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- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Teresa Clarke: An Advocate for Education in South Africa
witnessed the tremendous success of SSP-SA in its first two years, she is keenly aware of the potential that the program has to influence the country’s future. Modeled after the Student/Sponsor Partnership in New York City, the SSP-SA...
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- 29 Apr 2016
- News
The First Five Years: Kelly McKenna (MBA 2015)
themselves with social causes or wish to bring about positive change in the world. Beyond the income these artists are receiving, the confidence and hope it instills within them touches every part of their lives. A lot of these artists...
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- March 1983 (Revised January 1984)
- Case
Merloni Group
The general manager of the recently-established French subsidiary of an Italian appliance company is in conflict with headquarters about unexpectedly poor financial performance. Headquarters management believes it should be able to exert more control over the...
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Business Subsidiaries;
Trade;
Organizational Structure;
Performance Evaluation;
Power and Influence;
France;
Italy
Bartlett, Christopher A. "Merloni Group." Harvard Business School Case 383-152, March 1983. (Revised January 1984.)
- 14 Nov 2005
- Research & Ideas
How Can Start Ups Grow?
those one-out-of-ten firms grow into successful, sustained enterprises? Assistant professor Mukti Khaire believes that small companies can grow by developing intangible social resources such as legitimacy, status, and reputation. In an...
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- May 2023
- Supplement
Alicia Keys and Swizz Beats Video Supplement Playlist
By: Boris Groysberg
Keywords:
Entertainment;
Music Entertainment;
Personal Development and Career;
Entrepreneurship;
Goals and Objectives;
Power and Influence;
Music Industry;
Entertainment and Recreation Industry;
Fine Arts Industry
Groysberg, Boris. "Alicia Keys and Swizz Beats Video Supplement Playlist." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Supplement 422-701, May 2023.
- March 2018 (Revised March 2019)
- Technical Note
Control or Flexibility? Structured Empowerment Offers Both — Lessons from Retail & Service Chains
By: Tatiana Sandino
This note explains how several retail and service organizations use a practice described here as “structured empowerment” to balance control and flexibility as they grow. I define structured empowerment as a practice that grants employees both (a) the power to make...
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Keywords:
Service Operations;
Standards;
Employees;
Service Delivery;
Decision Making;
Power and Influence;
Retail Industry;
Service Industry
Sandino, Tatiana. "Control or Flexibility? Structured Empowerment Offers Both — Lessons from Retail & Service Chains." Harvard Business School Technical Note 118-082, March 2018. (Revised March 2019.)
- 19 May 2008
- Research & Ideas
Connecting School Ties and Stock Recommendations
influence of social networks for a while. We noticed that every time we met people at conferences, an immediate starting point in conversations was to ask where one went to school. Educational connections...
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Tim Day Fitness Room | About
to provide users with an enhanced fitness experience. The open floor plan includes a centrally located staff desk and social area, allowing staff to service the entire area more efficiently and provide increased safety oversight. The...
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- Profile
Yi-An Huang
internal consulting group. How is your current job related to your HBS experience? When I came to HBS, I had been working in global health and development issues. I had realized that healthcare is an exciting sector with powerful social...
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Health Care
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
HBS Alumni Contribute to Business and Society
Josh Lerner, Head of the Entrepreneurial Management Unit and the Jacob H. Schiff Professor of Investment Banking at HBS, recently led a research study aimed at quantifying the economic and social contributions of Harvard University...
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- April 2017
- Teaching Plan
An Intern's Dilemma (A) and (B)
By: Sandra J. Sucher
Teaching Plan for HBS Nos. 316-128 and 316-129.
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- 30 Sep 2014
- First Look
First Look: September 30
Publications September 2014 Social Entrepreneurship and Research Methods Building an Infrastructure for Empirical Research on Social Enterprise: Challenges and Opportunities By: Lee, Matthew, Julie...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Jul 2015
- First Look
First Look: July 21, 2015
Across three studies, we show that gift givers mis-predict appreciation for socially responsible gifts and that their mis-predictions depend on the nature of their relationship to the recipient. Drawing on research on affective...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Dec 2018
- Blog Post
"I Wanted to Move from Analyzing Results to Creating Them": Cynthia Samanian, MBA 2012
powerful motive to build bonds with social media influencers focused on food, wellness, and lifestyle content. Cynthia designed and produced her first new event in June 2017, bringing together 15 hand-picked...
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- 02 Apr 2015
- Research & Ideas
Digital Initiative Summit: Who Has the Power in the Music Industry?
you now have to think about how the searchability of an artist can influence the kind of music you ultimately hear [as a consumer]," said Jim Lucchese, a panelist and CEO of Echonest, which was acquired by Spotify last year. "But the...
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- 17 Mar 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Lessons of Business History: A Handbook
and social science research is specialist, peer-reviewed journals. Second, much research takes the form of case studies and is often qualitative rather than quantitative. In disciplines where standardized View Details
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Challenge of the Multi-site Nonprofit
as CEO), Planned Parenthood, Habitat for Humanity, SOS Kinderdorf, and The Nature Conservancy. Each was mapped on two dimensions—one that exerts forces toward unit autonomy and the other influencing the degree of organizational...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Nov 2011
- First Look
First Look: November 15
Authors:Leslie K. John, George Loewenstein, and Drazen Prelec Publication:Psychological Science (forthcoming) Abstract Cases of clear scientific misconduct have received significant media attention recently, but less flagrant transgressions of research View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- April 2022
- Case
Marsha Simms: Trailblazer in Corporate Law
By: Robin Ely, Boris Groysberg, Colleen Ammerman and Olivia Hull
Follows the journey of lawyer Marsha Simms from her childhood in racially-segregated St. Louis to the upper echelons of the New York legal community. Describes her education, career choices, accomplishments, and setbacks. Highlights significant moments such as her...
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Keywords:
Leadership;
Career;
Career Management;
Diversity;
Inclusion;
Equity;
Gender;
Race;
Corporate Finance;
Law;
Leadership Development;
Personal Development and Career;
Relationships;
Power and Influence;
Social and Collaborative Networks;
Status and Position;
Social Issues;
Legal Services Industry;
United States;
New York (state, US)
Ely, Robin, Boris Groysberg, Colleen Ammerman, and Olivia Hull. "Marsha Simms: Trailblazer in Corporate Law." Harvard Business School Case 422-012, April 2022.
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Made, Not Born: HBS Courses and Entrepreneurial Management
confluence. "For managers, working in the social sector can be more exciting than managing a business - your influence as a force for entrepreneurial change can make an impact beyond your organization,"...
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