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- 28 Feb 2021
- Working Paper Summaries
Measuring Employment Impact: Applications and Cases
Keywords: by Katie Panella and George Serafeim
- 2024
- Article
The Sociology of Entrepreneurship Revisited
By: Tristan Botelho, Ranjay Gulati and Olav Sorensen
Over the last two decades, the sociology of entrepreneurship has exploded as an area of academic inquiry. Most of this research has been focused on understanding the environmental conditions that promote entrepreneurship and processes related to the initial formation... View Details
Botelho, Tristan, Ranjay Gulati, and Olav Sorensen. "The Sociology of Entrepreneurship Revisited." Annual Review of Sociology 50 (2024): 341–364.
- March 2023
- Supplement
Innovation at Google Ads: The Sales Acceleration and Innovation Labs (SAIL) (B)
By: Linda A. Hill and Emily Tedards
In 2018, Ana Owczarzak was appointed to lead Google Ads' new innovation and accelerator team - the Sales Acceleration and Innovation Labs (SAIL). The purpose of SAIL was to offer testing and incubation services for individuals within Google Ads who were developing new... View Details
Keywords: Innovation Leadership; Organizational Culture; Technology Industry; Information Technology Industry; Advertising Industry; United States
Hill, Linda A., and Emily Tedards. "Innovation at Google Ads: The Sales Acceleration and Innovation Labs (SAIL) (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 423-077, March 2023.
- October 2021 (Revised August 2022)
- Exercise
Janet Ames (D)
By: Brian Trelstad
The final case in the series of Janet Ames looks at the challenges of managing a nonprofit and what to do in the instance of suspected fraud. View Details
Trelstad, Brian. "Janet Ames (D)." Harvard Business School Exercise 322-051, October 2021. (Revised August 2022.)
- Article
Birds of a Feather...Enforce Social Norms? Interactions Among Culture, Norms, and Strategy
By: Hongyi Li and Eric J. Van den Steen
Does culture eat strategy for breakfast? This paper investigates the interactions among corporate culture, norms, and strategy, in order to better understand this issue and related questions. It first shows, through microfoundations, how the forces that drive toward... View Details
Li, Hongyi, and Eric J. Van den Steen. "Birds of a Feather...Enforce Social Norms? Interactions Among Culture, Norms, and Strategy." Strategy Science 6, no. 2 (June 2021): 166–189.
- 2008
- Book
Social Entrepreneurship: A Modern Approach to Social Value Creation
By: Arthur C. Brooks
This text brings together the established pedagogy of entrepreneurship with cutting edge nonprofit and public management tools.
Measuring social value, earned income, donations and government income, entrepreneurial fundraising and marketing, and social... View Details
Measuring social value, earned income, donations and government income, entrepreneurial fundraising and marketing, and social... View Details
Brooks, Arthur C. Social Entrepreneurship: A Modern Approach to Social Value Creation. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall, 2008.
- March 2019 (Revised July 2019)
- Case
El Sistema
By: Tarun Khanna and Jenn Chang
El Sistema explores an NGO that changes the life of thousands of young people in Venezuela and around the world through musical education. View Details
Khanna, Tarun, and Jenn Chang. "El Sistema." Harvard Business School Case 719-502, March 2019. (Revised July 2019.)
- November 2018 (Revised June 2019)
- Case
Michael Rubin and Fanatics (A)
By: Robert F. Higgins and John Masko
In 2016, Michael Rubin’s Fanatics was the U.S.’ largest sports e-commerce company and operator of the official online store for all the major American sports leagues. That year, Fanatics began to dabble in manufacturing licensed sports merchandise, securing limited... View Details
Keywords: Fanatics; Licensed Merchandise; E-commerce; Entrepreneurship; Strategy; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Sports; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Retail Industry; Manufacturing Industry; United States
Higgins, Robert F., and John Masko. "Michael Rubin and Fanatics (A)." Harvard Business School Case 819-077, November 2018. (Revised June 2019.)
- March 2018
- Module Note
Module Note for Instructors: Responsibilities to Society
By: Nien-hê Hsieh
This note outlines a framework to help managers discern and deliver on their responsibilities to society that has been taught in the “Responsibilities to Society” module in Leadership and Corporate Accountability (LCA), a semester-long, first-year required course for... View Details
Hsieh, Nien-hê. "Module Note for Instructors: Responsibilities to Society." Harvard Business School Module Note 318-125, March 2018.
- May 1997
- Teaching Note
Measuring the Financial Performance of Nonprofit Organizations: Solutions Manual
Teaching Note for (1-197-111). View Details
- April 1993 (Revised June 1993)
- Background Note
Business Process Reengineering: IT-Enabled Radical Change
Provides a conceptual framework for understanding business process redesign and change management. View Details
Stoddard, Donna B., and Sirkka Jarvenpaa. "Business Process Reengineering: IT-Enabled Radical Change." Harvard Business School Background Note 193-151, April 1993. (Revised June 1993.)
- April 1997
- Article
Organizational Form and Risk Taking in the Savings and Loan Industry
By: B. C. Esty
Esty, B. C. "Organizational Form and Risk Taking in the Savings and Loan Industry." Journal of Financial Economics 44, no. 1 (April 1997): 25–55.
- February 2000 (Revised April 2000)
- Case
San Francisco Opera
By: John C. Sawhill and Elizabeth Kind
The San Francisco Opera, second largest in the United States, has embarked on a initiative to attract a larger audience and more support from Silicon Valley. Given that the opera's traditional constituency is the older, wealthier residents of San Francisco, this... View Details
Keywords: Arts; Nonprofit Organizations; Marketing Strategy; Internet; Fine Arts Industry; San Francisco
Sawhill, John C., and Elizabeth Kind. "San Francisco Opera." Harvard Business School Case 300-095, February 2000. (Revised April 2000.)
- August 1999
- Background Note
Note on Property Types
By: William J. Poorvu and Daniel J. Rudd
Commercial real estate in the United States can be divided into five distinct property types: apartment, office, hotel, industrial, and retail. This note presents the important characteristics of each of these five property types and highlights the "value drivers" for... View Details
- January 1999 (Revised March 2003)
- Case
Rich-Con Steel
One month after "going live" with a new information system, Rich-Con Steel is in crisis. The new system was intended to give the company basic visibility and control over its business processes, but instead, visibility and control appear to have evaporated. Marty... View Details
McAfee, Andrew P. "Rich-Con Steel." Harvard Business School Case 699-133, January 1999. (Revised March 2003.)
- July 2006
- Article
Egocentric, Sociocentric, or Dyadic? Identifying the Appropriate Level of Analysis in the Study of Organizational Networks
By: Mark S. Mizruchi and Christopher Marquis
Mizruchi, Mark S., and Christopher Marquis. "Egocentric, Sociocentric, or Dyadic? Identifying the Appropriate Level of Analysis in the Study of Organizational Networks." Social Networks 28, no. 3 (July 2006): 187–208.
- April 2004
- Article
Mining Gold in Not-for-Profit Brands
By: John A. Quelch, James E. Austin and Nathalie Laidler-Kylander
Quelch, John A., James E. Austin, and Nathalie Laidler-Kylander. "Mining Gold in Not-for-Profit Brands." Harvard Business Review 82, no. 4 (April 2004): 24.
- August 1999
- Article
Mission Driven, Values Centered
By: William W. George
George, William W. "Mission Driven, Values Centered." Executive Excellence (August 1999).
- 2003
- Tool
Leading Change and Organizational Renewal CD Set
By: Michael L. Tushman and Charles A. O'Reilly