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Social Enterprise - Faculty & Research

institutional development influences the extent to which CSR communications are symbolically decoupled from substantive CSR activities. Our database includes all CSR reports issued by the approximately 1,600 publicly listed Chinese firms... View Details

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Online Business Strategy Courses | HBS Online

completely changed me today. I feel like a new person, with a new thought process, driven by purpose, committed to doing the right thing. Mayank Dubey Manager, Marketing Communications Sustainable Business Strategy What sets HBS Online... View Details

12 Mar 2019
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New Research and Ideas, March 12, 2019

link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55833 Managed Ecosystems and Translucent Institutional Logics: Engaging Communities By: Altman, Elizabeth J., Frank Nagle, and Michael Tushman Abstract—When organizations need input... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

09 Jan 2024
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Insights From Harvard Business School’s Peek Program

students to learn about the HBS community and student experience, and hear about MBA admissions and financial aid. We spoke with Yue Yu, a graduate of Connecticut College and a current master's student at Vanderbilt University, originally... View Details

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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

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26 Oct 2022
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How Paid Promos Take the Shine Off YouTube Stars (and Tips for Better Influencer Marketing)

influencer with a smaller, but loyal base. About 80 percent of consumers considered a purchase recommendation trustworthy if it came from an influencer with a small audience. “This is likely because smaller influencers form a smaller View Details

Keywords: by Kara Baskin; Technology; Media & Broadcasting

20 Feb 2020
Op-Ed

Love in the Office Is Wonderful. Except for CEOs.

XiXinXing A few days ago we celebrated Valentine’s day, a good time to reflect that love springs everywhere, even at work. After all, love in the workplace is inevitable; but be forewarned. It does not always turn out well. Is it surprising that when two people work at... View Details

Keywords: by Regina Herzlinger

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Women’s Leadership Summit - Alumni

With a network of 105 Clubs and Shared Interest Groups (SIGs) globally, engage with fellow alumni where you work and live or focused on important identity groups. These alumni-led groups provide a plethora of compelling programs and activities such as pro bono work... View Details

11 Jan 2022
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Feeling Seen: What to Say When Your Employees Are Not OK

Maybe it goes without saying that the past two years have been stressful for employees. But new research suggests managers should say it anyway. That’s because verbally acknowledging someone else’s feelings, especially negative ones, can help establish trust between... View Details

Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds

22 Aug 2005
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Restoring a Global Economy, 1950–1980

of the process of reducing trade barriers and a limitation on it. The European Economic Community (later known as the EC, and, from 1993, the European Union) was formed in 1957, and initially consisted of six Western European countries.... View Details

Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones

01 Jun 2023
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Elevator Pitch: Block by Block

Illustration by Drue Wagner Illustration by Drue Wagner Curtis Wong (MBA 2019) Founder and CEO, Cloud Apartments Concept: Cloud Apartments is a product company within the rental apartment space. Its flagship line of modular apartments, Cloud S, is built in factories... View Details

Keywords: entrepreneurship; construction; housing; design; Construction of Buildings; Construction

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Samrath Oberoi

communities – as some underserved countries and populations are desperate for innovation that is beyond their reach. I want to create sustainable medical technology that will enhance accessibility within such “white spaces” globally, and... View Details

21 Sep 2022
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You Don’t Have to Quit Your Job to Find More Meaning in Life

may be around what counts as impact,” De Freitas says, noting that managers need to communicate the organization’s higher mission so that they can clarify an employee’s role in achieving it. It doesn’t take much to live a life with more... View Details

Keywords: by Shalene Gupta

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Alumni - Global

connecting the alumni community and demonstrating how the School is addressing today’s challenges. Re: Saurabh Mittal (MBA 1999); Prashant Pundrik (PLDA 9); Jeff McNeill (MBA 1980); Wakana Tanaka (MBA 2003); Srikant M. Datar (George F.... View Details

May–June 2018
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The Surprising Power of Questions

By: Alison Wood Brooks and Leslie K. John

Much of an executive’s workday is spent asking others for information—requesting status updates from a team leader, for example, or questioning a counterpart in a tense negotiation. Yet unlike professionals such as litigators, journalists, and doctors, who are taught... View Details

Keywords: Interpersonal Communication; Communication Strategy; Information; Knowledge Sharing; Performance Effectiveness

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Career Re-Entry & Flexible Work - Alumni

hire from the high caliber pool of professionals returning to work after a career break. iRelaunch supports a community of over 110,000 professionals in all stages of returning to work after career breaks from one to over 20 years with a... View Details

05 Feb 2007
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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

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Nonprofit Board Service - Alumni

Careers Nonprofit Board Service Careers Nonprofit Board Service Nonprofit board service is an exceptional way for HBS alumni to meaningfully contribute to communities and issues that are meaningful. HBS Career & Professional Development... View Details

25 Jun 2020
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Harvard Business School Class of 2021 Student Profiles

Health Care Club, Co-President, PRIDE Club, Soccer Club, Tech Club, Management Consulting Club Christina Byrd “While working on cross-functional and strategic initiatives at Uber,” says Christina, “I realized how important it was to speak the language of any role in... View Details

01 Jun 2024
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Quantum Leap

“This is the first new kind of computer in 75 years,” says John Levy (MBA 1979), CEO of the quantum computing startup SEEQC. “And we’re building it on a chip!” Strolling through his company’s design and testing facility in Elmsford, New York, Levy looks less like a... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; photographed by Chris Sorensen; quantum computing; innovation; leadership; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing

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