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- 2016
- Article
Does volunteering improve well-being?
By: A.V. Whillans, Scott C. Seider, Lihan Chen, Ryan J. Dwyer, Sarah Novick, Kathryn J. Gramigna, Brittany A. Mitchell, Victoria Savalei, Sally S. Dickerson and Elizabeth W. Dunn
Does volunteering causally improve well-being? To empirically test this question, we examined one instantiation of volunteering that is common at post-secondary institutions across North America: community service learning (CSL). CSL is a form of experiential learning...
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Whillans, A.V., Scott C. Seider, Lihan Chen, Ryan J. Dwyer, Sarah Novick, Kathryn J. Gramigna, Brittany A. Mitchell, Victoria Savalei, Sally S. Dickerson, and Elizabeth W. Dunn. "Does volunteering improve well-being?" Comprehensive Results in Social Psychology 1, nos. 1-3 (2016): 35–50.
- November 2016 (Revised December 2016)
- Module Note
Strategy Execution Module 14: Managing Strategic Risk
By: Robert Simons
This module reading provides an overview of the business conduct boundaries, strategic boundaries, and internal control systems used to manage risk. Boundary systems—linked to clear, enforceable sanctions—are essential whenever demanding performance goals are set and...
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Keywords:
Management Control Systems;
Implementing Strategy;
Strategy Execution;
Boundary Systems;
Innovation;
Internal Controls;
Fraud;
Human Behavior;
Staff Experts;
Strategy;
Risk Management;
Behavior;
Governance Controls;
Management Practices and Processes;
Boundaries;
Employees;
Business Strategy;
Innovation and Invention
Simons, Robert. "Strategy Execution Module 14: Managing Strategic Risk." Harvard Business School Module Note 117-114, November 2016. (Revised December 2016.)
- 2016
- Working Paper
Infrastructure, Incentives and Institutions
By: Nava Ashraf, Edward L. Glaeser and Giacomo A.M. Ponzetto
Cities generate negative, as well as positive, externalities; addressing those externalities requires both infrastructure and institutions. Providing clean water and removing refuse requires water and sewer pipes, but the urban poor are often unwilling to pay for the...
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Ashraf, Nava, Edward L. Glaeser, and Giacomo A.M. Ponzetto. "Infrastructure, Incentives and Institutions." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 21910, January 2016.
- May 2011
- Article
Consequences and Institutional Determinants of Unregulated Corporate Financial Statements: Evidence from Embedded Value Reporting
By: George Serafeim
I analyze Embedded Value (EV) reporting by firms with life insurance operations to assess the impact of unregulated financial reporting on transparency and to examine the institutional characteristics that promote unregulated reporting. Under EV accounting the present...
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Keywords:
Financial Statements;
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Financial Reporting;
Cash Flow;
Contracts;
Equity;
Profit;
Value;
Corporate Disclosure;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Business and Shareholder Relations;
Business Earnings
Serafeim, George. "Consequences and Institutional Determinants of Unregulated Corporate Financial Statements: Evidence from Embedded Value Reporting." Journal of Accounting Research 49, no. 2 (May 2011).
- March 2009 (Revised August 2010)
- Case
The Posse Foundation: Implementing a Growth Strategy
The Posse Foundation selected high-potential, non-traditional students to attend selective colleges as part of a group of 10 from the same city. The organization had developed an ambitious growth plan, but because it focused on the most selective colleges, the pool of...
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Keywords:
Diversity;
Higher Education;
Social Entrepreneurship;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Personal Development and Career;
Partners and Partnerships;
Nonprofit Organizations;
Education Industry
Childress, Stacey M., and Andrea Michelle Alexander. "The Posse Foundation: Implementing a Growth Strategy." Harvard Business School Case 309-056, March 2009. (Revised August 2010.)
- April 2019 (Revised March 2020)
- Case
Handy: The Future of Work? (A)
By: Nien-hê Hsieh and Kieron Stopforth
Witnessing numerous lawsuits alleging that online platform companies misclassified workers as contractors when they were actually employees, Handy’s founders faced a series of decisions. Handy was an online platform business that enabled customers to book appointments...
