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- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Making Democracy Work
challenges that business, government, and society are facing. Navigating the Populism Phenomenon Building a Strong and Prosperous Society Maintaining a Resilient Democracy Reinvigorating Democracy: A Vote... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Program Catalyzes New Streams of Research
HBS established the Institute for the Study of Business in Global Society (BiGS) to serve as a research-based platform that brings together a community of scholars, students, alumni, and other practitioners to find solutions to some of... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 05 Feb 2007
- Research & Ideas
Business and the Global Poor
2005 on business solutions for alleviating poverty. The work combines chapters from a variety of perspectives—business, academic, government, nonprofit—to examine the nature of poverty, how the poor can become producers as well as consumers, and the roles to be played... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Nov 2012
- Research & Ideas
New Agenda for Corporate Accountability Reporting
How do you measure corporate accountability? And can you do it credibly? Since the financial crisis of 2008-2009, for-profit corporations are facing greater demand to disclose more than revenues and expenses on annual financial reports. In response, some are pointing... View Details
- 30 Nov 2011
- Research & Ideas
Only Capitalists Can Save Capitalism
of the industrial system, or the way society wanted it to function," says Bower. "And lo and behold, we now have a crisis that illustrates what they were concerned about." “If you believe that the problems ahead are likely to be very... View Details
Keywords: by Maggie Starvish
- 06 May 2015
- What Do You Think?
Are You Ready for Personalized Predictive Analytics?
effect helps us to achieve." Casandra Levine agreed, but introduced a cautionary note. The promise of what can be accomplished by predictive analytics in raising the quality of life and functionality for our society is astonishing,... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 05 Jan 2011
- Op-Ed
Funding Unpredictability Around Stem-Cell Research Inflicts Heavy Cost on Scientific Progress
people won't do the kind of work that is necessary to make progress on our most intractable challenges. Society pays a high price for randomization of research support--a fact that, sadly, is not recognized by the public, the media, or... View Details
- 12 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
Private Sector, Public Good
between companies and their communities, but also put pressure on the middle class, which were suddenly in competition for jobs with skilled workers around the globe. "And how did our society respond to pressures on the middle... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 12 Jan 2015
- Research & Ideas
Regulators Ease Up on Companies Generating Political Benefits
serious diagnosis that would be reimbursed at a higher rate. The problem is a huge drain on taxpayers, costing an estimated $44 billion in 2012, a full 10 percent of Medicare's payments. At the same time, hospitals, especially nonprofit ones, are creating tangible... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Merrill Lynch's Stan O'Neal
O’Neal says he sometimes finds time to “play a bad game of golf.” He is a member of the HBS Visiting Committee and sits on the boards of the Ronald McDonald House, the National Urban League, and Nasdaq. Recently, he also joined an advisory board of the American Cancer... View Details
- 13 Feb 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Hidden Market for Babies
just simply that it exists, and that society needs to understand how it works. Ultimately, she concludes, government has a regulatory role to play in the baby trade. We asked Spar to discuss her research. Manda Salls: Why did you want to... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Diagnosing DC’s Dysfunction
constituents rather than donors; and opening up competition as early as the 2018 election cycle to centrist, solutions-oriented independent candidates, among other recommendations. “We citizens bear the ultimate responsibility for knowing what is good for our View Details
- 17 Nov 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Business Case for Diabetes Disease Management
whether it would be better economically to treat such a chronic disease on "one system" or just focus on the individual elements of diabetes. Some participants suggested that Medicare and society might have more of a stake in... View Details
- 29 May 2019
- News
Bloomberg: Restoring Our Faith in Business and Government
engaged in philanthropy—while not waiting to give back on their own. “I can just tell you after 50-plus years in business and government, people have a lot more respect for those who make a difference in society than they do for people... View Details
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Opportunities Realized Through Fellowships
number of mothers have thanked me personally for Pushpins. We created a successful enterprise, bringing value to society and to our investors, and that’s a model I want to repeat again.” Michailidis has designated his own gifts to HBS to... View Details
Keywords: fellowships
- 09 Dec 2015
- Working Paper Summaries
Big Data and Big Cities: The Promises and Limitations of Improved Measures of Urban Life
- Aug 2005 - 2005
- Conference Presentation
Agency and Institutions: The Enabling Role of Individuals' Social Position
By: Julie Battilana
Keywords: Civil Society or Community
- 01 Aug 1967
- Conference Presentation
Commitment Mechanisms in Utopian Communities
By: R. M. Kanter
Keywords: Civil Society or Community
- November 2000 (Revised December 2000)
- Case
Abuzz: Community Building Community
By: Rosabeth M. Kanter, Katherine Chen and Michelle Heskett
Kanter, Rosabeth M., Katherine Chen, and Michelle Heskett. "Abuzz: Community Building Community." Harvard Business School Case 301-024, November 2000. (Revised December 2000.)
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Student Clubs Student Club Handbook (login required) A Aerospace & Defense Club Africa Business Club African American Student Union AI Club Armed Forces Alumni Association Art Society Asian-Affinity Business Association Australian & New... View Details