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Case Studies - Social Impact Collaboratory

public school teachers (CalSTRS) was mandated by his board to “prioritize engagement with makers and retailers of firearms in California” following a series of gun-related tragedies in schools. While CalSTRS had a long history of View Details
  • 04 Jun 2013
  • Working Paper Summaries

Prosocial Bonuses Increase Employee Satisfaction and Team Performance

Keywords: by Lalin Anik, Lara B. Aknin, Michael I. Norton, Elizabeth W. Dunn & Jordi Quoidbach
  • 2022
  • Article

Social Interactivity in Live Video Experiences Reduces Loneliness

By: Benjamin T. Kaveladze, Robert R. Morris, Rosa Victoria Dimitrova-Gammeltoft, Amit Goldenberg, James J. Gross, Judd Antin, Melissa Sandgren and Melissa C. Thomas-Hunt
Background: Loneliness, especially when chronic, can substantially reduce one's quality of life. However, positive social experiences might help to break cycles of loneliness by promoting more prosocial cognitions and behaviors. Internet-mediated live video... View Details
Keywords: Lonelines; Social Connection; Internet-mediated Communication; Experiment; Emotions; Well-being; Interpersonal Communication; Internet
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  • October 2017
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Toward a Prescriptive Theory of Dynamic Capabilities: Connecting Strategic Choice, Learning, and Competition

By: Gary P. Pisano
The field of strategy has mounted an enormous effort to understand, define, predict, and measure how organizational capabilities shape competitive advantage. While the notion that capabilities influence strategy dates back to the work of Andrews (1971, The Concept... View Details
Keywords: Business Admnistration; Market Structure; Firm Structure; Market Efficiency; Competency and Skills; Organizational Structure; Strategy
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    BUSINESS ETHICS: WHAT EVERYONE NEEDS TO KNOW

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    • 10 Aug 2016
    • Blog Post

    3 Benefits of the Case Method

    Furthermore, the in-class experience helped me learn more about my classmates as individuals, uncovering shared interests and strengthening friendships. The people with whom I shared the HBS experience are among the most intelligent, talented, and View Details
    • 04 Nov 2009
    • What Do You Think?

    What is the Role of Government Vis-à-Vis Capitalism?

    'rules of the game' that we create together as citizens," but cautions that " when we engage in that process, we need to be equally aware that we are foolish to try to prescribe HOW the game should be played within those... View Details
    Keywords: by Jim Heskett
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    A Letter from Michael Porter - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

    for those engaged in solving the world’s most complex, large-scale problems. Creating theory that guides practice is hard work. I owe much to my colleagues and collaborators at Harvard University, at the Institute for Strategy and... View Details
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    Online Learning Model | HBS Online

    Engage in real-world learning with a global community of peers Play Course Platform Introduction Video Harvard Business School Online offers a unique and highly engaging way to learn vital business concepts.... View Details
    • 28 Oct 2014
    • First Look

    First Look: October 28

    examines the operations strategy of Whole Foods, one of the largest natural grocery chains in the United States. In late 2013, Whole Foods was expanding rapidly, with a publicly stated goal of growing from 351 to 1,000 domestic stores by 2022. It was also View Details
    Keywords: Carmen Nobel
    • 11 Apr 2012
    • Research & Ideas

    The High Risks of Short-Term Management

    stakeholders' objectives. This new model is only beginning to emerge, but some of its outlines are already clear such as a longer-term time horizon, more holistic performance measurement and reporting, more active corporate governance, and greater View Details
    Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Financial Services
    • 30 Oct 2017
    • Research & Ideas

    Asking Questions Can Get You a Better Job or a Second Date

    conversation going and show that the asker has paid attention to what their partner has said” The first two studies in the paper examined more than 600 online chat participants tasked with getting to know each other. A third study consisted of 110 speed-daters View Details
    Keywords: by Rachel Layne
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    2022 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

    evolved in recent decades. We will then engage in an interactive case discussion focused on a subset of New York City schools that are delivering vastly superior outcomes for more than 20,000 students. We will assess whether this success... View Details
    • 2013
    • Working Paper

    The Appeal of the Appropriate: Accounting, Risk Management, and the Competition for the Supply of Control Systems

    By: Anette Mikes
    How do certain risk measurements in organizations come to be seen as more reliable and acceptable than others? Taking a multiple-control perspective, I investigate the aftermath of a control debacle at a financial services company (MultiBank), focusing on its insurance... View Details
    Keywords: Management Control Systems; Multiple Control Systems; Interactive Control Systems; Performance Measurement; Risk Measurement; Financialization Of Accounting; Institutional Logics; Banking; Risk Management; Fair Value Accounting; Insurance; Financial Services Industry
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    • 15 Nov 2011
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    First Look: November 15

    practices that respondents judge to be less defensible. Using three different estimation methods, we find that the proportion of respondents that have engaged in these practices is surprisingly high relative to respondents' own estimates... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 28 Nov 2005
    • Research & Ideas

    Unilever: Transformation and Tradition

    allocation of resources was difficult. There was also the past legacy of vertical and horizontal integration, which left Unilever owning considerable parts of the value chain. Its trawlers caught the fish that was eventually sold in its restaurant chains. Thousands of... View Details
    Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones; Consumer Products
    • 06 Sep 2022
    • Blog Post

    Student Spotlight: Summer Internships in Business & Environment

    purpose-built full-electric 16-ton truck designed for urban logistics, reducing the environmental impact of freight deliveries in cities by an estimated 1.2M tons of CO2 by 2025. Dallin's role prior to HBS was an Engagement Manager at... View Details
    • 26 Jan 2022
    • News

    Making Peace with Anger

    efforts in the world to show up, to be there for a sports game, for a concert recital, whatever the case might be. But I wasn’t really there mentally. I wasn’t engaged in being present for the boys, I was there to sort of carry the flag.... View Details
    • 02 Mar 2016
    • News

    David Moss is Rewriting History

    classroom to vote on issues or work in small groups? Moss isn’t talking about the essence of the case method as he explains the importance of teaching civics as a dynamic and engaging topic, but he could be: “The three branches of... View Details
    Keywords: April White
    • 07 May 2014
    • What Do You Think?

    How Should Wealth Be Redistributed?

    left But an agenda that increases the rewards of work, encourages stable, engaged families and promotes healthy community institutions could be a shared political enterprise." Is wealth distribution a problem cause or symptom? What... View Details
    Keywords: by James Heskett