Social Attachment To Place - Publications - Faculty & Research

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

13 Jan 2020
Blog Post

Blending my Tech and Managerial Mindsets

and attach a more business-oriented perspective to the challenge: from added customer value to pricing, marketing, and so on. It's always a shame View Details

28 Oct 2019
Research & Ideas

Brick-and-Mortar Stores Are Making a Comeback

have an experience and learn about products, but now that can be decoupled from the act of taking possession of a product because there are better and cheaper ways of doing that. Malls are going to increasingly transform into View Details

Keywords: by Jen McFarland Flint; Retail

18 Jan 2021
Book

How Thinking Like a Startup Helps Governments Solve More Problems

and then doing that. I understand the appeal: replicate what works. And we should do that. We could lift up the lives of billions of people around the globe if solutions that had been developed and successfully implemented in some places... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

21 Jan 2014
First Look

First Look: January 21

several mechanisms: by conferring employer recognition, by enhancing social visibility, and by facilitating social comparison. In a nationwide health worker training program in Zambia, we design a field... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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

Keywords: Nonprofit / Government

09 Aug 2006
Research & Ideas

Career Advancement Without Experience

contractors, they enjoy a broader social network from which to draw referrals than most permanent employees. In the film industry—where most hiring is done based on a production manager's previous experience... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Motion Pictures & Video; Technology

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

21 Sep 2009
Research & Ideas

Excessive Executive Pay: What’s the Solution?

shareholders the right to place board nominees on the company's proxy ballot. Said SEC chairman Mary Schapiro: "This would turn what would otherwise be a somewhat illusory [shareholder] right View Details

Keywords: by Roger Thompson

15 Nov 2012
Research & Ideas

Funding the Design of Livable Cities

urban population, expected to reach 3 billion over the next four decades, will require housing, places to work, and transportation systems. Second, the natural resources... View Details

Keywords: by Lisa Chase; Construction; Real Estate; Energy; Utilities

23 Dec 2013
Research & Ideas

Just How Independent are ‘Independent’ Directors?

In theory, a board of directors protects the rights of shareholders. Independent directors are supposed to be just that—independent—free to dissent from a decision of the majority. The reality is more... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

08 Mar 2017
Blog Post

Education Sector Opportunities at HBS

Education Network, the Gates Foundation, New Schools Venture Fund, and the Harlem Children's Zone have in common? Our HBS friends work there. The education sector needs talent and expertise from a variety of different fields with a variety of different perspectives.... View Details

24 Feb 2009
First Look

First Look: February 24, 2009

market-type dispersion by decentralizing operations from headquarters to their stores, and, to a weaker extent, by providing higher variable pay to their store managers. View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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

17 Sep 2014
Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpen Your Negotiation Skills

indicators of negotiators' social motives. Francesca Gino, Michael I. Norton, and colleagues. Picking Up An Opponent's 'tell' How to Spot a Liar Key linguistic cues can help reveal dishonesty during business... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

22 Sep 2008
Research & Ideas

The Silo Lives! Analyzing Coordination and Communication in Multiunit Companies

organizational units that fail to interact in a meaningful way, or isolated units that are not integrated into the social fabric of the broader organization. And it can illustrate whether lateral... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert

14 Apr 2008
Research & Ideas

The Surprising Right Fit for Software Testing

and applications. Regression testing should be done well if software is not to revert to an earlier state. The kind of testing that takes place varies according View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Video Game; Web Services; Computer

10 Apr 2019
HBS Case

How Entrepreneurs Can Turn Lead Into Gold

financial capital is important, generating human capital and social capital can be just as important, if not more so, and often gets short shrift. “We think there should be a ‘demo day’ for hiring employees or developing View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services

05 Jan 2009
Research & Ideas

Most Popular Articles and Working Papers 2008

with the strategy. 18. How Female Stars Succeed in New Jobs Women who are star performers on Wall Street tend to fare better than men after changing jobs. Why? According to HBS professor Boris Groysberg,... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

04 Jan 2021
Blog Post

Bringing the Lessons of 2020 into 2021

diversity, inclusion, and racial and social justice must continue in order to make a much-needed difference in society and specifically within our places of employment. Alumni,... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

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