Social Tools - Publications - Faculty & Research

02 Jun 2010
First Look

First Look: June 2

Review 88, no. 6 (June 2010) An abstract is unavailable at this time. Read the preview: http://hbr.org/2010/06/change-for-changes-sake/ar/1 Working PapersLimits of Nonprofit Impact: A Contingency Framework for Measuring Social... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

21 Feb 2012
Research & Ideas

Leadership Program for Women Targets Subtle Promotion Biases

to teach them the established rules so they could be effective players in a masculine culture. By contrast, Ely, Ibarra, and Kolb propose a new set of principles to drive women's leadership programs (WLPs): Situate topics and tools in an... View Details

Keywords: by Maggie Starvish

27 Sep 2004
Research & Ideas

How Leaders Build Winning Streaks

Widespread access to abundant performance data helps ensure that people get the information they need to guide their own performance and hold others—and the system—to high standards. Leaders use diverse tools to produce accountability,... View Details

Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter

07 Sep 2020
Research & Ideas

How to Help Small Businesses Survive COVID's Next Phase

small-business owners can take now Mills offers three recommendations to cash-strapped business owners: Focus on social media and email to reach customers. The coronavirus pandemic forced many analog companies to embrace digital... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Food & Beverage; Service

04 Sep 2001
Research & Ideas

Five Questions for Max Bazerman

wings battle over who gets the biggest piece of the pie, while paying little attention to expanding the pie of social resources for all. Q: If I recall my political science studies, lawyers and career politicians are disproportionately... View Details

Keywords: Re: Max H. Bazerman

02 Sep 2014
First Look

First Look: September 2

Publications September 2014 Organization Science Social Comparisons and Deception Across Workplace Hierarchies: Field and Experimental Evidence By: Edelman, Benjamin, and Ian Larkin Abstract—We examine how unfavorable View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

19 Jan 2022
In Practice

7 Trends to Watch in 2022

seen the rollout of “prescription apps” and the introduction of a system of nationwide health insurance coverage for digital health applications, the first of its kind worldwide. These developments are compelling and allow us to imagine the promise of digital View Details

Keywords: by HBS News

23 Mar 2021
Book

Succeeding in the New Work-from-Anywhere World

but once we have a framework, we will not suffer that exhaustion again. Depending on the work you need to do, you need to think about what digital tools to use. Do you need to be on video or could you talk on the phone even if it’s... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

30 Sep 2019
Book

Book Excerpt: Why a Volume on Race, Work, and Leadership

Excerpt by Laura Morgan Roberts, Anthony J. Mayo, and Serenity Lee Blacks have been integral to the economic foundation of the United States since its inception, yet that foundation was forged on an institutionalized inequality, which continues to have debilitating... View Details

Keywords: Re: Andi Wang

11 Nov 2020
Research & Ideas

How Hackathons Help Decide Platform Winners and Losers

colleagues highlights the pivotal role played by such gatherings in creating winners and losers in the platform world. “Platform Diffusion at Temporary Gatherings: Social Coordination and Ecosystem Emergence,” published in Strategic... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Technology

21 Jan 2020
Research & Ideas

Lessons for Retailers from the Rebirth of Indie Bookstores

neighborhoods. “It’s almost like a social movement,” says Raffaelli, who says indie bookstores are “anchors of authenticity in an ever-increasing digital and disconnected world.” The notion goes beyond a bond with customers to include... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Entertainment & Recreation

23 Sep 2008
First Look

First Look: September 23, 2008

Media.) Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-039.pdf From Social Control to Financial Economics: The Linked Ecologies of Economics and Business in Twentieth Century America Authors:Marion Fourcade and Rakesh Khurana... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

19 Jun 2013
Research & Ideas

Analyzing Institutions to Solve Big Problems

The academic study of institutions provides important insights into topics such as job design and health-care reform. But the field is a complex one, and it's not always obvious to outsiders how the intellectual tools of the trade are... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel & Anna Secino

11 Jun 2020
In Practice

Are Digital Organizations Better at Overcoming COVID?

You About Spending and Happiness (Wall Street Journal) Read COVID-19 coverage from Working Knowledge Ariel D. Stern: For leaders, digital tools expand and enhance services Some of the most successful organizations will use digital... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

22 Mar 2017
Research & Ideas

What's the Ideal Frequency for a Sales Quota?

spend more than $800 billion annually on those efforts. Sales compensation plans are at the center of all this activity, the primary tool managers use to motivate and incentivize salespeople. Sales reps feed on two forms of compensation:... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

07 Mar 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research, March 7

of Kansas City) The Federal Reserve's Balance Sheet as a Financial-Stability Tool By: Greenwood, Robin, Samuel Gregory Hanson, and Jeremy C. Stein Abstract—We argue that the Federal Reserve should use its balance sheet to help reduce a... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

08 Nov 2024
HBS Case

What Wartime Service Taught These Historic Leaders

improve efficiency, but on the negative side, he misused those same tools in a way that was very problematic in the military,” says Simons. It’s important to “learn as much from your failures as from your successes” and challenge the... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman; Entertainment & Recreation

27 Jan 2003
Research & Ideas

New Cluster Mapping Project Helps Companies Locate Facilities

Silicon Valley or the Napa wine country) that can lead to competitive advantage. Porter's Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness has just introduced a new database tool to help corporations and policy makers pinpoint these clusters,... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

23 May 2017
First Look

First Look at New Ideas and Research: May 23, 2017

sustainability issues, institutional and socially responsible investment fund ownership, and coverage from analysts with less firm-specific experience and lower portfolio complexity. Moreover, we find intra-industry information transfers... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

18 Aug 2011
Lessons from the Classroom

Business Plan Contest: 15 Years of Building Better Entrepreneurs

Passion for another kind of far-reaching change was the driving force behind Diagnostics For All (DFA), a nonprofit offering a low-cost, point-of-care diagnostic tool that won top honors in the 2008 social... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Education

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