Publications

Article

How About a Little Help from Investors?

By: Robert G. Eccles Jr.

Keywords: Investment

11 Nov 2020
Research & Ideas

How Hackathons Help Decide Platform Winners and Losers

mass of consumers and producers. “If I was a tech company, I would sponsor every single hackathon I could find.” The researchers used an innovative dataset to show that the social environment of hackathons can solve a number of problems for developers: View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Technology

20 Sep 2018
Cold Call Podcast

Did Entrepreneur Ernesto Tornquist Help or Hurt Argentina?

Keywords: Re: Geoffrey G. Jones; Manufacturing

March 1997 (Revised March 1998)
Case

Help the World See: Self-Sustaining Eye Care in Belize

In 1992, Help the World See (HTWS), a U.S. nonprofit organization dedicated to improving eye care in developing countries, established permanent, self-sustaining eye care clinics in Belize in conjunction with the Belize Council for the Visually Impaired (BCVI). The... View Details

Keywords: Conflict of Interests; Nonprofit Organizations; Health Care and Treatment; Health Industry; Belize

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29 Mar 2022
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5 Qualities That Help Companies Thrive for Decades—Even Centuries

Group, formed in 1945 as a builder of utility vehicles and now a conglomerate spanning a number of industries, helps educate 90,000 girls in schools each year. “That's a very important thing,” says Jones, “that a company can allocate... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

23 May 2023
Research & Ideas

Face Value: Do Certain Physical Features Help People Get Ahead?

standards. “We found that, for white people, a dark skin color has a positive correlation with celebrity visual potential. For Black people, the inverse is true,” says Feng. The team is planning follow-up research on race and charisma perception. Will your face View Details

Keywords: by Kara Baskin

17 Sep 2001
Research & Ideas

Is There Help for the Big Ticket Buyer?

research can best help society by encouraging citizens to purchase products that will improve their own welfare. However, most researchers appear to have neglected consumers as even an indirect target audience for their work. By and... View Details

Keywords: by Max H. Bazerman

2008
Blog

Harvard Business Online—Marketing Know:How: How Marketing Helps Democracy

By: John A. Quelch

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Article

How Companies Can Help Rebuild America's Common Resources

By: Karen G. Mills and Chris Rudnicki

Keywords: Cross-sector Collaboration; The Commons; Cooperation

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September 2011 (Revised July 2013)
Case

Pakistan: Is Foreign Aid Helping or Hindering Development?

By: Aldo Musacchio, Ada Chu, Shahnawaz Nawabi, Jonathan Schlefer and Emil Staykov

Keywords: Development Economics; Developing Countries and Economies; Foreign Direct Investment; Pakistan

July – August 2008
Article

Help Employees Give Away Some of That Bonus

By: Michael I. Norton and Elizabeth W. Dunn

Employees who spend some or all of their bonuses on others-thereby creating what the authors call a "prosocial" workplace-are happier as a result. Managers can enhance that effect by providing opportunities to share the wealth. View Details

Keywords: Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Compensation and Benefits; Employees; Behavior; Happiness

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04 Mar 2020
Research & Ideas

How Schmoozing with the Boss Helps Men Get Promoted

managers themselves who pass on the same advantage to their male employees. How employees and companies can help bridge the gap So, what should employees do? Make an effort to engage with your manager whenever you can, the researchers... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

27 Jan 2003
Research & Ideas

New Cluster Mapping Project Helps Companies Locate Facilities

Silicon Valley or the Napa wine country) that can lead to competitive advantage. Porter's Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness has just introduced a new database tool to help corporations and policy makers pinpoint these clusters,... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

April 2011
Teaching Note

Emergia: Driving Profitability on Help Desk Contracts (TN)

By: Francisco de Asis Martinez-Jerez

Teaching Note for#111-048. View Details

Keywords: Customer Focus and Relationships; Contracts; Service Industry

March 2007 (Revised April 2007)
Case

Micro Insurance Agency: Helping the Poor Manage Risk

By: Michael Chu and Jean Hazell

The notable success of insurance products for low-income clients of its microfinance network leads Opportunity International to launch the first global specialized microinsurance company, the Micro Insurance Agency (MIA). Building on the experience in 10 countries... View Details

Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Cost Management; Microfinance; Globalization; Growth and Development Strategy; Risk Management; Infrastructure; Nonprofit Organizations; Competition; Financial Services Industry; Africa; Asia; Latin America

September 2006 (Revised July 2012)
Case

PSI India—Will Balbir Pasha Help Fight AIDS? (A)

By: Elie Ofek and Peter Wickersham

In 2002, Population Services International (PSI) was committed to curbing the growing HIV/AIDS epidemic in India. Sanjay Chaganti, program director of HIV/AIDS at PSI India, has to decide on the best communication strategy to achieve this goal. Up to this date most... View Details

Keywords: Advertising Campaigns; Communication Strategy; Health Disorders; Marketing Communications; Social Marketing; Social Enterprise; India

November 7, 2023
Article

How Courage Can Help Leaders Stay the Course

By: Ranjay Gulati

Keywords: Leadership; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Environmental Sustainability; Profit; Food and Beverage Industry

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March 8, 2023
Article

How to Help Superstar Employees Fulfill Their Potential

By: Anthony J. Mayo

To better understand the leadership challenges and development opportunities facing high-potential employees, researchers analyzed more than 3,000 applications to Harvard Business School’s High Potentials Leadership Program over a nearly 20-year period. The... View Details

Keywords: Personal Characteristics; Leadership Development; Personal Development and Career; Management Skills; Business Education