Scaling Social Enterprise - Publications - Faculty & Research

05 Sep 2012
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First Look: September 5

Motivation Authors:F. Gino and S. Wiltermuth Publication:Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (forthcoming) Abstract We propose that separating rewards into categories can increase motivation, even when those categories are... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

17 Oct 2006
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First Look: October 17, 2006

closed, Lenovo is preparing for the intense limelight that would come with its sponsorship of the February 2006 Turin Winter Olympics. There, it plans to introduce a Lenovo-branded product line designed from the bottom up for the small to medium View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

07 Nov 2011
Research & Ideas

The Forgotten Book that Helped Shape the Modern Economy

Rand, between stupidity and intelligence. This is as specious as it is dangerous. The encouragement and regulation of economic life has been a mainstay of civilization since the dawn of written history. There have been periods of dogmatic laissez-faire before, though... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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Dean Srikant Datar’s 2024 Commencement Remarks | About

you to consider which methods scale well in the modern workplace, and which will not. Let me give you an example. We used to talk about “managing by walking around.” This informal way of managing through observation and casual interaction... View Details

03 Mar 2017
News

Big Blue’s Big Bet

start in butcher scales and time clocks and movement through virtually every aspect of technological development of the 20th century. While IBM doesn’t break out Watson’s revenue, the unit falls within IBM’s “strategic imperatives”: the... View Details

Keywords: Paul Kix; illustrations by Dan Page

14 Jan 2014
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First Look: January 14

Harvard Business Review Can a Strong Culture Be Too Strong? By: Garvin, David A. Abstract—The article presents a case study of a business enterprise with high employee turnover that is considering adopting a personnel management... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

16 Nov 2009
Research & Ideas

The Times Captures History of American Business

so that you can read it cover to cover or slice and dice it like a playlist. You can read it backwards. You can just read about Wall Street or consumption or the end of the social contract. You can make the book yours as you choose.... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Journalism & News

01 Apr 1999
News

Spirit at Work

Sikh-founded, $100-million group of service and product companies (including Sun & Son, Inc., a national Lotus Notesbased computer consulting firm specializing in e-commerce; Akal Security Company; and natural food enterprises such as the... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso

15 Jun 2021
News

June 2021 Books and Podcasts

Science of Getting from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be By Katy Milkman (PHDIT 2009) Portfolio Set audacious goals. Foster good habits. Create social support. You’ve surely heard such advice before. If you’ve ever tried to change or... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

16 Apr 2007
Research & Ideas

Delivering the Digital Goods: iTunes vs. Peer-to-Peer

cassettes and other forms of analog content replication were subject to quality degradation and required physical exchange, which confined sharing to relatively small social networks (family and friends). By eliminating these... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Music

06 Mar 2018
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First Look at Research and Ideas, March 6, 2018

associated with billing and insurance activities at a large academic health care center that had a certified EHR system. The center enjoyed economies of scale by concentrating its bill paying functions within a single, dedicated unit. The... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

14 Jun 2004
Research & Ideas

The Big Money for Big Projects

social returns when they succeed. The problem, says Esty, is that many of the largest products have hit financial turbulence. Esty, whose new book Modern Project Finance: A Casebook, was published recently, teaches the "Large-Scale... View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen; Financial Services

Career Coach

Vincent Dessain

Vincent (HBS MBA’87) draws on more than 25 years of experience as a higher education senior executive at HBS and INSEAD and in the corporate world both in the US and in Europe to counsel students and alumni as they evaluate, prepare for and pursue their career options.... View Details

01 Feb 1997
News

Shaping the Future of Business: Entrepreneurial Evolution at HBS

enterprises as it is to startups. Gaining Speed Following Stevenson's return to HBS, two events in the early 1980s helped shape the study and scope of entrepreneurship at the School. The first, a 1983 colloquium on entrepreneurship... View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry and Susan Young; profiles by Garry Emmons

01 Dec 2015
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2015

illuminating graphics to guide readers in conceiving, designing, building, testing, and scaling up the ideal business for them. The Career Playbook: Essential Advice for Today’s Aspiring Young Professional by James M. Citrin (MBA 1986)... View Details

01 Dec 2012
News

From Where We Stand

leadership development social enterprise that I built. MYRA HART Myra Hart (MBA 1981, dba 1995), professor (ret.), Harvard Business School, Boston, Massachusetts What negative feelings the word evokes for... View Details

November 2004 (Revised September 2019)
Background Note

The U.S. Health Club Industry in 2004

By: John R. Wells, Gabriel Ellsworth and Benjamin Weinstock

In 2004, the $16.8 billion U.S. health club industry continued its strong record of growth. There were almost 27,000 health clubs in the United States, up from 6,700 two decades earlier, and these clubs claimed 41 million members, over 14% of the U.S. population.... View Details