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- August 2005
- Article
Strategy-Making in Novel and Complex Worlds: The Power of Analogy
By: Giovanni Gavetti, Daniel A. Levinthal and Jan W. Rivkin
Gavetti, Giovanni, Daniel A. Levinthal, and Jan W. Rivkin. "Strategy-Making in Novel and Complex Worlds: The Power of Analogy." Strategic Management Journal 26, no. 8 (August 2005): 691–712.
- July 2021
- Teaching Plan
Shorefast: A Strange and Familiar Way to Reimagine Capitalism
By: Brian Trelstad, Wendy Smith and Natalie Slawinski
Teaching Plan for HBS Case No. 320-098. In 2006, Zita Cobb and two of her brothers, Alan Cobb and Tony Cobb, native Newfoundlanders, launched Shorefast to help grow another leg of Fogo Island’s economy. Like so many rural communities, Fogo Island’s fate was tied... View Details
- April 2020 (Revised May 2025)
- Case
Shorefast: A Strange and Familiar Way to Reimagine Capitalism
By: Brian Trelstad, Wendy Smith and Natalie Slawinski
In 2006, Zita Cobb and two of her brothers, Alan Cobb and Tony Cobb, native Newfoundlanders, launched Shorefast to help grow another leg of Fogo Island’s economy. Like so many rural communities, Fogo Island’s fate was tied directly to one primary resource—in this case... View Details
Keywords: Place Making; Non-profit; Hotel; Economic Development; Tourism; Social Entrepreneurship; Nonprofit Organizations; Development Economics; Economic Systems; Tourism Industry; Canada
Trelstad, Brian, Wendy Smith, and Natalie Slawinski. "Shorefast: A Strange and Familiar Way to Reimagine Capitalism." Harvard Business School Case 320-098, April 2020. (Revised May 2025.)
- 20 Jan 2003
- Research & Ideas
Fixing Corporate Governance: A Roundtable Discussion at Harvard Business School
on the short-term movement of that money. Kanter: When that kind of intervention takes place, however, we hear cries that the tax system is being used for social engineering. But I certainly have the sense... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
- 22 Apr 2021
- News
Leading for a Better World in Boston; Virtual Event Showcases Japan Fellowship
Alumni Association of Boston (HBSAB). Each virtual panel discussion features several leaders from nonprofit organizations who are taking on big social problems, innovating solutions and having significant impact. “Our goal is to educate,... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- Profile
John Rogers
unique and impactful field opportunities through the Immersion Experience Program and Social Enterprise Initiative Summer Fellowship. This balanced educational experience, along with the privilege of joining a respected and global alumni... View Details
- 02 Mar 2015
- News
To Market, To Market
me develop my ‘systems thinking’: understanding, from beginning to end, how a system works and how it can be adapted to perform better. That was the focus,” recalls Ferrari. “It leads to a greater impact, which is of great importance in... View Details
- 08 Jan 2007
- Research & Ideas
Who Rises to Power in American Business?
the firm. The most intractable issue is probably social class. The composition of leaders who overcame poverty to achieve the pinnacle of success in business changed very little over the course of the twentieth century. While the GI Bill... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 12 May 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Difficult Transition from For-Profit to Nonprofit Boards
Delivery of service, motivating and inspiring staff, and conceiving of new directions for growth are all vitally important. Planning, budgeting, and measurement systems in are vital in both settings. Both types of organizations face the... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Mara Aspinall
medication, to reflect the availability and efficacy of a test to guide patient dosing. Are there other countries that are making more progress on this than we are? Several single-payer systems have been more aggressive in personalizing... View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
Entrepreneurial Unit Travels to China
changes in the Chinese economic and social system, and to see how entrepreneurship is being facilitated to play a role in this,” said Senior Lecturer Dan Isenberg, who helped organize the visits to Beijing, Hangzhou, and Shanghai. The... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
NYC Club Hosts Nonprofits
accountability and governance, and development and marketing. Professor Kash Rangan, who cochairs the School’s Social Enterprise Initiative, reviewed his research on nonprofit trends. Professor John Quelch, a marketing expert, focused on... View Details
- 09 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Challenge of the Multi-site Nonprofit
value proposition created by a national organization with local units is lost. Instead, the debate should be reframed with autonomy and affiliation as the key dimensions. In their research, Grossman and Rangan looked at the system... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Is Market Capitalism Headed for Trouble?
appropriate to try to understand what major problems might lie ahead for market capitalism. By market capitalism we mean a system where decisions about what to produce and at what price are made by private firms operating in free markets.... View Details
- 21 Apr 2020
- Working Paper Summaries
Changing In-group Boundaries: The Role of New Immigrant Waves in the US
- 23 Jan 2020
- News
Bringing Education Back Home
attracting the best professors and paying the professors as high as possible within our social model, we would be able to make a difference by having professors willing to learn as well as the students. “So it was a combination of what we... View Details
Keywords: Educational Services
- August 2016
- Article
Cooperation Can Emerge in Prisoner’s Dilemma from a Multi-species Predator Prey Replicator Dynamic
By: Elisabeth Paulson and Christopher Griffin
In this paper we study a generalized variation of the replicator dynamic that involves several species and sub-species that may interact. We show how this dynamic comes about from a specific finite-population model, but also show that one must take into consideration... View Details
Keywords: Prisoner's Dilemma; Replicator Dynamic; Zero-sum Game; Cooperation; Behavior; Balance and Stability
Paulson, Elisabeth, and Christopher Griffin. "Cooperation Can Emerge in Prisoner’s Dilemma from a Multi-species Predator Prey Replicator Dynamic." Mathematical Biosciences 278 (August 2016): 56–62.
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
HBS Students Help Rebuild New Orleans
investigate some kind of central challenge to the broader society,” Thomas says. “How about a trek to the Sudan, or a trek to look at public education in places where school systems face major challenges?” D’Avella adds that the work in... View Details
- 22 Sep 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Silo Lives! Analyzing Coordination and Communication in Multiunit Companies
and 60 million electronic calendar entries over a three-month period. The results provide an unmatched look inside the "black box" that hides what Stuart calls the "soft wiring" of previously invisible social networks. In this Q&A,... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
Using IT to Heal U.S. Health Care
BRAILER: Aiming to give every American an electronic health-care record by 2014. American health-care providers may use the best technology in the world, but when it comes to patient records, the system is an inefficient maze responsible... View Details