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Trends in Informal Social Participation, 1974-2008

23 Jul 2010
News

N.J. nonprofit restaurant in Orange shows social entrepreneurship trend

19 Jan 2022
In Practice

7 Trends to Watch in 2022

As 2022 gets underway we asked our faculty to highlight some trends worth watching in the coming year. Ariel Stern: A new future for digital health care While 2020 and 2021 were years of rapid innovation and deployment of new health care technologies and delivery... View Details

Keywords: by HBS News

02 Jan 2024
Research & Ideas

10 Trends to Watch in 2024

The lightning-fast ascent of generative AI isn’t the only sea change on the horizon for businesses in the new year. The global economy is in flux as war, climate change, trade issues, and infrastructure problems demand attention. Many companies continue to struggle to... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

23 Jul 2021
Blog Post

Trends in Consumer Products

Solstice and Social Club Seltzer. As we head out of Covid, we see long-term trends accelerating. Consumers are now even more interested in health and wellness. Value is even more important due to the... View Details

October 2019 (Revised October 2019)
Background Note

Entrepreneurship and Innovation Trends in China K-12

By: John J-H Kim, Haibo Zhao and Shu Lin

This note provides a brief survey of the major entrepreneurial and innovation trends in China’s K-12 education landscape, using trends in public policy as background, but focusing on opportunities available for the private market. The note first provides a brief... View Details

Keywords: Innovation; Innovation ＆ Entrepreneurship; Education; Entrepreneurship; Innovation and Invention; Education Industry; China

21 Nov 2013
News

10 Predictions for China's Economy in 2014

Keywords: predictions; China; economic trends; social trends; politics

08 Dec 2015
Research Event

Research Trends Discussed at India and South Asia Conference

Scholars from around the world discussed the history and current business trends in India and Southeast Asia at Harvard Business School. The Business History of India and South Asia: Recent Trends in... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Education

17 Jan 2023
In Practice

8 Trends to Watch in 2023

As 2023 begins, businesses and employees face an uncertain economy and labor market, as the twin dilemmas of inflation and interest rates weigh on forecasts. Harvard Business School faculty share the top trends that they believe will... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman

July 2015
Background Note

The State of U.S. Public Health: Challenges and Trends

By: Rosabeth M. Kanter, Howard Koh and Pamela Yatsko

The World Health Organization defines health as "a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity." For many Americans, the World Health Organization's definition of true health seems unattainable, given... View Details

Keywords: Public Health; Public Sector; Health Care and Treatment; Health Industry; United States

1996
Chapter

Trends in University Patenting 1965-1992

By: Rebecca M. Henderson, Adam Jaffe and Manuel Trajtenberg

Keywords: History; Patents; Higher Education; Trends; Non-Governmental Organizations; Education Industry

22 Feb 2011
Research & Ideas

The Most Important Management Trends of the (Still Young) Twenty-First Century

decade, and our growing list of followers on Facebook. We promise to keep you at the cutting edge of emerging business research and trends over the next 10 years. —Sean HBS Dean Nitin Nohria Globalization, enabled and accelerated by... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

October 2017
Article

The Size of the LGBT Population and the Magnitude of Anti-Gay Sentiment Are Substantially Underestimated

By: Katherine Baldiga Coffman, Lucas C. Coffman and Keith M. Marzilli Ericson

We demonstrate that widely used measures of anti-gay sentiment and the size of the LGBT population are misestimated, likely substantially. In a series of online experiments using a large and diverse but non-representative sample, we compare estimates from the standard... View Details

Keywords: LGBTQ; Social Trends ＆ Culture; Economic Theory; Prejudice; Prejudice and Bias; Diversity; Economics; Demographics

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21 Apr 2011
Research & Ideas

Searching for Better Practices in Social Investing

Investing: Emerging Trends in a Changing Landscape," a recent panel discussion hosted by Harvard Business School's Social Enterprise Initiative. They also touched on growing View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Financial Services

14 Sep 2023
Blog Post

MBAs Accelerate Their Social Enterprise Ventures

The Social Enterprise Accelerator is offered to students in the summer between their first and second year, supporting student founders in the development of their social impact startup. During the summer of... View Details

February 2008 (Revised June 2011)
Background Note

Social Networks: The Portals of Web 2.0

By: Stephen P. Bradley and Nancy Bartlett

Social networks have evolved into influential, compelling and persuasive systems, the portals of Web 2.0 and one of the most powerful media phenomena in 2008. This note provides a brief background and description of various social network sites including MySpace,... View Details

Keywords: Web; Technology; Networks; Information Technology Industry

1 Mar 1978
Conference Presentation

The Changing Shape of Work: Psychosocial Trends in America

By: R. M. Kanter

Keywords: Social Issues

15 Aug 2016
Research & Ideas

Black Swans and Big Trends Can Ruin Anyone's Internet Prediction

speculates about whether Microsoft or Adobe would be better positioned to establish the dominant ebook standard. The possibility that the world’s biggest bookstore might eventually win that race hadn’t dawned on me. Social networks. We’d... View Details

Keywords: by Thomas R. Eisenmann; Technology

November 1994
Background Note

Social Enterprise: Private Initiatives for the Common Good

Presents a model for understanding how private social-purpose ventures (nonprofit and for-profit) differ from traditional business firms in both their objectives and methods of operation. Identifies six dimensions that are useful for understanding the differences. Also... View Details

Keywords: Social Entrepreneurship