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Helping and harnessing business to address society’s greatest challenges. | Institute for Business in Global Society
business' role in society and developing a thriving ecosystem for translating that research into action. Our Mission & Team BiGS Research BiGS Fellows Tools & Resources Societies worldwide are facing pressing social, environmental, and... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Future Vision
change. This is not just a moral or social imperative (though it is, of course, both); increasingly, it’s an economic imperative, too. With BiGS, we see a number of ways that our faculty, through their research and thought leadership, can... View Details
- 31 Jul 2019
- Research & Ideas
Distressed Employees? Try Resilience Training
have skills to cope. And it’s when workplaces need to make sure employees are getting the help they need.” Stressed-out workers seek online tools Whillans decided to explore whether an internet-based platform called Happify, which coaches... View Details
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books Debunking Teenagers: 200 Research-Based Parenting Strategies to Help Your Adolescent Successfully Navigate the “Tempteen” Years By Daphne Adler (MBA 2004) Independently Published Why are teenagers constantly tempted to behave... View Details
- 27 Jun 2019
- Research & Ideas
Rituals Strengthen Couples. Here’s Why They’re Good for Business, Too
symbolic meaning. Rituals are common in all kinds of social relationships, from religious gatherings and sports games, to holiday celebrations and business meetings. Families engage in rituals when they celebrate weddings or birthdays or... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 17 Oct 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 17, 2017
antecedents, challenges, opportunities, and management strategies associated with hybridity and highlighting critical directions for future research. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53355 September 18, 2017 Stanford View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Online Business in Society Courses | HBS Online
case method. Business leaders will share challenges they’ve faced. As the story unfolds, you’ll leverage course concepts, vital tools and frameworks, and the diversity of your peers’ perspectives to analyze the problem and determine a... View Details
- 15 Jan 2013
- First Look
First Look: January 15
Organizing for Society: A Typology of Social Entrepreneuring Models Authors:Mair, Johanna, Julie Battilana, and Julian Cardenas Publication:Journal of Business Ethics Abstract In this article, we use content and cluster analysis on a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Aug 2021
- Op-Ed
Don't Ignore Your Employees' Misery—TAKE Control
want corporate platitudes and passive social activism after living in pandemic limbo for so long. A = Align your post-COVID employee policies, resources, and timelines, like you would with any other business priority or client project. K... View Details
Keywords: by Hise O. Gibson and MaShon Wilson
- 06 Aug 2012
- Research & Ideas
Strategic Intelligence: Adapt or Die
essentially use history as a research tool to understand why some succeeded on an ongoing basis and others failed. Q: What do you mean by the term "strategic intelligence," and why is it so important? A: I define strategic... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 27 Oct 2002
- Research & Ideas
Want a Happy Customer? Coordinate Sales and Marketing
customers. The limits of such customization must be set, and the processes for approvals clarified. Otherwise, there will be constant tension and infighting between headquarters and the field. Once the common understanding and the strategy are developed, major... View Details
Keywords: by Benson Shapiro
- 14 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Restarting Under Uncertainty: Managerial Experiences from Around the World
and operational challenges. It provided employees with tools and equipment to set up their workstation at home. The company proactively managed uncertainty with clients. Instead of passively waiting for demand to change, it tried to... View Details
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Independent Beauty Consultants, and has been instrumental in developing a product portfolio strategy generating innovative skin care, coloring, and fragrance products. She has also driven the development of digital marketing and social... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Up on the Corner
Owners’ Loan Corporation deemed vast swaths of Baltimore populated by people of color to be “hazardous” and shaded them red on its official maps. Banks refused to offer mortgages and other financial services to residents of these “redlined” neighborhoods, denying them... View Details
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Managing the Advantages and Tradeoffs of Collaborative Structures
To solve complex problems, organizations must both collect facts and use them to solve problems. In one study, my coauthors and I show that increased connectivity—measured as network... View Details
- 10 Sep 2020
- Research & Ideas
The COVID Two-Step for Leaders: Protect and Pivot
According to Danaher, the DBS engine “drives the company through a never-ending cycle of change and improvement: exceptional people develop outstanding plans and execute them using world-class tools to construct sustainable processes,... View Details
- 03 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 3, 2018
positions. To enable such assessments, firms must become as transparent about their corporate political responsibility (CPR) as their corporate social responsibility (CSR). For their part, rating systems must demand such information from... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- December 5, 2024
- Article
A Consensus Definition of Creativity in Surgery: A Delphi Study Protocol
By: Alex Thabane, Tyler McKechnie, Phillip Staibano, Vikram Arora, Goran Calic, Jason W. Busse, Sameer Parpia and Mohit Bhandari
Introduction
Clear definitions are essential in science, particularly in the study of abstract phenomena like creativity. Due to its inherent complexity and domain-specific nature, the study of creativity has been complicated, as evidenced by the various... View Details
Clear definitions are essential in science, particularly in the study of abstract phenomena like creativity. Due to its inherent complexity and domain-specific nature, the study of creativity has been complicated, as evidenced by the various... View Details
Thabane, Alex, Tyler McKechnie, Phillip Staibano, Vikram Arora, Goran Calic, Jason W. Busse, Sameer Parpia, and Mohit Bhandari. "A Consensus Definition of Creativity in Surgery: A Delphi Study Protocol." PLoS ONE 19, no. 12 (December 5, 2024).
- 06 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 6
influential, and industry less influential, than we commonly assume. How Early Adoption Has Increased Wealth—Until Now Authors:Diego Comin and Bart Hobijn Publication:Harvard Business Review 90, no. 3 (March 2012) Abstract Societies that are better at utilizing View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
The Third Force: Indispensable to Society, Nonprofits Should Redirect Oversight Efforts
unpopular social issues, enabling spirituality, redistributing wealth to the needy, supporting cultural activities, and effectively and efficiently providing long-term solutions for social needs. Government... View Details
Keywords: Health, Social Assistance