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  • 23 May 2019
  • Book

These Entrepreneurs Take a Pragmatic Approach to Solving Social Problems

In 1908, Harvard Business School’s first dean, Edwin Francis Gay, welcomed the School’s inaugural class of 59 students by saying that HBS was challenged with encouraging its students to have the “intellectual respect for business as a profession, with the social... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Green Technology
  • 08 Sep 2009
  • Research & Ideas

The Height Tax, and Other New Ways to Think about Taxation

Should tall people pay higher taxes than the rest of us? It is an idea that is bound to raise eyebrows, if not a smile. Yet the underlying notion is not entirely silly, grounded as it is in serious questions about why we tax the way we do... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 18 Mar 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Want to Be an Entrepreneur? [Part I]

"contractual impossibility theorem: there exists no perfect deal." Even initially good deals, in other words, have collapsed as perceptions changed. Early sessions of the course (taken by more than... View Details
Keywords: by John S. Rosenberg
  • March 2023 (Revised June 2023)
  • Teaching Note

Ransomware Attack at Springhill Medical Center

By: Suraj Srinivasan and Li-Kuan (Jason) Ni
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 123-065. In July, 2019, Springhill Medical Center (“SMC”) in Mobile, Alabama fell prey to a malicious ransomware attack that crippled the hospital’s internal network systems and public-facing web page. While the hospital rushed to... View Details
Keywords: Disruption; Communication; Communication Strategy; Decision Making; Decision Choices and Conditions; Judgments; Corporate Accountability; Corporate Disclosure; Corporate Governance; Governance Controls; Policy; Employees; News; Cybersecurity; Digital Strategy; Information Infrastructure; Information Management; Internet and the Web; Crisis Management; Business or Company Management; Resource Allocation; Risk Management; Negotiation Tactics; Failure; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Attitudes; Behavior; Perception; Reputation; Trust; Public Opinion; Social Issues; Health Industry; Alabama; United States
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  • 30 Jul 2013
  • First Look

First Look: July 30

Rucker Abstract—Previous research suggests that people draw inferences about their attitudes and preferences based on their own thoughtfulness. The current research explores how observing other individuals make decisions more or less thoughtfully can shape View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
  • 29 Mar 2010
  • Research & Ideas

Ruthlessly Realistic: How CEOs Must Overcome Denial

denial as a particular risk for large, established organizations as much as for young, entrepreneurial firms? Is denial a predictable downside to success? A: Denial is more endemic to older firms because it so often results from stubborn adherence to a once-accurate... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Auto; Retail; Technology
  • 04 Jan 2012
  • First Look

First Look: January 4

process. The paper explores how entrepreneurs and firms translated societal values into brands, globalized them, and changed societal perceptions of beauty as a result. It also shows the limitations View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 14 Nov 2019
  • Book

Lifting the Lid on Turkey's Hidden Business History

development due to corrupt business practices? Will it be able to enact more effective reforms? Jones: The latest Corruptions Perceptions Index ranks Turkey as 78 out of 180 countries in their level View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 14 Sep 2010
  • First Look

First Look: September 14, 2010

perception of the value of such strategies by the analysts. Moreover, we find that firms with higher visibility receive more favorable recommendations for their CSR strategies... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 28 Aug 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, August 28, 2018

implications for pay inequality and pay transparency Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54750 Digitizing Disclosure: The Case of Restaurant Hygiene Scores By: Dai, Weijia... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 20 Apr 2016
  • Research & Ideas

When CEOs Become Activists

controversial issues like civil rights and climate change? Two, in terms of consumer response, does CEO activism affect customer perceptions about the company? (They recently discussed the paper in the New... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Technology; Publishing
  • 05 Mar 2013
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First Look: March 5

of Einhorn's arguments and the counter claims. The case exposes students to a detailed strategic, financial, and accounting analysis of a business and provides an example of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 22 May 2012
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First Look: May 22

vulnerabilities that left Mexico exposed to a sudden change in investor appetite for Mexican securities in 1994. Political violence in Mexico and changes in monetary policy in the United States then led to radical changes in investor View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 28 Oct 2015
  • Research & Ideas

A Dedication to Creation: India's Ad Man Ranjan Kapur

gradually. You build a Honda Scooter, then a Honda Civic, then a Honda Accord, and then an Acura. There is a lot of theory and research on how consumer behavior and perception changes over time. And that... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Advertising
  • 17 Jun 2014
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First Look: June 17

  Publications August 2013 California Management Review What Impact? A Framework for Measuring the Scale & Scope of Social Performance By: Ebrahim, Alnoor, and V. Kasturi Rangan Abstract—Organizations with social missions, such as... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 14 Nov 2006
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First Look: November 14, 2006

The (B) case presents the final outcome of the events. Reveals how Keller is able to turn around perceptions about him and forge relationships with key decision makers. Includes reflections and lessons... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 05 Aug 2008
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First Look: August 5, 2008

Authors:Sharon Horsky, Steven C. Michael, and Alvin J. Silk Abstract The common perception appears to be that vertical integration of advertising services is more the exception than the rule in the U.S.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 17 Sep 2013
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First Look: September 17

networks historically provided (e.g., information about potential workers, monitoring, and reputation foundations). Publisher's link: http://www.people.hbs.edu/wkerr/Ghani_Kerr_Stanton_MSCI_OdeskDiaspora-8-26-13.pdf September 2013 Frontiers in View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • September 2021 (Revised November 2022)
  • Case

Community Solutions

By: Brian Trelstad and Tom Quinn
Community Solutions was an anti-homelessness nonprofit founded in 2011 after protagonist Rosanne Haggerty grew frustrated with the limited impact of traditional housing and outreach strategies. It set an ambitious goal, reached in some partner communities, of ending... View Details
Keywords: Change; Change Management; Disruption; Transformation; Communication; Communication Strategy; Decision Making; Cost vs Benefits; Decision Choices and Conditions; Decisions; Forecasting and Prediction; Social Entrepreneurship; Ethics; Values and Beliefs; Capital Budgeting; Capital Markets; Country; Government Administration; Government Legislation; Housing; Disruptive Innovation; Innovation and Invention; Innovation Strategy; Knowledge Sharing; Leading Change; Resource Allocation; Mission and Purpose; Performance Evaluation; Performance Improvement; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Opportunities; Social Enterprise; Nonprofit Organizations; Human Needs; Public Opinion; Social Issues; Societal Protocols; Poverty; Welfare; Well-being; System; Equality and Inequality; Consulting Industry; Real Estate Industry; United States; New York (city, NY); Florida; Texas
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  • 28 Oct 2008
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First Look: October 28, 2008

Monetary Economics (forthcoming) Abstract Has greater turbulence among firms fueled rising wage instability in the U.S.? Gottschalk and Moffitt [1994] find that rising earnings instability was responsible for one-third to one-half of the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace

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