Social Connection - Publications - Faculty & Research

29 Mar 2008
Research & Ideas

Creativity, Entrepreneurship, and Organizations of the Future

global rather than merely local. The issue of limited resources and inefficient distribution is creating environmental and social problems respectively, that businesses can no longer afford to neglect/be indifferent to. Technological... View Details

Keywords: by Teresa M. Amabile & Mukti Khaire

16 Jul 2012
Research & Ideas

Book Excerpt: ‘The Strategist’

be a key facet of leadership. Leadership and Strategy Are Inseparable From The Strategist: Be the Leader Your Business Needs By Cynthia A. Montgomery Many leaders today do not understand the ongoing, intimate connection between leadership... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia A. Montgomery

13 May 2019
Research & Ideas

The Unexpected Way Whistleblowers Reduce Government Fraud

cost-plus contracts to fixed-price ones. Companies are willing to accept worse contracting terms in an effort to rebuild trust with the government,” says Perez Cavazos. To find out whether a company’s political connections might have... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Service; Construction

08 Jul 2002
Research & Ideas

How to Fashion Your New E-Business Model

specific customer or market need. They might sell and maintain the product or share that role with others in an industry or with those outside traditional industry boundaries. Distributors enable buyers and sellers to connect, communicate, and transact business. These... View Details

Keywords: by Lynda M. Applegate

14 Apr 2003
Research & Ideas

Pay-for-Performance Doesn’t Always Pay Off

their ability to reach if not surpass the goals, start banking on the extra money. In practice, however, the process of connecting pay to performance may be far trickier that it at first appears, according to HBS professor Michael Beer.... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

20 Jul 2009
Research & Ideas

Markets or Communities? The Best Ways to Manage Outside Innovation

their four walls. Lots of critical knowledge resides with customers, suppliers, and academia; in other countries; and even with those that may not necessarily believe feel they are affiliated with the problem at hand. The solution then is to View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Technology

17 Nov 2020
In Practice

How Retailers Can Thrive in a Shopping Season Like No Other

promotions to control the flow of shoppers inside stores to meet social distancing requirements. Many started offering Black Friday deals in early November. Discounts appear to be larger than ever this year, likely reflecting soft... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Retail

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

12 Jul 2020
Research & Ideas

Solving COVID'S Mental Health Crisis

offers weekly Zoom meetings with guest speakers, game-based messaging, positive social norming exercises, and the promotion of “protective factors” such as staying connected to others, being physically... View Details

Keywords: by Howard Stevenson and Shirley Spence; Health

03 Feb 2020
What Do You Think?

Can an Organization Have Too Much 'Rebel Talent'?

Perspective (The ability to “constantly broaden (one’s) view of the world and see it as others do”) Diversity (“The tendency to challenge predetermined social roles”) Authenticity (Remaining open and vulnerable in order to View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

02 Feb 2007
What Do You Think?

Is There Too Little “Know Why” In Business?

BP and Body Shop. At what point in time was purpose not enough? Too often, I see controls (structure) put in place that effectively raise barriers to both the understanding of, and more importantly a connection to, the company... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

11 Jun 2020
In Practice

Are Digital Organizations Better at Overcoming COVID?

provided but to augment and expand their offerings. Telemedicine is a terrific example of this. Many health care providers have already moved to virtual visits and ramped up new types of services such as remote-patient monitoring using View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

24 Sep 2014
Op-Ed

Take a Trim Tab Approach to Climate Change

The "bully pulpit"—a term coined by Theodore Roosevelt back when the word "bully" meant terrific—originally referred to the US presidency and its tremendous potential for speaking out and influencing public opinion. Nowadays, the term describes any position with the... View Details

Keywords: by Amy C. Edmondson; Energy; Utilities

23 Dec 2013
Research & Ideas

Just How Independent are ‘Independent’ Directors?

factor by noting connections such as directors who come from the same city or attended the same school. But that fails to capture the richness of social relations that transcend such formal connections.... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

16 May 2018
Research & Ideas

How Companies Managed Risk (and Even Benefitted) in World War Internment Camps

time periods to offer a comparative perspective. “I think we’ve discovered a bit of a niche here,” she says, noting that there could even be parallels to discover in the experiences of present-day refugees. “It would be great to expand this work and View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Manufacturing

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

01 Aug 2008
What Do You Think?

Has the Time Come for “Stretch” in Management?

conditions that foster creativity. Combined with the development of new communication technology that connects information workers (and their brains) at precisely the moment that a new generation of workers trained in the use of the new... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

20 Sep 2006
Research & Ideas

The Power of Ordinary Practices

directly on the project with the team. We collected daily diaries in order to understand everyone's day-by-day subjective experiences. We analyzed the connection between the daily events that people reported, their reactions to those... View Details

Keywords: Re: Teresa M. Amabile

08 Nov 2024
HBS Case

What Wartime Service Taught These Historic Leaders

number of US casualties. After the war ended, McNamara’s military connections brought him to Ford, where he used the skills he’d learned during the war to quickly move up the ranks. There, he followed the numbers more than his emotions... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman; Entertainment & Recreation

05 Oct 2009
Research & Ideas

The Vanguard Corporation

title is SuperCorp: How Vanguard Companies Create Innovation, Profits, Growth and Social Good (Crown Business). Sean Silverthorne: What is a vanguard company? Rosabeth Moss Kanter: Vanguard means ahead of the pack, the leaders, the ones... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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