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- December 2012
- Article
The Microwork Solution: A New Approach to Outsourcing Can Support Economic Development—and Add to Your Bottom Line
By: Francesca Gino and Bradely R. Staats
What's the best way to lift people out of poverty? The social entrepreneurs in the new "impact sourcing" industry believe the answer is providing work, not aid. Their organizations hire people at the bottom of the pyramid to perform digital tasks such as transcribing... View Details
Keywords: Outsourcing; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Nonprofit Organizations; Partners and Partnerships; Development Economics; Social Entrepreneurship; Welfare; Cooperation; San Francisco
Gino, Francesca, and Bradely R. Staats. "The Microwork Solution: A New Approach to Outsourcing Can Support Economic Development—and Add to Your Bottom Line." Harvard Business Review 90, no. 12 (December 2012): 92–96.
- 26 Apr 2022
- Book
What Does Your Business Stand For? Why Building Trust Starts with Purpose
To be successful, companies must build trust with their employees and consumers. But how can companies do so in these turbulent times when they are being pulled in many directions all at once? First, businesses must realize that trust is... View Details
Keywords: by Ranjay Gulati
Using Gen AI for Early-Stage Market Research - Harvard Business Review
Generative AI, particularly large language models (LLMs), offers a promising new tool for early-stage market research by simulating customer responses to product concepts. This can allow companies to draw conclusions... View Details
- 23 Jan 2020
- Research & Ideas
Businesses Need a 'Catalyst' to Make CSR Practices Stick
responsibility programs are basically funded by an internal tax within the company,” says Robert Kaplan, Senior Fellow and Marvin Bower Professor of Leadership Development, Emeritus at Harvard Business School. “The good that such... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- December 1994
- Case
Stonyfield-Petro and the Harris Group: Forming Joint Ventures in the New Russia
By: Ray A. Goldberg and Paul D Harris
Goldberg, Ray A., and Paul D Harris. "Stonyfield-Petro and the Harris Group: Forming Joint Ventures in the New Russia." Harvard Business School Case 595-055, December 1994.
- 09 Nov 2023
- Blog Post
The No. 1 Character Trait You Will Need to Succeed in Business
moments when they had to summon their resolve to fight back against, for example, short-term moves that would lift the company’s stock price at the expense or its overall health or that would cause permanent damage to the environment. View Details
- 2014
- Case
Yonyou 2013
By: F. Warren McFarlan, Zheng Xiaoming and Ziqian Zhao
The case describes how a leading Chinese management software provider Yonyou (formerly known as "UFIDA") disrupted its value chain-based business model to transform itself into a platform provider. The case describes Yonyou's past success, the market forces and... View Details
Keywords: Business Models; ERP; Platforms; Strategy; Transformations; China; Information Technology; Applications and Software; Digital Platforms; China
McFarlan, F. Warren, Zheng Xiaoming, and Ziqian Zhao. "Yonyou 2013." Tsinghua University Case, 2014.
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Alumni Career Journey: Margot Zuckerman (MBA 2024) – Integrating Climate into Business (and Government) Priorities - Blog - Business & Environment
Production 2024 IFC India 2024 - Development While Decarbonizing: India’s Path to Net Zero IFC India 2025: Development While Decarbonizing - India’s Path to Net Zero MBA Teaching & Research News 03 Jun 2025 Alumni Career Journey: Margot... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Online learning brings business basics to a wider audience
Professor and Chair of the MBA Elective Curriculum V.G. Narayanan explains the potential impact of three accounting courses he is developing for the School's new online learning platform, HBX. (Published April 2014) View Details
- 28 Aug 2014
- Op-Ed
Government Can Do More to Unfreeze Small Business Credit
Act)-leveraged effective federal programs that already existed, while also taking action in some new areas. With the Recovery Act, the federal government significantly expanded its role as a guarantor of small View Details
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Leadership Transitions | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
center, 2001. Prints & Photographs Division, Library of Congress, LC-DIG-highsm-15224. Vartan, Vartanig G. "Peterson Is Named Chief Executive by Lehman: Former Commerce Secretery to Take Ehrman's Post." The New York Times , July 27, 1973.... View Details
- 17 Sep 2015
- News
Seattle and Cleveland Alumni Connect Around a ‘Vision’ for the New HBS
Joan P. Schaefer (MBA 1997) delivered remarks at The HBS Campaign Cleveland Regional Event, September 17, 2015. Alumni and friends of Harvard Business School from the Seattle, Washington and Cleveland, Ohio regions gathered on September... View Details
- 08 Feb 2016
- News
Alumni in Mexico City Connect Around a ‘Vision’ for the New HBS
Relations and the Dimitri V. D’Arbeloff – MBA Class of 1955 Professor of Business Administration; Michael Chu (MBA 1976), Senior Lecturer in Business Administration; and alumni Alejandro Ramirez Magana (MBA... View Details
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Resources on Indian Business History - Creating Emerging Markets
Conferences Lessons from History Lessons from History Video Clips & Discussion Questions Resources on Indian Business History Standard Reference Works Feb 2004 New Delhi: Oxford University Press Oxford... View Details
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Business Education & The Case Method | Baker Library
Marketing Problems, preface. New York, Chicago [etc.]. A.W. Shaw Company, [1920]. Preface. Download the Marketing Problems preface Harvard Business School faculty meeting, May 10, 1922. Office of the Dean.... View Details
- 14 Aug 2014
- Working Paper Summaries