Scaling Social Impact - Publications - Faculty & Research

25 Nov 2014
First Look

First Look: November 25

services. A key tradeoff emerges between the need to motivate observable effort by professionals (best achieved by a MSP) and the need to coordinate decisions that generate spillovers across professionals (best achieved by a vertical integrated firm). We show how this... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

Profile

Tony He

wanted a career with strong social impact. However, I was unsure about which field or kind of work would suit my interests. At HBS, I took courses about emerging markets, worked with a professor to conduct research in development... View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit / Government

05 Oct 2009
Research & Ideas

The Vanguard Corporation

title is SuperCorp: How Vanguard Companies Create Innovation, Profits, Growth and Social Good (Crown Business). Sean Silverthorne: What is a vanguard company? Rosabeth Moss Kanter: Vanguard means ahead of the pack, the leaders, the ones... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

01 Feb 2000
News

Short Takes

these relationships began to cross the line from traditional philanthropy to more strategic and mutually beneficial alliances, HBS professor James E. Austin, head of the School's Initiative on Social Enterprise (ISE), took note. "Here was... View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry

Web

Moritz Pail | MBA

the business side of things, but I quickly learned that success in tech requires both technology and business to intersect. Professional goals: I aspire to build and scale technology products that have a positive View Details

Narayanan Vaghul

Keywords: Finance

13 May 2016
News

Making Big Donations to Change the World

04 Sep 2012
Research & Ideas

Book Excerpt: Indispensable: When Leaders Really Matter

economics, researchers who study leadership argue or assume that individual leaders are surprisingly unimportant. Strikingly, social scientists in every field have identified different versions of the same three forces that, together,... View Details

14 Nov 2019
News

Keeping Red Lobster Fresh

to date. He returned to Red Lobster as CEO in 2014, and in this episode of Skydeck, I talk to him about the challenges and opportunities he saw, how to lead during times of change, and why social responsibility is so important to both him... View Details

Keywords: Food Services and Drinking Places; Hospitality

01 Mar 2009
News

Model Patient

Individuals who fail to purchase coverage are penalized up to $912 on their taxes; companies with more than eleven employees must pay the state $295 per year per employee if they don’t offer their workers a company-based plan. The plan’s View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Health, Social Assistance

04 Jun 2024
Blog Post

Finding Alignment to Make Impact: Layla Ramirez (MBA 2017)

seminars that culminated in recruiting partners extending job offers to students was an especially meaningful experience because she was a part of creating a life-changing impact for young people from underrepresented communities. It was... View Details

23 Feb 2021
Research & Ideas

COVID-19 Shines New Light on Working Conditions in Supply Chains

interesting to see in the classroom. We were talking about fast fashion from a supply chain perspective in my Technology and Operations Management course. And in the middle of class a student raises his hand and says, “Aren’t we going to talk about the environmental... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Apparel & Accessories