Social Movements - Publications - Faculty & Research

25 Jan 2021
Book

In a Nutshell, Why American Capitalism Succeeded

significant challenges faced by the country. Along with protesting racially motivated violence, the Black Lives Matter movement has opened broader conversations around social justice, including the need for... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Manufacturing

11 Feb 2002
Research & Ideas

The Quiet Leader—and How to Be One

bus driver. She'd even stopped riding on his bus and got on by accident. She'd been to a number of civil rights training programs. After she was arrested, the people in the civil rights movement sat down and asked themselves, "Is... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

24 Oct 2023
Research & Ideas

When Tech Platforms Identify Black-Owned Businesses, White Customers Buy

at HBS. Luca’s work on labeling Black-owned businesses may reveal another way to nudge more support toward marginalized groups. According to Luca, recent efforts to address longstanding inequities, spurred by both the Black Lives Matter View Details

Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald; Food & Beverage

22 Jun 2022
Book

Four Elements for Finding the Right Career Path

fresh new language so that you can explain, both to yourself and to others, what is occurring for you within each of the Four Element arenas. This movement from access to implicit knowledge to finding new language for what is implicit is... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

March 2025
Case

Sarojini Naidu: Courage of the Nightingale

By: Ranjay Gulati, Malini Sen and Anjali Raina

Indian poet and freedom fighter and mother of four, Sarojini (Chattopadhyay) Naidu, could not hold back. As the protestors marched ahead without retaliating against the police’s blows, she stepped forward to join them. A British officer approached Naidu and touched her... View Details

Keywords: Gender; Leadership; Personal Development and Career; Motivation and Incentives; Power and Influence; Government and Politics; India; Asia

Citation

Educators

24 Jul 2000
Research & Ideas

Value Maximization and Stakeholder Theory

we measure better versus worse? Even more simply, How do we keep score? "At the economy wide or social level," he continues, "the issue is the following: If we could dictate the criterion or objective function to be... View Details

Keywords: by Michael C. Jensen

18 Apr 2023
Research & Ideas

What Happens When Banks Ditch Coal: The Impact Is 'More Than Anyone Thought'

Consumers who are eager to mitigate climate change can take many actions, such as reducing the number of airline flights they take or installing solar panels on their homes. But the planet is in a race against time, and individual action alone won’t help most countries... View Details

Keywords: by Barbara DeLollis; Financial Services; Mining

01 Feb 2022
Book

Innovation Isn’t Just for Startups: How Big Companies Can Succeed

between explorers and startup entrepreneurs? Michael Tushman: These explorers have the energy, passion, drive, and perseverance to go against the core part of the organization to do this reinvention of IBM or Analog Devices. It also takes the passion of the explorer to... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert

01 Mar 2021
Research & Ideas

How Systemic Racism Can Threaten National Security

the social apparatus may not work well because of discrimination." “The government and the bureaucracy and the social apparatus may not work well because of discrimination,” he says. “The state might be in... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

07 May 2014
What Do You Think?

How Should Wealth Be Redistributed?

obvious that we must tax the hell out of vacant properties and/or urban land speculation?" Others suggested non-tax solutions. One such proposal was put forth by Mok Tuck Sung: "(The wealthy) should be encouraged to participate actively in View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

23 Oct 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, October 23, 2018

Purchase this case:https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/219030-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 318-082 Sandra Brown Goes Digital (A): The Promise and Perils of Social Movements in a Healthcare Company As a... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

29 Jan 2008
First Look

First Look: January 29, 2008

skills, (2) broad perspective, (3) teaming skills, (4) expanded social network, and (5) boundary-spanning skills. We conclude with a discussion of the implications of our ideas for conducting future team research. Board of Directors'... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

08 Mar 2019
Research & Ideas

Seven Negotiation Lessons from Amazon's HQ Disaster in Queens

many of its most influential citizens. Yet a small group of opponents catalyzed a local movement that, despite being outspent 1,500 to one by the bid’s boosters, ultimately caused the city to back out in 2015. [DAD can be appropriate for... View Details

Keywords: by James K. Sebenius; Real Estate; Construction

09 Feb 2016
First Look

February 9, 2016

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50562 forthcoming Strategic Management Journal Entrepreneurial Beacons: The Yale Endowment, Run-ups, and the Growth of Venture Capital By: Bermiss, Y. Sekou, Benjamin J. Hallen, Rory McDonald, and Emily Cox Pahnke... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

07 May 2020
Research & Ideas

The One Good Thing Caused by COVID-19: Innovation

The COVID-19 pandemic has profoundly influenced the lives of most people on the planet. It has changed daily activities; something as simple as a walk in the park is perceived very differently now. The same is true for businesses. Many businesses have shut down or... View Details

Keywords: by Hong Luo and Alberto Galasso

29 Jan 2021
Op-Ed

How Influencers, Celebrities, and FOMO Can Win Over Vaccine Skeptics

medical professionals can serve as micro-influencers to other segments by posting pictures on social media of their vaccination cards or themselves actually getting the shot. These influencers should describe the importance of their... View Details

Keywords: by Rohit Deshpandé, Ofer Mintz, and Imran S. Currim

30 Apr 2020
Book

Fighting Climate Change Requires a New Capitalism

Rebecca Henderson spent her young adult years living two lives. At work, she preached the risks of resisting change to MBA students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, drawing on lessons she learned while watching factories close as a management consultant.... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Energy

20 Oct 2010
Op-Ed

Export Competitiveness: Reversing the Logic

exports provide positive externalities and thus should be encouraged by government, the policy question is how to do so most effectively. One large body of thinking is devoted to identifying general barriers to exports that reduce trade below its View Details

Keywords: by Christian Ketels

19 Apr 2016
First Look

April 19, 2016

forthcoming Journal of Marketing Research Does 'Liking' Lead to Loving? The Impact of Joining a Brand’s Social Network on Marketing Outcomes By: John, Leslie K., Oliver Emrich, Sunil Gupta, and Michael I. Norton Abstract—Does “liking” a... View Details