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  • 08 May 2020
  • In Practice

Nonprofits Hurt by COVID-19 Must Hoard Cash to Hold On

The coronavirus crisis is hobbling social enterprises around the world, leaving many fighting for survival at a time of profound need. Since the pandemic hit, donations have fallen for more than two-thirds of nonprofit organizations, and... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost

    Rakesh Khurana

    Rakesh Khurana is the Marvin Bower Professor of Leadership Development at the Harvard Business School. He is also Professor of Sociology at Harvard University, co-Master of Cabot House at Harvard College, and the Danoff Dean of Harvard College. 

    Professor... View Details

    Keywords: executive search
    • TeachingInterests

    Business, Government, and the International Economy

    Business, Government, and the International Economy (BGIE) is a course about the broad economic and political context in which business operates. Throughout their careers business leaders are asked to formulate and lead their firm's responses to the external... View Details
    • Research Summary

    Overview

    The Information Age has introduced well-received opportunities to track performance. Fitbits and Fuelbands allow individuals to track their own performance; companies like Uber and leading hospitals help you choose a driver or a doctor based on how others rated... View Details

    Keywords: Management Accounting; Disclosure; Performance Measurement; Incentives; Control; Education; Education Industry; Health Industry; Transportation Industry; Energy Industry; Auto Industry; United States; Japan; India
    • Profile

    Tony He

    Why was earning your MBA at HBS important to you? Prior to business school, I studied biomedical engineering and worked in health economics research. I learned useful technical skills, but I looked to expand my thinking. Business school... View Details
    Keywords: Nonprofit / Government
    • 20 Oct 2008
    • Research & Ideas

    The Seven Things That Surprise New CEOs

    released On Competition, Porter collects his most influential articles from HBR, and adds new work on health care, philanthropy, social responsibility, and leadership. This excerpt, coauthored with Harvard Business School professors Jay... View Details
    Keywords: by Michael E. Porter, Jay W. Lorsch & Nitin Nohria
    • Research Summary

    Research Summaries

    Sameer's research examines the dynamics of social networks inside organizations and their consequences for individual attainment and organizational success.  His research encompasses three broad streams of activity.


    Social Capital... View Details

    • 25 Jul 2019
    • Blog Post

    Advancing a More Sustainable World with an MBA/MPA-ID

    commons where the equilibrium is not a stable one, and incentives to deviate are high for individual actors (profitability strikes again!). Consequently, a lot of the game theory we studied actually comes into action there. Moreover, the... View Details
    • Research Summary

    Divergent change in organizations

    By: Julie Battilana

    The first stream of research in Professor Battilana’s work aims to identify the conditions that enable individual actors to initiate divergent change within organizations as well as the conditions enabling successful implementation of such change. It combines... View Details

    • 18 Sep 2012
    • First Look

    First Look: September 18

    Them In or Revealing Their Best? Reframing Socialization Around Newcomer Self-Expression Authors:Dan M. Cable, Francesca Gino, and Brad Staats Abstract Socialization theory has... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 17 Oct 2011
    • Research & Ideas

    How ‘Hybrid’ Nonprofits Can Stay on Mission

    possibility that hiring managers would be swayed by their own backgrounds, meaning that sporting either a finance degree or a social work degree didn't result in preferential treatment for a potential candidate. But Battilana's research... View Details
    Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
    • Article

    The Business Case for Curiosity

    By: Francesca Gino
    Although leaders might say they value inquisitive minds, in reality most stifle curiosity, fearing it will increase risk and inefficiency. Harvard Business School’s Francesca Gino elaborates on the benefits of and common barriers to curiosity in the workplace and... View Details
    Keywords: Organizational Culture; Employees; Creativity; Cognition and Thinking; Learning; Decision Making; Performance Effectiveness
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    • June 2021
    • Article

    Cognition and Emotion in Extreme Political Action: Individual Differences and Dynamic Interactions

    By: Leor Zmigrod and Amit Goldenberg
    Who is most likely to join and engage in extreme political action? While traditional theories have focused on situational factors or group identity attributes, an emerging science illustrates that tendencies for extreme political action may also be rooted in... View Details
    Keywords: Extreme Political Action; Ideology; Political Psychology; Cognition-emotion Interactions; Cognition and Thinking; Emotions; Personal Characteristics
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    • August 2019
    • Teaching Note

    Back to the Roots

    By: Elizabeth A. Keenan and Leslie K. John
    Email mking@hbs.edu for a courtesy copy.

    This Teaching Note explains the theory of the case and teaching plan for the case: Back to the Roots HBS case No. 518-073. Back to the Roots (BTTR) is a start-up with a... View Details
    Keywords: Organic Food; Startup; Crowdfunding; Sustainability; Transparency; Entrepreneurship; Product Development; Product Marketing; Growth and Development Strategy; Decision Making; Food; Food and Beverage Industry
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      Youngme Moon

      Youngme Moon is the Donald K. David Professor of Business at Harvard Business School. Professor Moon's research sits at the intersection of brand strategy and culture, with a particular focus on the emergent AI economy. She is the author of the bestselling book, View Details

      Keywords: advertising; automobiles; automotive; clothing; communications; computer; consumer products; e-commerce industry; electronics; entertainment; fashion; high technology; home video games; information; information technology industry; internet; marketing industry; music; pharmaceuticals; toy; video games
      • October 2013
      • Article

      The Cheater's High: The Unexpected Affective Benefits of Unethical Behavior

      By: N. E. Ruedy, C. Moore, F. Gino and M. Schweitzer
      Many theories of moral behavior assume that unethical behavior triggers negative affect. In this paper, we challenge this assumption and demonstrate that unethical behavior can trigger positive affect, which we term a "cheater's high." Across six studies, we find that... View Details
      Keywords: Moral Sensibility; Behavior; Satisfaction; Decision Making
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      • 27 Nov 2012
      • Working Paper Summaries

      No Margin, No Mission? A Field Experiment on Incentives for Pro-Social Tasks

      Keywords: by Nava Ashraf, Oriana Bandiera & Kelsey Jack
      • 2022
      • Article

      When Regular Meets Remarkable: Awe as a Link between Routine Work and Meaningful Self-narratives

      By: Elizabeth Sheprow and Spencer Harrison
      Daily narratives of work can include a mix of ordinary actions and awe-inspiring moments that reveal a vaster, more meaningful reality. When awe is experienced in the context of work, it can prompt self-referential sensemaking about what these experiences mean for the... View Details
      Keywords: Narratives; Meaning; Qualitative Method; Emotions; Identity; Employment
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      • 29 Apr 2021
      • Blog Post

      PRIDE at HBS: Forty Years of Progress

      on the PRIDE community at HBS? Before coming to HBS I was a submarine officer in the US Navy. Submarines were my entire life. They consumed all my working hours and much of my social life too, since almost all my friends were fellow... View Details
      • December 1981 (Revised February 2010)
      • Case

      Mike Miller (A)

      Mike Miller, Harvard MBA '78, resigned his first job out of HBS within six months because he believed his personal values and learning objectives could not be accommodated. Students may discuss the problems of anticipating corporate culture, learning the ropes,... View Details
      Keywords: Experience and Expertise; Values and Beliefs; Jobs and Positions; Organizational Culture; Personal Development and Career; Personal Characteristics
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