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- 20 Apr 2020
- Book
Why COVID-19 Raises the Stakes for Healthy Buildings
Will you ever again step onto a crowded elevator without hesitation? Reach for a doorknob without concern (or gloves)? Easing social distancing restrictions might reopen businesses, but as long as memories of COVID-19 lockdowns are still... View Details
- 07 Dec 2016
- HBS Case
Why Millennials Flock to Fintech for Personal Investing
down leads and making personal visits with potential clients. They also spend considerable resources in traditional marketing, especially the large firms. Those setup costs must be recovered over time through fees. Wealthfront keeps those costs low by finding clients... View Details
- 26 Feb 2013
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 26
award program decreased plant productivity by 1.4%, and that positive effects from awards are accompanied by more complex employee responses that limit program effectiveness. Download the paper: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2215922 Do Display... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
March 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books
depth of knowledge and insight that will prove invaluable for trustees, donors, and others related to and responsible for the success of social enterprise. Social enterprise... View Details
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Talia Gillis
to employees without legal representation, highlighted how difficulties in calculating social benefits, severance packages or assessing settlement offers created significant barriers for employees, rendering many legal protections futile.... View Details
- 29 Sep 2022
- News
Securing a Resilient Future for Senegal
countries closed their borders. Diagne’s first task was to work closely with the ministry’s leadership team in crafting an economic response to the pandemic. Worldwide, crisis management involved very similar challenges—layoffs and... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 29 Jan 2019
- News
Gloria Steinem and Diane Paulus Take Center Stage
over 1.5 million Nigerians. Moses Babatope, and Kene Okwuosa, co-founders of Filmhouse and FilmOne, received the HBSAN Leadership Award for Entrepreneurship. Filmhouse is the largest cinema chain in West Africa. FilmOne is the fastest-growing studio-styled organization... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- March 2018
- Teaching Note
Making Target the Target: Boycotts and Corporate Political Activity (A) and (B)
By: Nien-hê Hsieh and Victor Wu
Through the challenges facing Target, the case examines the ways in which corporations can become involved in political and legislative debates and processes, ranging from campaign contributions to lobbying. In 2016, Target CEO Brian Cornell must determine how to... View Details
Keywords: Public Opinion; Social Issues; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Mission and Purpose; Problems and Challenges; Laws and Statutes; Rights; Crisis Management; Risk Management; Media; Political Elections; Taxation; Corporate Accountability; Values and Beliefs; Fairness; Diversity; Customers; Communication; Business and Government Relations; Retail Industry; United States
- 23 Sep 2014
- First Look
First Look: September 23
Publications September 2014 Research in Organizational Behavior The Governance of Social Enterprises: Mission Drift and Accountability Challenges in Hybrid Organizations By: Ebrahim, Alnoor, Julie Battilana, and Johanna Mair Abstract—We... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Dec 2014
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First Look: December 23
Internal Problems By: Sebenius, James K. Abstract—Many negotiators have constituencies that must formally or informally approve an agreement. Traditionally, it is the responsibility of each negotiator to manage the internal conflicts and... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 21 Jul 2009
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First Look: July 21
practitioners. Researchers have built upon the work in behavioral decision theory, examining the ways in which negotiators may deviate from rationality. The 1990s brought a renewed interest in social factors, as work on View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 16 Jul 2014
- HBS Case
Marketing Obamacare
variety of ways to reach each group, including billboards, print advertisements, radio, TV, online, and social media, tailoring the message to the medium. For the "cautious optimist" group, which included a number of Latinos,... View Details
- 17 Feb 2022
- Blog Post
The Fifth Year of Short Intensive Programs (SIPs) at HBS
The SIP format provided a powerful forum for discussion and debate with many leaders in higher education. It also provided me with enormous personal and professional clarity.” The course culminated with individual and team presentations of students’ final View Details
- 29 Jan 2019
- Research & Ideas
'Green Bonds' May Be Our Best Bet for Environmental Damage Control
of Business Administration at HBS. “In the process, they jump-start investing in areas that might be important for the environment.” They examine the phenomenon in a new paper for the National Bureau of Economic Research, Financing the View Details
- 23 Apr 2020
- Research & Ideas
This Crisis Loan Program Preserved Jobs—and Made Money
2015, it actually made theoretical gains from avoiding payment of unemployment benefits and by collecting tax and social security payments from the workers who would otherwise have been unemployed. “To be fair, unemployment insurance is... View Details
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MBA Program at Harvard Business School: 1963 - 1970 | Baker Library
School faculty voted for women to be directly admitted to the first year of the full MBA program. Dean Teele had argued, "that the young woman with an MBA will be given more responsibility and more pay than our Harvard-Radcliffe Program... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Is Market Capitalism Headed for Trouble?
inability of democratically elected governments to deal with some of capitalism’s fallout, particularly inequality and migration as its consequence. They see their cities, as in France, becoming battlegrounds. The very people they need for the workforce don’t feel... View Details
- 01 Jan 2005
- News
Rahul Bajaj, MBA 1964
desired by the customer has been an important source of confidence for the future. What has also remained constant throughout Bajaj's forty years at BAL has been the company's commitment to corporate social responsibility. Through... View Details
- 20 Nov 2012
- First Look
First Look: November 20
modified Walmart's human resource practices by offering better benefits and wages to associates in response to growing social pressure. Overall, our analysis suggests that the effectiveness of a particular... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Sep 2024
- HBS Case
If a Car Can Drive Itself, Can It Make Life-or-Death Decisions?
the people who do occasionally die or get injured, they definitely know—or their state does.” While not all AI ethics debates carry stakes as high as those related to AVs, many raise important social questions. In the world of content,... View Details