Social Progress Index - Publications - Faculty & Research

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

01 Sep 2008
News

Mara Aspinall

medication, to reflect the availability and efficacy of a test to guide patient dosing. Are there other countries that are making more progress on this than we are? Several single-payer systems have been more aggressive in personalizing... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Health, Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance

19 Jun 2013
Research & Ideas

Analyzing Institutions to Solve Big Problems

twenty-first century, social responsibility, social entrepreneurship and hybrid for-profit/nonprofit organizations, the transformation of work, globalization, collective action, and the recent financial... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel & Anna Secino

20 Feb 2008
First Look

First Look: February 20, 2008

Stock Returns: Evidence from Cross-sectional Variation in Nikkei 225 Weights Author:Robin Greenwood Periodical:Review of Financial Studies (forthcoming) Abstract Relative to their weights in a value-weighted index, a number of stocks in Japan's Nikkei 225 stock View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

03 Apr 2007
First Look

First Look: April 3, 2007

different development strategies. The states had to decide whether to focus their investment efforts on physical capital or improving social indicators. Both states faced constraints in the form of budget deficits, competition from other... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Sep 2016
News

Advancing the Vision for HBS

other initiatives ensure that the School remains the standard for excellence in management education worldwide. Thanks to the extraordinary generosity of thousands of donors and the work of a dedicated corps of alumni volunteers, we are making remarkable View Details

Profile

Vivian Scalfi

market research stint and five years with General Electric, where she progressed through the commercial leadership rotational program in health care, oil and gas, and power, Vivian shifted into consumer goods with a role at Diageo... View Details

Keywords: CPG

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Corporate Training Programs | HBS Online

Enrollment Simplified process allows participants to enroll directly in courses sponsored by their organization. Reporting Progress reporting is available to help teams celebrate participant milestones and to highlight participants who... View Details

01 May 2015
News

Celebrating and Supporting Leadership

societal progress by creating jobs, investing in communities, and bringing the world much-needed products and services. "In an era of budget austerity and political gridlock, business is called on to play a larger role in providing View Details

Keywords: Educational Services

07 Nov 2017
First Look

New Research and Ideas: November 7, 2017

were essential, and radical corporate social responsibility concepts were pursued by some firms. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53419 forthcoming Capitalism Beyond Mutuality New Prospects for... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

21 Feb 2012
Research & Ideas

Leadership Program for Women Targets Subtle Promotion Biases

made up 46.7 percent of the US labor force, and filled more than half of management, professional, and related occupations. If the strategy was to get more women in the workplace and let them naturally ascend to positions of upper management, it seemed the pump was... View Details

Keywords: by Maggie Starvish

01 Oct 1996
News

New Releases

feedback on progress toward those goals. Creativity in Context by Teresa M. Amabile (Westview Press) This update of HBS professor Teresa Amabile's classic 1983 book, The Social Psychology of Creativity,... View Details

03 Apr 2013
What Do You Think?

Will Women Leaders Influence the Way We Work?

work life. Assume that we are slowly progressing toward a tipping point at which sitting female CEOs will pave the way for other women, just as their male counterparts have done for men. The result may be an accelerating pace toward a... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

07 Nov 2006
First Look

First Look: November 7, 2006

own workers and consumers. Frontiers of Capital signals the wide-ranging role of anthropology in explaining the social and cultural contours of the New Economy. Purchase book: http://www.dukeupress.edu The Microeconomic Foundations of... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Lessons from the 2025 Race, Gender & Equity at Work Symposium - Blog: RGE Report

transformative hope? How to foster transformative hope Ground your knowledge in the context of the changes you seek. This means considering the biases of your own education and inquiry, especially when working outside of the Eurocentric enclosures of the academy.... View Details

13 Aug 2008
Research & Ideas

The Inner Life of Leaders

progress in life and in business. HBS Working Knowledge asked Zaleznik to reflect on the inner life of leaders. Martha Lagace: Your book is an intellectual and introspective discussion of leadership that seems rare in the literature of... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

09 Jun 2023
Blog Post

How to Communicate your Organizations’ People-Centered Values

inclusion in their conversations with students. Data and links can be shared within the Employer Profile in our recruiting platform as well as within job descriptions, event descriptions, and on social media. We look forward to partnering... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

01 Aug 2008
What Do You Think?

Has the Time Come for “Stretch” in Management?

progress that the effect of such an agreement may have been fatally compromised. But at least it was discussed and publicized. Is it time to revisit stretch? For example, if the concept had been employed in Detroit, would the American... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

01 Dec 2020
News

In Review

just as the School celebrated its 100th birthday, affect your aspirations? The financial crisis was a sober moment for the School. It made us reflect more deeply during our centennial, not only on the areas where we had made progress and... View Details

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2018 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

social progress and the ultimate goal: equity. Adia Wingfield Harvey is currently serving as President of Sociologists for Women in Society, a national organization that encourages feminist research and... View Details

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