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  • March 2018
  • Case

Chaudhary Group: Rebuilding Nepal

By: Christopher J. Malloy, Lauren H. Cohen and Inakshi Sobti
After the 2015 Nepal earthquake, the Chaudhary Group, a billion-dollar conglomerate in Nepal, decides to play a pivotal role in rebuilding the country. The Group's philanthropic arm (Chaudhary Foundation) works with stakeholders and develops a blue print for short- and... View Details
Keywords: Leadership; Family Business; Decision Choices and Conditions; Developing Countries and Economies; Social Entrepreneurship; Values and Beliefs; Venture Capital; Microfinance; Geographic Location; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Management; Crisis Management; Management Teams; Resource Allocation; Business and Community Relations; Business and Government Relations; Natural Disasters; Social and Collaborative Networks; Social Issues; Business Strategy; Consumer Products Industry; Banking Industry; Auto Industry; Real Estate Industry; Travel Industry; Nepal
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  • November 2008 (Revised April 2010)
  • Case

The Bridgespan Group: Chapter 2

By: Allen S. Grossman, Naomi Greckol-Herlich and Cathy Ross
The Bridgespan Group was launched in 2000 by management consulting group Bain & Company as a nonprofit focused on strategy consulting for nonprofits and philanthropists. Over the next eight years, Bridgespan expanded its services to include executive search, knowledge... View Details
Keywords: Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Growth and Development Strategy; Service Operations; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Nonprofit Organizations; Expansion; Consulting Industry
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  • Article

Statistical Physics of Human Cooperation

By: Matjaž Perc, Jillian J. Jordan, David G. Rand, Zhen Wang, Stefano Boccaletti and Attila Szolnoki
Extensive cooperation among unrelated individuals is unique to humans, who often sacrifice personal benefits for the common good and work together to achieve what they are unable to execute alone. The evolutionary success of our species is indeed due, to a large... View Details
Keywords: Human Cooperation; Evolutionary Game Theory; Public Goods; Reward; Punishment; Tolerance; Self-organization; Pattern Formation; Cooperation; Behavior; Game Theory
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  • 07 Aug 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, August 8, 2018

agents for social change in the emerging markets grappling with institutional voids. How should they work with the government in this endeavor? How do they ensure an alignment of these efforts to the group... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 10 Feb 2021
  • Blog Post

What You Can Do to Create an Anti-Racist Organization

leader, speaker, educator, and teaching artist, Manso-Brown educates individuals and groups on social injustice and creating equality through workshops and through her art. STRATEGIES TO BE ACTIVELY... View Details
  • 04 Dec 2020
  • Blog Post

Heard on the Street (HOTS) - bringing the HBS community together through harmony

recently welcomed our 16th member to our group. He has been with us all along since the beginning of the semester and just came out to the world in November. Welcome Albert! Baby Albert What we doThere are three aspects of the group –... View Details
  • 2020
  • Working Paper

Scientific Production: An Exploration into Organization, Resource Allocation, and Funding

By: Jerry Thursby, Marie Thursby, Karim R. Lakhani, Kyle R. Myers, Nina Cohodes, Sarah Bratt, Dennis Byrski, Hannah Cohoon and Maria Roche
Production of scientific knowledge is core to civilizational advancement in economic and material wellbeing of societies. Despite its fundamental importance, however, a systematic effort to quantitatively study the factors underlying scientific production, particularly... View Details
Keywords: Funding; Science; Knowledge; Research; Information Management; Resource Allocation
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  • August 2022
  • Supplement

Broadway Angels (2022)

By: Jo Tango and Alys Ferragamo
In late June of 2022, Sonja Perkins, co-founder of Broadway Angels, contemplated the group’s future. She and her co-founders, Jennifer Fonstad, and Magdalena Yesil, started the group to gather together the most successful and powerful women in venture capital and... View Details
Keywords: Gender Equity; Impact; Business Startups; Venture Capital; Social and Collaborative Networks; Entrepreneurship; Gender; Mission and Purpose; Groups and Teams; Financial Services Industry
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    NGOs and Organizational Change

    The organizational dynamics of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have become increasingly complex as they have evolved from small local groups into sophisticated multinational organizations with global networks. Alnoor... View Details

