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  • March 2013
  • Article

Punctuated Generosity: How Mega-events and Natural Disasters Affect Corporate Philanthropy in U.S. Communities

By: Andras Tilcsik and Christopher Marquis
Geographic communities have been shown to affect organizations through their enduring features, but less attention has been given to communities as sites of human-made and natural events that occasionally disrupt the lives of organizations. We develop a... View Details
Keywords: Geographic Communities; Punctuated Equilibrium; Corporate Social Responsibility; Institutional Theory; Natural Disasters; Situation or Environment; Balance and Stability; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Business and Community Relations; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; United States
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  • Profile

Lindsay Steinmetz

Why was earning your MBA here important to you? After working for a small, entrepreneurial organization I wanted to build a stronger foundation in general management. HBS expanded my knowledge of industries, types of organizations, and... View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit / Government
  • 01 Jun 2020
  • What Do You Think?

Will Challenged Amazon Tweak Its Retail Model Post-Pandemic?

ablokhin SUMMING UP Is the Amazon Organization Losing Its Ability to Learn? There was little sympathy for Amazon’s loss of online retail market share at the outset of the current global pandemic among respondents to this month’s column.... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett; Retail
  • 12 Oct 2022
  • Video

Lumumba Seegars: Inequality & Agency in ERGs

  • Program

Leading in the Digital Era

technology has become critical to the success in keeping a company competitive and driving growth. How can you get your organization to embrace technologies and data that hold extraordinary potential for delivering a differentiated... View Details
  • 04 Feb 2008
  • Research & Ideas

Putting Entrepreneurship in the Social Sector

Social entrepreneurs who have innovated using network approaches are in many ways ahead of the curve, even relative to leaders in other fields. Q: Despite the growing magnitude of the social sector, many of the challenges these View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 30 Nov 2016
  • HBS Seminar

Melissa Valentine and Michael Bernstein, Stanford University

  • Program

Developing Yourself as a Leader—Virtual

your organization Prepare for successful transitions, including moving up and laterally in an organization Effectively enlist colleagues' and mentors' help in achieving leadership goals and milestones Bridge... View Details
  • November 2023
  • Case

Tata Group in 2021: Pursuing Profits through Purpose

By: Tarun Khanna, Krishna G. Palepu and Vidhya Muthuram
October 8, 2021: Tata Sons won a bid to acquire India’s national carrier Air India, marking the airline's return to its original owners after 68 long years. The winning bid of $2.4 billion gave Tata Sons full ownership of the airline and its coveted network of 6,200... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Strategy; Mission and Purpose; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Emerging Markets; Mergers and Acquisitions; Ownership; Air Transportation; Air Transportation Industry; India
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MS/MBA Biotechnology: Life Sciences | MBA

management. To meet this need, the MS/MBA Biotechnology: Life Sciences Program at Harvard University builds upon students’ existing biotech and life sciences knowledge and equips them with the latest business and scientific insights. This empowers them to lead... View Details
  • 25 May 2010
  • First Look

First Look: May 25

Network Effects Authors:Hanna W. Halaburda and Mikołaj Jan Piskorski Abstract We model conditions under which agents in two-sided matching markets would rationally prefer a platform-limiting choice. We show that platforms that offer a... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • June 10, 2021
  • Article

How to Be a Purpose-Driven Leader in a Capitalist World

By: Celia Bravard, John Pontillo and Andrew J. Hoffman
Today’s business school education isn’t suited to the big challenges facing the world — climate change, economic inequality and racial injustice — that the leaders of tomorrow will be expected to solve. So, how can students and young professionals succeed in a system... View Details
Keywords: Values and Beliefs; Mission and Purpose; Social Issues; Power and Influence; Social and Collaborative Networks; Opportunities
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  • 10 Feb 2021
  • Blog Post

HBS Virtual Treks: How Student Clubs are Adapting to the New Normal

Career treks and conferences organized by student clubs remain fundamental elements of the MBA experience at HBS. Like other events, though, clubs had to move these signature treks online. The VCPE Venture Capital Trek was one of these... View Details
  • Program

Senior Executive Leadership Program—India

approaches to business challenges Seize growth opportunities and compete successfully in a complex global economy Improve your organization's ability to deliver value to customers Lead authentically and ethically at all levels and foster a culture of accountability... View Details

    Punctuated Generosity: How Mega-events and Natural Disasters Affect Corporate Philanthropy in U.S. Communities

    This article focuses on geographic communities as fields in which human-made and natural events occasionally disrupt the lives of organizations. We develop an institutional perspective to unpack how and why major events within communities affect organizations in the... View Details
    • 29 Feb 2000
    • Research & Ideas

    Whence IT Value?

    employees in touch with the people and information they need?" When the organization identifies and implements the appropriate answer, it joins the network era and may get to join in its benefits.... View Details
    Keywords: by Andrew McAfee
    • April 2009
    • Case

    Invest Early: Early Childhood Development in a Rural Community

    By: Stacey M. Childress and Geoff Eckman Marietta
    Invest Early was an early childhood development partnership in rural northern Minnesota between 14 different organizations, which worked together through an advisory board, governing board, and leadership team in order to deliver coordinated early childhood services to... View Details
    Keywords: Early Childhood Education; Rural Scope; Management Teams; Managerial Roles; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Business and Community Relations; Partners and Partnerships; Social and Collaborative Networks
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      Rakesh Khurana

      Rakesh Khurana is the Marvin Bower Professor of Leadership Development at the Harvard Business School. He is also Professor of Sociology at Harvard University, co-Master of Cabot House at Harvard College, and the Danoff Dean of Harvard College. 

      Professor... View Details

      Keywords: executive search
      • 09 Feb 2016
      • First Look

      February 9, 2016

      signals, we consider the influence of singular sector-level triggers, which we call entrepreneurial beacons. We argue that the actions or outcomes of salient organizations attract and motivate entrepreneurs, thus increasing the rate of... View Details
      Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
      • 15 Dec 2009
      • First Look

      First Look: Dec. 15, 2009

        Working PapersThe Global Networks of Multinational Firms Authors:Laura Alfaro and Maggie Chen Abstract In this paper we characterize the topology of global multinational networks and examine the macro and... View Details
      Keywords: Martha Lagace