Publications

Presentation delivered at the Richard Ivey School of Business, Toronto, Canada View Details

Keywords: Society; Strategy; Canada

Winter 2001
Other Article

Competition and Antitrust: A Productivity-Based Approach to Evaluating Mergers and Joint Ventures

This article seeks to contribute thinking on how the intellectual foundations of antitrust might be updated, based on a large body of theoretical and empirical research on company strategy, competition, and economic development. The aim is to outline a new direction... View Details

Keywords: Society; Strategy

10 Aug 2007
Other Presentation

Doing Well at Doing Good: Do You Have a Strategy?

Strategy presentation at Willow Creek Association’s Leadership Summit, South Barrington, Illinois. Topics include: strategy for non-profits (museums) and social enterprises. View Details

Keywords: Strategy; Society; United States

23 Sep 2008
Other Presentation

Strategy for Social Enterprises

Strategy presentation at the Harvard Business School Club of Greater New York. Topics include: strategy for museums and social enterprises. View Details

Keywords: Strategy; Society; United States

7 Mar 2012
Other Presentation

Strategy and the New Competitive Advantage: Creating Shared Value

Strategy and Creating Shared Value Presentation at Ford Canada Top 100 event View Details

Keywords: Society; Strategy; United States

September 11, 2007
Editorial

When Not to Start a War

By: A. Zelleke

Keywords: War

November 9, 2001
Editorial

Help Us Think About The Hard Questions - On Prof Ulrich Beck's 'September 11th: Globalisation's Chernobyl'

By: Christian H.M. Ketels

Keywords: Globalization; Society

21 Jan 2013
Research & Ideas

Altruistic Capital: Harnessing Your Employees’ Intrinsic Goodwill

that organizations could motivate employees simply by showing them how their work helped others—in other words, by harnessing and increasing their altruistic capital. In December 2009, the Society for Family Health (SFH), an affiliate of... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

2024
Working Paper

Social Movements and Public Opinion in the United States

By: Amory Gethin and Vincent Pons

Recent social movements stand out by their spontaneous nature and lack of stable leadership, raising doubts on their ability to generate political change. This article provides systematic evidence on the effects of protests on public opinion and political attitudes.... View Details

Keywords: Attitudes; Social Issues; Voting; Public Opinion; Social Media

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2008
Chapter

Public Action for Public Goods: Theory and Evidence

By: Abhijit Banerjee, Lakshmi Iyer and Rohini Somanathan

This chapter focuses on the relationship between public action and access to public goods. It begins by developing a simple model of collective action which is intended to capture the various mechanisms that are discussed in the theoretical literature on collective... View Details

Keywords: Policy; Quality; Groups and Teams; Human Needs; Poverty; Welfare or Wellbeing; Public Administration Industry

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Shimon Attie Night Watch (Victor with Freedom Tower), Hudson River 2018 | About

Shimon Attie © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn . “ Night Watch was a floating media installation that traveled in the waterways around New York City during the fall of 2018. Featuring a 20 foot-wide... View Details

December 1997
Case

California: The American Future?

By: Bruce R. Scott and Kevin Price

California has long been a lead state in terms of population growth, income, and societal norms. In the 1990s, California voters approved referenda to restrict benefits to immigrants and to prohibit affirmative action. Is this likely to be another leading indicator for... View Details

Keywords: Fairness; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Policy; Laws and Statutes; Civil Society or Community; Public Opinion; California

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June 2012
Article

Meta-Organizational Design: Rethinking Design in Inter-Organizational and Community Contexts

By: Ranjay Gulati, Phanish Puranam and Michael Tushman

This paper provides conceptual foundations for analyzing organizations comprising multiple legally autonomous entities, which we call meta-organizations. We assess the antecedents of the emergence of such collectives and the design choices they entail. The paper... View Details

Keywords: Design; Organizations; Civil Society or Community; Relationships

15 Mar 2010
HBS Case

Developing Asia’s Largest Slum

Located in Mumbai, India, Dharavi is home to an estimated 700,000 people living on just 551 acres. Featured in the 2008 Oscar-winning film Slumdog Millionaire, Dharavi embodies the characteristics of a slum as defined by the United Nations: inadequate access to safe... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Construction; Real Estate

October 2023
Article

Speedy Activists: Firm Response Time to Sociopolitical Events Influences Consumer Behavior

By: Jimin Nam, Maya Balakrishnan, Julian De Freitas and Alison Wood Brooks

Organizations face growing pressure from their consumers and stakeholders to take public stances on sociopolitical issues. However, many are hesitant to do so lest they make missteps, promises they cannot keep, appear inauthentic, or alienate consumers, employees, or... View Details

Keywords: Brands and Branding; Public Opinion; Social Media; Social Issues

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Impact Stories - Business History

Capitalism Re: Ai Hisano Expanding Horizons Re: Melanie Sheehan Chandler’s Legacies Re: Xavier Duran Intriguing Questions Re: Aditya Todi Business and Society Re: Melanie Sperling Platform for Dialogue Re: Sudev Sheth History's Guiding... View Details

2001
Chapter

Transforming Life, Transforming Business: The Life Science Revolution

By: Juan Enriquez and Ray A. Goldberg

Keywords: Science-Based Business; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Human Needs; Welfare; Transformation

September 2004
Teaching Note

Duke Heart Failure Program, The (TN)

By: Richard M.J. Bohmer

Teaching Note to (9-604-033). View Details

Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Programs; Civil Society or Community; Service Operations; Relationships

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01 Apr 1974
Conference Presentation

Urban Communes and Family History

By: R. M. Kanter

Keywords: Family and Family Relationships; Civil Society or Community; Urban Scope