Social Connection - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Dec 2022
News

Singing to the Corn

economic connections that once existed between corn and indigenous people. At the same time, Keen and his students were brainstorming potential directions for what would become Sacred Seed. Initially they viewed the organization through a... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographed by Vance Jacobs; Agriculture

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Modern Capitalism: Mergers and Syndicates - Railroads and the Transformation of Capitalism | Harvard Business School

railroad network fanned out across the United States and connected with lines in Canada and Mexico, smaller railroad companies consolidated as a way to ensure the regular flow of traffic, reduce competition, and avoid price wars.... View Details

30 May 2023
News

Finding PRIDE

students to connect via an untraceable off-campus phone number. Those founding members launched what would become a decades-long tradition—a community within the community. The group’s name, originally borrowed from a similar group at... View Details

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

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2022 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

effectively, based on behavioral science. It's not just that we are failing to navigate difficult conversations, or that our social skills have atrophied thanks to technology and remote work. We are missing abundant opportunities to light... View Details

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Wyss House | About

development of environmental management cases and supported the School’s social enterprise efforts, establishing the Hansjörg Wyss Visiting Scholars Fund in 2003. In 2007, he received the School’s highest honor, the Alumni Achievement... View Details

10 Apr 2023
News

Leading the Way

Illustration by Gisela Goppel Illustration by Gisela Goppel When Michael Trejo (MBA 2013) was a freshman at Arizona State University (ASU) in 2005, he almost lost his full scholarship. "I just really lacked direction, and needed to focus," says Trejo, who had a... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

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Frequently Asked Questions | HBS Online

said, there are certain deadlines that must be met with the goal of keeping the majority of the group focused on the same topics to maximize social interactions. Details on individual course or program requirements are communicated to... View Details

05 May 2015
First Look

First Look: May 5

Publications May 2015 Corporate Stewardship: Organizing for Sustainable Effectiveness Leading Socially Responsible, Value-Creating Corporations By: Brown, Daniel, and Rakesh Khurana Abstract—We explore the role of the corporate leader... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

30 May 2024
Blog Post

PRIDE at HBS

friendships, and be their authentic selves. We support students the moment they step on campus and continue that support well after graduation. Our membership is approximately 140 students spanning across gender, nationality, race, and sexuality. PRIDE builds community... View Details

01 Sep 2023
News

The Exchange: Where Ethics Meet Economics

reviews undermining customer trust? Is social media making us less happy? Executives can’t sit on the sidelines when it comes to answering questions like this. Business leaders can take steps to quantify their impact on the world. This... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services; Information

06 Jun 2008
What Do You Think?

Why Don’t Managers Think Deeply?

liquid," and the associated "deep metaphor," in this case "resource." They claim that just seven deep metaphors—balance (equilibrium), transformation (changing states or status), journey (as in life), container (keeping things in and keeping... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

01 Oct 1999
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Banking on Success

probably as busy and involved today as he was when he ran the firm. He's made philanthropy and involvement in social enterprise a full-time job. What was your first job? When I was about ten, I started giving puppet shows at neighborhood... View Details

Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg

11 May 2022
Blog Post

MoMBAs: The Inspiring Student Mothers of HBS

using babysitters to go out in the evenings and not miss out on the social scene, setting time apart for date nights, learning to ask for help, being ok with letting some things go (cooking, working out). What advice do you have for... View Details

16 Mar 2020
Research & Ideas

How the Coronavirus Is Already Rewriting the Future of Business

gone. This is an opportunity to learn Slack and Zoom and have a mentor teach you how to use these tools. The second thing is, working remotely is very effective if you can also restructure the organizational processes for how communication happens, how View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

26 Jun 2023
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ClimateCAP 2023 & ClimateCAP Fellowship

connections to industry leaders in this space. For example, the fellows had an in-person session during the ClimateCAP Conference in February, where we critiqued and offered feedback on each other’s project ideas. For this summer, our... View Details

11 May 2009
Research & Ideas

The IT Leader’s Hero Quest

frequently also, there is less time for making important decisions—not infrequently, they have to act in real time. With modern IT (with real time, Internet search, and social networks), few decisions can be made in secret, and even fewer... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

21 Jan 2022
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Tipping Point: Investing in the Women of Kenya’s Coffee Farms

from B2B sales to a consumer-focused business plan. The shift allowed Nyamumbo to more fully realize her initial goal of connecting producer and consumer. According to Nyamumbo, payments through Kahawa’s QR code average $5—about a third... View Details

08 Oct 2008
Research & Ideas

Book Excerpt: A Sense of Urgency

strongly connected to real business problems, they may suspect sabotage or lunacy, both of which can create anger and not a steely determination to act fast and win. The crisis-creating strategy not only fails but makes matters worse.... View Details

Keywords: by John P. Kotter

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Career Support - Business & Environment

(Ongoing) Career & Professional Development Office Once matriculated, you will have access to myHBS (login required) which connects you to classmates, course work, and the CPD website (login required) . You can access a wealth of... View Details

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Rare Disease Day – Small Numbers, Big Challenges… and Big Opportunities - Blog: Health Supplement

HBS Social Enterprise Initiative and their non-profit board resources . The team also introduced me to the Health Care Initiative, who were able to connect me to their vast network of leaders in the space.... View Details

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