Social Attachment To Place - Publications - Faculty & Research

10 Dec 2021
Blog Post

African American Student Union Spotlight on the Midwest

the MBA program. Arielle Anderson (MBA 2022) Where is your hometown? East Chicago, Indiana. What was your pre-MBA industry and role? Healthcare consulting and Corporate Social Responsibility. Post-MBA industry and role? Digital health. At... View Details

16 Jun 2017
Blog Post

What is the HBS Leadership Fellows Program?

graduates can experience high-impact management positions in nonprofit and public sector organizations (for one year) at a competitive salary. We checked in with the Social Enterprise Initiative’s Director of Programs, Margot Dushin,... View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit / Government

24 Sep 2020
Blog Post

Introducing the HBS Heartland Club

that their voices are valued at HBS, they can find their place in the HBS community, and can have a vast array of opportunities post-graduation. What we are doing now The Heartland Club is actively building community on campus through... View Details

01 May 2019
Blog Post

Viewpoints: Synthetic Thinking with a Humble Mindset

how Martin Luther King Jr. was not necessarily born as a charismatic public speaker, but he developed the skills through deliberate practice. In other words, instead of blindly believing in his ability, he identified his development needs and put a structure in View Details

05 May 2011
Research & Ideas

How ‘Political Voice’ Empowers the Powerless

sorts, on an epic scale. “If you have a local leader who is from your social category, you are probably more likely to approach him or her for help.” As Harvard Business School professor Lakshmi Iyer and her... View Details

Keywords: by Maggie Starvish

18 Jan 2019
Blog Post

Exploring the Tech World Through WesTrek

What do New York City, Philadelphia, and Boston all have in common? They’re all cities on the east coast, and they also happen to be the only places I’ve ever lived, except the few months that I lived in... View Details

13 May 2013
Blog Post

Being Uncomfortable at HBS

plan for a NYC restaurant. However, I am starting to feel the itch to dive into uncharted waters once again - and I can’t think of a better place View Details

21 Apr 2015
First Look

First Look: April 21

to the support of companies, investors, and the initiatives of a number of NGOs, widespread regulatory intervention has yet to materialize. Outside of South Africa, adoption remains voluntary, accomplished... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel & Sean Silverthorne

01 Mar 2007
News

The Plight of the Global Poor

QUEZON CITY, THE PHILIPPINES: On the edge of this municipality of Manila lies the Payatas dumpsite, the home and sole provider to thousands of scavengers. Payatas and places like it are symbols of a glaring... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; bottom of the pyramid (BOP); Social Assistance; Social Assistance; Social Assistance; Social Assistance

25 Apr 2000
Research & Ideas

Adjusting the Fit for Government

press governments to allow space for business to work and innovate. The tenet of predictability is vital, said Wagle. "If people are going to invest in very bad... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

30 Jan 2018
Blog Post

HBS Global Opportunity Fellowship: Making a Difference in Africa

or social work, there are diverse opportunities to make a meaningful impact. For MBA students who want to make a difference in the world, Africa is a great starting point. A GO... View Details

20 Jan 2010
First Look

First Look: Jan. 20

paper explores the influence of social categories on the perceived trade-off between relatively bad but equal distribution of resources between two parties and profit maximizing, yet asymmetric, payoffs. Studies 1 and 2 show that people... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

31 Oct 2004
Research & Ideas

The New CEO’s Wrong Message

Bearing full responsibility for a company's success or failure, but being unable to control most of what will determine it. Having more authority than anyone else in the organization, but being unable to... View Details

Keywords: by Michael E. Porter, Jay W. Lorsch & Nitin Nohria

24 Jun 2022
Blog Post

On Pride and Community

systems. How did you get involved in the PRIDE community at HBS? As soon as I got to campus, meeting other queer women was the number one priority on my list. I had a lot of open questions about whether HBS would be a View Details

21 Jul 2008
Research & Ideas

Solving the Marketing Resources Allocation Puzzle

goods firm, used this study to change the way it marketed this product. Q: I found one of the most powerful take-aways from your work was just seeing in one place how many exciting approaches have been... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

17 Dec 2013
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First Look: December 17

Bavel Abstract—Human faces are used as cues to the presence of social agents, and the ability to detect minds and mental states in others occupies a central role in View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

30 Oct 2006
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First Look: October 31, 2006

accountability standards and for monitoring them. The authors show how accountability frameworks attached to principal-agent logics and applied universally across cultures typically fail View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

24 Jul 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, July 24, 2018

contest. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54708 June 2018 Management Science Personal and Social Usage: The Origins of Active Customers and Ways to Keep Them Engaged By: Lee,... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

02 May 2016
Blog Post

Why We Recruit: Samsung Global Strategy Group

focus on filling a role called Global Strategist. Interns spend two months living and working in our headquarters in downtown Seoul. Global Strategists work as internal consultants for our various business units for 1.5 to 2 years, after... View Details

Keywords: Technology

25 Apr 2018
Blog Post

Policy, Practice, Leadership & Impact: Making a Difference with the HBS/HKS Joint Degree

constraints, but more importantly, catalyze other investors through demonstration effects, creating and shaping markets in places where there are none today. As a financially autonomous, legally separate entity within the World Bank... View Details