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Europe - Global Activities 2021
Systems Change was straightforward: Write a paper using the concepts explored in the course to analyze a social entrepreneur tackling an important social problem. After... View Details
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Tim Nicolette
the social sector. Does any particular class have special relevance for you? In my 1st year, I took Entrepreneurship in Education Reform—and it was transformative. In case after case, we saw systemic... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
A More Perfect Union
As wide and fractured as the partisan divide feels right now, the challenges to America’s underlying democratic systems cut deeper still: The productivity of Congress has declined steeply in the past 20 years. The country’s voting rate in... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- Research & Ideas
Connecting With Nonprofits
organizational marketing. Understanding Cross-sector Collaboration My field-based research on collaborations between businesses and nonprofits, encompassing a wide range of industries and social sectors, revealed a distinctive pattern in... View Details
Keywords: by James Austin
- 19 May 2021
- News
Alumni Convene to Support Nonprofit Boards; Seven Clubs Mix It Up Online
Casey Foundation; and Deborah Winshel (MBA 1985), Global Head of Social Impact, BlackRock, Inc. Ford Foundation President Darren Walker began the final day’s sessions with a fireside chat on “Partnering for View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 06 Dec 2012
- News
New Thinking on Healthcare Reform
shortage of primary care physicians," said Sussman. "We need to continue to broaden our thinking about the healthcare team to include nurse practitioners and pharmacists and allow them to practice at the top of their license." "In the future, I expect the 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
- 20 Jan 2015
- News
Patient Medical Records, Pocket-sized
are mandated by external agencies often win out.” Unfortunately, says Bushkin, these expensive medical record systems are incompatible with each other, and patient access is often restricted by a portal View Details
- 29 Apr 2022
- News
Clean Slate
the full size and development that they need. Dan Morrell: Born and raised in New Delhi, India, Naina Lal Kidwai and her sister lived in a household where business and social issues were important family concerns. When she visited her... View Details
- 2012
- Article
Do Voters Demand Responsive Governments? Evidence from Indian Disaster Relief
By: Shawn Cole, Andrew Healy and Eric Werker
Using rainfall, public relief, and election data from India, we examine how governments respond to adverse shocks and how voters react to these responses. The data show that voters punish the incumbent party for weather events beyond its control. However, fewer voters... View Details
Keywords: Political Elections; System Shocks; Natural Disasters; Policy; Motivation and Incentives; Public Opinion; India
Cole, Shawn, Andrew Healy, and Eric Werker. "Do Voters Demand Responsive Governments? Evidence from Indian Disaster Relief." Journal of Development Economics 97, no. 2 (March 2012): 167–181.
- January 4, 2020
- Article
The 10 Commitments Companies Must Make to Advance Racial Justice
By: Mark R. Kramer
In the wake of George Floyd’s tragic death in Minneapolis, major corporations have been voicing their support for racial justice in the United States. But we are way past the point when words alone suffice. Actions are needed. Corporations can and should make 10... View Details
Keywords: Racial Justice; Racial Equity; Race; Equality and Inequality; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact
Kramer, Mark R. "The 10 Commitments Companies Must Make to Advance Racial Justice." Harvard Business Review (website) (January 4, 2020).
- December 1997
- Case
Making the Grade (A)
By: Robert L. Simons
Focuses on the dilemma of a young professor at a graduate school of business. He must decide what final grade to give a student who has worked extremely hard, but he is constrained by the school's "forced curve" grading policy. Designed to explore the multiple purposes... View Details
Keywords: Design; Management Systems; Performance Evaluation; Motivation and Incentives; Education Industry
Simons, Robert L. "Making the Grade (A)." Harvard Business School Case 198-083, December 1997.
- 17 Apr 2020
- News
Decreasing the Wealth Gap
the way the system is working in a way to increase the size of the pie and divide it well,” he told NPR’s Noel King. While he did share his fear that the economic aftereffects of the pandemic could increase View Details
- September–October 2024
- Article
Working Around the Clock: Temporal Distance, Intrafirm Communication, and Time Shifting of the Employee Workday
By: Jasmina Chauvin, Prithwiraj Choudhury and Tommy Pan Fang
This paper examines the effects of temporal distance generated by time zone separation on communication in geographically distributed organizations. We build on prior research, which highlights time zone separation as a significant challenge, but argue that employees... View Details
Chauvin, Jasmina, Prithwiraj Choudhury, and Tommy Pan Fang. "Working Around the Clock: Temporal Distance, Intrafirm Communication, and Time Shifting of the Employee Workday." Organization Science 35, no. 5 (September–October 2024): 1660–1681.
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Turning Point: Living History
Mallika Ahluwalia (MBA/MPA 2011) (illustration by Gisela Goppel) Mallika Ahluwalia (MBA/MPA-ID 2011) (illustration by Gisela Goppel) I’d never thought of myself as someone who would work in a museum. I’ve always been a very mission-motivated person; for most of my... View Details
- 10 Jan 2017
- News
Paying It Forward
who started StopLift in 2003 after studying the matter as a student at Harvard Business School. Now with a staff of 200, the Cambridge, Massachusetts–based software company is deploying its ScanItAll Checkout Vision Systems to foil a wide... View Details
- 30 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Entering the Age of Alliances
in K-12 education, has brought to a collaboration with Hewlett Packard (HP) high credibility and access to key curriculum decision makers in the public education system. A leading designer, manufacturer, and service provider of products and View Details
Keywords: by James Austin
- 03 Jun 2020
- News
Keeping a Community Connected
Justin Pasquariello (MBA 2010) Justin Pasquariello (MBA 2010) At the end of most days, Justin Pasquariello (MBA 2010) feels like he hasn’t done enough. As executive director of East Boston Social Centers (EBSC), a century-old grassroots... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
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Introduction - The Production - The Human Factor – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections
Production Chapter Introduction Chapter Images The Worker The Audience Bibliography The Production: A Cooperative Enterprise What the industrial worker wants is . . . a method of living in social relationship with other people and . . .... View Details
- 2019
- Working Paper
Labor Market Shocks and the Demand for Trade Protection: Evidence from Online Surveys
By: Rafael Di Tella and Dani Rodrik
We study preferences for government action in response to layoffs resulting from different types of labor-market shocks. We consider the following shocks: technological change, a demand shift, bad management, and three kinds of international outsourcing. Respondents... View Details
Di Tella, Rafael, and Dani Rodrik. "Labor Market Shocks and the Demand for Trade Protection: Evidence from Online Surveys." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 25705, March 2019.