Harvard Business School
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How to break the expert's curse
Experts could be our most powerful teachers-but often they've lost the ability to connect with novices. Research by Ting Zhang reveals how experts can rediscover the experience of inexperience
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What are the limits on workplace transparency?
Should your salary number be available to everyone in your organization? Are businesses going too far or not far enough in becoming more transparent? What do YOU think?
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The quest for better layoffs
Professor Sandra Sucher wants to change the way business thinks about workforce reductions. "We want people to learn about the forces they unleash in the firm when they institute layoffs."
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How our brain determines if the product is worth the price
Are consumers more likely to buy if they see the price before the product, or vice versa? Uma Karmarkar and colleagues scan the brains of shoppers to find out
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Are we entering an era of Neuromanagement?
Will you be taking a brain-scan for your next job interview? Jim Heskett explores the emerging world of neuromanagement and what it means for both organizations and employees. What do YOU think?
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Inventing Products is Less Valuable Than Inventing Ideas
When companies create new products, they are often also inventing new ideas—and that's where the real value resides. Gautam Ahuja discusses why companies fall short in fully exploiting their intellectual capital.
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Become a Value Creator
Managers who adopt a mindset to create value hold the key to becoming truly successful leaders, says Brian Hall
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The Business of Behavioral Economics
Leslie John and Michael Norton explore how behavioral economics can help people overcome bad habits and change for the better.
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Innovation Is Magic. Really
When Stefan Thomke teaches students how to manage innovation and creativity, he turns to an unexpected source: Magician Jason Randal
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Pay Attention To Your 'Extreme Consumers'
Jill Avery and Michael Norton explain what marketers can learn from consumers whose preferences lie outside of the mainstream
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The Role of Emotions in Effective Negotiations
HBS Senior Lecturer Andy Wasynczuk, a former negotiator for the New England Patriots, explores the sometimes intense role that emotions can play in negotiations