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- 18 Jun 2020
- Research & Ideas
What Is an "Essential" Purchase for a Low-Income Family?
won a $200 gift card in a community raffle and decided to buy a $200 flat-screen television. Participants were divided into two groups: in one, Joe was described as lower-income, or in the bottom 25 percent of US households, while in the... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- Web
Student Research - Doctoral
$5B in Unrestricted Donations By: Jennifer Walsh 14 MAR 2025 | Faculty & Research Emotion Regulation Contagion Drives Reduction in Negative Intergroup Emotions By: Michael Pinus, Yajun Cao , Eran Halperin, Alin Coman, James J. Gross and Amit Goldenberg 06 FEB 2025 |... View Details
- October 2015
- Case
DRW Technologies
By: Stephen A. Greyser and William Ellet
Ed Claiborne is a newly hired corporate vice president of procurement for DRW Technologies, a company that produces advanced military systems with 21 plants in the United States. Claiborne was hired from another company from within the industry, and the news of his... View Details
Keywords: Announcements; Management Style; Organizational Structure; Leadership Style; Human Resources
Greyser, Stephen A., and William Ellet. "DRW Technologies." Harvard Business School Brief Case 916-535, October 2015.
- Web
Alumni Engagement | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
resources on governance. Sign Up For OnBoard Program Updates The Leadership Collaborative The Leadership Collaborative is designed to connect and support alumni deeply engaged in social impact as a career and who are currently working full time in the field. This View Details
- Web
Blog | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
stud... Transforming Waste into Value: SE Founder Hande Ilhan (MBA 2025) Hande Ilhan 15 Aug 2024 As part of the HBS Summer Fellows Program, the Social Enterprise Founder Forum is offered to stud... Investing for Community and Capital... View Details
- 22 Jun 2022
- Book
Four Elements for Finding the Right Career Path
interests?” and “What are the signature skills that I bring to any life situation?” The second element is Community. The root question for Community is: “What types of people and what organizational cultures will allow me to thrive and... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 16 May 2023
- In Practice
After Silicon Valley Bank's Flameout, What's Next for Entrepreneurs?
crisis. In addition to the operational learnings around banking and ensuring not all of their cash is in one vulnerable place, it was a big wake-up call for many founders in terms of how they do everything to keep their cool with employees, investors, customers, and... View Details
- 2012
- Chapter
Social Entrepreneurs, Socialization Processes, and Social Change: The Case of Sekem
By: Tomislav Rimac, Johanna Mair and Julie Battilana
How can application of a positive lens to understanding social change and organizations enrich and elaborate theory and practice? This is the core question that inspired this book. It is a question that brought together a diverse and talented group of researchers... View Details
Keywords: Social Entrepreneurship; Social Psychology; Social Issues; Organizations; Business and Community Relations
Rimac, Tomislav, Johanna Mair, and Julie Battilana. "Social Entrepreneurs, Socialization Processes, and Social Change: The Case of Sekem." In Using a Positive Lens to Explore Social Change and Organizations: Building a Theoretical and Research Foundation, edited by Karen Golden-Biddle and Jane E. Dutton. Organization and Management Series. New York: Routledge, 2012.
- 08 Dec 2023
- News
New Leadership Role and Structure
MESSAGE FROM ANGELA CRISPI AND DEAN SRIKANT DATAR To: HBS Faculty and Staff From: Angela Crispi and Srikant Datar Re: New Leadership Role and Structure We are delighted to announce that effective January 1, 2024, Jana Kierstead will become Executive Director, MBA and... View Details
- 22 Mar 2017
- HBS Seminar
Gerald C. Kane, Boston College
- 17 Jan 2020
- In Practice
6 Traits That Set Top Business Leaders Apart
clarify the complex "They can communicate very clearly and succinctly—usually with short words and short sentences—and even on complex issues. They've developed the skills necessary to really get to the heart of things." Joseph L.... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- May 8, 2020
- Article
Lead Your Team Into a Post-Pandemic World
By: Hubert Joly
The unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic has tested leaders, especially as it relates to how they lead their workers. As the crisis goes on, many that the author has spoken with have begun to frame it around three distinct phases: The Shelter-in-Place Phase, the Re-opening... View Details
Joly, Hubert. "Lead Your Team Into a Post-Pandemic World." Harvard Business Review Digital Articles (May 8, 2020).
- 18 Apr 2016
- Research & Ideas
The Cost of Leaning In
Stanford Economics Research Laboratory. In each experiment, students were divided into pairs, in which one participant played the role of a worker and the other played the role of a firm in charge of the worker’s wages. The pairs View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 16 Jul 2012
- Research & Ideas
Are You a Strategist?
think more actively about how they can be communicating upward. Learning to be a strategist doesn't happen overnight. It's like a muscle that you have to flex. Don't wait to see if you might someday get the chance to drive strategy. It's... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 13 Mar 2023
- Research & Ideas
What Would It Take to Unlock Microfinance's Full Potential?
microentrepreneurs. We found that the return on investment to a random entrepreneur in the community is about 8 percent per month, which is a big effect in terms of livelihood generation. But the people who were nominated by their View Details
- August 2011 (Revised April 2013)
- Case
Language and Globalization: 'Englishnization' at Rakuten (A)
By: Tsedal Neeley
Hiroshi Mikitani, the CEO of Rakuten, (Japan's largest online retailer), is at the helm of an organization that is rapidly expanding into global markets. In a critical stride toward becoming the world's No. 1 Internet services company, Mikitani announces... View Details
Keywords: Teaching; Human Capital; Change Management; Transformation; Social Enterprise; Communication Strategy; Internet and the Web; Disruptive Innovation; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Strategic Planning; Leadership; Global Strategy; Technology Industry; Retail Industry; Japan
Neeley, Tsedal. "Language and Globalization: 'Englishnization' at Rakuten (A)." Harvard Business School Case 412-002, August 2011. (Revised April 2013.)
- 16 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Breaking the Code of Change
making rich not only shareholders but numerous employees (including himself and many top managers he fired), whose stock obtained through options increased in value dramatically. The financial community applauded these efforts and saw the... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Beer & Nitin Nohria
- 05 Feb 2007
- Research & Ideas
Business and the Global Poor
important, companies must contend with a lack of formal institutions regarding the "rules of the game." This means that company success may rely on local leaders and community agents who have the social capital to bring people... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- Profile
Brice Fodouop
advance his communication skills and find a network that shared his interests in Africa. “I was looking for a program where I could voice my opinions in front of a group of people,” he says. “How do you present ideas? How do you persuade... View Details
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Plugged In
UPWARD, a nonpro t she founded in 2013 to cultivate strategic connections and develop company-based programs to advance executive women’s careers. What began as a gathering of 90 women in Lambert’s backyard is now a community of 22,000... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg