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- 1998
- Article
The Nature of Trust and Its Impact on Relationship Management Activities
By: Joseph P. Cannon, Greg Gundlach and Das Narayandas
- 15 Oct 2020
- News
Have Technology And COVID-19 Accelerated Social Changes?
- February 2011
- Article
It's the Recipient That Counts: Spending Money on Strong Social Ties Leads to Greater Happiness Than Spending on Weak Social Ties
By: Lara B. Aknin, Gillian M. Sandstrom, Elizabeth W. Dunn and Michael I. Norton
Previous research has shown that spending money on others (prosocial spending) increases happiness. But, do the happiness gains depend on who the money is spent on? Sociologists have distinguished between strong ties with close friends and family and weak... View Details
Aknin, Lara B., Gillian M. Sandstrom, Elizabeth W. Dunn, and Michael I. Norton. "It's the Recipient That Counts: Spending Money on Strong Social Ties Leads to Greater Happiness Than Spending on Weak Social Ties." PLoS ONE 6, no. 2 (February 2011): e17018.
- 03 Aug 2009
- Research & Ideas
Corporate Social Responsibility in a Downturn
Kasturi "Kash" Rangan, the Malcolm P. McNair Professor of Marketing at Harvard Business School, argues that corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives are more necessary than ever. Rangan says that when carefully planned... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- Web
Social Enterprise - Faculty & Research
across cities to drive sustainable community impact, while grappling with how to measure success and inspire replication beyond its own communities. Keywords: Strategy ; Leadership ; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact ; Education... View Details
- Article
The Relationship Between Workplace Stressors and Mortality and Health Costs in the United States
By: Joel Goh, Jeffrey Pfeffer and Stefanos A. Zenios
Even though epidemiological evidence links specific workplace stressors to health outcomes, the aggregate contribution of these factors to overall mortality and health spending in the United States is not known. In this paper, we build a model to estimate the excess... View Details
Goh, Joel, Jeffrey Pfeffer, and Stefanos A. Zenios. "The Relationship Between Workplace Stressors and Mortality and Health Costs in the United States." Management Science 62, no. 2 (February 2016): 608–628.
- Article
The Formation and Role of Reputation and Litigation in the Auditor-Manager Relationship
By: S. Datar and M. Alles
Datar, S., and M. Alles. "The Formation and Role of Reputation and Litigation in the Auditor-Manager Relationship." Journal of Accounting, Auditing & Finance 14, no. 4 (Fall 1999): 401–428.
- Article
La Nueva Ruta: alianzas sociales estrategicas (The New Path: Strategic Social Alliances)
By: James E. Austin, Gustavo Herrero and Ezequiel Reficco
Austin, James E., Gustavo Herrero, and Ezequiel Reficco. "La Nueva Ruta: alianzas sociales estrategicas (The New Path: Strategic Social Alliances)." Harvard Business Review América Latina 82, no. 12 (December 2004).
- 2016
- Article
Integrated Care from the Patient's Perspective and its Relationship to Medical Group Attributes.
By: Michaela Kerrissey, Jonathan Clark, Ashley-Kay Fryer, Wei Jiang, Maryaline Catillon, Patricia Ramsay, Stephen Shortell, Lawrence Casalino, Mark Friedberg and Sara J. Singer
Integrating care for patients with multiple chronic conditions is essential to improving quality. Yet little is known about care integration from the patient’s perspective and how it relates to medical group characteristics. We created a nationally representative... View Details
Keywords: Care Coordination; Integrated Care; Health; Health Care and Treatment; Quality; Perspective; Health Industry
Kerrissey, Michaela, Jonathan Clark, Ashley-Kay Fryer, Wei Jiang, Maryaline Catillon, Patricia Ramsay, Stephen Shortell, Lawrence Casalino, Mark Friedberg, and Sara J. Singer. "Integrated Care from the Patient's Perspective and its Relationship to Medical Group Attributes." Academy of Management Proceedings (2016).
- 21 Sep 2016
- Research & Ideas
Shabana Azmi: Leveraging Bollywood Fame into Social Good
For decades, Shabana Azmi has been a leading actress in Indian cinema. She has starred in many of that country’s most popular and acclaimed films, including the groundbreaking Fire in 1996, about a lesbian relationship between two... View Details
- Article
Deception and Its Detection: Effects of Monetary Incentives and Personal Relationship History
By: Lyn M. Van Swol, Deepak Malhotra and Michael T. Braun
The study examined detection of deception in unsanctioned, consequential lies between either friends or strangers using an ultimatum game. The sender was given an amount of money to divide with the receiver. The receiver did not know the precise amount the sender had... View Details
Van Swol, Lyn M., Deepak Malhotra, and Michael T. Braun. "Deception and Its Detection: Effects of Monetary Incentives and Personal Relationship History." Communication Research 39, no. 2 (April 2012): 217–238.
