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  • 15 Sep 2015
  • Blog Post

On the Road: HBS in Israel

This summer HBS Admissions headed to Israel to host a number of events for prospective students in the area. Outreach Director, Jill Fadule (along with her youngest son Joseph), had the chance to sightsee, connect with local alumni, and... View Details
  • 22 Feb 2023
  • Blog Post

Meet the Disability Advocacy and Affinity Group (DAAG)

The Disability Advocacy and Affinity Group (DAAG)) has a mission to destigmatize the experience of living with or being the caretaker of someone with a disability. We cherish the unique perspectives that individuals with disabilities bring to every academic,... View Details
  • 23 Jan 2020
  • Research & Ideas

Businesses Need a 'Catalyst' to Make CSR Practices Stick

Many companies follow a tried-and-true approach to pursuing corporate social responsibility practices. They set aside a certain amount per year to fund a CSR office, which then tries to help clean up the environment or improve the quality... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding

    John F. Batter

    John Batter is a retired Litigation Partner in the Boston Office of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP where his practice focussed on on the defense of public and private companies and their directors and management against breach of fiduciary duty claims and... View Details

    • November 2020
    • Case

    Guild Education: Unlocking Opportunity for America's Workforce

    By: William A. Sahlman, Michael D. Smith, Nicole Tempest Keller and Alpana Thapar
    Founded in 2015, Guild Education is an education marketplace that connects employers and universities to provide employees with ‘education as a benefit.’ The Denver-based company is transforming traditional tuition assistance programs by facilitating direct payment by... View Details
    Keywords: Education; Digital Platforms; Information Technology; Employees; Social Enterprise; Education Industry; Technology Industry; Colorado
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    • Research Summary

    Overview

    By: Rohit Deshpande
    Customer Centricity Rohit Deshpandé's research program focuses on Customer-Centricity. A stream of projects examines the interaction between corporate and national culture as they influence the development and implementation of global marketing strategies in high... View Details
    • 12 Feb 2014
    • Research & Ideas

    Private Sector, Public Good

    Should business play a role in supporting public institutions, and perhaps addressing the world's social challenges? When Harvard Professor Rebecca Henderson asked her colleagues and business executives that question over the last few... View Details
    Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
    • 10 Jan 2005
    • Research & Ideas

    Motivation and the Cross-Sector Alliance

    With cross-sector collaborations on the rise, a new book exploring partnerships between business and social organizations in the Americas comes at just the right time. Social Partnering in Latin America:... View Details
    Keywords: by James Austin, Ezequiel Reficco & SEKN research team
    • 22 Jan 2019
    • First Look

    New Research and Ideas, January 22, 2019

    price-based moves. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55474 in press Journal of Experimental Social Psychology A Counterfeit Competence: After Threat, Cheating Boosts One's Self-Image By: Wakeman W., C.... View Details
    Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
    • 2015
    • Case

    Advanced Leadership Pathways: Tom Santel and a Community Based Approach to Early Childhood Health

    By: Rosabeth M. Kanter, Grace Sza-Hua Chen and Ai-Ling Jamila Malone
    Tom Santel, a former CEO of Anheuser-Busch's international subsidiary, pursued his initial interest in addressing St. Louis' educational challenges, which morphed into an early childhood health intervention program given the strong links between health and education.... View Details
    Keywords: Children; Health; Programs; Leadership; Social Issues; Business and Community Relations; St. Louis
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    • September–October 2017
    • Article

    Managing Our Hub Economy: Strategy, Ethics, and Network Competition in the Age of Digital Superpowers

    By: Marco Iansiti and Karim R. Lakhani
    A small number of digital superpowers—Alibaba, Amazon, Microsoft, and others—have become “hub firms” because they control access to billions of mobile customers coveted by all kinds of product and service providers. These hubs drive increasing returns to scale and... View Details
    Keywords: Competition; Strategic Planning; Auto Industry; Technology Industry
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    • Research Summary

    Railroads and the Making of Modern China

    My current book project is entitled Railroads and the Making of the Modern China and explores China’s economic and socio-political transformation from the last decades of the empire to the present using railroad infrastructure as a focus. Based on a large... View Details

    • July 2018
    • Article

    Personality Traits of Entrepreneurs: A Review of Recent Literature

    By: Sari Pekkala Kerr, William R. Kerr and Tina Xu
    We review the extensive literature since 2000 on the personality traits of entrepreneurs. We first consider baseline personality traits like the Big-5 model, self-efficacy and innovativeness, locus of control, and the need for achievement. We then consider risk... View Details
    Keywords: Entrepreneurs; Venturing; Personality Traits; Characteristics; Big-5; Risk Attitudes; Goals; Skills; Entrepreneurship; Personal Characteristics; Goals and Objectives; Competency and Skills; Success; Demographics; Research
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    • 26 Mar 2019
    • Blog Post

    SEI25 Series: Misan Rewane, MBA 2013, CEO, WAVE

    This post is part of our Social Enterprise Initiative 25th anniversary blog series, which highlights some of the faculty, staff, students, and alumni who have been a part of SEI throughout the years. In this post, Misan Rewane (MBA 2013,... View Details
    Keywords: Nonprofit / Government; Entrepreneurship
    • 2017
    • Working Paper

    Seeking to Belong: How the Words of Internal and External Beneficiaries Influence Performance

    By: Paul Green, Francesca Gino and Bradley R. Staats
    In this paper, we examine how connecting to beneficiaries of one’s work increases performance and argue that beneficiaries internal to an organization (i.e., one’s own colleagues) can serve as an important source of motivation, even in jobs that—on the surface—may seem... View Details
    Keywords: Prosocial Motivation; Belongingness; Motivation; Job Design; Field Experiment; Motivation and Incentives; Strategy; Job Design and Levels
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    • Web

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    gifts/pledges as well as any outstanding pledge balances. Log In Now Connect with us by email , or call us at 617.495.6890 Why Your Gift Matters Careers Resume Makeovers Using VMock and Aspire Get instant feedback on your resume and... View Details
    • 11 Nov 2014
    • First Look

    First Look: November 11

    environmental performance, and social responsibility evaluation, which cover the company in the national, regional, and corporate levels for the purpose of realizing the comprehensive evaluation of economic and environmental performance... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 2012
    • Mimeo

    Françafrique and Oil

    By: Noel Maurer
    France's special relationship with its oil-producing former colonies has become entirely divorced from economic or strategic considerations. What drives the relationship, rather, are special interests: the French oil companies, the connections between African leaders... View Details
    Keywords: Relationships; Economics; Strategy; Natural Environment; Interests; Crime and Corruption; Energy Industry; France; Gabon; Congo, Republic of the
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    • 26 Dec 2012
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Reinforcing Regulatory Regimes: How States, Civil Society, and Codes of Conduct Promote Adherence to Global Labor Standards

    Keywords: by Michael W. Toffel, Jodi L. Short & Melissa Ouellet
    • Research Summary

    Managing the Advantages and Tradeoffs of Collaborative Structures

    By: Ethan S. Bernstein

    To solve complex problems, organizations must both collect facts and use them to solve problems. In one study, my coauthors and I show that increased connectivity—measured as network... View Details

    Keywords: Networks; Human Behavior; Performance; Virtual Work; Hybrid Work; Office Space; Workplace Design; Communication; Social and Collaborative Networks; Behavior; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Leadership; Management