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- 2016
- Working Paper
Infrastructure, Incentives and Institutions
By: Nava Ashraf, Edward L. Glaeser and Giacomo A.M. Ponzetto
Cities generate negative, as well as positive, externalities; addressing those externalities requires both infrastructure and institutions. Providing clean water and removing refuse requires water and sewer pipes, but the urban poor are often unwilling to pay for the...
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Ashraf, Nava, Edward L. Glaeser, and Giacomo A.M. Ponzetto. "Infrastructure, Incentives and Institutions." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 21910, January 2016.
- Research Summary
Of Measurement and Mission: Accounting for Performance in Non-Governmental Organizations
By: Debora L. Spar
As members of civil society NGOs would seem to have a built-in proclivity towards representation: towards working on behalf of some group of people, or toward some specific goal. Yet in practice such moments of accountability are rare. Unlike other social agents,...
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- 20 Oct 2020
- Blog Post
Exploring Technology and Public Impact Through the HBS/HKS Joint Degree Program
If the past two decades have demonstrated technology’s potential, one of the challenges of the next ten years will be defining its boundaries. How can new technologies benefit people and societies in...
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- August 2010 (Revised December 2016)
- Case
Kaweyan: Female Entrepreneurship and the Past and Future of Afghanistan
By: Geoffrey Jones and Gayle Tzemach Lemmon
Explores the challenges of female entrepreneurship in Afghanistan through the case of Kemeli Sediqi, who built a business under the Taliban, and founded a consultancy in 2004. The case positions Sediqi's experiences against the background of Afghanistan's turbulent...
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Keywords:
Opportunities;
Social Entrepreneurship;
Problems and Challenges;
Welfare;
Gender;
Afghanistan
Jones, Geoffrey, and Gayle Tzemach Lemmon. "Kaweyan: Female Entrepreneurship and the Past and Future of Afghanistan." Harvard Business School Case 811-023, August 2010. (Revised December 2016.)
- 2008
- Working Paper
Welfare Payments and Crime
By: C. Fritz Foley
This paper tests the hypothesis that the timing of welfare payments affects criminal activity. Analysis of daily reported incidents of major crimes in twelve U.S. cities reveals an increase in crime over the course of monthly welfare payment cycles. This increase...
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Foley, C. Fritz. "Welfare Payments and Crime." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 14074, June 2008.
- 2021
- Working Paper
Pandemic Schooling Mode and Student Test Scores: Evidence from U.S. States
By: Clare Halloran, Rebecca Jack, James C. Okun and Emily Oster
We estimate the impact of district-level schooling mode (in-person versus hybrid or distance learning) on test scores. We combine Spring 2021 state standardized test score data with comprehensive data on schooling in the 2020-21 school year across 12 states. We find...
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Keywords:
COVID-19 Pandemic;
In-person Schooling;
Distance Learning;
Outcomes Measurement;
Health Pandemics;
Education;
Performance Evaluation
Halloran, Clare, Rebecca Jack, James C. Okun, and Emily Oster. "Pandemic Schooling Mode and Student Test Scores: Evidence from U.S. States." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 29497, November 2021.
- 1972
- Book
Commitment and Community: Communes and Utopias in Sociological Perspective
By: R. M. Kanter
Kanter, R. M. Commitment and Community: Communes and Utopias in Sociological Perspective. Boston, MA: Harvard University Press, 1972. (Reprintings: chapter 2 in The Meaning of Sociology, edited by J.M Charn. Palo Alto, Calif.: Mayfield, 1985; portions in Small Groups and Social Interaction, edited by H.H. Blumberg et al., vol. 2. London: Wiley, 1983; portions in Sociology, edited by R. Perrucci. Minneapolis: Wets, 1983; chapter 3 in Perspectives on the American Community, edited by Roland Warren. Chicago: Rand McNally, 1973 and 1976; chapter 1 in The Family: Its Structure and Functions, edited by Rose Coser. New York: St. Martin's, 1974; chapter 1 in Sociology, Society, and People, edited by R.M. Koss. C.V. Mosby, 1975; and selections in Community and Education, edited by Donald Oliver. San Francisco, 1976.)
- 2014
- Working Paper
Poverty and Crime: Evidence from Rainfall and Trade Shocks in India
By: Lakshmi Iyer and Petia Topalova
Does poverty lead to crime? We shed light on this question using two independent and exogenous shocks to household income in rural India: the dramatic reduction in import tariffs in the early 1990s and rainfall variations. We find that trade shocks, previously shown to...
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Keywords:
Rainfall;
Weather;
Crime;
Trade Liberalization;
India;
Crime and Corruption;
Poverty;
India
Iyer, Lakshmi, and Petia Topalova. "Poverty and Crime: Evidence from Rainfall and Trade Shocks in India." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 14-067, April 2014. (Revised August 2014.)
- Article
Stereotype Content Model across Cultures: Universal Similarities and Some Differences
By: A.J.C. Cuddy, S.T. Fiske, V.S.Y. Kwan, P. Glick, S. Demoulin, J. Ph. Leyens and M.H. Bond
The stereotype content model (SCM; Fiske, Cuddy, Glick, & Xu, 2002) proposes potentially universal principles of societal stereotypes and their relation to social structure. Here, the SCM reveals theoretically grounded, cross-cultural, cross-groups' similarities and...
