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- 2022
- Working Paper
Gender Inequality and the Direction of Ideas: Evidence from the Weinstein Scandal and #MeToo
By: Hong Luo and Laurina Zhang
How do the Harvey Weinstein scandal and #MeToo affect women’s likelihood of working
in male-dominated domains and the types of ideas developed in Hollywood? To discern these
events’ impact, we exploit the variation in whether a producer previously collaborated with...
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Keywords:
Gender Inequality;
Gender Segregation;
Social Movement;
Direction Of Innovation;
Creative Industries;
Gender;
Equality and Inequality;
Social Issues;
Creativity;
Film Entertainment
Luo, Hong, and Laurina Zhang. "Gender Inequality and the Direction of Ideas: Evidence from the Weinstein Scandal and #MeToo." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 21-107, March 2021. (Revised December 2022.)
- Research Summary
Overview
Yanhua Bird's research encompasses two streams: (1) entrepreneurship and social innovation — how the design and structure of alternative forms of enterprises influence their activities and success, with a focus on peer-to-peer markets and social enterprises, and (2)...
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- February 2016 (Revised October 2017)
- Case
Nuclear Energy: An Answer to Climate Change?
By: Michael W. Toffel, Glen W. S. Dowell and James Weber
Environmental activist groups have traditionally opposed nuclear energy. However, the growing environmental problems associated with global climate change require major changes to reduce the carbon intensity of electricity generation. Should environmental groups...
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Keywords:
Nuclear Energy;
Nuclear Power;
Climate Change;
Safety;
Activism;
Nonprofit;
Environment;
Environmental Protection;
Social Movements;
Energy;
Energy Generation;
Environmental Sustainability;
Non-Governmental Organizations;
Non-Renewable Energy;
Energy Industry;
United States
Toffel, Michael W., Glen W. S. Dowell, and James Weber. "Nuclear Energy: An Answer to Climate Change?" Harvard Business School Case 616-052, February 2016. (Revised October 2017.)
- 20 Sep 2017
- Research & Ideas
The Three Types of Leaders Who Create Radical Change
What determines whether a social movement will be a flash in the pan or a real catalyst for longterm change? Why did Occupy Wall Street subside in a matter of months, for instance, while the American Civil Rights View Details
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by Carmen Nobel
- 10 Feb 2021
- Research & Ideas
Has #MeToo Changed How Hollywood Hires?
After sexual abuse allegations against Harvey Weinstein ignited the #MeToo movement on social media, Hollywood producers began hiring more female film writers than they did before the scandal, new research finds. What's more, producers...
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- 20 Sep 2017
- News
The Three Types of Leaders Who Create Radical Change
- 21 May 2024
- Research & Ideas
What the Rise of Far-Right Politics Says About the Economy in an Election Year
As more than 50 countries hold elections in 2024, far-right politicians and policies look poised to gain ground, continuing a years-long trend evident in Europe, the United States, and South America. These movements often stoke grievances...
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by Rachel Layne
- Video
Pedro Tarak
Pedro Tarak, a founder of Latin America’s Sistema B, describes how the movement was formed in 2012, including the direct inspiration from the B Corporation movement in the United... View Details
- 21 Jun 2017
- News
Meet the Oddball Entrepreneurs Who Invented Green Businesses
- 21 Jun 2017
- Book
Meet the Oddball Entrepreneurs Who Invented Green Businesses
- Research Summary
Research Interests
Dissent in Organizations, Employee and Stakeholder voice, Social Movements and Organizations, Sociology of Work and Professions
View DetailsShould You Agitate, Innovate, or Orchestrate?
A framework for understanding the roles you can play in a movement for social change.
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Teaching Interests
Power and Influence, Work and Organizations, Social Movements and Organizations, Qualitative Research Methods, Organizational Theory, Organizational Behavior, Leadership, Social Enterprise
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Linda Rottenberg
- 22 Feb 2016
- Research & Ideas
The ‘Mother of Fair Trade’ was an Unabashed Price Protectionist
California pharmacist and drugstore owner who balked at the price-slashing practices of chain store competitors and spearheaded a local price-control movement to protect her own bottom line—a crusade that would ultimately gain such...
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- 15 Feb 2012
- Op-Ed
Occupy Wall Street Protestors Have a Point
failures of education and public health, state capitalism, radical movements and terrorism, and pandemics. The Eleventh Disruptor The business leaders also identified an eleventh disruptor: the inadequacy of existing government and...
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- September 18, 2017
- Article
Should You Agitate, Innovate, or Orchestrate?
By: Julie Battilana and Marissa Kimsey
The article provides a framework for understanding the roles that individuals and organizations can play in a movement for social change.
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Battilana, Julie, and Marissa Kimsey. "Should You Agitate, Innovate, or Orchestrate?" Stanford Social Innovation Review (website) (September 18, 2017).
- 2020
- Book
Healthy Buildings: How Indoor Spaces Drive Performance and Productivity
By: Joseph Allen and John D. Macomber
By the time you reach 80, you will have spent 72 years of your life indoors. Like it or not, humans have become an indoor species. This means that the people who design, build, and maintain our buildings can have a major impact on our health.
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Keywords:
Architecture;
Real Estate Development;
Air Pollution;
Air Quality;
Public Health;
Productivity Gains;
Buildings and Facilities;
Health;
Pollutants;
Performance Productivity;
Construction Industry
Allen, Joseph, and John D. Macomber. Healthy Buildings: How Indoor Spaces Drive Performance and Productivity. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2020.
- 28 Oct 2009
- Lessons from the Classroom
HBS Begins Teaching Consumer Finance
look at what functions they perform. In the classroom, we study four functions: payments, movements of money from today to tomorrow (savings and investing), movements of money from tomorrow back to today...
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