Social Engagement - Publications - Faculty & Research

08 May 2015
News

An alternative view of the role of the corporation in society

Do corporations do well by doing good? Or do firms that engage in environmental and social initiatives destroy shareholder wealth? George Serafeim, the Jakurski Family Associate Professor of Business... View Details

01 Mar 2018
News

Action Plan: Happy Honey

dwindling precipitously due to mites, pesticides, and other threats. Local youngsters don pint-sized beekeeping suits on Price’s 14-acre farm in Nokesville, Virginia, to engage with bees, which total about 1 million at summer’s peak;... View Details

Keywords: Amy Rogers Nazarov

15 Jun 2021
News

Action Plan: Come as You Are

wherever you are—angry, sad, overworked, happy,” says Basseches. “You can engage with galleries and collections in ways that fit your mood and spirit.” It’s also, by its public nature, a social... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; museums; art; cognition; diversity; Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions; Arts, Entertainment

01 Dec 2022
News

Road to Recovery

withdrawal) and other incentives for remaining substance-free and engaging with a treatment program. The company currently offers programs for alcohol, opioids and heroin, and stimulant addiction. Participants can be prompted at random... View Details

Keywords: April White; Health, Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance

10 Aug 2015
News

Support for the Healers

currently run Schwarz Rounds in the UK. Point of Care offers Sandford the chance to use her business experience to maximize the impact of a small nonprofit with a large mission. “We're engaged in a space where we have a chance to... View Details

17 Feb 2009
Research & Ideas

What’s Good about Quiet Rule-Breaking

discreet but regular ways for staff and supervisors to engage in officially forbidden yet tolerated practices at work. "Gray zones emerge when official company rules are repeatedly broken with, at minimum, a supervisor's tacit or... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

16 Jan 2018
News

Celebrating the Impact of Nonprofits

participants develop a network of support for their organizations, the reunion at the Social Enterprise Greenhouse in Providence included a social hour and a panel featuring the club’s four 2017 SPNM... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

Web

Online Transforming Customer Experiences Course | HBS Online

Engage consumers by exploring their varied preferences and enhancing customer compatibility Balance being proactive and reactive to consumer needs while understanding cost and customer satisfaction implications Overcome barriers to change... View Details

21 Dec 2015
Blog Post

Meet the HBS Australian & New Zealand Club

think that the ANZ Club brings a certain spark to campus, whether through our annual ball or through our annual trek to bring classmates down under. Our ball is a famous part of the campus social calendar and presents a chance to share... View Details

25 May 2021
Blog Post

The Surprising Power of Nostalgia at Work

actually works. When people engage in nostalgia, they’re accessing personally meaningful autobiographical events typically shared with family, friends, and other close connections. It isn’t just a happy trip down memory lane — in fact,... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

01 Mar 2010
News

Faculty Books

Robert G. Eccles and Michael P. Krzus (Wiley) An emerging business trend is for companies to go beyond separate reports for financial and nonfinancial (e.g., corporate social responsibility or sustainability) results and to integrate them... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Management

12 Apr 2012
News

HBS Welcomes Eleven Alumni Startups

compete for a $50,000 grand prize and a $25,000 second prize—plus meet this year's Social Entrepreneurship Fellow. The contest, designed to support promising alumni ventures, is hosted by HBS’s Arthur Rock Center for Entrepreneurship and... View Details

Keywords: Bulletin Staff; Alumni New Venture Contest

22 Nov 2015
News

Start-Up Leaders Embrace Lobbying as Part of the Job

ethical and business-oriented, and that means engaging in Washington early.” The article goes on to note that while Hello Alfred is unique among recent startups in its employment approach, offering benefits and job training, “[Sapone]... View Details

01 Dec 2018
News

Preparing Our Students for a Changing World

go-to-market projects in sectors ranging from social impact venture capital to artificial intelligence. “Having the chance to deepen my learning in such a hotbed of technological innovation, all while View Details

02 Jan 2013
What Do You Think?

Should We Rethink the Promise of Teams?

teams to fluid groups engaged in what Harvard Business School Professor Amy Edmondson, in the recent book Teaming: How Organizations Learn, Innovate, and Compete in the Knowledge Economy, calls "teaming," defined as "coordination and... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

Portrait Project

Athena Ko

polishing rough situations to reveal the beauty inside. I will soothe the anxious men who come to me for engagement rings. I will mentor difficult underprivileged children even when they spit at me out of frustration. I will bear the... View Details

Profile

Danelle Radney

that comes with a top school,” says Danelle. “You just can’t find a school with a better reputation. And the alumni are amazing. Frankly, I had a tough time staying engaged in my undergraduate classes. The case method forces you to face... View Details

07 Nov 2006
First Look

First Look: November 7, 2006

industrial lobbies in Germany (and the world), engaged in social politics, and harnessed the local artistic community to beautify their products and transform their advertising to combat the (then)... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

26 Jan 2017
News

Finding a Path out of Poverty

who inspires people to reach their full potential. It was during one of these sessions—and just after I read How Will You Measure Your Life? by Professor Clay Christensen—that I had the idea to start a nonprofit whose mission is social... View Details