Social Tools - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Sep 2007
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Giving New Ventures a Boost

proposed a plan for Judicial Intelligence, a suite of computer-based tools that will help litigators strategically analyze the opinions of judges they will face in court. In the social enterprise track, a... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

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Emerging Topics - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

strategies with tangible social benefits, is gaining widespread acceptance within the business and nonprofit communities. These are some tools and emerging research topics. Shared Value Measurement An... View Details

14 May 2019
Research & Ideas

Ethics Bots and Other Ways to Move Your Code of Business Conduct Beyond Puffery

by consulting company Accenture, Soltes argues that such codes can be worth quite a lot to companies—but only if they go beyond generic platitudes to create a tool that employees can actually use. Author of the book Why They Do It: Inside... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

01 Dec 2009
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Robert Goodwin

social enterprise work as a recruiting tool to attract the best young talent, our approach is much more sustainable in the long run because it avoids the reintegration issues that often arise when executives... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

27 Jan 2023
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Turning Up the Volume

small and lacks fully dedicated resources. Goldman realized that if LEDA could not count on effective media placement, social media strategy, and student outreach, funding could dwindle (or worse), and students who might otherwise benefit... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

01 Aug 2019
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Investing for Good

“Our mission at Social Finance is to mobilize capital—public capital, private capital—in service of society. The tool that we are most proud of is the social impact bond, which... View Details

Keywords: Finance

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2. Integrity & Standards of Conduct | MBA

2. Integrity & Standards of Conduct 2.1 Academic Standards of Conduct 2.1.1 Citing Sources & Plagiarism 2.1.2 Using ChatGPT & Artificial Intelligence (AI) Tools 2.1.3 Classroom Recording, Photography & View Details

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Market Perspectives - Course Catalog

cases explore concrete situations that highlight the challenges and tradeoffs of decision-makers. Issues explored include: education, urban development, illegal drugs, rent control, housing, drug pricing, racial references, corporate political action, View Details

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Digital Marketing & AI Workshop - Course Catalog

explore topics such as SEO, paid and influencer marketing, social media (organic and paid), email/SMS, Amazon, and analytics. Through mini-cases on brands both large and small, we’ll apply industry-leading View Details

01 Dec 2014
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Making Big Data Fashionable

jeans, for instance, will get more eyes on social media. For brands like red-carpet favorite Marchesa, it’s a useful new tool in that never-ending quest to predict what consumers want next week, next month,... View Details

Keywords: Christine Lejeune; fashion; Market Research, Photo, Translation, Veterinary and Other Services; Professional Services

25 Aug 2014
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The First Five Years: Raymond Hwang (MBA 2010)

evolving field that can have a large positive impact for many people while using power tools and a microscope? Sign me up!” What’s the life of a surgeon like? “One way to look at life as a surgeon is as an ongoing effort to create order.... View Details

Keywords: Health, Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance

04 Dec 2014
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Hacking Health Care

vision is Hacking Heath, a Montreal-based social collaborative that hosts weekend brainstorming sessions, or “hackathons,” to spur innovation in the industry and, ultimately, save lives. “The end game is to transform health care with more... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

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Online Dynamic Teaming Course | HBS Online

dynamic teaming is and its importance Build skills to create psychological safety and foster inclusion Recognize and address unconscious, implicit, and affinity bias Improve team decision-making and communication through tested tools... View Details

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Best Practices | Information Technology

have an account with a social media platform (like Facebook or Gmail) Anyone who might have used a popular service (like Amazon, PayPal, Netflix, or the U.S. Post Office). Other Resources StaySafeOnline.org The National Cyber Security... View Details

03 Feb 2014
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Eyes on Medical Breakthroughs

1979), she learned not only about the workings of the human body, but also about the value of relationships and collaboration. It all added up to make her one of the savviest health care sector investors in the country. In the early 1990s, Krauss saw the potential in a... View Details

Keywords: Ralph Ranalli; Health, Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance

05 May 2003
Research & Ideas

Sharing the Responsibility of Corporate Governance

provide business leaders with a helpful tool for evaluating the legal and ethical aspects of their decisions. Managers should first ask themselves whether the proposed action is legal. The legality of the proposed action is addressed... View Details

Keywords: by Carla Tishler

Student-Profile

Olivia Zhao

mined from a day on the diamond. “I’ve loved baseball since I was a very small child,” she says. “I also have played softball all my life—currently I’m on the Harvard health policy team. Whether watching or playing, sports are a social... View Details

01 Mar 2003
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All in a Day's Work

people are so fun and engaging.” Oakes, who studied architecture as an undergraduate at Rice University, says she’s always been interested in the link between a project’s design and its social impact. Her decision to attend HBS resulted... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Boston Community Capital; Samsung; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management; Real Estate

21 May 2020
Research & Ideas

Fighting the COVID Blues: Advice from Business Research

house, grab one of them and hug them,” Schlesinger says. And if you’re social distancing alone, use videoconferencing tools to reach out to family and friends, so that you can look at each other as you talk,... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman and Danielle Kost

20 Jun 2016
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Having an Impact on Development and Poverty Issues

Photography by Susan Young Even though government spending and philanthropic capital are powerful tools for helping people improve their lives and rise out of poverty, there are still problems with them. Regular infusions of outside... View Details

Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman

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