-language television company; a retired rear admiral who had headed the Girl Scouts and served on the board of Weight Watchers International; a theatrical producer; and, until two...
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- 16 Jul 2008
- Op-Ed
What Should Employers Do about Health Care?
management of chronic conditions. Here, many employers in the United States and Europe have made impressive starts. Some companies cover the costs of smoking cessation and weight loss programs, or reward...
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- 06 Jun 2012
- What Do You Think?
Is Something Wrong with the Way We Work?
commented that this mindset "leads to poor morale and burn out," as well as a loss of effective communication skills. Gerald Nanninga added that "it is destroying the art of pondering" and "by valuing work as a...
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- 25 Sep 2012
- First Look
First Look: September 25
held by the mutual fund clients of the analyst's brokerage firm. The optimism in analyst recommendations increases with the weight of the stock in a mutual fund client's portfolio and the commission revenue generated from the mutual fund...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Jun 2020
- Blog Post
Black MBA Students Pen Letters to the HBS Community: Letter 3/5
Black students in our community have spent the last few weeks grappling with the weight of a devastating truth: that our country and society has undeniably and systemically failed Black communities – and the false narrative that being...
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- 13 Feb 2024
- Blog Post
Harvard Students Reflect on COP28
to be part of the metrics by which we assess how countries adhere to these agreements, and COP28 did not deliver in that regard. We did establish and operationalize a loss and damage fund, we did get fossil fuels mentioned in the text, we...
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