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  • 07 Apr 2021
  • Research & Ideas

How Teams Work: Lessons from the Pandemic

minimally disruptive technologies for process questions helped them achieve balance. Relationship interactions: Connecting through huddles, not yoga The importance of nurturing social relationships has come sharply into focus during the... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
  • Article

Give What You Get: Capuchin Monkeys (Cebus Apella) and 4-Year-Old Children Pay Forward Positive and Negative Outcomes to Conspecifics.

By: Kristin L. Leimgruber, Adrian F. Ward, Jane Widness, Michael I. Norton, Kristina R. Olson, Kurt Gray and Laurie R. Santos
The breadth of human generosity is unparalleled in the natural world, and much research has explored the mechanisms underlying and motivating human prosocial behavior. Recent work has focused on the spread of prosocial behavior within groups through paying-it-forward,... View Details
Keywords: Prosociality; Reciprocity; Cooperation; Gratitude; Affect; Behavior
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  • 01 May 2007
  • First Look

First Look: May 1, 2007

current brands, and the competition it faces from local and international players. Also provides information on the market structure and prominent channels of distribution. Purchase this note: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=507070... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 19 Jun 2023
  • Blog Post

The Road to Impact

made a leap of faith. If he could just find a management position at a nonprofit, he figured, he could help direct social change. “That was my thesis,” he recalls. Since he made that jump, he’s proved that thesis correct several times... View Details
  • 02 May 2023
  • What Do You Think?

How Should Artificial Intelligence Be Regulated—if at All?

players, often with unorthodox moves. Sure, at the moment AI causes machines to do dumb things and say things that aren’t true. And yes, AI could spread damaging information even more rapidly and convincingly than social media. Some... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett; Information Technology; Technology
  • 07 Aug 2006
  • Research & Ideas

Whatever Happened to Caveat Emptor?

basic material needs to concerns about the safety and quality of these products. When products did fail—as happened dramatically in the late 1950s with the antinausea drug Thalidomide—such cases became the focus of aggressive consumer View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail
  • 2013
  • White Paper

Building and Governing a Democratic Federation: The ActionAid International Story

By: Sherine Jayawickrama and Alnoor Ebrahim
This report examines the governance model and reform process of an international nongovernmental organization (INGO), ActionAid International (AAI). It describes the evolution of AAI's governance model and draws key lessons for peer INGOs. The paper is based on a... View Details
Keywords: Governance; NGO; Accountability; Corporate Accountability; Corporate Governance; Non-Governmental Organizations
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  • January 2023
  • Case

Baofeng's Philanthropic Efforts in China

By: Lauren Cohen, Hao Gao, Bo Li and Zhaoheng Gong
Yanbao Dang, President of Baofeng Group and founder of the Yanbao Foundation, Baofeng Group’s philanthropic arm, weighed how the family nonprofit could maximize its impact. On a mission to eliminating poverty through broadening access to educational opportunities in... View Details
Keywords: Family Business; Entrepreneurship; Rural Scope; Social Enterprise; Nonprofit Organizations; Social Issues; Poverty; Resource Allocation; Green Technology Industry; Education Industry; China; Asia
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  • 2024
  • Working Paper

Bounded Solidarity: The Role of Migrants in Shaping Entrepreneurial Ventures

By: Astrid Marinoni and Prithwiraj Choudhury
We explore a previously unexamined aspect of migrants’ contributions to local entrepreneurial ecosystems: the value created by cooperative interactions between migrants and locals in entrepreneurial ventures. Specifically, we analyze whether mixed teams composed of... View Details
Keywords: Migration; Mobility; Entrepreneurship; Immigration; Demographics; Groups and Teams
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  • 10 Oct 2023
  • Research & Ideas

In Empowering Black Voters, Did a Landmark Law Stir White Angst?

