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16 Oct 2014
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U.S. Competitiveness and Implications for our Economic Future

By: Michael E. Porter

Keynote talk about enhancing U.S. competitiveness during the Inner City 100 Symposium: Icons of Industry Growth View Details

Keywords: United States; Small And Medium Enterprises; Competitiveness; Urban Development; Economics; United States

December 30, 2013
Other Article

Fundamental Purpose

By: Michael E. Porter

Directing capital to companies that can use it productively is ultimately the most profound benefit investors can have on society. View Details

Keywords: Investing; Strategy; Investment; Society

2011
Book

Higher Ambition: How Great Leaders Create Economic and Social Value

By: Michael Beer, Russell A. Eisenstat, Nathaniel Foote, Tobias Fredberg and Flemming Norgreen

Keywords: Leadership; Economics; Society; Value

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December 1995
Article

Social Structure and Alliance Formation Patterns: A Longitudinal Analysis

By: Ranjay Gulati

Keywords: Alliances; Society; Theory

February 1998
Background Note

The Size of the Global Poverty Sector

By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Patricia Walker

Keywords: Wealth and Poverty

2012
Chapter

Capitalism as a Social System

By: Bruce R. Scott

Keywords: Economic Systems; Society

08 Oct 2010
What Do You Think?

Will Transparency in CEO Compensation Have Unintended Consequences?

Summing Up The Dodd-Frank legislation provision requiring the publication of the ratio of CEO compensation to that of the average compensation level of all employees in public companies will have little or no impact on CEO compensation levels. That's the conclusion of... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

fall 1976
Article

Intellect on Television: The Quiz Show Scandals of the 1950's

By: R. S. Tedlow

Keywords: Television Entertainment; Society; Telecommunications Industry

May 20, 2010
Article

Leaders’ Blindspots Undermine Their Global Language Policies

By: Tsedal Neeley

Editor’s note: This post is part of a six-week blog series on how leadership might look in the future. The conversations generated by these posts will help shape the agenda of a symposium on the topic in June 2010, hosted by HBS’s Nitin Nohria, Rakesh Khurana, and... View Details

Keywords: Culture; Diversity

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January 2017
Article

Beyond Zeroes and Ones: The Intensity and Dynamics of Civil Conflict

By: Stephen Chaudoin, Zachary Peskowitz and Christopher Stanton

There is a tremendous amount of variation in conflict intensity both across and within civil conflicts. Some conflicts result in huge numbers of battle deaths, while others do not. Conflict intensity is also dynamic. Conflict intensity escalates, deescalates, and... View Details

Keywords: Civil Wars; Political Economy; Conflict; Trade Interdependence; War; Microeconomics

November – December 1969
Article

Systems Analysis for Social Decisions

By: Joseph L. Bower

Keywords: Decision Making; Society; Theory

Web

Buy Now, Pay Later: Research Links - Secondary Resources

HBS Quick Links MBA Executive Education Doctoral Programs Faculty and Research Alumni HBS Publishing Site Index HBS Home Contact Us Map/Directions Introduction Credit in Pre-Industrial Society Credit and the Market Economy: The Rise of... View Details

22 Apr 2014
News

Being 'helpful' has mutual benefits

Catherine Bouvier d'Yvoire (MBA 1982), director of the Global Strategy Advisory of Citi, sees her role is being "helpful" to the governments and societies in which she works. (Published April 2014) View Details

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Jenny Holzer Selection from Survival: It is in your self-interest… 2015 | About

Jenny Holzer Selection from Survival: It is in your self-interest , 2015 Jenny Holzer (American, born 1950), Selection from Survival: It is in your self-interest , 2015, Carrara White marble bench. Courtesy of the artist and Cheim & Read . © 2020 Jenny Holzer, member... View Details

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Charitable Lead Trust - Alumni

distribution to your heirs Expert management services provided by Harvard at no cost to you Accelerated charitable income tax deduction in some circumstances Membership in the John C. Whitehead Society How it Works You can create a trust... View Details

14 Apr 2014
Research & Ideas

Difficulties for Women Bridging Racial, Generational, and Global Divides

In the months leading up to the 2008 presidential election, CNN ran a story titled "Gender or Race: Black Women Voters Face Tough Choices in South Carolina." The "tough choice" in question: should they vote according to race (Barack Obama) or gender (Hillary Clinton)?... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

07 Jun 2011
Working Paper Summaries

The Institutional Logic of Great Global Firms

Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter

01 Nov 2006
Working Paper Summaries

Male Circumcision and AIDS: The Macroeconomic Impact of a Health Crisis

Keywords: by Eric D. Werker, Amrita Ahuja & Brian Wendell

19 Apr 2014
Interview

How the U.S. is Lagging on Quality of Life

By: Michael E. Porter

Fareed Zakaria speaks with Michael Porter, a professor at the Harvard Business School, about a groundbreaking new Social Progress Index and how the United States is lagging on many indicators. View Details

Keywords: Social Progress Index; Social Issues; United States