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- 17 Apr 2020
- News
Decreasing the Wealth Gap
need—took a moment to share his thoughts with NPR’s Morning Edition on how the ever-increasing wealth gap could be addressed as the world’s economies grapple with the social and economic effects of the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
The Best-Laid Plans
with Urban Water Partners RelayRides explanatory video FashionStake-Reuters story An online shipping platform that uses social networks and smartphones. Low-cost medical care and monitoring that helps seniors to live at home. The “Skype”... View Details
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Tools | New Venture Competition
truly understand social needs and the demands of the impact economy, as well as how to skillfully and resiliently adapt their models as their understanding of these needs changes. Developing an Effective... View Details
- 15 Jul 2024
- News
A Sporting Chance
The fall that had such a profound effect on Jorge Perez de Leza’s life would later have a big impact on others with disabilities as well. “When you hear somebody say that in one minute your life changes—it really can happen,” says Jorge Perez de Leza (MBA 1996), the... View Details
- 19 May 2008
- Research & Ideas
Connecting School Ties and Stock Recommendations
advantages through their social networks," Cohen and colleagues write. "In addition, laws designed to block these types of information pathways can be effective in curbing selective disclosure. The... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
John C. Sawhill Remembered
seminar Effective Leadership of Social Enterprises prepared students for leadership roles in nonprofit management. Of his work at HBS, Sawhill once commented, "I want to expose students to leaders who have... View Details
- June 2018 (Revised June 2018)
- Teaching Note
Blake Sports Apparel and Switch Activewear: Bringing the Executive Team Together
By: Boris Groysberg, Tricia Gregg and Katherine Connolly Baden
Teaching Note for HBS No. 417-048. View Details
- 03 Apr 2019
- News
Finding Common Ground
institutions worldwide. Recently named one of the 50 fastest-growing consulting firms in the U.S. by Consulting magazine, Cicero also made Vault.com’s 2019 list of the 50 best consulting firms in North America. Aligning Services with Needs Shumway’s interest in... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 02 Sep 2022
- News
Strength in Numbers
Mark Verdi, Jan Swartz, and Rob Swartz Jan and Rob Swartz and Mark Verdi (all MBA 1996) and Mark’s wife, Gina, have witnessed, firsthand, the negative effects of our nation’s disjointed approach toward the treatment of mental illness.... View Details
- 23 Dec 2013
- Research & Ideas
Just How Independent are ‘Independent’ Directors?
In theory, a board of directors protects the rights of shareholders. Independent directors are supposed to be just that—independent—free to dissent from a decision of the majority. The reality is more complex. Directors are tied to one another by business and View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
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Digital Archival Resources - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School
Clubs Faculty & Research Business & Environment Business History Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning Entrepreneurship Faculty & Research Global Healthcare HBS Working Knowledge Institute for Strategy & Competitiveness Leadership Networked Business Research... View Details
- 13 Mar 2019
- Research & Ideas
Ignore This Advice at Your Own Peril
advice was rejected rated themselves as more inept and expressed more concern about their social worth than advisors whose recommendations were followed. Discounting the advice of an “expert” can have even worse consequences. In one... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 20 Jul 2016
- Research & Ideas
Airplane Design Brings Out the Class Warfare in Us All
Their findings were published in the May 17, 2016, issue of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. A TEMPORARY STATE OF INEQUALITY Research on inequality usually measures a relatively fixed socioeconomic status based on education, income, and geographic... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
What I Do: Clare Reichenbach (AMP 185, 2013)
pleasure and purpose aspects of the organization are reconciled in a thoughtful way. If we’re having amazing events to showcase the best of American food, in the same breath we should be talking about what we mean by an equitable food system. The penny has really... View Details
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Matt Oppenheimer
understood the way business, government and the nonprofit worlds work in a theoretical way. But the Social Enterprise Conference gave me a real framework, a way to think about social and business questions –... View Details
- 06 Nov 2017
- Blog Post
Meet the HBS Women’s Association
campus Provide access to EC (second year student) and alumnae mentorship and support Lead highly effective exam preparation sessions Organize social events and dynamic workshops Activities include View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Water for Life
has invested over $1 billion in laying 2,000 miles of water lines and building 33 wastewater treatment plants while returning strong profits for shareholders. Equally important, the company has emerged as a model for integrating financial success with View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- Blog Post
6 Ways to Support COVID-Weary Employees
to contagious presenteeism: Remove financial incentives for it by providing paid sick leave, audit work designs for features that evoke undue pressure for attendance, and champion an organizational culture that fosters pro-health attitudes. Show gratitude and... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 15 Feb 2016
- Research & Ideas
Want Your Employees to Plan Better for Retirement? Don't Do This
builds employee loyalty and bolsters company reputation, but requires effective tools to carry out. Beshears’s research sheds important light on the presumed efficacy of social norms marketing in the... View Details
- 21 Mar 2018
- Blog Post
Telling Your Story: How to Create a Powerful Personal Digital Brand
your personality, the real person behind your personal brand; and 3) it shares your motivations, why you do what you do. Make engagement a regular habitThe digital world offers many shiny temptations and distractions. Grinshpun encourages a systematic approach to View Details