    • 26 Nov 2001
    • Research & Ideas

    Manager or Mentor? Why You Must Be Both

    Missouri. There's a lot of history attached to this accent." The professor asked him, "What's it like to be up there in the classroom?" "I thought it was a trick question," Thomas told the Harvard group with a... View Details
    Keywords: by Martha Lagace
    • Video

    Khalid Al Rumaihi

    Khalid Al Rumaihi, Executive Chairman of Bahrain based Amriya Group W.L.L., shares his views on the responsibility of business to society- being sensitive to customers, employees, shareholders and the environment. View Details
    • May 2000 (Revised December 2018)
    • Supplement

    SMA: Micro-Electronic Products Division (B)

    By: Michael Beer and Michael Tushman
    Focuses on the recommendations and implementation strategy suggested by the organizational development group for the division's problems. A rewritten version of an earlier case. View Details
    Keywords: Change Management; Organizational Culture; Conflict Management; Corporate Strategy
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    • Article

    The Radical Flank Effect and Cross-occupational Collaboration for Technology Development during a Power Shift

    By: Emily Truelove and Katherine C. Kellogg
    This 12-month ethnographic study of an early entrant into the U.S. car-sharing industry demonstrates that when an organization shifts its focus from developing radical new technology to incrementally improving this technology, the shift may spark an internal power... View Details
    Keywords: Groups and Teams; Conflict and Resolution; Power and Influence; Perception; Behavior; Collaborative Innovation and Invention
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    • 04 Jun 2020
    • Blog Post

    What MBAs can do in Defense of Black Lives

    Here are a few ways MBAs can support the movement for Black lives: Donate to and fundraise for racial justice nonprofits. Support local Black-led organizing groups and/or invest in national organizations like Movement for Black Lives, a... View Details
    • June 2021
    • Article

    The Role of Beliefs in Driving Gender Discrimination

    By: Katherine B. Coffman, Christine L. Exley and Muriel Niederle
    While there is ample evidence of discrimination against women in the workplace, it can be difficult to understand what factors contribute to discriminatory behavior. We use an experiment to both document discrimination and unpack its sources. First, we show that, on... View Details
    Keywords: Gender Discrimination; Behavioral Decision Making; Gender; Attitudes; Prejudice and Bias; Economics; Behavior; Decision Making
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    • 2005
    • Chapter

    On Coaches, Counsellors, Facilitators and Behavioural Consultants.

    Executive coaches, career counsellors, psychotherapists, group facilitators and behavioural consultants all have overlapping, yet different areas of expertise. To make an informed decision about the kind of long-term leadership development program you want, it is... View Details
    Keywords: Experience and Expertise; Decisions; Learning; Leadership Development; Outcome or Result; Programs; Behavior
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    • 29 Jul 2008
    • First Look

    First Look: July 29, 2008

    effect, these individuals bridge the lacunae between distant groups in the company's social structure. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-004.pdf How Is Foreign Aid Spent? Evidence from a... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
    • 06 Sep 2017
    • What Do You Think?

    Summing Up: What Are the Limits of CEO Activism?

    CEOs face difficult choices when deciding to speak out under the company's brand. Credit:  fizkes Summing Up: Should Boards Specify Limits on CEO Activism? Opinions about suitable CEO activism—taking public positions and actions on social... View Details
    Keywords: by James Heskett
    • January 2022
    • Background Note

    Native American Incarceration

    By: Reshmaan Hussam, Sophus A. Reinert and Jordan Naylor
    In the early twenty-first century the Native American populations of the United States continued to live with the legacy of colonialism, ethnic cleansing, and cultural destruction. Although other minority groups had increasingly been able to make their voices heard,... View Details
    Keywords: Colonialism; Incarceration; Social Issues; Race; Equality and Inequality; History
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    • 2019
    • Working Paper

    The Wisdom of Crowds in Operations: Forecasting Using Prediction Markets

    By: Achal Bassamboo, Ruomeng Cui and Antonio Moreno
    Prediction is an important activity in various business processes, but it becomes difficult when historical information is not available, such as forecasting demand of a new product. One approach that can be applied in such situations is to crowdsource opinions from... View Details
    Keywords: Wisdom Of Crowds; Demand Forecasting; Price Forecasting; Forecasting and Prediction; Social and Collaborative Networks; Size; Performance
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