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  • 23 Jul 2007
  • Research & Ideas

HBS Cases: How Wikipedia Works (or Doesn’t)

"stub"—essentially a brief starting point for others to build on the concept. McAfee's article detailed how so-called Web 2.0 technologies such as blogs, wikis, and group messaging, employed in a business setting, could encourage more... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Publishing
  • 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
  • Research Summary

Research Thrust

By: Rakesh Khurana
I am trained in organizational sociology and my main areas of interest lie in macro-organizational theory and the dynamics of executive labor markets. To date, my research has focused on two themes. The first revolves around understanding the forces that govern the... View Details
  • 18 Oct 2023
  • News

Spreading the Words

into the hands of its customers. His solution—electronic ticketing and online self-booking—came through the transformative power of digital technology. “Before long you start to think, What about worldwide impact? What about social... View Details
Keywords: April White
  • 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
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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
  • July 2019
  • Teaching Note

Arlan Hamilton and Backstage Capital

By: Laura Huang
Teaching Note for HBS No. 419-029. Frustrated by an inability to convince existing venture capital firms to invest in companies led by women, people of color, and LGBT founders, Arlan Hamilton started her own firm, Backstage Capital, in 2015. Hamilton understood the... View Details
Keywords: Black Leadership; LGBTQ; People Of Color; Entrepreneurship; Mission and Purpose; Venture Capital; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Identity; Personal Characteristics; Prejudice and Bias; Social Issues; Diversity; Gender; Race
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  • 17 Aug 2010
  • First Look

First Look: August 17

trading and investing being particularly controversial. We focus on the role of banks in the private equity market. We show that bank-affiliated private equity groups accounted for a significant share of the private equity activity and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 13 Dec 2011
  • Working Paper Summaries

Charitable Giving When Altruism and Similarity Are Linked

Keywords: Service
  • 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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  • 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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About - Business & Environment

multiple HBS departments and that collaborates across Harvard University to drive climate learning, career path mentorship, and action. Previously Lynn was a VP in the Infrastructure and Energy group at Citigroup and a Director at the... View Details
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A New Vision – The Human Relations Movement – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

activities, sentiments, interactions, norms, and personal and professional connections of individuals and groups that had developed over extended periods of time. The existence of the informal organization, argued the Hawthorne... View Details
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The Founding of U.S. Steel and the Power of Public Opinion | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

aspects of the steel industry. In 1936, AISI distributed The Men Who Make Steel , an illustrated book intended to showcase management and labor harmoniously partnering in a mighty enterprise in which “each group seeks to get out of... View Details
  • Web

Organize Care Around Medical Conditions - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

care in both primary care and specialty care. Care delivery in the IPU model is organized around the medical condition or around groups of related conditions. For example, for patients with breast cancer, care is best delivered in an... View Details
  • 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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  • 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
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The Women in the Relay Assembly Test Room – The Human Relations Movement – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

to co-operation in an experiment.” 6 These views contributed to Mayo and Roethlisberger’s conclusion that mental attitudes, proper supervision, and informal social relationships experienced in a group were... View Details
  • 27 Feb 2024
  • Research & Ideas

Why Companies Should Share Their DEI Data (Even When It’s Unflattering)

share had doubled from two years earlier, after the murder of George Floyd thrust deep racial disparities into the national spotlight, prompting business leaders to reevaluate their DEI efforts, say the researchers. The role of business in View Details
Keywords: by Shalene Gupta
  • 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