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Grant Donnelly & Michael Norton
“big” research that tackled problems that, if solved, could have big benefits. Our social recycling project is a great example, a reimagining of how we think about “trash” with the potential to increase consumers’... View Details
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Clarissa Quintanilla
with outstretched arms lined the highway beckoning passing cars to stop and buy wildlife they had captured. The hopelessness of their situation helped Clarissa develop a conviction "to be involved in the process of furthering social... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Making a Difference
Bridgespan Group — Jeff Bradach (PhDOB ’92) and Tom Tierney (MBA ’80) — pioneers in the application of data-driven strategy and consulting services to enhance the effectiveness of nonprofits and foundations. Founded a decade ago,... View Details
- 01 Aug 2002
- News
HBS Business Plan Contest Keeps Entrepreneurial Spirit Alive
along with classmate Lucas Klein and Jason Green, a 2002 graduate of Penn's Wharton School of Business. The runner-up in the social enterprise track was The Unison Project, a group designed to mobilize the... View Details
- 18 Sep 2013
- Research & Ideas
Unspoken Cues: Encouraging Morals Without Mandates
Many institutions promote and even mandate moral behavior and values among their members, but how they do it differs greatly. Some organizations such as religious groups may proscribe very specifically what is acceptable behavior—think... View Details
- February 2008
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EFI, Inc. (A)
By: David B. Godes and Lauren Barley
EFI has a unique sales compensation challenge. They cannot allocate sales credit for their core product to individual salespeople. So, they've historically paid the sales force as a team. This has worked out fine, since they've been a near-monopoly seller of a single... View Details
Keywords: Change Management; Compensation and Benefits; Performance Evaluation; Groups and Teams; Salesforce Management; Motivation and Incentives
Godes, David B., and Lauren Barley. "EFI, Inc. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 508-044, February 2008.
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Rediscovering America
the world. I believe that the actions and projects of U.S. philanthropists, social entrepreneurs, and businesspeople who interact with foreign officials, company executives, and other international constituents can make a huge difference.... View Details
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Online Transforming Customer Experiences Course | HBS Online
5-6 hrs Module 3 Engage Explore customer variability’s role in influencing satisfaction and loyalty and the importance of enhancing customer compatibility as a way to manage it. Highlights Service Customization The Oberoi Group Testing... View Details
- 12 Feb 2001
- Research & Ideas
John Irving’s Lessons for Business
on your basic love of the domain, however. It also depends on the social environment. This discovery, I think, is the most important contribution that my research has made. The work environment you're in, or the school environment you're... View Details
Keywords: by Mallory Stark & Martha Lagace
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Mengjie "Magie" Cheng
Magie Cheng (she/her) worked for a social network company in their machine learning group and spent much of her time analyzing user behavior for a wide range of social... View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
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Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2014
generous welfare state. It emerged instead from evolving coalitions between fledgling consumer lenders seeking to make their business socially acceptable and a range of nongovernmental groups working to... View Details
- 13 Oct 2015
- Research & Ideas
Does Business Get Done the Same Way in Emerging and Developed Countries?
men led during terrific growth phases are similar in some ways, but very different in others. With $30 billion in revenue, The Koç Group is the largest conglomerate in Turkey, with more than 100 companies and 73,000 employees operating in... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 20 May 2016
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The Most Creative People in Business 2016
honored: Mark Fields (MBA 1989) President and CEO, Ford “For steering Ford in a more adventurous direction” Abby Falik (MBA 2008) Founder and CEO of Global Citizen Year “For channeling teenage wanderlust toward social good” Katrine Bosley... View Details
- October 1999
- Teaching Note
Braun AG: The KF 40 Coffee Machine (Abridged) TN
By: Kim B. Clark and Steven C. Wheelwright
Teaching Note for a reprint. View Details
- 28 Oct 2008
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First Look: October 28, 2008
instruments (including price-setting) to implement desired outcomes. Non-price instruments were very much at the core of MSP strategies. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-061.pdf Platform Competition, Compatibility, and View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 06 Jan 2021
- Research & Ideas
Unexpected Exercise Advice for the Super Busy: Ditch the Rigid Routine
the rest got $3. Flexible. Participants would be compensated for working out at any time, with the same $7 and $3 breakdown as the routine group. Control. This group was encouraged to exercise without financial incentives. During the... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
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Catherine Neale
Orleans, "helping people gut houses and reopen schools." But unlike many volunteers inspired by the intensity of the moment, Catherine returned to the Crescent City. "There were many groups down there," Catherine says,... View Details
- 03 Apr 2019
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Finding Common Ground
the Cicero Group in 2001, working out of his house with a few colleagues. “When I talk to young entrepreneurs today, they always ask about my business plan,” he notes. “I have to laugh. My business plan was a mortgage and a baby on the... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
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Ari Medoff
to "spread awareness, mentor Seeds alumni, and raise money." The group successfully raises several-hundred-thousand dollars a year, helping Seeds of Peace expand its impact in the Middle East to South Asian youth in Afghanistan,... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
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Centennial Goes YouTube
the groundwork for the School’s Social Enterprise Initiative a decade later. Matthew Caulfield (MBA ’72) of Oceanside, California, arrived on campus as an experienced Marine officer fresh from Vietnam. While some of his classmates had... View Details