One way may be to develop messaging that makes clear that laws enforcing Constitutional rights for one disenfranchised group don’t take away from those who have been able to exercise them all along. “Perhaps one needs to emphasize the... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
  • June 2012
  • Article

Racial Colorblindness: Emergence, Practice, and Implications

By: Evan P. Apfelbaum, Michael I. Norton and Samuel R. Sommers
We examine the pervasive endorsement of racial colorblindness-the belief that racial group membership should not be taken into account or even noticed-as a strategy for managing diversity and intergroup relations. Despite research demonstrating that race is perceived... View Details
Keywords: Management; Strategy; Law; Practice; Race; Research; Social Issues; Diversity
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  • December 2022
  • Article

Entry Points: Gaining Momentum in Early-Stage Cross-Boundary Collaborations

By: Eva Flavia Martínez Orbegozo, Jorrit de Jong, Hannah Riley Bowles, Amy Edmondson, Anahide Nahhal and Lisa Cox
To address complex social challenges, it is widely recognized that leaders from public, for-profit, and civic organizations should join forces. Yet, well-intended collaborators often struggle to achieve alignment and fail to gain traction in their joint efforts. This... View Details
Keywords: Groups and Teams; Social and Collaborative Networks; Goals and Objectives
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  • Web

Founders & Investors - Entrepreneurship

Elenor Mak Keaton Row MBA 2007 Michael Maples FLOODGATE MBA 1994 Sava Marinkovich mySkin MBA 2003 Gregory Marsh onefinestay MBA 2006 Michael Martin RapidSOS MBA 2015 Donald Mathis Kinetic Social MBA 1998 Aleem Mawani Streak.com MBA 2011... View Details
  • Web

Video Clips - Creating Emerging Markets

Sri Tahir Dato' Sri Tahir Base Of The Pyramid Dato' Sri Tahir, founder of a large financial services group in Indonesia, describes the need to attend to all potential consumers. Duration: 01:18 Ratan Naval Tata Ratan Naval Tata Base Of... View Details
  • 01 Sep 2009
  • First Look

First Look: September 1

varied experience) and learning by groups finds inconsistent results. We hypothesize that repetition of interaction may help explain this difference, as familiar teams may be able to use the knowledge gained from the concurrent completion... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 18 Oct 2023
  • News

Spreading the Words

Shafiq Khan (MBA 1982) loves to solve problems. It’s what attracted him to the case study method at HBS and, after graduation, to consulting at Booz, Allen & Hamilton. Then, at United Airlines, Khan encountered another challenge: The company was spending one-sixth of... View Details
Keywords: April White
  • 2011
  • Working Paper

'Last-place Aversion': Evidence and Redistributive Implications

By: Ilyana Kuziemko, Ryan W. Buell, Taly Reich and Michael I. Norton
Why do low-income individuals often oppose redistribution? We hypothesize that an aversion to being in "last place" undercuts support for redistribution, with low-income individuals punishing those slightly below themselves to keep someone "beneath" them. In laboratory... View Details
Keywords: Wages; Surveys; Wealth and Poverty; Behavior; Income; Research; Rank and Position; Attitudes; Personal Characteristics; Economics
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  • May 2012 (Revised January 2013)
  • Case

Wikipedia: Project Esperanza

By: Mikolaj Jan Piskorski, Andreea Gorbatai and Tiona Zuzul
In October 2006, Wikipedia was the largest volunteer-run on-line encyclopedia which could be freely read and edited by anyone with internet access. Within almost six years of its founding in 2001, the project had attracted hundreds of thousands of editors who had... View Details
Keywords: Web-enabled Application; Internet; Information Publishing; Social and Collaborative Networks; Groups and Teams; Publishing Industry; United States
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  • 22 Mar 2016
  • First Look

March 22, 2016

Globalization of Angel Investments: Evidence Across Countries By: Lerner, Josh, Antoinette Schoar, Stanislav Sokolinski, and Karen Wilson Abstract—This paper examines investments made by 13 angel groups across 21 countries. We compare... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Web

Business & Environment - Faculty & Research

with reusable grocery bags has been strongly promoted as environmentally and socially conscious. In parallel, firms have joined policy makers in using a variety of initiatives to reduce the use of plastic bags. However, little is known... View Details