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07 Feb 2022
Research & Ideas

Digital Transformation: A New Roadmap for Success

of them in the digital era. Without it, employees, especially Millennials and Gen Z talent, don’t find their work as meaningful. They don‘t develop the sense of belonging they need to collaborate and deliver... View Details

Keywords: by Linda A. Hill, Ann Le Cam, Sunand Menon, and Emily Tedards

29 Oct 2019
Blog Post

Merging the Worlds of Finance, Investing, and Environmental Impact

from HBS I worked at Goldman Sachs for a couple of years, where I was exposed to a couple of clean energy companies. At that point, I thought, “Hmmm. Maybe there’s a way to work on projects with a purpose you’re personally passionate... View Details

2020
Working Paper

Design Rules, Volume 2: How Technology Shapes Organizations: Chapter 4 The Mirroring Hypothesis: Linkages Inside and Across Transaction Free Zones

By: Carliss Y. Baldwin

A technology is a specific way to achieve a material goal. It describes a feasible path—a recipe—by which a group of people can arrive at a goal that none could achieve individually. Technical recipes thus require linkages between and among the various contributors to... View Details

Keywords: Modularity; Mirroring Hypothesis; Information Technology; Organizations

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Responsibilities and Acceptable Use - Research Computing Services

Usage and Policies Responsibilities and Acceptable Use 47ms The HBS research computing environment, composed of a number of servers and services, is a large, shared resource... View Details

19 Sep 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 19

September 2017 Management Science Channel Integration, Sales Dispersion, and Inventory Management By: Gallino, Santiago, Antonio Moreno, and Ioannis Stamatopoulos Abstract—We study the effects of the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

February 2014
Teaching Note

Community Health Workers in Zambia: Incentive Design and Management

By: Nava Ashraf and Kristin Johnson

Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Training; Health Care and Treatment; Compensation and Benefits; Recruitment; Selection and Staffing; Mission and Purpose; Non-Governmental Organizations; Motivation and Incentives; Health Industry; Zambia

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MOC Network - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

area of competitiveness. The mission of the network is to provide an institutional setting that teaches the MOC theoretical framework, generates knowledge through collaborative research, and influences... View Details

18 Apr 2019
News

Community Celebrates Dedication of Schwartz Common and Pavilion

by its landscape as its buildings,” said Dean Nitin Nohria. “As a complimentary network of thoughtful open spaces and architecture, the HBS campus supports and nurtures the community in living, learning,... View Details

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2018 Financial Risk and Regulation Survey - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

\Government regulation is necessary and beneficial." 67% answered that the purpose of financial regulation is financial stability. Overall, 67% of respondents stated that attempts to address the factors that... View Details

06 Mar 2018
First Look

First Look at Research and Ideas, March 6, 2018

NatureSweet’s year-round greenhouse production model, were employed full time—were empowered with training and productivity incentives, allowing them to earn well above the minimum wage and advance their... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

28 Sep 2023
News

Meet the New HBS Team Helping Alumni Clubs and Associations to Thrive

Clubs News Clubs News Guided by Harvard Business School’s mission to educate leaders who make a difference in the world, the HBS Global Alumni Clubs & Associations Network provides thousands of opportunities to create View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; community service

13 Dec 2018
Blog Post

Working at the Intersection of Business and Environment

environment-related fields. Becoming a BEI student advisor is another great way for interested MBAs to contribute to the mission of the initiative by providing feedback on our programs and content View Details

10 Jun 2022
Blog Post

New Venture Competition 2022: Business and Environment Ventures

catalyst technology. RAB LABXin Ma, MBA 2023RAB LAB facilitates robotics fabrication of 3D printed housing units with the autonomous design system and adaptive components made of sustainable structural materials. Our View Details

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Morse and Polaroid’s Creative Ethos | Baker Library

graduate award, given to alums who “exemplify in their lives and service to the community or to the college the true purpose of a liberal arts education.” 1 Smith College president Thomas C. Mendenhall wrote... View Details

19 Aug 2021
News

A Letter to My White Friends and Colleagues

budget with Black-owned businesses. My dermatology firm's Black-owned. My law firm is Black-owned, my dental firm is Black-owned. And so I'm asking whites to do the same for the purpose of it trickling down... View Details

24 Apr 2014
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SHE builds confidence, promotes education, and creates jobs

menstrual pads by sourcing local, inexpensive raw materials, such as banana fibers. Launched in Rwanda, the businesses are owned and operated by women and can be replicated wherever need exists. The result... View Details

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Emerging Topics - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

among the most important tools to drive shared value in practice. Shared Value & Investors Shared value investing represents an evolution in the relationship between investors, business, and society. Shared Value by Sector: Read New FSG... View Details

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AllWorld Network - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

founded in 2011. The organization’s mission is make visible the scalable growth entrepreneurs of the emerging world, creating the largest information system and network of growth entrepreneurs. Expanding the... View Details

15 Dec 2008
Research & Ideas

The Surprisingly Successful Marriages of Multinationals and Social Brands

appreciate the social value dimension of the mice's missions or failing to respect their distinctive operating culture can create incompatibility and conflict that will probably cancel the courting or sour... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Consumer Products; Food & Beverage

01 Dec 2001
News

Reaching Out

work, nonprofit fellows contribute to and witness transformations in the lives of others — with lasting effects on their own lives as well. One day last August in rural Kharagpur, India, Neera Nundy (HBS '02) accompanied a middle-aged... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons and Julia Hanna; Health, Social Assistance

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