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HBS Home About Academic Programs Alumni Faculty & Research Baker Library Giving Harvard Business Review Initiatives News Recruit Map / Directions Working Knowledge Business Research for Business Leaders Browse All Articles Popular Articles Cold Call Podcast Managing the Future of Work PodcastBook Leadership Marketing Finance Management Entrepreneurship All Topics... Topics COVID-19 Entrepreneurship Finance Gender Globalization Leadership Management Negotiation Social Enterprise Strategy Sections Book Podcasts HBS Case In Practice Lessons from the Classroom Op-Ed Research & Ideas Research Event Sharpening Your Skills What Do You Think? Browse All Picture This: Why Online Image Searches Drive Purchases Picture This: Why Online Image Searches Drive Purchases Smaller sellers’ products often get lost on large online marketplaces. However, harnessing images in search can help consumers find these products faster, increasing sales and customer satisfaction, finds research by Chiara Farronato and colleagues. 13 May 2024 | Research & Ideas Called Back to the Office? How You Benefit from Ideas You Didn’t Know You Were Missing by Ben Rand 09 May 2024 | Research & Ideas The Critical Minutes After a Virtual Meeting That Can Build Up or Tear Down Teams by Michael Blanding 06 May 2024 | Research & Ideas Have You Had Enough? by James Heskett 01 May 2024 | What Do You Think? Leadership Beyond Goals: David Beckham’s Playbook for Mobilizing Star Talent by Avery Forman 29 FEB 2024 | HBS Case Reach soccer’s pinnacle. Become a global brand. Buy a team. Sign Lionel Messi. David Beckham makes success look as easy as his epic free kicks. But leveraging world-class talent takes discipline and deft decision-making, as case studies by Anita Elberse reveal. What could other businesses learn from his ascent? What Will It Take to Confront the Invisible Mental Health Crisis in Business? by Kara Baskin 09 NOV 2023 | HBS Case The pressure to do more, to be more, is fueling its own silent epidemic. Lauren Cohen discusses the common misperceptions that get in the way of supporting employees’ well-being, drawing on case studies about people who have been deeply affected by mental illness. Did You Hear What I Said? How to Listen Better by Michael Blanding 06 NOV 2023 | Research & Ideas People who seem like they’re paying attention often aren’t—even when they’re smiling and nodding toward the speaker. Research by Alison Wood Brooks, Hanne Collins, and colleagues reveals just how prone the mind is to wandering, and sheds light on ways to stay tuned in to the conversation. From P.T. Barnum to Mary Kay: Lessons From 5 Leaders Who Changed the World by Avery Forman 24 OCT 2023 | HBS Case What do Steve Jobs and Sarah Breedlove have in common? Through a series of case studies, Robert Simons explores the unique qualities of visionary leaders and what today’s managers can learn from their journeys. Entrepreneurship How Humans Outshine AI in Adapting to Change by Rachel Layne 26 MAR 2024 | Research & Ideas Could artificial intelligence systems eventually perform surgeries or fly planes? First, AI will have to learn to navigate shifting conditions as well as people do. Julian De Freitas and colleagues pit humans against machines in a video game to study AI’s current limits and mine insights for the real world. Open Source Software: The $9 Trillion Resource Companies Take for Granted by Rachel Layne 22 MAR 2024 | Research & Ideas Many companies build their businesses on open source software, code that would cost firms $8.8 trillion to create from scratch if it weren’t freely available. Research by Frank Nagle and colleagues puts a value on an economic necessity that will require investment to meet demand. Harnessing AI: What Businesses Need to Know in ChatGPT’s Second Year by Rachel Layne 09 JAN 2024 | In Practice Companies across industries rushed to adopt ChatGPT last year, seeing its potential to streamline tasks formerly handled by people and vendors at much higher cost. As generative AI enters its next phase in 2024, what can leaders expect? Harvard Business School faculty members highlight four trends to watch. When Tech Platforms Identify Black-Owned Businesses, White Customers Buy by Jay Fitzgerald 24 OCT 2023 | Research & Ideas Demand for Black-owned restaurants rises when they’re easier to find on Yelp. Research by Michael Luca shows how companies can mobilize their own technology to advance racial equity. Popular Four Steps to Building the Psychological Safety That High-Performing Teams Need by Kara Baskin 14 JUN 2023 | Research & Ideas Struggling to spark strategic risk-taking and creative thinking? In the post-pandemic workplace, teams need psychological safety more than ever, and a new analysis by Amy Edmondson highlights the best ways to nurture it. When Managers Set Unrealistic Expectations, Employees Cut Ethical Corners by Dina Gerdeman 30 APR 2024 | Book Corporate misconduct has grown in the past 30 years, with losses often totaling billions of dollars. What businesses may not realize is that misconduct often results from managers who set unrealistic expectations, leading decent people to take unethical shortcuts, says Lynn S. Paine. Why Boeing’s Problems with the 737 MAX Began More Than 25 Years Ago by Bill George 24 JAN 2024 | Op-Ed Aggressive cost cutting and rocky leadership changes have eroded the culture at Boeing, a company once admired for its engineering rigor, says Bill George. What will it take to repair the reputational damage wrought by years of crises involving its 737 MAX? More Proof That Money Can Buy Happiness (or a Life with Less Stress) by Michael Blanding 25 JAN 2022 | Research & Ideas It’s not about the bigger home or the better vacation. Financial stability helps people escape the everyday hassles of life, says research by Jon Jachimowicz. Books Struggling With a Big Management Decision? Start by Asking What Really Matters by Dina Gerdeman 15 APR 2024 | Book Leaders must face hard choices, from cutting a budget to adopting a strategy to grow. To make the right call, they should start by following their own true moral compass,” says Joseph Badaracco. Why Work Rituals Bring Teams Together and Create More Meaning by Michael Blanding 09 APR 2024 | Book From weekly lunch dates with colleagues to bedtime stories with children, we often rely on rituals to relax and bond with others. While it may feel awkward to introduce teambuilding rituals in the workplace, the truth is, the practices improve performance, says Michael Norton in his book The Ritual Effect. More Than Memes: NFTs Could Be the Next Gen Deed for a Digital World by Dina Gerdeman 23 JAN 2024 | Book Non-fungible tokens might seem like a fad approach to selling memes, but the concept could help companies open new markets and build communities. Scott Duke Kominers and Steve Kaczynski go beyond the NFT hype in their book, The Everything Token. HBS Faculty Books of 2023: Find Happiness, Fix Things, and Fail Well by Danielle Kost 12 DEC 2023 | Book From authoritarian regimes to social responsibility, we take a look back at some of the new books by Harvard Business School faculty members this year. Sign up for our weekly newsletter Interested in improving your business? Learn about fresh research and ideas from Harvard Business School faculty. 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