Resource Mobilization - Publications - Faculty & Research

29 Aug 2005
Research & Ideas

How Organizations Create Social Value

knowledge than do nonprofit groups about the social problem, so they experience more ramp-up time. In nonprofits, the founders often have technical expertise in the problem area and are able to do a more in-depth analysis. Resource View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls

Research Summary

Current working papers

Organizational restructuring: the influence of formal and informal structure on tie formation. This paper considers how changes in formal structure and a key element of informal structure – the embeddedness of employee... View Details

16 May 2005
Research & Ideas

Nonprofit Networking: The New Way to Grow

Banking, "have leveraged resources far beyond their organizational boundaries to achieve social impact, deliver on their own organizational mission, and at the same time build greater capacity within their sectors." The network... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

16 Apr 2018
Research & Ideas

Can Consumers Be Saved From Their Misguided Decisions?

on a number of products and services including health insurance plans, generic versus brand drug choices, copays and medication use, mobile phone plan choices, and even better methods for farming seaweed. “If you’re thinking about using... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Consulting; Retail

03 Oct 2017
First Look

First Look at Research and Ideas, October 3, 2017

university graduates in Japan used GROW, an artificial intelligence platform and mobile app developed by Tokyo-based people analytics startup IGS, to recruit for a job. This case puts participants in the shoes of IGS founder and CEO... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

06 Jul 2016
What Do You Think?

How Do We Pay for the Costs of Globalization?

of backlash fostered by a long period of neglect of globalization’s effect on labor markets worldwide. Globalization takes many forms: common markets; free flows of workers including refugees and migrants; and multinational organizations capable of moving View Details

Keywords: by James L. Heskett; Manufacturing

21 Nov 2019
Research & Ideas

Do TV Debates Sway Voters?

effective way to mobilize nonvoters and persuade those who are undecided.” Getting the ground game right Candidates who accept the limited benefits of TV and shift resources to in-person outreach—whether by... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

21 Oct 2015
Research & Ideas

How to Predict if a New Business Idea is Any Good

In 2008, entrepreneur Brian Chesky and his two San Francisco roommates made the rounds of Silicon Valley VC firms with what they thought was a great idea: a website and mobile app that would allow homeowners to open their homes to... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Accommodations; Financial Services

09 Aug 2021
Research & Ideas

OneTen: Creating a New Pathway for Black Talent

dignity, and to give organizations an underleveraged talent pool. Rich communities, resourced schools in America The “American dream” ethos promises prosperity for those who work hard regardless of their background, but it’s a myth for... View Details

Keywords: by Rawi E. Abdelal, Katherine Connolly Baden, and Boris Groysberg

15 May 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, May 15, 2018

multinational resource and related investments were highly enclavist and embedded in the institutional arrangements of Western imperialism and autocratic dictators. Western firms reinforced rather than disrupted institutional and societal... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

16 Mar 2020
Research & Ideas

How the Coronavirus Is Already Rewriting the Future of Business

patients alike will be able to track and share air quality analytics in a very democratized way from their handheld sensors connected to their mobile phones and organized and served up by third-party rating databases like the future... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

21 Aug 2019
Research & Ideas

What Machine Learning Teaches Us about CEO Leadership Style

different resources to accomplish something productive,” says Khanna. “That means you are motivating people to do things, and the only way to motivate people is to communicate with them.” As crucial as communication is to running an... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

11 Mar 2001
Research & Ideas

Merchants to Multinationals: British Trading Companies in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries

manufacturing and financial activities around the globe prior to WWI. The British trading companies played a significant role in opening new markets and developing new sources of supply in resources in the emerging global economy.... View Details

Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones

19 May 2021
Op-Ed

Why America Needs a Better Bridge Between School and Career

and learning." We found that the education-and-employment connection remains too tenuous in America. To create more pathways to upward mobility in the post-COVID recovery, policymakers, employers, and educators must prioritize and scale... View Details

Keywords: by Joseph B. Fuller and Rachel Lipson

01 Nov 2019
What Do You Think?

Should Non-Compete Clauses Be Abolished?

restrict an employee’s upward mobility and reduce wage and benefits competition among employers. According to statistics cited by the US Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, 12 percent of workers earning less than... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

08 Sep 2008
HBS Case

The Value of Environmental Activists

There are many methods, most financial, to measure the success of companies in meeting goals. But the question becomes a lot harder at Harvard Business School when MBAs are challenged to measure the efforts of environmental organizations like Greenpeace and the World... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Energy; Utilities

07 Apr 2020
Research & Ideas

What Customers Need to Hear from You During the COVID Crisis

have with their consumers which may be leveraged to mobilize action. In fact, 63 percent of those surveyed believe that their country will not make it through the COVID-19 crisis without brands playing a critical role in addressing... View Details

Keywords: by Jill Avery and Richard Edelman

13 Sep 2010
Research & Ideas

The Consumer Appeal of Underdog Branding

versus a "top dog," a well-endowed competitor with superior resources or market dominance, and tremendous passion and determination to succeed despite the odds. The underdog's external environment is largely negative: Underdogs... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

14 Jul 2020
Research & Ideas

Restarting Under Uncertainty: Managerial Experiences from Around the World

client-centric approach. It intensified virtual interactions with customers, merged sales and customer service, and boosted integration of all databases, which had been spread across functions, into a single customer resource management... View Details

Keywords: by Raffaella Sadun, Andrea Bertoni, Alexia Delfino, Giovanni Fassio, and Mariapaola Testa

March 2016 (Revised May 2018)
Case

ASOS PLC

By: John R. Wells and Gabriel Ellsworth

Launched in 2000, ASOS was one of the world’s largest online fashion specialists in 2018. Focusing on young consumers aged 16–25 years, the company offered over 85,000 items on its websites, many times more than the largest fashion stores, and added several thousand... View Details