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  • 2010
  • Working Paper

Prosocial Spending and Well-Being: Cross-Cultural Evidence for a Psychological Universal

By: Lara B. Aknin, Christopher P. Barrington-Leigh, Elizabeth W. Dunn, John F. Helliwell, Robert Biswas-Diener, Imelda Kemeza, Paul Nyende, Claire Ashton-James and Michael I. Norton
This research provides the first support for a possible psychological universal: human beings around the world derive emotional benefits from using their financial resources to help others (prosocial spending). Analyzing survey data from 136 countries, we show that... View Details
Keywords: Spending; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Happiness; Motivation and Incentives; Welfare; Uganda; Canada
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  • March 2006 (Revised November 2007)
  • Case

Manchester Bidwell Corporation (A)

By: James L. Heskett
The head of Manchester Bidwell Corp. ponders what it will take to replicate its social services in 100 cities across North America and internationally--an effort that ultimately would cost several hundred million dollars. View Details
Keywords: Cost vs Benefits; Social Entrepreneurship; Leadership Style; Growth Management; Welfare; North and Central America
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  • December 1998 (Revised May 1999)
  • Exercise

Negotiating Peace Accords in Bellicoso for the Head of the Opposition Political Party (OPP): General Instructions and Confidential Information

Bellicoso is a multi-party conflict resolution simulation based loosely on the bitter civil war in El Salvador. It is designed to explore issues in: 1) the management of interactions between external negotiations between sides and internal negotiations within them, 2)... View Details
Keywords: War; Negotiation Tactics; Negotiation Participants; Government and Politics; Conflict and Resolution; El Salvador
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  • December 1998 (Revised May 1999)
  • Exercise

Negotiating Peace Accords in Bellicoso for the Director of the National Landowners Association (NLU): General Instructions and Confidential Information

Bellicoso is a multi-party conflict resolution simulation based loosely on the bitter civil war in El Salvador. It is designed to explore issues in: 1) the management of interactions between external negotiations between sides and internal negotiations within them, 2)... View Details
Keywords: War; Negotiation Tactics; Negotiation Participants; Government and Politics; Conflict and Resolution; El Salvador
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  • 06 Sep 2016
  • News

Connecting Past and Present

Family health was the impetus for Stanley Diamond (MBA 1958), founder of one of the world’s largest genealogy resources. “My family carries the beta thalassemia genetic trait,” a blood disorder. When my nephew was diagnosed, and we then learned that I and all of my... View Details
  • 24 Apr 2014
  • News

Being a good corporate citizen by supporting arts and schools in New York City

Andrew Tisch (MBA 1977), cochairman of Loews Corporation, views his role as a good corporate citizen as supporting cultural and education organizations throughout New York City. (Published April 2014) View Details
  • Web

VBHCD Initiative - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

distribute the costs of ancillary, indirect, and support departments, including Radiology and Billing. VBHCD Project Sites The VBHCD model is being implemented around the globe. VBHCD project sites include: American Society of... View Details
  • 01 Sep 2020
  • News

Reinvigorating Democracy: A Vote for Change

direction. MORE STORIES ABOUT IMPACT: Making Democracy Work Navigating the Populism Phenomenon Building a Strong and Prosperous Society Maintaining a Resilient Democracy View Details
Keywords: Young, Susan
  • 31 Jan 2019
  • News

A Global Mission

the Soviet Union. “I negotiated that when there were still tanks around the Lithuanian parliament,” he recalls. “The university’s mission is to promote democracy and civil society in a challenging part of the world,” he says. “LCC is a... View Details
Keywords: April White; human rights
  • 01 Jun 2014
  • News

Roads to Recovery

lights in working order? Maybe not. The state of the nation's highways, bridges, airports, dams, seaports, and tunnels collectively rate a grade of D+, says the American Society of Civil Engineers, which has called for a $3.6 trillion... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons; Transportation; Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction; Construction; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Government
  • 31 May 2011
  • First Look

First Look: May 31

Abstract Theories of the firm have been dominated by a legacy of ideas from early industrialization that pose zero-sum opposition between capital and labor (or capital and nearly everything else), differentiating the economy from society... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 24 Sep 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Why the Internet Doesn’t Change Everything

other pioneers have gleefully declared the death of the state. What their stories show us, though, is that while technology can gravely wound governments, it rarely kills them. Instead, governments survive because, ironically, both View Details
Keywords: by Debora L. Spar
  • 29 Aug 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 29

defining societal issue of the 21st century. The debate over “who gets what’ underlies policy debates ranging from taxation to health care to wages and permeates society at all levels, attracting increasing interest from policymakers,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Mar 2014
  • News

Faculty and Alumni Books for March 2014

and interviews with 91 American media members, this book discusses journalistic values in the digital age, taking a hard look at the ethical challenges of the job while offering hope for the ways journalism can make a difference in View Details
  • 02 Jul 2019
  • Blog Post

Summer Listening - HBS Podcasts to Take to the Beach

to making better predictions. As a component of a vast array of activities, enhanced prediction will have ripple effects throughout the economy. What new functions and business models will it create? What difficult questions will it force View Details
  • 01 Sep 2018
  • News

Turning Point: Power Outlet

provides information and support to moms and sons and promotes positive images of black males. MOBB United for Social Change aims to influence policy at the local, state, and federal levels to impact how black boys and men are treated and perceived by law enforcement... View Details
  • 01 Apr 1996
  • News

Wake-Up Call: Farewell to the American Dream?

trillion in lost wealth that our society would otherwise have benefited from if only productivity had kept to its historic pre-1973 average. We're still more productive and, indeed, wealthier than other countries. The problem is that, as... View Details
  • Web

Preview the Harvard Business School Online Learning Experience

characterizes a successful entrepreneur and the skills you need to thrive. Download for Free Business in Society E-Book Define your purpose, make the case for corporate social responsibility, further your education, and help enact change... View Details
  • 15 Jan 2015
  • News

Asia Alumni Connect Around a ‘Vision’ for the New HBS

1992). In Mumbai and at each of the subsequent Asia events, two inspiring new films – My HBS and The Case for the Future – highlighted the impact of the School and its faculty and alumni on the major challenges facing business and society... View Details
  • 19 Dec 2014
  • News

Atlanta Alumni Connect Around a 'Vision' for the New HBS

Lysinger (MBA 2013). Two inspiring new films – My HBS and The Case for the Future – highlighted the impact of the School and its faculty and alumni on the major challenges facing business and society today. “When you look at what Harvard... View Details