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I have spent my career studying novel talent management practices and their effect on collaboration and performance. My core research focuses on two interrelated organizational trends that have become salient in the 21st century: workplace transparency (who gets to... View Details

10 Sep 2020
Research & Ideas

The COVID Two-Step for Leaders: Protect and Pivot

restrictions on the public will be lifted, how customers will behave in the aftermath, and how the once-familiar environments in which your company operated will have been impacted for the long-term, if not permanently. As a result, it is... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Katherine Connolly Baden

27 Oct 2002
Research & Ideas

Want a Happy Customer? Coordinate Sales and Marketing

Pricing, product customization, and service customization cannot be entrusted to either group alone. The impact on economics, the whole account base, and corporate strategy require an integrated approach. At the small account end, the... View Details

Keywords: by Benson Shapiro

06 Mar 2012
First Look

First Look: March 6

impact on the link between diversity and bottom-line performance. As expected, minorities' negative assessments of their team's learning environment precipitate a negative relationship between diversity and performance, irrespective of... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

July–August 2021
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Surfacing the Submerged State: Operational Transparency Increases Trust in and Engagement with Government

By: Ryan W. Buell, Ethan Porter and Michael I. Norton

Problem definition: As trust in government reaches historic lows, frustration with government performance approaches record highs. Academic/practical relevance: We propose that in co-productive settings like government services, peoples’ trust and... View Details

Keywords: Government Services; Behavioral Operations; Operational Transparency; Government Administration; Service Operations; Programs; Perception; Attitudes; Behavior; Trust

November, 2016
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Fixing Discrimination in Online Marketplaces

By: Ray Fisman and Michael Luca

Online marketplaces such as eBay, Uber, and Airbnb have the potential to reduce racial, gender, and other forms of bias that affect the off-line world. And in the early days of Internet commerce, the relative anonymity of transactions did make it harder for... View Details

Keywords: Prejudice and Bias; Digital Platforms; Internet and the Web; Race; Gender

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01 Jun 2009
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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

Keywords: Social Assistance; Social Assistance; Social Assistance; Social Assistance

01 Sep 2024
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Next Level

the most sense for him to take the career break. “When you look at the workforce dynamics and who was leaving the workforce after COVID, we agreed that the world—and our children—would benefit more from Sarah remaining versus another white male working in tech.” And... View Details

Keywords: Maggie Mertens; photos by Cameron Karsten; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Arts, Entertainment

24 Apr 2014
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Private capital, public good

Tracy Palandjian (AB 1993, MBA 1997) is spearheading the development of social impact bonds (SIBs), a financial innovation designed to tackle some of the world’s most... View Details

01 Feb 2001
News

The Third Force: Indispensable to Society, Nonprofits Should Redirect Oversight Efforts

unpopular social issues, enabling spirituality, redistributing wealth to the needy, supporting cultural activities, and effectively and efficiently providing long-term solutions for social needs. Government... View Details

Keywords: Health, Social Assistance

01 Dec 2015
News

Giving Advice

(courtesy of Susan Wolf Ditkoff) The philanthropy economy is booming. Last year, America’s charitable giving totaled $358.38 billion, equaling 2.1 percent of GDP—a number last attained in prerecession 2004. With that growth have come a number of new options, including... View Details

21 Oct 2013
News

Moving the Needle

Seegull coauthored a policy paper, funded by the Rockefeller Foundation and others, focused on engaging the federal government in impact investing to achieve social and environmental outcomes. "That opened... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance

01 Dec 2001
News

Reaching Out

plans to enter the private sector after graduation, but intends to continue his involvement in social enterprise. "Participating in the fellowship program," he says, "has convinced me that I can have an View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons and Julia Hanna; Health, Social Assistance

01 Mar 2007
News

The Plight of the Global Poor

ability to generate profit. There is no contradiction between social impact and good profitability; in fact, profitability is central to that social impact.” Eliminating, or... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; bottom of the pyramid (BOP); Social Assistance; Social Assistance; Social Assistance; Social Assistance

22 Apr 2020
Research Event

How Investors Are Sizing Up Climate Change’s Risks—and Opportunities

Until a few years ago, climate change’s potential impact seemed abstract for many investors. Now, as sea levels rise, hurricanes intensify, and droughts threaten food supplies, many investors are confronting its financial realities. But it’s not a simple calculation.... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Financial Services

01 Aug 2019
News

Investing for Good

arrangement to deliver social value and financial value. “The social impact bond allows government to transfer the risk of performance of... View Details

Keywords: Finance

16 Jan 2014
News

Learning from Helping Others

class and a Robert Coles-taught seminar called Moral and Social Inquiry. "We read literature and discussed what the characters had done and what decisions they had made. It allowed us to then think about our own lives and what kinds of... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken; Health, Social Assistance

22 Apr 2021
News

Leading for a Better World in Boston; Virtual Event Showcases Japan Fellowship

racial inequities, the murder of George Floyd, and the growing movement for justice and change with panelists from organizations on the front line. They included Omar Blayton, CFO of Sunwealth, a solar impact fund that invests in solar... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

23 Aug 2019
Sharpening Your Skills

Has the Corporate Mission Just Been Disrupted?

prioritize social benefits over shareholder reward. CEOs adding their signature to the pledge included Apple's Tim Cook, JPMorgan Chase's Jamie Dimon, Amazon's Jeff Bezos, IBM's Ginni Rometty, and GM's Mary Barra. Moving corporate View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Green Technology

10 Oct 2018
News

Building Paths to Success

influence.” That small act led to an epiphany for Traill, who set out on a mission to create venture philanthropy that could back social entrepreneurs with strategy and guidance to support young people. A year later, he founded View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

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