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Keywords:
Employment;
Working Conditions;
Entrepreneurship;
Compensation and Benefits;
Internet and the Web;
Ethics;
Fairness;
Service Industry;
United States
Hsieh, Nien-hê, and Kieron Stopforth. "Handy: The Future of Work? (A)." Harvard Business School Case 319-103, April 2019. (Revised March 2020.)
- Article
Investors as Stewards of the Commons?
By: George Serafeim
Over the past few years, there has been a significant increase in the number of initiatives seeking to mobilize investor voice towards positive social impact. In this paper, I provide a framework outlining the role of investors as stewards of the commons. While...
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Keywords:
Collaboration;
Industry Self-regulation;
Sustainability;
ESG;
Capital Markets;
Investor Behavior;
Investment Activism;
Social Issues;
Environmental Sustainability;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Cooperation
Serafeim, George. "Investors as Stewards of the Commons?" Journal of Applied Corporate Finance 30, no. 2 (Spring 2018): 8–17.
- 27 Apr 2016
- Research & Ideas
How the FBI Reinvented Itself After 9/11
distinct, and enduring elements that give meaning and provide purpose to an organization (“who we are”). “A good match between an organization’s design and its identity is often seen as a prerequisite for strong performance,” the...
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by Carmen Nobel
- Web
Business Economics Online Course | HBS Online
Managers? How do I qualify? +– Economics for Managers participants may be eligible for financial aid based on demonstrated financial need. To receive financial aid, you will be asked to provide supporting documentation. Please refer to...
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- 2023
- Working Paper
Do Third-Party Guarantors Reassure Foot Soldiers?
By: Natalia Garbiras-Díaz, Michael Weintraub, Leopoldo Fergusson, Juana Catalina Garcia Duque and Laia Balcells
Since the end of the Cold War, international third parties such as the United Nations (UN) have become frequent guarantors of peace agreements. Existing studies document that third parties provide assurances that help maintain peace, yet these studies nearly...
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Keywords:
United Nations;
Colombia;
Peacemaking;
Peace Process;
Peace;
Civil Unrest;
Civil Society;
Political Leadership;
Policy;
Civil Society or Community;
Governance;
Government and Politics;
Economy;
Economic Growth;
Latin America;
South America;
Colombia
Garbiras-Díaz, Natalia, Michael Weintraub, Leopoldo Fergusson, Juana Catalina Garcia Duque, and Laia Balcells. "Do Third-Party Guarantors Reassure Foot Soldiers?" Working Paper, August 2023.
- November 2019
- Case
The Boss Has the Wrong Idea: Confidential Role Material for Lee Clancy
By: Katherine Coffman, Kathleen McGinn, Judith A. Clair and Katherine Chen
“The Boss Has the Wrong Idea” is a two-person conversation exercise in which an MBA student seeks advice from a mentor in her field about how to handle an incident of workplace sexual harassment. The case consists of two confidential role materials: a role for the...
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Coffman, Katherine, Kathleen McGinn, Judith A. Clair, and Katherine Chen. "The Boss Has the Wrong Idea: Confidential Role Material for Lee Clancy." Harvard Business School Case 920-024, November 2019.
- November 2019
- Case
The Boss Has the Wrong Idea: Confidential Role Material for Julia Smith
By: Katherine Coffman, Kathleen McGinn, Judith A. Clair and Katherine Chen
“The Boss Has the Wrong Idea” is a two-person conversation exercise in which an MBA student seeks advice from a mentor in her field about how to handle an incident of workplace sexual harassment. The case consists of two confidential role materials: a role for the...
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Coffman, Katherine, Kathleen McGinn, Judith A. Clair, and Katherine Chen. "The Boss Has the Wrong Idea: Confidential Role Material for Julia Smith." Harvard Business School Case 920-023, November 2019.
- November 2016 (Revised March 2018)
- Module Note
Strategy Execution Module 9: Building a Balanced Scorecard
By: Robert Simons
This module reading explains how to construct a strategy map and build a balanced scorecard. Using an internal value chain model, the module illustrates how a balanced scorecard can support and enable customer management, innovation, operations, and post-sale service...