- Article
The Future of Economic, Business, and Social History
By: G. Jones, Marco H.D. van Leeuwen and Stephen Broadberry
Three leading scholars in the fields of business, economic, and social history review the current state of these disciplines and reflect on their future trajectory. Geoffrey Jones reviews the development of business history since its birth at the Harvard Business... View Details
Keywords: Economic History; Business History; History; Asia; Africa; Europe; Latin America; North and Central America
Jones, G., Marco H.D. van Leeuwen, and Stephen Broadberry. "The Future of Economic, Business, and Social History." Scandinavian Economic History Review 60, no. 3 (2012): 225–253.
- June 2010 (Revised August 2010)
- Case
State Grid: Corporate Social Responsibility
By: Christopher Marquis, Nancy Dai, Dongning Yang and Hong Wu
In October 2009, State Grid, the largest utility company in the world, and a pioneer and leader in CSR practices in China, was planning its 2009 CSR Report and long-term CSR implementation. Some of the specific challenges faced at the time include: How could the... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Management Systems; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Corporate Accountability; Behavior; Change Management; Global Range; Employees; Utilities Industry; China
Marquis, Christopher, Nancy Dai, Dongning Yang, and Hong Wu. "State Grid: Corporate Social Responsibility." Harvard Business School Case 410-141, June 2010. (Revised August 2010.)
- 2004
- Book
Social Partnering in Latin America
By: James E. Austin, Ezequiel Reficco, Gabriel Berger, Rosa Maria Fischer, Roberto Gutierrez, Mladen Koljatic, Gerardo Lozano and Enrique Ogliastri
Austin, James E., Ezequiel Reficco, Gabriel Berger, Rosa Maria Fischer, Roberto Gutierrez, Mladen Koljatic, Gerardo Lozano, and Enrique Ogliastri. Social Partnering in Latin America. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2004.
- 2012
- Working Paper
With Us or Against Us? Networks, Identity and Order in a Virtual World
By: Magnus Thor Torfason
Social networks and social groups have both been seen as important to discouraging malfeasance and supporting the global pro-social norms that underlie social order, but have typically been treated either as pure substitutes or as having completely independent effects.... View Details
Keywords: Social Norms; Social Networks; Triadic Closure; Social Groups; Group Identity; Groups and Teams; Boundaries; Organizations; Identity; Social and Collaborative Networks; Societal Protocols
Torfason, Magnus Thor. "With Us or Against Us? Networks, Identity and Order in a Virtual World." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 13-019, August 2012. (Revise and Resubmit, American Journal of Sociology.)
- 2009
- Other Unpublished Work
When Weak Ties and Social Alternatives Benefit Organizational Commitment: Evidence from Wikipedia
This study examines the social mechanisms reinforcing participant commitment to collaborative work. Previous literature largely fails to acknowledge the wider context of individual workplace commitments, or suggests that multiple concurrent work and life commitments... View Details
Keywords: Social and Collaborative Networks
- 2017
- Mimeo
Science for Society: Science and Technology Based Social Entrepreneurship
By: Tarun Khanna, Shashank Shah and Kundan Madireddy
This publication is an outcome of the team's research, engagement and interactions with over 25 science and technology-based social enterprises in India. It provides details on the research process, insightful outcomes and innovative impact.
Throughout the... View Details
Throughout the... View Details
Keywords: Social Entrepreneurship; Science-Based Business; Information Technology; Business and Community Relations; India
Khanna, Tarun, Shashank Shah, and Kundan Madireddy. "Science for Society: Science and Technology Based Social Entrepreneurship." Harvard University South Asia Institute, 2017. Mimeo. (This publication is an outcome of a grant from the Tata Trusts.)
- March 2002
- Article
Information Struggles: The Role of Information in the Reproduction of NGO-Funder Relationships
By: Alnoor Ebrahim
Ebrahim, Alnoor. "Information Struggles: The Role of Information in the Reproduction of NGO-Funder Relationships." Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly 31, no. 1 (March 2002): 85–113. (
Winner of Outstanding Article in Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly presented by Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action
.)- 1995
- Chapter
The Role of Fairness Considerations and Relationships in a Judgment Perspective of Negotiation
By: M. H. Bazerman and M. A. Neale
Bazerman, M. H., and M. A. Neale. "The Role of Fairness Considerations and Relationships in a Judgment Perspective of Negotiation." In Barriers to Conflict Resolution, edited by Kenneth Arrow, Robert H. Mnookin, Lee Ross, Amos Tversky, and Robert Wilson. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1995.