Provider Organizations - Publications - Faculty & Research

08 Oct 2010
What Do You Think?

Will Transparency in CEO Compensation Have Unintended Consequences?

Street reform. In addition to the disclosure of the annual compensation of the CEO, the bill requires organizations with publicly held stock to disclose the median total annual compensation of all employees and the ratio comparing these... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

01 Sep 2009
News

Heroines and Helping Hands

intervened, and soon Mukhtar was flown first-class to America by Glamour. With her new fame and relative fortune, Mukhtar once again invested in education: a school for boys; a herd of dairy cows to provide income for the school; a van... View Details

Keywords: Sheryl WuDunn; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations

04 Nov 2002
Research & Ideas

From Lone Star to Team Player

managers of companies is a quick poll to identify what sorts of collaborative obstacles they may face in their organization and then we provide them with customized feedback. View Details

Keywords: by Mallory Stark

13 Mar 2005
Research & Ideas

Reinforcing Values: A Public Dressing Down

always done. And when an organization has had a succession of leaders, resistance to change is even stronger. A legacy of disappointment and distrust creates an environment in which employees automatically condemn the next turnaround... View Details

Keywords: by David A. Garvin & Michael A. Roberto

14 Nov 2007
Research & Ideas

Growing CEOs from the Inside

Succession planning is hard work: It must be embraced by the organization and driven by the CEO. In the book, Bower identifies best practices companies can follow to identify, groom, and train internal candidates for the C-suite. We asked... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Employment

01 Dec 2009
News

NYC Club Hosts Nonprofit Summit

More than 275 leaders from New York City’s most influential social service organizations gathered on September 23 for the second annual Social Enterprise Summit, hosted by the HBS Club of Greater New York. The half-day event focused on... View Details

23 Dec 2002
Research & Ideas

Partnering and the Balanced Scorecard

successful only if everyone in the organization understands the strategy and helps to implement it. The Balanced Scorecard provides a simple, clear message about organizational strategy that all employees... View Details

Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan & David P. Norton

10 Nov 2011
HBS Case

HBS Cases: Making Lincoln Center Cool Again

the same numbers of two decades ago. Levy's genius, says Harvard Business School's Allen S. Grossman, was in not only recognizing the problem, but also bringing together resident organizations and board members to start solving it. “I... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard; Entertainment & Recreation

03 Jun 2015
What Do You Think?

Is the Time Right for Self-Management?

The more thoughtful of them provide a primer on applying the concept. Deborah Nixon's comment echoed several others when she said the idea has been around a long time in other forms, by other names. "The larger an View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Retail

27 Apr 2022
News

Following the Flow of Aid

support being rushed to some and others being ignored,” McKenna says. Indeed there have been reports of Africans and other minorities like Ukrainian Romani communities being turned away at the border. To address that, Mercy Corps has set up a partnership with a Polish... View Details

Keywords: Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance

11 Dec 2019
News

A Righteous Path

the New York–based nonprofit, which was founded five years ago to provide legal assistance to young refugees who arrive in the United States alone. Launched with a single full-time employee, the organization... View Details

Keywords: April White; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance

01 Jun 2001
News

Merrill Lynch's Stan O'Neal

and continuing to improve the quality of service provided. “We have a tremendously successful organization with a legacy of winning. The challenge is to continue to evolve and adapt to the new realities of the marketplace.” O’Neal cites... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young; Merrill Lynch; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations

24 Apr 2014
News

Supporting the local community that nurtured him

Franklin P. "Pitch" Johnson (MBA 1952) talks about providing support to local organizations in his hometown of Palo Alto, California. (Published April 2014) View Details

08 May 2020
In Practice

Nonprofits Hurt by COVID-19 Must Hoard Cash to Hold On

advice on how the social enterprise can restructure or redeploy its staff to be more effective. Preserving cash is the dominant issue. F. Warren McFarlan is the T.J. Dermot Dunphy Baker Foundation Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus. Euvin Naidoo: Help View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

22 Sep 2003
Research & Ideas

How Businesses Can Respond to AIDS

nations, but the diseases' effects and potential impact on businesses and organizations is only recently coming into stark relief, particularly in Africa and Asia. Approximately 38 million adults and children in Africa and Asia (including... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

01 Oct 2000
News

Q & A: Bain & Company's Thomas J. Tierney

practice designed to "bridge" the gap between the seemingly disparate worlds of corporate management consulting and nonprofit organizations worldwide. Tierney, who serves on the Board of Directors of the Associates at HBS, is also at work... View Details

Keywords: Peter K. Jacobs; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

21 Apr 2008
Research & Ideas

The New Math of Customer Relationships

been reminded of it in various ways. First, of course, there are those organizations known to us that use the ideas for a range of purposes, all the way from guiding their marketing and service efforts to View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

03 Mar 2010
What Do You Think?

To What Degree Does “Identity” Affect Economic Performance?

organization's culture affects its economic performance. The basic working hypotheses are that: (1) people put forth more effort and produce better results for organizations whose values they identify with, and (2) therefore, it's in the... View Details