Social Performance Measurement - Publications - Faculty & Research

07 Aug 2009
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Why Can’t Americans Get Health Care Right?

Original Article It is said that health care is the biggest threat to the long-term health of the U.S. economy and therefore, to some extent, the global economy. Americans pay much more for what they get (at least measured in terms of... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett; Health

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How We Are Keeping HBS—and Our Program Participants—Healthy

safety precautions. At the heart of these efforts is a policy requiring masks indoors. We also have provided guidelines for social distancing, created procedures for holding on-campus meetings or events, and implemented regulations for... View Details

February 2009 (Revised July 2012)
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Jieliang Phone Home! (C)

By: Willy Shih, Ethan Bernstein and Nina Bilimoria

At Precision Electro-Tek's mobile phone manufacturing facility in southern China, thousands of operators - bright and capable young men and (mostly) women like Jieliang Hao are motivated to improve line productivity through small innovations for faster assembly and... View Details

Keywords: Globalization; Compensation and Benefits; Surveys; Innovation and Invention; Management Practices and Processes; Production; Performance Productivity; Groups and Teams; Labor and Management Relations; Behavior; Motivation and Incentives; Manufacturing Industry; Telecommunications Industry; China

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Business and Climate Change Course | HBS Online

Identify physical manifestations of climate change, learn how businesses assess and manage the risks and opportunities associated with climate stressors, and evaluate adaptation measures currently being pursued in different industries and... View Details

02 Feb 2021
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Finding My Focus in Health care Amidst a Global Pandemic

that have been bright spots. (1) The jointee community More than anything, I have really loved getting to know my fellow “jointees” - fellow students in the HBS/HKS joint degree. Due to social distancing View Details

01 Sep 2017
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Is Private Equity Blockchain’s Killer App?

Illustration by Jon Krause When trying to explain how blockchain works, it helps to have a mass-culture analogue. Mike O’Grady (MBA 1992), president of Chicago-based Northern Trust, uses social media: Blockchain, he says, is a transaction... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

25 Jul 2006
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First Look: July 25, 2006

changes in incentives for achieving integration. Examining a systemic tradeoff consciously acknowledged by the organization, we further argue that alignment encouraged by this collaborative engagement can be more important than achieving superior View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Dec 2012
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50 Years & Counting

changes in its workforce and shifts in the broader social narrative," she observes. "This type of study adds to our understanding of how organizational and societal practices work together." McGinn notes that over the past few decades... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

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2017 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

essays on female ambition. To fuse her interests in performance and social justice, she founded Paprika Productions, an all-female production company that seeks to share the stories from cultural... View Details

29 Oct 2008
Research & Ideas

The Next Marketing Challenge: Selling to ’Simplifiers’

Rich and Famous." As they grew richer, pressure increased on those below to trade up. And, as they traded up, pressure increased in turn on the well-off to buy even more—the second home, the big screen TV, and the latest sport-utility vehicle. Enter the big houses that... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch; Retail; Consumer Products; Entertainment & Recreation

17 Mar 2022
Research & Ideas

Navigating Tradeoffs: How Purpose Becomes a Company's ‘Lighthouse in the Storm’

CEO Corie Barry, who says that making money is the company’s business imperative, not its purpose. Barry explains how the company manages to balance pursuing its mission of enriching people’s lives through technology while also focusing on its View Details

Keywords: by Ranjay Gulati

29 Aug 2024
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A Kick Start for Latin American Startups

supports the real estate industry through a platform that allows brokers to digitize their operations, enabling access to a larger client base and performance data, options that so far have not reached their full potential in Latin... View Details

28 May 2019
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@Soldiers Field

“Brave Leadership: A Conversation with Women in Business.” HIGH NOTE Also in March, New York Philharmonic President and CEO Deborah Borda and renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma discussed strategies for increasing access to classical music to enact View Details

08 Jul 2008
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First Look: July 8, 2008

help solve the problem? TheLadders considers this strategic paradox. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=908061 Measuring Investment Performance Harvard... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

26 Jan 2010
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First Look: Jan. 26

integrating the latest research about the interplay between human behavior, societal needs, and regulatory institutions. The book concludes by setting out a potential research agenda for the social sciences. Creating Value through... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

29 May 2012
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First Look: May 29

United Kingdom support these predictions and advance a relational view of organizational change in which social networks operate as tools of political influence through affective mechanisms. In Search of the Hybrid Ideal Authors:Julie... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

22 Dec 2022
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Climate Stories Episode #13: Democratizing Climate Returns - Nisha Desai (HBS 1997), Founder and CEO of Invest With Intention

the explanation by Jaclyn Foroughi in the Stanford Social Innovation Review: “Three principles define impact investing: first, there must be an expectation of financial return alongside social and/or... View Details

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Morse and Polaroid’s Creative Ethos | Baker Library

undergraduates), that you were an art major at Smith and never took chemistry, physics, or business administration while here.” 2 The Smith award also recognized Morse’s artistic talents. She earned local renown as a performance artist of... View Details

13 Oct 2015
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October 13, 2015

Social Behavior By: Crockett, Molly J., and Amy Cuddy Abstract—No abstract available. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=49863 October 2015 Journal of Personality and Social... View Details

01 Oct 2002
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Bozidar Djelic

When Bozidar Djelic turned 37 last April, the musicians cutting loose at his birthday soiree boasted some pretty impressive days jobs. The one hundred guests at the celebration, including Serbia's Prime Minster Zoran Djindjic, were treated to a View Details

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