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23 May 2011
Research & Ideas

Corporate Sustainability Reporting: It’s Effective

way to measure the sometimes subjective qualities of what makes a company socially responsible. For that, the researchers relied on survey measures from the World Competitiveness Yearbook, published by IMD business school in Switzerland,... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

06 Oct 2003
Research & Ideas

The Growth of the Social Enterprise

social enterprise more likely to choose branching? A: While our survey did not explore the reasons for choosing branching over affiliation, some nonprofits may prefer branching because it allows the nonprofit leader to exert the most... View Details

Keywords: by Carla Tishler

14 Nov 2011
Research & Ideas

Creating a Global Business Code

cooking the books, keep promises, respect and protect human rights, and refrain from bribery. The research team created a codex of widely endorsed standards based on these similarities. Phase 2 of the project focused on developing a View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

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Government data and information sources for public entrepreneurship

Geography in the Advanced Search. Nexis Uni – more access to thousands of local newspapers. Go to Menu > All Sources> Limit by Category > News and Jurisdiction. Citizen Satisfaction Surveys Google search... View Details

2008
Working Paper

Concentration Levels in the U.S. Advertising and Marketing Services Industry: Myth vs. Reality

By: Alvin J. Silk and Charles King III

This paper analyzes changes in concentration levels in the U.S. Advertising and Marketing Services (A&MS) industry using publicly released data that have been largely ignored in past discussions of the industrial organization of this industry, namely those available... View Details

Keywords: Advertising; Mergers and Acquisitions; Revenue; Analytics and Data Science; Surveys; Marketing; Measurement and Metrics; Rank and Position; Competition; Advertising Industry; Service Industry; United States

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Manufacturing: statistics (US)

Where can I find statistics on manufacturing in the United States? US Census Bureau: Annual Survey of Manufacturers For more data sets, see the Manufacturing Data from the US Census View Details

03 Nov 2016
Op-Ed

Forget About Making College Affordable; Make it a Good Investment

rates is the highest priority in higher education. A bachelor’s degree may once have been a ticket to the middle class, but that is no longer a sure thing. Analyses by labor economists, as well as a survey commissioned by the Pew Research... View Details

Keywords: by Joseph Fuller; Education

01 Mar 2016
News

Measuring Impact

the findings of the inaugural Harvard Impact Study, the University’s first effort to quantify the economic and social contributions of its alumni. HBS professor Josh Lerner led the study, which was based on a survey sent to almost 245,000... View Details

Keywords: April White

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Internet behavior: Online/mobile/social

Where can I find more information on the online behavior of consumers? eMarketer includes data and reports from a variety of sources. Mintel: search using social, mobile, online etc. for reports based on surveys of consumers. Passport:... View Details

Lewis H. Brown

Under Brown’s leadership, Johns-Manville became the world’s largest producer of asbestos building materials, insulation, and allied products. Brown instituted both collective bargaining and the eight-hour day/forty hour week for management. Brown also began the... View Details

Keywords: Construction & Real Estate

Portrait Project

Damir Ljuboja

the air. Room by room, I surveyed the wards with my supervisor. Some housed patients like Marko*, whose skin infection would resolve in a few days. He perked up, grinning as we entered. Others were home to patients like Sukrija*, whose... View Details

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Banking industry: overviews & statistics

Institution Directory listing top US Backs going back to 1992. S&P NetAdvantage has industry survey on multinational banks, regional banks, and consumer finance. Also available in Capital IQ under Markets > Industry Surveys. View Details

01 Dec 2010
News

What’s Important to You?

Watch your mail — electronic and snail — this spring for the 2011 Alumni Communications Survey. This is your chance to help HBS understand the types of news and information from the School that really matter to you. Your insights will have a tremendous impact on how... View Details

Keywords: meta

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Research Resources | Baker Library

Harvard University, Graduate School of Business Administration, Division of Research], 1952. Full text available. This report is based on a 1952 study by the Harvard Business School Division of Research surveying the demand for women... View Details

24 Apr 2012
First Look

First Look: April 24

theoretical framework contribute to our understanding of the nature of expert influence and how and why functional groups, such as risk managers, can become influential. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/11-068.pdf Measuring Teamwork in Health Care... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

01 Sep 2004
News

Alumni Board Wraps Up Year

proposed enhancing the range of services provided. The Clubs and Associations Committee, chaired by Roslyn Payne (MBA ’70), focused on defining club best practices, key challenges, and governance issues. Almost three-quarters of the 106 club and association presidents... View Details

Keywords: Ted Fischer; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

01 Jun 2014
News

School Ties

strategies that upgrade education in specific cities or towns. A second report released in February of this year examined the results of the first-ever nationwide survey of school superintendents on the role of business in America's... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Elementary and Secondary Schools; Educational Services

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Scaling Minority Businesses (SMB)

size. Look at the American Community Survey for granular data relating to employment, transportation to work, housing, expenditures, etc. US Census: Business & Economy - A wide range of variables that provide insight... View Details

09 Jul 2014
Research & Ideas

How Business Leaders Can Strengthen American Schools

money is spent, or its effectiveness. The U.S. Competitiveness Project and its partners surveyed business leaders and school superintendents to gain a clearer understanding of the two groups' interactions. The picture that emerges is a... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Education

02 Jun 2008
Research & Ideas

Spending on Happiness

happiness. We conducted a number of studies—from national surveys to a field study in which we examined how the manner in which employees at a Boston-based company spent a profit-sharing bonus impacted their long-term happiness—in which... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert

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