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Organizational Behavior Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research
Excellence in Doctoral Student Mentoring. 2021 Robin J. Ely : Winner of the 2021 Academy of Management Journal Impact Award for “The Power in Demography: Women's Social Constructions of Gender Identity at Work” (June 1995). Robin J. Ely :... View Details
- 03 Jan 2017
- First Look
January 3, 2017
disclosure of fundamentals and trading transparency. This is socially inefficient if a large fraction of market participants are speculators, and hedgers have low processing costs. But in these circumstances, forbidding hedgers’ access to... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 06 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 6
this article, I outline an agenda for strengthening the links between key institutions. Leaders, I argue, should focus on four goals: 1) linking knowledge creation to venture creation to speed the conversion of ideas into market-ready enterprises; 2) linking small and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
New Urban Order
Currently an adjunct associate professor at NYU’s Stern School, where he teaches about commercializing carbon-reduction technologies in the course Disruption, Entrepreneurship, and Social Impact, Carty points to the significant potential... View Details
Keywords: Kathleen Fu, Deborah Blagg, Julia Hanna, and Maureen Harmon; illustrations by; energy; environment; sustainability; entrepreneurship; Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation; Transportation; Water, Sewage and Supply Systems; Utilities; Construction of Buildings; Construction; Waste Management and Remediation Services; Corporate Services
- 14 Mar 2024
- Blog Post
IFC India: SELCO - Last Mile Solar Powered Energy for Rural India
Harish Hande and Neville Williams as a private for-profit social enterprise. SELCO initially aimed to sell and service photovoltaic systems in Dr. Hande’s home state of Karnataka, with a mission of providing... View Details
- 05 Mar 2019
- Blog Post
Part 2: Military Transition and the JD/MBA - The Path to Your Goals
are engaged in a military-affiliated ILE/IDE advanced degree by correspondence) is not easy. It consumes time and energy that the typical student at either HLS or HBS can invest in social life, building relationships, extracurricular... View Details
- 30 Mar 2018
- What Do You Think?
What Should Mark Zuckerberg Do?
opted for only minimal control in order to create larger personal networks. Further, there was little governmental regulation of social networking companies protecting those users. In the past two weeks, Facebook’s world had changed with... View Details
- 13 Sep 2010
- Research & Ideas
The Consumer Appeal of Underdog Branding
Snapple forged its initial popularity with underdog narratives and "got its juice back" by reintroducing stories about its quirky founders and its underdog spokesperson, Wendy. Nantucket Nectars' label portrays the story of the... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- October 2022 (Revised September 2024)
- Case
mPharma: Scaling Access to Affordable Primary Care in Africa
By: Regina E. Herzlinger and Ben Creo
mPharma hopes to scale up to create the largest pan-African healthcare company ever to provide much-needed primary care in retail pharmacies; a reliable, fairly priced supply of drugs; and micro-insurance for drugs. They must prioritize launching a telemedicine... View Details
Keywords: Africa; Pharmaceutical Companies; Pharmacy Benefit Manager; Health Care; Health Care And Treatment; Health Care Costs; Health Care Delivery; Health Care Entrepreneurship; Telehealth; Health Equity; Corporate Strategy; Social Entrepreneurship; Equity; Growth and Development Strategy; Expansion; Product Launch; Customer Value and Value Chain; Social Enterprise; Multinational Firms and Management; Pharmaceutical Industry; Health Industry; Africa
Herzlinger, Regina E., and Ben Creo. "mPharma: Scaling Access to Affordable Primary Care in Africa." Harvard Business School Case 323-033, October 2022. (Revised September 2024.)
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Tony He
wanted a career with strong social impact. However, I was unsure about which field or kind of work would suit my interests. At HBS, I took courses about emerging markets, worked with a professor to conduct research in development... View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit / Government
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Bold Idea Takes Off
when she won the Social Enterprise Pitch for Change business plan competition for Global Citizen Year (GCY), a nonprofit she envisioned to provide American teens with a “bridge year” between high school and... View Details
- 21 Feb 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: February 21
States, Neeley argues that an organization’s lingua franca is the catalyst by which all employees become some kind of “expat”(someone detached from their mother tongue or home culture). Through her unfettered access to the inner workings of Rakuten, she reveals three... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 07 May 2007
- Research & Ideas
Rediscovering Schumpeter: The Power of Capitalism
If capitalism was the most influential single economic and social force of the 20th century (and continuing today), there is no better guide to understanding its power and complexity than famed economist Joseph Schumpeter, says Harvard... View Details
- July 2023 (Revised February 2024)
- Case
Clair
By: Lauren Cohen, Grace Headinger and Marcos Quirno
Clair was founded with a simple mission: to expedite America’s workers access to their hard-earned wages. In the headwinds of the COVID-19 pandemic, the startup had successfully raised a seed round of $4.5 million, and within two years the earned wage access (EWA)... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Up on the Corner
series of breathtakingly capricious bureaucratic hurdles. The city initially fast-tracked the demolition of the two vacant buildings on the site because they were in imminent danger of collapsing, then reversed itself, then miscalculated... View Details
- February 2006 (Revised November 2012)
- Case
Corporate Responsibility & Community Engagement at the Tintaya Copper Mine (A)
By: V. Kasturi Rangan, Brooke Barton and Ezequiel Reficco
Located in the highlands of Peru, the Tintaya copper mine has long been a source of intense conflict between local community members and mine operators. The mine, which was owned and managed first by the Peruvian state and later by BHP Billiton, stands on 2,300... View Details
Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Multinational Firms and Management; Agreements and Arrangements; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Business and Community Relations; Non-Governmental Organizations; Conflict Management; Mining Industry; Australia; Peru
Rangan, V. Kasturi, Brooke Barton, and Ezequiel Reficco. "Corporate Responsibility & Community Engagement at the Tintaya Copper Mine (A)." Harvard Business School Case 506-023, February 2006. (Revised November 2012.)
- 12 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
It’s Time To Relaunch Your Remote Team
Office, But Slack Could (Vanity Fair) Read COVID-19 coverage from Working Knowledge Teams also need to be deliberate about how to stay connected with one another while working from home. New team norms can address feelings of isolation that may have arisen through... View Details
Keywords: by Tsedal Neeley
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Entrepreneur’s Rwandan Start-Up Gets HBS Support
SCHARPF: Seeking cost-effective raw materials in Rwanda. Elizabeth Scharpf (MBA ’07) is on a roll. Determined to put her MBA skills to work addressing socioeconomic and public health problems in developing nations, she has launched a View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Mission Possible
entrepreneurs are just as innovative and change-oriented as their business counterparts. Among academic institutions, HBS staked an early interest in the area by creating the Social Enterprise View Details
- 05 Jul 2016
- First Look
July 5, 2016
quantitative and evidence-based evaluation of enterprise performance and to financial valuation. The approach is generalizable to any modern industry and integrates existing well-known frameworks. The materials are consistent with what is... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne