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Marketing and Seduction: Building Exchange Relationships by Managing Social Consensus
By: John A. Deighton and Kent Grayson
Deighton, John A., and Kent Grayson. "Marketing and Seduction: Building Exchange Relationships by Managing Social Consensus." Journal of Consumer Research 21, no. 4 (March 1995).
- November 19, 2019
- Article
The Unexpected Benefits of Pursuing a Passion Outside of Work
By: Jon M. Jachimowicz, Joyce He and Julian Arango
We are often told to pursue work we’re passionate about. But, for many people, this simply isn’t feasible. Not every job affords the possibility of doing what you love. And people care deeply about many different things—not all of which will be how they want to earn a... View Details
Jachimowicz, Jon M., Joyce He, and Julian Arango. "The Unexpected Benefits of Pursuing a Passion Outside of Work." Harvard Business Review (website) (November 19, 2019).
- 2016
- Chapter
Wrong Paths to Right: Defining Morality With or Without a Clear Red Line
By: Ryann Elizabeth Manning and Michel Anteby
The extensive literature on organizational wrongdoing tends to assume that a clear red line divides the moral terrain. However, many organizations function not as moral orders, but as moral pursuits in which there is intentionally no explicit definition of right and... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Behavior; Organizational Theory; Sociology Of Ethics And Morality; Morality; Organizational Culture; Culture; Ethics; Africa; North and Central America
Manning, Ryann Elizabeth, and Michel Anteby. "Wrong Paths to Right: Defining Morality With or Without a Clear Red Line." In Organizational Wrongdoing: Key Perspectives and New Directions, edited by Donald Palmer, Kristen Smith-Crowe, and Royston Greenwood, 47–71. Cambridge Companions to Management. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2016.
- June 2014 (Revised April 2015)
- Background Note
Affordable Housing and Low-Income Housing Tax Credits in the United States
By: Arthur I Segel and Nicolas P. Retsinas
This background note explores the basic themes surrounding the government's approach to providing housing: namely its shift from a supplier and builder of affordable housing to an approach that focuses on demand-side solutions and indirect subsidies to private... View Details
Segel, Arthur I., and Nicolas P. Retsinas. "Affordable Housing and Low-Income Housing Tax Credits in the United States." Harvard Business School Background Note 214-107, June 2014. (Revised April 2015.)
- 2009
- Article
Big Five Personality Factors, Hardiness, and Social Judgment as Predictors of Leader Performance
By: Scott Snook, Paul T. Bartone, Jarie Eid, Bjorn Helge Johnsen and Jon Christian Laberg
Snook, Scott, Paul T. Bartone, Jarie Eid, Bjorn Helge Johnsen, and Jon Christian Laberg. "Big Five Personality Factors, Hardiness, and Social Judgment as Predictors of Leader Performance." Leadership & Organization Development Journal 30, no. 6 (2009): 498–521. (Winner of Emerald Literati Network Outstanding Paper Award presented by Emerald Group Publishing.)
- February 2002 (Revised July 2004)
- Case
Note on Deregulation and Social Obligations: Universal Services, Access Pricing and Competitive Dynamics in U.S. Telecommunications
Can deregulation and the unleashing of competitive forces be combined with continued social obligations such as a duty to serve? This note uses the experience of U.S. telecommunications to illustrate the existence and influence of social obligations. Recognizing these... View Details
Dyck, Alexander, and Indra Reinbergs. "Note on Deregulation and Social Obligations: Universal Services, Access Pricing and Competitive Dynamics in U.S. Telecommunications." Harvard Business School Case 702-038, February 2002. (Revised July 2004.)
- August 2, 2005
- Article
Medicine for Medicaid
By: R. E. Herzlinger
Herzlinger, R. E. "Medicine for Medicaid." Wall Street Journal (August 2, 2005), A10.
- 01 Sep 1974
- Conference Presentation
Coupling, Parenting, and the Presence of Others: Intimate Relationships in Communal Households
By: R. M. Kanter, D. K. Weisberg and D. T. Jaffe
Kanter, R. M., D. K. Weisberg, and D. T. Jaffe. "Coupling, Parenting, and the Presence of Others: Intimate Relationships in Communal Households." Paper presented at the Society for the Study of Social Problems Annual Meeting, Montreal, September 01, 1974. (Also presented at the 1974 meetings of the American Psychological Association, New Orleans, pp. 433-52 (with D.K. Weisberg and D.T. Jaffe). Reprinted in Family Relationships, edited G.K. Phelen. Minneapolis: Burgess, 1978.)
- 31 Jan 2014
- News
Bloomberg Named UN Envoy for Cities, Climate Change
- 01 Apr 2019
- What Do You Think?
Does Our Bias Against Federal Deficits Need Rethinking?
scanrail SUMMING UP: Is Modern Monetary Theory a Fancy Term for Today’s Reality? Modern monetary theory (MMT) is “silly thinking” (Andy), “a totally unproven theory” (Alex), a “free lunch” (John), and “questionable economics for certain” (Tat88). Or, it’s a recognition... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 16 May 2018
- Research & Ideas
How Companies Managed Risk (and Even Benefitted) in World War Internment Camps
An internment camp for German citizens in England. Chronicle/Alamy Stock Photo Global enterprises that do business in emerging economies face significant political risks—in extreme cases, imprisonment of their civilian employees during wartime. Harvard-Newcomen Fellow... View Details
- 11 Oct 2024
- Research & Ideas
How AI Could Ease the Refugee Crisis and Bring New Talent to Businesses
The world’s refugee population has exploded over the last decade, straining the resources of international resettlement agencies as staff struggle to keep up with manually matching millions of refugees and asylum seekers to host countries. Artificial intelligence and... View Details
- March–April 2024
- Article
How Companies Should Weigh in on a Controversy: A Better Approach to Stakeholder Management
By: David M. Bersoff, Sandra J. Sucher and Peter Tufano
Executives need guidance about managing their organizations’ engagement with societal issues—including hot-button topics such as gender, climate, and racial discrimination. Success in this realm does not mean avoiding public controversy or achieving unanimous support... View Details
Keywords: Values and Beliefs; Social Issues; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Judgments; Management Practices and Processes
Bersoff, David M., Sandra J. Sucher, and Peter Tufano. "How Companies Should Weigh in on a Controversy: A Better Approach to Stakeholder Management." Harvard Business Review 102, no. 2 (March–April 2024): 108–119.
- 2020
- Working Paper
Updating the Balanced Scorecard for Triple Bottom Line Strategies
By: Robert S. Kaplan and David McMillan
Many companies are now attempting to achieve triple bottom line performance on financial, environmental, and societal metrics. Successful strategies for such performance, however, generally require new relationships among multiple players in multiple sectors across a... View Details
Keywords: Balanced Scorecard; Adaptation; Environmental Sustainability; Social Issues; Performance; Strategy
Kaplan, Robert S., and David McMillan. "Updating the Balanced Scorecard for Triple Bottom Line Strategies." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 21-028, August 2020.
- 2015
- Case
Advanced Leadership Pathways: Howard Fischer, Eric Jacobsen, and Gratitude Railroad's Impact Investing
By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Daniel Lennox-Choate
In 2013, Howard Fischer (hedge fund founder) and Eric Jacobsen (serial entrepreneur and private equity investor) established Gratitude Railroad as a community of impact investors in nine different "tracks." Each track represented a different concept for using... View Details
Keywords: Impact Investing; Environmental And Social Sustainability; Social Change; Sustainable Business And Innovation; Investment; Social Issues; Environmental Sustainability; Venture Capital; Business Startups; Entrepreneurship; Leadership; United States
Kanter, Rosabeth M., and Daniel Lennox-Choate. "Advanced Leadership Pathways: Howard Fischer, Eric Jacobsen, and Gratitude Railroad's Impact Investing." Harvard Business Publishing Case 316-047, 2015.
- 2012
- Working Paper
An Exploration of Luxury Hotels in Tanzania
By: Diego A. Comin
Tourism is a tradable service activity that could allow some African countries to generate significant growth. Tanzania, given its unique natural assets, is an ideal candidate. However, despite being so richly endowed in touristic resources, Tanzania receives very few... View Details
Keywords: Natural Environment; Business Ventures; Luxury; Revenue; Price; Developing Countries and Economies; Accommodations Industry; Tourism Industry; Tanzania
Comin, Diego A. "An Exploration of Luxury Hotels in Tanzania." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 17902, March 2012.
- 2006
- Chapter
My Policies or Yours: Do OECD Agricultural Policies Affect Poverty in Developing Countries?
By: Nava Ashraf, Margaret McMillan and Alix Peterson-Zwane
Keywords: Agribusiness; Policy; Government and Politics; Developing Countries and Economies; Trade; Poverty; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry
Ashraf, Nava, Margaret McMillan, and Alix Peterson-Zwane. "My Policies or Yours: Do OECD Agricultural Policies Affect Poverty in Developing Countries?" In Globalization and Poverty, edited by Ann Harrison. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2006. (Read the New York Times article citing this paper .)
- 24 Aug 2010
- News
Bringing Art Into Kenya's Schools
- 09 Sep 2011
- News
Ten Years Ago: HBS and 9/11
As the world recalls the events of 9/11 this week, we are reminded of two articles from the Bulletin that offered contemporaneous accounts of that historic moment. Read how the School reacted to the tragedy and memorialized members of the HBS community who died on... View Details
- 17 Oct 2019
- Working Paper Summaries