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- 2007
- Working Paper
Accountability in Complex Organizations: World Bank Responses to Civil Society
By: Alnoor Ebrahim and Steve Herz
Civil society actors have been pushing for greater accountability of the World Bank for at least three decades. This paper outlines the range of accountability mechanisms currently in place at the World Bank along four basic levels: (1) staff, (2) project, (3) policy,...
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Corporate Accountability;
Corporate Governance;
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Compensation and Benefits;
Business and Community Relations;
Social Enterprise;
Motivation and Incentives
Ebrahim, Alnoor, and Steve Herz. "Accountability in Complex Organizations: World Bank Responses to Civil Society." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 08-027, October 2007.
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Singing to the Corn
100 slaves—received death threats and was spit on in public. He did not win reelection to the council and found himself shut out of work opportunities in the area. “It was time to return View Details
Uncovering the Mitigating Psychological Response to Monitoring Technologies
Organizational psychologists have long held that monitoring workers saps them of their autonomy and thereby reduces their effectiveness. Yet technology has intensified such surveillance in recent years: Managers now track everything from clinicians’ handwashing to... View Details
- 19 Jul 2023
- Blog Post
A Pathway to Pursue Aspirations
family precedent for service. “I turned to Leadership Fellows because I was interested in contributing to the social good,” says Mizuho. “For those of us entering the View Details
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
To The Rescue
need to seek medical care, although cultural differences still persist. “One man called us in the middle of the night and said, ‘I need a lady now.’ To him, that was an emergency, View Details
- 29 Nov 2017
- Research & Ideas
How to Succeed in Business (According to a 15th Century Trade Merchant)
broader potential as a societal goal,” says Reinert. “You needed to be wealthy to give to others. Instead of conquering, you could achieve greatness through excellence in...
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by Julia Hanna
- 02 May 2019
- Sharpening Your Skills
How To Ask Better Questions
Asking the right questions is the key to unlocking talent, opportunity, money, even second dates. Research shows asking follow-up questions improves your life and increases emotional intelligence. A Good View Details
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by Kristen Senz
- 04 Aug 2021
- Research & Ideas
Worried About the Great Resignation? Be a Good Company to Come From
These employers are missing the underlying point. Instead of resorting to perks that are at best a band-aid, companies should follow the lead of Recruit Holdings, a $20 billion Japanese advertising and tech company that focuses on being a...
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by Sandra J. Sucher and Shalene Gupta
- 25 May 2018
- Blog Post
9 Reasons to Look Forward to Your HBS Commencement
social enterprise to venture capitalism, from consulting to entrepreneurship. We can't wait to see the impact you will make on the world. For...
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- 2013
- Chapter
FollowMe.IntDev.Com: International Development in the Blogosphere
By: Ryann Manning
This chapter explores online blogs as a new forum for discussing ideas and practices in international development. Based on a qualitative study of conversations that take place across multiple blogs, I conclude that the blogosphere combines features of a public sphere,...
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International Development;
Blogging;
Social Media;
Public Sphere;
Blogs;
Equality and Inequality;
Globalization;
Social and Collaborative Networks;
Developing Countries and Economies
Manning, Ryann. "FollowMe.IntDev.Com: International Development in the Blogosphere." Chap. 12 in Popular Representations of Development: Insights from Novels, Films, Television and Social Media, edited by David Lewis, Dennis Rodgers, and Michael Woolcock. New York: Routledge, 2013.
- March 2020 (Revised May 2020)
- Case
Redefining Mogul
By: George Serafeim, Ethan Rouen and Sarah Gazzaniga
Tiffany Pham taught herself to code and created a technology platform, Mogul, with the goal of providing girls and women around the world with information and opportunities. After several years Mogul had reached more than 146 million women around the world and had...
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Women;
Inclusion;
Technology;
Branding;
Social Impact;
Entrepreneurship;
Internet and the Web;
Information;
Knowledge Dissemination;
Gender;
Diversity;
Brands and Branding;
Expansion;
Strategy;
Media;
Personal Development and Career;
Technology Industry;
Media and Broadcasting Industry;
United States
Serafeim, George, Ethan Rouen, and Sarah Gazzaniga. "Redefining Mogul." Harvard Business School Case 120-043, March 2020. (Revised May 2020.)
- 31 Mar 2023
- Blog Post
How to Come Out at Work
felt the most affirmed and championed when my team has seen my distinct lived experience as an asset, not just an advertisement opportunity. Social Finance did just that and allowed me to leverage my queer...
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- 20 Nov 2015
- News
Room to Grow
one such place that has embraced the sustainable local food mission. “We’ve been working with them for a little over two years,” says Kendall. “Farms in the Pioneer Valley now provide much of the food, and the dining halls are all...
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Margie Kelley
- 23 Jun 2008
- Research & Ideas
Innovative Ways to Encourage Personal Savings
many ways from the type of finance researched and taught at business schools. I explored how financial services were practiced in a place like South Central, focusing in particular on the opportunities to...
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- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Letters to the Editor
Upon Further Review I found “Fixing America’s Leadership Deficit” in the June Bulletin to be a brief but exciting summary of the three-person panel discussion that took place at the Kennedy School of...
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Educational Services
- 21 May 2018
- Blog Post
Harnessing The Power of Collaboration to Create Opportunity in Chicago
Operating Officer of Accion Chicago, a nonprofit that helps communities grow by providing capital, coaching and connections to aspiring entrepreneurs who build businesses and generate jobs in their neighborhoods. I spent most of my career...
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Nonprofit / Government
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Putting Ghosts to Rest
motivations. ... For me, the lessons from this experience are twofold. First, business can be used to create incentives not just for economic return but also for social return. This is happening all over...
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- 11 Feb 2002
- Research & Ideas
The Quiet Leaderand How to Be One
workplace situation. As a result, they can sometimes see things more clearly, but they also might be removed from some of the nuances and specifics that you get only if you're immersed. But they can be helpful. I think another way of learning how View Details
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by Martha Lagace
- 02 Jan 2014
- News
The Power to Change
and the stresses on the planet's environment he saw in places like India and Africa, helped to shape his next move. Fast forward to a TEDx New England Conference, when he first...
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