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Keywords:
Management Control Systems;
Implementing Strategy;
Execution;
Performance Measurement;
Strategy Map;
Business Goals;
Customer Measures;
Strategy;
Balanced Scorecard;
Business Model
Simons, Robert. "Strategy Execution Module 9: Building a Balanced Scorecard." Harvard Business School Module Note 117-109, November 2016. (Revised March 2018.)
- 2015
- Report
Decoding the Iran Nuclear Deal: Key Questions, Points of Divergence, Pros and Cons, Pending Legislation, and Essential Facts
By: Gary Samore, Graham T. Allison, Matthew Bunn, Nicholas Burns, Shai Feldman, Chuck Freilich, Olli Heinonen, Martin B. Malin, Steven E. Miller, Payam Mohseni, Laura Rockwood, James K. Sebenius and William Tobey
On April 2, 2015, the EU (on behalf of the P5+1 countries) and Iran announced agreement on "key parameters" for a comprehensive nuclear deal with Iran. The EU-Iran Joint Statement is buttressed by unilateral fact sheets issued by the U.S. and Iran, which provide...
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Samore, Gary, Graham T. Allison, Matthew Bunn, Nicholas Burns, Shai Feldman, Chuck Freilich, Olli Heinonen, Martin B. Malin, Steven E. Miller, Payam Mohseni, Laura Rockwood, James K. Sebenius, and William Tobey., ed. "Decoding the Iran Nuclear Deal: Key Questions, Points of Divergence, Pros and Cons, Pending Legislation, and Essential Facts." Report, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, April 2015.
- July 2003 (Revised March 2004)
- Case
XM Satellite Radio (A)
By: David B. Godes and Elie Ofek
XM Satellite Radio is a radically new way to listen to radio. Management must develop a marketing strategy to launch the firm and the category. A crucial aspect of the strategy is to determine which of two business models the company will pursue. Should it focus...
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Keywords:
Advertising;
Business Model;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Cost Management;
Marketing Channels;
Marketing Strategy;
Problems and Challenges;
Partners and Partnerships;
Sales;
Competitive Strategy;
Communications Industry
Godes, David B., and Elie Ofek. "XM Satellite Radio (A)." Harvard Business School Case 504-009, July 2003. (Revised March 2004.)
- Web
Food & Agriculture - Business & Environment
fertilizers. Rice cultivation produces fermentation, another contributor. Compounding the problem, clearing forests to create land for cattle and cropland eliminates the CO2 absorption that trees provide. [30] Regenerative agriculture could View Details
- 07 Dec 2021
- Op-Ed
Want to Build Better Leaders? Focus on Mindset, Skills, Knowledge
deliver, but whether that delivery meets the moment for the organization depends on the work done in the mindset and skills tiers. To further explore the knowledge tier with your leaders, ask questions that allow them to make connections between all three tiers. For...
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by Hise Gibson and Shawnette Rochelle
- 30 Mar 2021
- Research & Ideas
Commuting Hurts Productivity and Your Best Talent Suffers Most
the three-year analysis he conducted with coauthors Hongyu Xiao and Jaeho Kim, both of the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School. The results provide an important lesson for companies: “If firms want to make sure their best...
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by Lane Lambert
- Web
Economic Development in Rural Areas - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
governments need to provide rural regions with the necessary tools and financing mechanisms to develop and execute an effective strategy Key Documents Competitiveness in U.S. Rural Regions: Learning and Research Agenda by Michael E....
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- October 2020 (Revised June 2021)
- Case
The Bronx Community Foundation
By: Brian Trelstad and Aldo Sesia
Derrick and Desmon Lewis were both successful professionals in the consulting and banking industries. They were born and raised in The Bronx, New York City’s poorest borough. The Lewis brothers had always wanted to give back to the community. In 2016 they launched a...
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Keywords:
Community Foundations;
Social Enterprise;
Social Entrepreneurship;
Relationships;
Business Model;
Social Issues;
New York (city, NY);
United States
Trelstad, Brian, and Aldo Sesia. "The Bronx Community Foundation." Harvard Business School Case 321-011, October 2020. (Revised June 2021.)