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  • 05 Oct 2020
  • Book

Want to Be Happier? Make More Free Time

or free time and family? Soon after settling into her dream job, Whillans worked and traveled constantly, but her partner was miserable, with no job or friends nearby. During one work trip, the couple was fighting long distance, and Whillans barely made it to Cornell... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 04 Apr 2023
  • Book

Two Centuries of Business Leaders Who Took a Stand on Social Issues

While shareholders still reign supreme at many companies, a widespread shift toward more responsible business practices is driving more leaders to take a stand on social and environmental issues today, says Harvard Business School Professor Geoffrey Jones. Jones... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert; Consumer Products; Fashion; Retail; Green Technology
  • 01 Dec 2015
  • Blog Post

What is the HBS FIELD Program?

Back in 2011, HBS added the FIELD program as a required part of the first year curriculum. Dedicated to putting learning into action, it continues to expand and evolve each year. To learn more about FIELD we checked in with Ariana Farney... View Details

    A Social Strategy: How We Profit from Social Media

    Almost no one had heard of social media a decade ago, but today websites such as Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn have more than 1 billion users and account for almost 25 percent of Internet use. Practically overnight, social media seems indispensable to our... View Details

    • 27 Nov 2006
    • What Do You Think?

    What’s to Be Done About Performance Reviews?

    category who may be given help or advised to leave the organization. Proponents of forced ranking claim that it is more humane and effective than most qualitative systems for employee appraisal in which employees don't receive frank appraisals because managers are not... View Details
    Keywords: by Jim Heskett
    • 27 Jun 2019
    • Blog Post

    My Week at Harvard Business School's Summer Venture in Management Program (SVMP)

    prohibited. When a student is selected to speak, all other hands must go down to give the student an emphasized platform on which to thoughtfully express themselves. The questions asked are concise and specific and redundancy of responses... View Details
    • 19 Oct 2021
    • Cold Call Podcast

    Should Global Beer Company Molson Coors Dive into the Cannabis Beverages Business?

    Keywords: Re: Derek C. M. van Bever
    • 08 Oct 2015
    • Research & Ideas

    Four Questions Fundraisers Must be Prepared to Answer

    say no and turn down the opportunity to make a gift, said Stevenson, who also highlighted the rewards of philanthropy—namely, the satisfaction of “partnering with others to accomplish things that have a positive impact on the world around you now and in the future.” He... View Details
    Keywords: by Julia Hanna
    • Profile

    Oliver Bladek

    to in your career? The opportunity to give back and utilize the tools I've crafted in b-school to help others achieve their goals, dreams, and ambitions, personally and professionally. What did you learn... View Details
    Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Consulting
    • April 2024
    • Case

    Cyrus: Turning a Traditional Business Model on Its Head (A)

    By: James Heskett
    The loss of the lease at their Michelin-starred Cyrus 1.0 in Sonoma County, California gives the partners an opportunity to shut down and rework a “broken” business model, one with labor intensive experiences six or seven nights a week, high burnout, high... View Details
    Keywords: Business Model; Retention; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Leasing; Work-Life Balance; Strategic Planning; Loss; Profit; Working Conditions; California
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    • 19 Oct 2010
    • First Look

    First Look: October 19, 2010

    suggest that helping others leads to higher levels of happiness, the existing evidence only weakly supports this causal claim: research in psychology, economics, and neuroscience exploring the benefits of charitable giving has been... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 19 Mar 2018
    • News

    Warren Buffett Is Just an Average Employee

    • September 2016 (Revised April 2022)
    • Case

    Zhang Xin and the Emergence of Chinese Philanthropy

    By: Geoffrey Jones and Amanda Yang
    This case examines the recent emergence of Chinese business philanthropy through the case of the SOHO China Foundation established by the wife and husband real estate moguls Zhang Xin and Pan Shiyi. It begins by describing the early careers of Zhang and Pan, and how... View Details
    Keywords: China; Philanthropy Funding; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Personal Development and Career; Ethics; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Higher Education; Real Estate Industry; China
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    • 2023
    • Book

    Deeply Responsible Business.: A Global History of Values-Driven Leadership

    By: Geoffrey Jones
    Corporate social responsibility has entered the mainstream, but what does it take to run a successful purpose-driven business? This book examines leaders who put values alongside profits to showcase the challenges and upside of deeply responsible business. Should... View Details
    Keywords: Corporate Responsibility; Business Ecuation; Socially Responsible Investing; Business Education; Ethics; Leadership; Business History; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Religion; Social Enterprise; Social Issues; Wealth and Poverty; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Mission and Purpose; Banking Industry; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; Computer Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Education Industry; Fashion Industry; Financial Services Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Green Technology Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Electronics Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; United Kingdom; Germany; United States; Japan; India; Latin America
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    • Blog

    Crossing the Bridge from Program Learning to Practical Application

    for her fourth appearance in the program as a guest lecturer. This type of teaching partnership was initiated when Robert Kaplan and Michael Porter invited past participants of some healthcare-focused programs to come back to the... View Details
    • Web

    Henry McGee: From HBO to HBS - MBA

    Blog Blog MBA Voices Filter Results Arrow Down Arrow Up Read posts from Author Alumni Author Career and Professional Development Staff Author HBS Community Author HBS Faculty Author MBA Admissions Author MBA Students Topics Topics 1st Year (RC) 2+2 Program 2nd Year... View Details
    • February 2016 (Revised February 2018)
    • Case

    The Battle over the Initiative and Referendum in Massachusetts (1918)

    By: David Moss and Dean Grodzins
    On Election Day in 1918, Massachusetts voters would have to decide not only on their preferred candidates for governor and U.S. Senator, but also whether or not to approve 19 proposed amendments to the state constitution. By far the most controversial of these would... View Details
    Keywords: Political Elections; Government Legislation; Power and Influence; History; Massachusetts
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    • July 2020
    • Article

    Exploring the Effect of Environmental Orientation on Financial Decisions of Businesses at the Bottom of the Pyramid: Evidence from the Microlending Context

    By: Anton Shevchenko, Xiaodan Pan and Goran Calic
    Existing research has accumulated substantial evidence on the effect that an environmental orientation has on businesses' economic performance. Yet this research does not cover small businesses from bottom‐of‐the‐pyramid (BOP) markets. In fact, despite increasing... View Details
    Keywords: Micro-lending; Environmental Sustainability; Financing and Loans; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Small Business
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    • 24 May 2010
    • Research & Ideas

    Stimulus Surprise: Companies Retrench When Government Spends

    average firm in his state cut back capital expenditures by roughly 15 percent, according to their working paper, "Do Powerful Politicians Cause Corporate Downsizing?" "It was an enormous surprise, at least to us, to learn... View Details
    Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
    • 25 May 2011
    • HBS Case

    QuikTrip’s Investment in Retail Employees Pays Off

    classroom visit on the day the case was taught this year, the chief executive emphasized the obligation he feels to give back to QuikTrip's employees, as well as his commitment to avoiding operational or... View Details
    Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Retail