Scaling Social Impact - Publications - Faculty & Research

07 Dec 2011
Research & Ideas

Are Creative People More Dishonest?

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. In "The Dark Side of Creativity: Original Thinkers Can Be More Dishonest," the authors report that inherently creative people tend to cheat more than noncreative types. Furthermore,... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Advertising

01 Dec 2003
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Roger Ullman: Going Green with E2

in front of policymakers in Washington. We will scale the level of activity to your needs.” E2 is somewhat unusual; it’s a virtual organization with no paid employees that has partnered with another nonprofit, NRDC. Members are required... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

16 Feb 2021
Research & Ideas

To Fight Climate Change, Should Green Investors Reconsider Big Oil?

Should eco-conscious investors support a company that’s developing innovative solutions to climate change—even if that company is also a major polluter? The market’s answer to this question has been a resounding “no,” as evidenced by the investment policies that... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Energy

May 2024
Article

Selfish Corporations

By: Emanuele Colonnelli, Niels Gormsen and Timothy McQuade

We study how perceptions of corporate responsibility influence policy preferences and the effectiveness of corporate communication when agents have imperfect memory recall. Using a new large-scale survey of U.S. citizens on their support for corporate bailouts, we... View Details

Keywords: Public Opinion; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Policy

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01 Oct 1996
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The Drive for Excellence: An Interview with Jim Henderson

James A. Henderson (MBA '63) is chairman and CEO of Indiana-based Cummins Engine Company, one of America's most respected industrial corporations. Prior to joining Cummins, where he has worked for more than thirty years, Henderson, who graduated from HBS with high... View Details

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Tulsa Massacre | Information Technology

commentary from Regina Goodwin, an Oklahoma state representative and a descendant of massacre survivors, to recount the vibrancy of Tulsa’s Black Wall Street, revisit the atrocities of May 31 and June 1, 1921, and explore how historic View Details

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Book

Carbon Strategies: How Leading Companies Are Reducing Their Climate Change Footprint

By: Andrew J. Hoffman

Carbon Strategies describes specific steps any business can take to implement sound, practical, climate-related corporate policies. Based on Andrew J. Hoffman’s widely praised report from the Pew Center on Global Climate Change, and significantly revised in light of... View Details

Keywords: Climate Change; Business Strategy; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Policy

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01 Sep 2014
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Book Review: Getting Beyond Yes

Every company needs a strategy—a forward-looking plan for the future—and every company needs to keep that bottom line growing through sales. But all too often, the folks devising the grand plan and the folks sealing the deals are not on the same page. In his new book,... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon; faculty research; faculty books

01 Aug 2013
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A Cure for Cold Storage

technology's impact becomes evident. "Essentially, there are more people dying from curable diseases than either of these other two global menaces." Schrader hopes Vaxess can start chipping away at that stat. "Ultimately, our goal is to... View Details

Keywords: Morrell, Daniel; vaccines; Health, Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance

22 Feb 2022
News

March 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books

Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books The Metail Economy: 6 Strategies for Transforming Your Business to Thrive in the Me-Centric Consumer Revolution By Joel Bines (MBA 1999) McGraw-Hill Armed with computers, tablets, smartphones, and View Details

25 Nov 2021
News

An Aria for the Ambidextrous Organization

impactful as an adult,” crediting Professor Michael Tushman’s ideas for the inspiration and title of his TED talk, “The Ambidextrous Opera Company.” In a recent episode of the Atlanta Opera podcast The Business of Opera, Zvulun talks to... View Details

Keywords: opera; strategy; innovation; leadership; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

18 Nov 2021
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Strength in Numbers

what’s working with respect to mental health, and also bring scale and resources to bear, so that we can help these organizations and create a network effect? We will identify synergies across our grantee web to find opportunities where... View Details

Keywords: April White

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Community | HBS Online

fight climate change United Planet to support the growth of its Virtual Exchange Program Empowered to Educate to scale and spread the impact of its fellowship program for women educators The Bantwana... View Details

28 Aug 2018
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New Research and Ideas, August 28, 2018

software—is similar to constant social influence: it increases mean performance but decreases exploration Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54901 August 19, 2018 Philosophical Transactions of the Royal... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

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Challenges and Opportunities in the Restaurant Industry - Course Catalog

trillion economic impact and approximately 10% of the US gross domestic product. While scaled restaurant operations are frequently featured, interestingly approximately 70% of restaurants are single unit... View Details

29 Aug 2024
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A Kick Start for Latin American Startups

When Monica Saggioro Leal (MBA 2018) and her business partner, Lara Lemann, started MAYA Capital, a tech-focused, Brazilian VC firm launched in 2018, they wanted to take a hands-on approach with their startup investments in their first 12 months. They wanted to support... View Details

01 Dec 2011
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Li & Fung's Global Footprint

treat the company. So it’s a mirror; it’s totally different than in the West. Any advice for American business schools? I really believe that a new social contract has to emerge between businesses and the communities where they operate.... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Miscellaneous Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Wholesale Trade

01 Sep 2011
News

The Spangler Effect

Impressive as they are, numbers like these don’t reflect the building’s less tangible, but no less important, impact on the HBS community. From the beginning, Spangler was never just about meals, or study sessions, or events. Its planners... View Details

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

14 Aug 2018
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 14, 2018

insight into how firms can realize the benefits of empowerment strategies while mitigating their risks. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54820 forthcoming Journal of Experimental Psychology: General Pettiness in View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

15 May 2020
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New Menu

trend as people are becoming more aware of the impact of dietary choices on climate change as well as personal health and animal welfare. Twelve startups joined the accelerator's first cohort, including a company producing lab-grown foie... View Details

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