Social Change - Publications - Faculty & Research

2000
Chapter

Environmental Destruction: Individual, Organizational, and Institutional Explanations

By: M. H. Bazerman and A. J. Hoffman

Keywords: Situation or Environment; Organizational Design; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Behavior

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June 2000 (Revised December 2001)
Case

Performance Pay at Safelite Auto Glass (B)

By: Brian J. Hall, Edward Lazear and Carleen Madigan

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Motivation and Incentives; Performance Productivity; Change; Compensation and Benefits; Service Industry; Auto Industry

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16 Dec 2019
News

Breaking Up the All-Male Boardroom

29 Jul 2024
News

Leading the Way

to do something similar for as many people as I can, because there’s so much talent that you can unlock when you start to believe in people. They go in all these wonderful directions and it changes their lives. I just want to spread that... View Details

08 Oct 2014
Research & Ideas

Who Is the Chief Sustainability Officer?

leading the change is managing the complexity " Serafeim agrees that companies need to constantly rethink and revise their sustainability strategies. "Sustainability is not something that's static," Serafeim says. "It... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Manufacturing

20 Mar 2018
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, March 20, 2018

that online prices have longer durations, with fewer price changes close to zero, and hazard functions that initially increase over time. I show that time-averaging and imputed prices in scanner and CPI data can fully explain the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

12 Sep 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 12, 2017

for work, entertainment, and shopping. As hubs proliferate and expand their reach, the danger is that they will exacerbate economic inequality and threaten social stability. It is thus incumbent on all stakeholders—traditional companies,... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

30 Aug 2016
First Look

August 30, 2016

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51552 forthcoming Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization Competition and Social Identity in the Workplace: Evidence from a Chinese Textile Firm By: Kato, Takao, and Pian Shu... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

01 Mar 2025
News

Work of Art

people may look at NXTHVN and assume it’s “another art residency in an old building, in a bad neighborhood with cheap rent.” That’s not a new story, Price says. Instead, NXTHVN is an impact model that begins with the arts and invites others in: “The thesis is that we... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; photos by Chris Sorensen; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

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2013 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

Game: Ultimate Truth or Enduring Myth? Negotiation is a Man’s Game: Ultimate Truth or Enduring Myth? Organizational Change William Bielby Speaks at the 2013 Gender & Work Symposium Interventions That Work: Alternative Paths to Minimizing... View Details

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Business at the Base of the Pyramid - Course Catalog

markets. But why do some businesses at the base of the pyramid succeed while others fail? The course examines the opportunities and the challenges of the base of the pyramid markets and seeks to identify the key factors behind commercial success and failure. How is... View Details

01 Jun 2002
News

New Fellowship Program Encourages Young MBAs to Work for Nonprofits

the private sector. The one- or two-year postgraduate fellowships are indicative of the “growing desire on the part of our students to be involved in the public and social sectors,” said Professor W. Carl Kester, senior associate dean and... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

27 Aug 2019
News

A Shot at Success

struggling in their careers, working minimum-wage jobs, or unemployed. “It was shocking,” she recalls. “These were the most disciplined, coachable, resilient people I knew, but they had not gotten the education and support they needed to use sports as a lever to View Details

Keywords: April White

22 Feb 2019
News

Empowering a New Generation of Business Leaders

programming partnerships. As a result, Telemundo has become one of the top networks in social engagement in the industry. “Conde talked about the challenges of understanding the changing preferences of young... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Arts, Entertainment

01 Jun 2003
News

John Read

safety. When traveling the country making site visits, often by bus or train to save money, Read enjoys hearing the stories of challenge and change — of “transformation,” as he calls it — from Outward Bound alumni. Tell us about your... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young; Outward Bound; Arts, Sports, Language, Driving, and Other Schools; Educational Services

18 Jul 2018
Research & Ideas

No More General Tso's? A Threat to 'Knowledge Recombination'

South Africa in the late 19th century, they brought with them accounting practices such as “double-entry” bookkeeping, which changed the country’s financial system. More recently, hundreds of Soviet mathematicians came to the United... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health; Food & Beverage; Accounting

03 Jun 2019
Blog Post

9 Lessons from the Class of 2019

Segneri (MBA 2010), Director of the HBS Social Enterprise Initiative “My goal is to become a leader in global development, where I can inspire future generations to make a positive difference, and enable the vulnerable to lead happier... View Details

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Bibliography - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

Clubs Faculty & Research Business & Environment Business History Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning Entrepreneurship Faculty & Research Global Healthcare HBS Working Knowledge Institute for Strategy & Competitiveness Leadership Networked Business Research... View Details

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Financing New Ideas - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School