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- Nov 2015
- Audio
Prospects for Shared Prosperity: Findings from the 2015 Alumni Survey on U.S. Competitiveness
prosperity in America? Do they see the lack of shared prosperity as a problem, either for society or for their companies? Are they satisfied with an economy that is growing strongly in aggregate, or do they care more about outcomes such... View Details
- 09 Apr 2019
- Working Paper Summaries
Formal Employment and Organized Crime: Regression Discontinuity Evidence from Colombia
- 23 Nov 2011
- Working Paper Summaries
The Organization of Firms Across Countries
- 2015
- Working Paper
Do People Shape Cities, or Do Cities Shape People? The Co-evolution of Physical, Social, and Economic Change in Five Major U.S. Cities
By: Nikhil Naik, Scott Duke Kominers, Ramesh Raskar, Edward L. Glaeser and Cesar Hidalgo
Urban change involves transformations in the physical appearance and the social composition of neighborhoods. Yet, the relationship between the physical and social components of urban change is not well understood due to the lack of comprehensive measures of... View Details
Naik, Nikhil, Scott Duke Kominers, Ramesh Raskar, Edward L. Glaeser, and Cesar Hidalgo. "Do People Shape Cities, or Do Cities Shape People? The Co-evolution of Physical, Social, and Economic Change in Five Major U.S. Cities." Working Paper.
- 12 May 2015
- Conference Presentation
Shared Value and Strategy
The best companies don't compete to be the best—they compete to be unique. Harvard Business School's Prof. Michael E. Porter applies his classic strategy framework to shared value as a differentiating strategy to enhance competitiveness. This slide presentation was... View Details
Porter, Michael E. "Shared Value and Strategy." Paper presented at the Shared Value Leadership Summit, FSG, New York, NY, May 12, 2015.
- 2012
- Chapter
Patriotism, Cosmopolitanism, and Political Economy in the Accademia dei Pugni in Austrian Lombardy, 1760–1780
By: Sophus A. Reinert and Jani Marjanen
This essay focuses on the Accademia dei Pugni, or The Academy of Punches, a celebrated institution which flourished for a few years in 1760s Austrian Milan, and its journal Il Caffè (1764–1766). It does so to revisit one of the cardinal questions... View Details
Reinert, Sophus A., and Jani Marjanen. "Patriotism, Cosmopolitanism, and Political Economy in the Accademia dei Pugni in Austrian Lombardy, 1760–1780." Chap. 6 in The Rise of Economic Societies in the Eighteenth Century: Patriotic Refom in Europe and North America, edited by Koen Stapelbroek and Jani Marjanen, 130–156. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
- January 2007
- Teaching Note
Kibera and the Kenya Slum Upgrading Project (TN) (A) and (B)
By: Nicolas P. Retsinas and Arthur I Segel
- 2004
- Article
Status Differentiation and Social Cohesion
Bothner, Matthew, Toby E. Stuart, and Harrison White. "Status Differentiation and Social Cohesion." Journal of Mathematical Sociology 28 (2004): 261–295.
- March 2006
- Book Review
Review of Capitalism, Social Privilege and Managerial Ideologies, by Ernesto R. Gantman. Hampshire: Ashgate Publishing, 2005.
By: Rakesh Khurana
Khurana, Rakesh. "Review of Capitalism, Social Privilege and Managerial Ideologies, by Ernesto R. Gantman. Hampshire: Ashgate Publishing, 2005." American Journal of Sociology 111, no. 5 (March 2006): 1608–1611.
- November 16, 2022
- Article
America Is Pursuing Happiness in All the Wrong Places
By: Arthur C. Brooks
The U.S. is undergoing a crisis of our personal and shared sense of meaning as polarization rises and institutions erode. The solution is as simple as it is difficult: Love one another. View Details
Keywords: Happiness; Civil Society or Community; Family and Family Relationships; Government and Politics; United States
Brooks, Arthur C. "America Is Pursuing Happiness in All the Wrong Places." The Atlantic (November 16, 2022).
- October 2012 (Revised December 2013)
- Case
Urbanizing China
By: Lakshmi Iyer and G.A. Donovan
In 2012, China attained a historic development milestone with more Chinese citizens living in cities than in the countryside. China's rapid urbanization, and the accompanying conversion of agricultural land to non-agricultural uses, raised a number of economic, social,... View Details
Keywords: China; Urbanization; Industrialization; Property Rights; Local Government Finance; Social Protest; Business Environment; Food Security; Safety; Change Management; Food; Urban Development; Social Issues; Growth and Development Strategy; Public Administration Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; China
Iyer, Lakshmi, and G.A. Donovan. "Urbanizing China." Harvard Business School Case 713-037, October 2012. (Revised December 2013.)
- Article
Gross National Happiness As an Answer to the Easterlin Paradox?
By: Rafael Di Tella and Robert MacCulloch
The Easterlin Paradox refers to the fact that happiness data are typically stationary in spite of considerable increases in income. This amounts to a rejection of the hypothesis that current income is the only argument in the utility function. We find that the... View Details
Di Tella, Rafael, and Robert MacCulloch. "Gross National Happiness As an Answer to the Easterlin Paradox?" Journal of Development Economics 86, no. 1 (April 2008).
- 14 Jan 2015
- Research & Ideas
Thriving in the Turbulence of Emerging Markets
evolved a strong sense of responsibility for the welfare of their societies as they continue to overcome past legacies of impoverishment. Three recently added interviews illuminate these themes of transformational change and societal... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Saving Grace
some of the world’s biggest money managers, including BlackRock and State Street Global Advisors. Savova is excited to see how expanding the floodlights of transparency could transform pension investing—or even society at large. Savova is... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 17 Mar 2023
- News
Dean Datar Meets with Alumni in New York
remarks, Dean Datar talked about several innovative initiatives that he anticipates will have lasting value for the School and that place the School at the cutting edge of addressing the challenges facing business and society today.... View Details
- Portrait Project
Monica Gupta Adractas
Harvard's beautiful white steeples. My life... I hope my life will embody the multiplier effect, which, in economics, occurs when a dollar in spending has a disproportionate effect on aggregate demand. Instead of mere spending, I hope to infuse View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Reinventing the Annual Report
little to do with each other. This is a huge problem. A sustainable society requires that all companies be committed to sustainable strategies. Increasing social expectations regarding a company’s commitment to sustainability mean that... View Details
Keywords: Robert G. Eccles
- Web
Archival Collections - A Concrete Symbol: The Building of Harvard Business School 1908-1927 – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections
Historical Society Resource Link The New-York Historical Society houses the records of architectural firm McKim, Mead & White. Researchers can find historical documents, correspondence, financial records,... View Details
- 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
Gethin, Amory, and Vincent Pons. "Social Movements and Public Opinion in the United States." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 32342, April 2024.
- 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