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  • January 2020
  • Case

Terra Nova: A Social Business Trying to Unlock Land Rights for the Urban Poor in Brazil

By: Julie Battilana, Ruth Costas, Marissa Kimsey and Priscilla Zogbi
Brothers André and Daniel Albuquerque founded the company Terra Nova in 2001 to mediate land disputes between poor families illegally living in urban areas and the official landowners—with the aspiration to improve the lives of the poor. A business-led approach to the... View Details
Keywords: Mission and Purpose; Social Enterprise; Entrepreneurship; Negotiation; Power and Influence; Social Issues; Conflict and Resolution; Business and Government Relations; Infrastructure; Urban Development; Real Estate Industry; Brazil; Latin America
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  • 01 Mar 2003
  • News

Post-Soviet Purpose

of Slavic Studies. The book describes how national identities influence the world economy and explains patterns of economic disintegration and reintegration among Russia and the other fourteen states that composed the Soviet Union View Details
Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information
  • 01 Mar 2012
  • News

Competitiveness at Risk

addressing many of the complex issues related to business and the economy. One of Dean Nohria’s core aspirations is for the School to step up and be more engaged in policy and influencing behavior in the business community. This project... View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson; Educational Support Services; Educational Services
  • Profile

Carolin Oldenbuettel

worked on a project to optimize the target costing management system, aligning new car models to feasible costs,” she says. “What I like about the auto industry is that they’re more and more influenced by tech—self-driving cars, for... View Details
Keywords: Consulting
  • Web

Introduction - The Worker - The Human Factor – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

worker behavior at the Western Electric Hawthorne Plant in the mid 1920s, that recognition and a sense of belonging played a critical role in influencing employees’ productivity and morale. The images students could study in the... View Details
  • 22 Jul 2024
  • News

Viral Marketing’s Early Muse

Illustration by John Weber In 2008, Canadian musician Dave Carroll saw United Airlines employees manhandling his $3,500 Taylor guitar on the tarmac in Chicago. When he arrived at his destination, the guitar was in pieces. Carroll contacted United customer service... View Details
  • Profile

Jason Sanders

to extend our influence beyond individual departments to improve the overall delivery of care at the institutional and even regional levels." For Jason, that meant complementing his MD with an MBA at Harvard Business School, and... View Details
  • April–May 2012
  • Article

Resources or Power? Implications of Social Networks on Compensation and Firm Performance

By: Joanne Horton, Yuval Millo and George Serafeim
Using a sample of 4,278 listed UK firms, we construct a social network of directorship-interlocks that comprises 31,495 directors. We use social capital theory and techniques developed in social network analysis to measure a director's connectedness and investigate... View Details
Keywords: Power and Influence; Social and Collaborative Networks; Compensation and Benefits; Performance; Relationships; Resource Allocation; United Kingdom
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  • January – February 2012
  • Article

How Managers Use Multiple Media: Discrepant Events, Power, and Timing in Redundant Communication

By: Paul Leonardi, Tsedal Neeley and Elizabeth M. Gerber
Several recent studies have found that managers engage in redundant communication; that is, they send the same message to the same recipient through two or more unique media sequentially. Given how busy most managers are, and how much information their subordinates... View Details
Keywords: Communication; Media; Information; Groups and Teams; Projects; Management Style; Power and Influence; Motivation and Incentives; Technology
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  • November 2007 (Revised July 2009)
  • Case

Differences at Work: Martin (A)

By: Sandra J. Sucher and Rachel Gordon
Martin, a gay man who was not out at his Italian firm, witnesses his division manager deliver a homophobic comment to his boss. He wonders what he should do. View Details
Keywords: Prejudice and Bias; Behavior; Managerial Roles; Ethics; Gender; Diversity; Power and Influence
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  • June 2025
  • Teaching Note

The Miccosukee Tribe and the Battle to Save the Everglades (B): The Art of Coalition Building

By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Jacob A. Small
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 325-132. Curtis Osceola, Chief of Staff to the Chairman of the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida, exercised leadership to mobilize allies, deal with opposition, and forge internal and external multi-sector coalitions to help preserve... View Details
Keywords: Communication Strategy; Environmental Sustainability; Leadership; Projects; Alliances; Natural Environment; Power and Influence; Florida; Everglades National Park
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  • May 2018
  • Teaching Note

Maggie Wilderotter: Evolution of an Executive

By: Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams
Teaching Note for HBS No. 417-091. View Details
Keywords: Personal Development and Career; Personal Characteristics; Leadership Style; Networks; Gender; Power and Influence; Telecommunications Industry; United States
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  • 28 Feb 2014
  • News

Celebrating the Back-up Singers of the Business World

  • Mar 2012
  • Article

Shattering the Myths About U.S. Trade Policy

nontariff barriers, often arousing their ire. Few could dispute that logic when, from 1980 to 2000, the world’s biggest economy grew just as rapidly as did all other nations on average. However, the skeptics about free trade have been gaining View Details
  • Student-Profile

Professor Lumumba Seegars

Lumumba Seegars, assistant professor of business administration in the Organizational Behavior Unit, discusses his work studying intergroup inequalities within organizations, how this research helps us understand why even those with great intentions often get stuck,... View Details
  • 24 Mar 2014
  • Research & Ideas

The Surprising Link Between Language and Corporate Responsibility

We've heard that Eskimos have 100 words for snow—a common way of expressing how language affects the way we see the world. Whether or not that particular example is true, cultural linguists have long theorized that the words a particular group of people have at their... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 25 Apr 2019
  • Research & Ideas

Incubators Take Notice: Your Entrepreneurs Are Networking with the Wrong People

Past research suggests that nearby peers are more likely to influence performance than those far away, which explains why scientists work side-by-side at lab benches. But can entrepreneurs expect the same benefit at the networking... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
  • 13 Aug 2007
  • Research & Ideas

The Dark Side of Trust

boosted interest significantly. We asked Oberholzer-Gee to discuss the research and the lessons for managers. Sean Silverthorne: What interested you in doing research in this area? Felix Oberholzer-Gee: In much of my research, I am concerned with "factors beyond... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Service

    Christopher J. Perry

    city, popular for its editorial nature and active coverage of community news. Perry also used the paper as a vehicle for social change, using his influence to push for better services in the community. By 1930, the paper had boasted a... View Details
    Keywords: Publishing & Print Media
    • 01 Jun 2010
    • News

    Gordon Donaldson Remembered

    An expert in corporate financial management, HBS professor emeritus Gordon Donaldson (DCS ’56), a faculty member from 1955 to 1993, died on February 12. He was 87. Donaldson, a native of Canada, taught in the MBA, Executive Education, and Doctoral programs and had... View Details