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Keywords:
Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues;
Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques;
Relationships;
Groups and Teams;
Prejudice and Bias;
Culture;
Societal Protocols;
East Asia;
Europe
Cuddy, A.J.C., S.T. Fiske, V.S.Y. Kwan, P. Glick, S. Demoulin, J. Ph. Leyens, and M.H. Bond. "Stereotype Content Model across Cultures: Universal Similarities and Some Differences." British Journal of Social Psychology 48, no. 1 (March 2009).
- October 1998
- Background Note
Welfare-to-Work Information and Statistics
By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Ellen Pruyne
Summarizes information on the national issue of hiring people from the welfare roles. Organized by topics relevant to business, this note reviews research findings and statistics and poses questions to assist business decision-makers in assessing a company's current or...
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Keywords:
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Recruitment;
Risk Management;
Planning;
Programs;
Research;
Welfare
Kanter, Rosabeth M., and Ellen Pruyne. "Welfare-to-Work Information and Statistics." Harvard Business School Background Note 399-064, October 1998.
- 2021
- Working Paper
Accounting for Product Impact in the Oil and Gas Industry
By: Katie Panella, George Serafeim and Katie Trinh
We apply the product impact measurement framework of the Impact-Weighted Accounts Initiative (IWAI) in two competitor companies within the oil and gas industry. We design a monetization methodology that allows us to calculate monetary product impact estimates of...
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Keywords:
Product Innovation;
Impact;
Impact Investing;
Impact Measurement;
ESG;
ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) Performance;
ESG Ratings;
Social Corporate Responsibility;
Corporate Social Responsibility;
Social Impact;
Oil;
Oil & Gas;
Oil And Gas;
IWAI;
Impact-Weighted Accounts;
Product Design;
Product Positioning;
Society;
Environmental Sustainability;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Product
Panella, Katie, George Serafeim, and Katie Trinh. "Accounting for Product Impact in the Oil and Gas Industry." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 21-140, June 2021.
- Research Summary
Identity Work, Itinerant Careers, and Management Education
I investigate how and where individuals develop, revise and consolidate identity narratives that afford them some degree of self-esteem, a sense of direction and purpose, and social legitimacy, in the context of careers that feature discontinuities, mobility and... View Details
- 2017
- Mimeo
Science for Society: Science and Technology Based Social Entrepreneurship
By: Tarun Khanna, Shashank Shah and Kundan Madireddy
This publication is an outcome of the team's research, engagement and interactions with over 25 science and technology-based social enterprises in India. It provides details on the research process, insightful outcomes and innovative impact.
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Keywords:
Social Entrepreneurship;
Science-Based Business;
Information Technology;
Business and Community Relations;
India
Khanna, Tarun, Shashank Shah, and Kundan Madireddy. "Science for Society: Science and Technology Based Social Entrepreneurship." Harvard University South Asia Institute, 2017. Mimeo. (This publication is an outcome of a grant from the Tata Trusts.)
- 2013
- Case
Advanced Leadership Pathways: Junko Yoda and Her Collaboration to Address Sex Trafficking in Asia
By: Rosabeth M. Kanter, Juliane Calingo Schwetz and Patricia Bissett Higgins
n 2011, Junko Yoda with Pam McCambridge launched CLinked, a venture aimed to reduce human trafficking of women and children for sexual exploitation. Since incorporation, they launched several different pilot programs in partnership with local non-governmental...
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Keywords:
Social Enterprise;
Crime and Corruption;
Gender;
Social Issues;
Business and Community Relations;
Leadership;
Change Management;
Public Administration Industry;
Indonesia;
Asia
Kanter, Rosabeth M., Juliane Calingo Schwetz, and Patricia Bissett Higgins. "Advanced Leadership Pathways: Junko Yoda and Her Collaboration to Address Sex Trafficking in Asia." Harvard Business Publishing Case 314-036, 2013. (Harvard Advanced Leadership Initiative.)
- 08 Oct 2020
- News
Healthy Buildings: What Will We Measure and How Will We Know?
- Web
CSV Explained - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
powerful force for positive change. There are numerous ways in which addressing societal concerns can yield productivity benefits to a firm. Consider, for example, what happens when a firm invests in a wellness program. Society benefits...
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- Teaching Interest
Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Combining the tools of philanthropy, business and advocacy (or mission, margin and mandate), social entrepreneurs have tackled long-standing societal issues like teacher training, college access, global public health, renewable energy and sanitation. Social...
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- August 2020
- Article
Machine Learning and Human Capital Complementarities: Experimental Evidence on Bias Mitigation
By: Prithwiraj Choudhury, Evan Starr and Rajshree Agarwal
The use of machine learning (ML) for productivity in the knowledge economy requires considerations of important biases that may arise from ML predictions. We define a new source of bias related to incompleteness in real time inputs, which may result from strategic...
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Choudhury, Prithwiraj, Evan Starr, and Rajshree Agarwal. "Machine Learning and Human Capital Complementarities: Experimental Evidence on Bias Mitigation." Strategic Management Journal 41, no. 8 (August 2020): 1381–1411.
- 2020
- Chapter
Luxury and Environmental Responsibility
By: Anat Keinan, Sandrine Crener and Dafna Goor
Luxury and sustainability are often perceived as incompatible and contradictory. However, as the concept of luxury and our understanding of conspicuous consumption are evolving and need to be revisited—from conspicuous to conscious consumption—the book chapter explores...
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Keinan, Anat, Sandrine Crener, and Dafna Goor. "Luxury and Environmental Responsibility." In Research Handbook on Luxury Branding, edited by Felicitas Morhart, Keith Wilcox, and Sandor Czellar, 300–323. Edward Elgar Publishing, 2020.