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- 09 Feb 2007
- Working Paper Summaries
Do Corporate Social Responsibility Ratings Predict Corporate Social Performance?
- July 13, 2023
- Article
Threads Foreshadows a Big—and Surprising—Shift in Social Media
By: Scott Duke Kominers and Liang Wu
Threads, Meta’s Twitter competitor, has become the fastest downloaded app in history. One of the reasons for this is because it allows users to port over their profiles and follows from the already popular social media platform Instagram, also owned by Meta—a feature... View Details
Keywords: Decentralization; Twitter; Facebook; Instagram; Crypto Economy; Blockchain; Network; Industrial Organization; Competition; Open Innovation; Open Platforms; Open Source Innovation; Social Networks; Social Media; Applications and Software; Information Technology Industry
Kominers, Scott Duke, and Liang Wu. "Threads Foreshadows a Big—and Surprising—Shift in Social Media." Harvard Business Review Digital Articles (July 13, 2023).
- April 2014
- Article
Corporate Social Responsibility:: A Way of Life at the Tata Group
By: Shashank Shah
Shah, Shashank. "Corporate Social Responsibility: A Way of Life at the Tata Group." Journal of Human Values 20, no. 1 (April 2014): 59–74.
- June 2011
- Background Note
It's a Social World
By: Stephen P. Bradley and Nancy Bartlett
Social media had fashioned the lives of individuals and communities by 2010, providing an opportunity and a challenge for companies of all sizes. This note provides background on various social media (e.g. social networks, forums, games and communication services) and... View Details
- 01 May 2013
- News
Jobs and Social Innovation
- 17 Mar 2014
- News
Social Media And Branding
- March 2013
- Article
Breaking Them in or Eliciting Their Best? Reframing Socialization around Newcomers' Authentic Self-expression
By: Daniel M. Cable, Francesca Gino and Brad Staats
Socialization theory has focused on enculturating new employees such that they develop pride in their new organization and internalize its values. Drawing on authenticity research, we propose that the initial stage of socialization leads to more effective employment... View Details
Keywords: Socialization; Authenticity; Self-Expression; Best Self; Outsourcing; Employee Retention; Organizational Culture; Retention; Identity; Customer Satisfaction
Cable, Daniel M., Francesca Gino, and Brad Staats. "Breaking Them in or Eliciting Their Best? Reframing Socialization around Newcomers' Authentic Self-expression." Administrative Science Quarterly 58, no. 1 (March 2013): 1–36.
- Teaching Interest
Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Combining the tools of philanthropy, business and advocacy (or mission, margin and mandate), social entrepreneurs have tackled long-standing societal issues like teacher training, college access, global public health, renewable energy and sanitation. Social... View Details
- 8 Apr 2014
- Other Presentation
Social Progress Index 2014
By: Michael E. Porter, Scott Stern and Michael Green
Social Progress Index 2014 Launch View Details
Porter, Michael E., Scott Stern, and Michael Green. "Social Progress Index 2014." Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship, Skoll Foundation, London, United Kingdom, April 8, 2014.
- Article
Designing Social Networks: Joint Tasks and the Formation and Endurance of Network Ties
By: Sharique Hasan and Rembrand Koning
Can managers influence the formation of organizational networks? In this article, we evaluate the effect of joint tasks on the creation of network ties with data from a novel field experiment with 112 aspiring entrepreneurs. During the study, we randomized individuals... View Details
Keywords: Accelerators; Entrepreneur; Social Networks; Field Experiment; Entrepreneurship; Organizational Design; Networks; Social and Collaborative Networks; Social Media; Information Technology Industry; India
Hasan, Sharique, and Rembrand Koning. "Designing Social Networks: Joint Tasks and the Formation and Endurance of Network Ties." Art. 4. Journal of Organization Design 9 (2020).
- March 2013
- Module Note
Competing with Social Networks: Social Failures
By: Mikolaj Jan Piskorski
Piskorski, Mikolaj Jan. "Competing with Social Networks: Social Failures." Harvard Business School Module Note 713-497, March 2013.
- March 2013 (Revised March 2013)
- Module Note
Competing with Social Networks: Social Strategy
By: Mikolaj J. Piskorski
Piskorski, Mikolaj J. "Competing with Social Networks: Social Strategy." Harvard Business School Module Note 713-499, March 2013. (Revised March 2013.)
- March 2014
- Article
Cheating More for Less: Upward Social Comparisons Motivate the Poorly Compensated to Cheat
By: Leslie K. John, George Loewenstein and Scott Rick
Intuitively, people should cheat more when cheating is more lucrative, but we find that the effect of performance-based pay rates on dishonesty depends on how readily people can compare their pay rate to that of others. In Experiment 1, participants were paid 5 cents... View Details
Keywords: Dishonesty; Social Comparison; Pay Secrecy; Motivation and Incentives; Fairness; Decision Making; Compensation and Benefits
John, Leslie K., George Loewenstein, and Scott Rick. "Cheating More for Less: Upward Social Comparisons Motivate the Poorly Compensated to Cheat." Special Issue on Behavioral Ethics. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes 123, no. 2 (March 2014): 101–109.
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Living Social
Business and business leaders are now being called upon to solve more social problems, says Matt Segneri (MBA 2010). Segneri, who worked on public- and social-sector innovation at Bloomberg Philanthropies, was recently named director of... View Details
- Web
Social Impact Collaboratory
Mission Statement Led by Harvard Business School Professor Shawn Cole (Finance), the HBS Social Impact Collaboratory is a research-led effort to advance the understanding and practice of impact investing by developing world-class... View Details
- 30 Jul 2014
- News
Five Bad Reasons to Start a For-Profit Social Enterprise
- 08 Aug 2013
- Video
Social Enterprise at HBS
- August 2022
- Case
Southwick Social Ventures
By: Henry McGee, Mel Martin and Amy Klopfenstein
In 2021, the HBS Impact Investment Fund student team had found a promising potential investment in Southwick Social Ventures (SSV), a worker and management-owned trouser manufacturer. With a 100% immigrant workforce, the co-operative was focused on reviving... View Details
Keywords: Impact Investing; Entrepreneurship; Social Entrepreneurship; Finance; Investment; Goods and Commodities; Manufacturing Industry; United States; Massachusetts
McGee, Henry, Mel Martin, and Amy Klopfenstein. "Southwick Social Ventures." Harvard Business School Case 323-011, August 2022.