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- 01 Dec 1998
- News
Africa's Way
decades of minority rule under apartheid, the government shaped a protected economy that virtually ignored the well-being of the country's black majority and left the country ill-prepared to compete in today's vigorous global marketplace....
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Susan Young and Garry Emmons
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Sexual Harassment - Race, Gender & Equity
46% 15% 14% Nonprofit 38% 31% 10% 9% 3 Impact When women are the victims of harassment at work, it impacts their emotional well-being and relationships, and it can also limit their potential for advancement at work. “My gender has...
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- 01 Apr 1998
- News
World Class Learning
MBA Program chair, considers the contributions of international students essential if the MBA Program is to achieve its mission of developing outstanding business leaders who contribute to the well-being of society. "International...
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Eileen K. McCluskey
- 05 Mar 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, March 5, 2019
Experimentation In August 2017, Commonwealth Bank of Australia was looking for ways to differentiate itself from competing banks and was also trying to improve the financial well-being of its customers. One domain where this was...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 17 Jan 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: January 17
that lengthy commutes have negative effects on employees’ well-being and job-related outcomes. Despite the importance of commuting in the employees’ everyday life, very little is known about offsetting such negative effects of lengthy...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
December 2021 Alumni and Faculty Books
contribution to the greater good and the well-being of others. This can have practical implications for our work. It can help us develop a deeper sense of purpose, hope, and optimism. It can help us overcome obstacles, deal calmly with...
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- 12 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 12, 2019
identify the conditions under which the well-being benefits of prosociality are most likely to emerge. Finally, we briefly highlight several levers that can be used to increase prosocial behavior, thereby potentially increasing...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
March 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books
policy makers, educators, and private-sector practitioners seek to promote it today. Though the past, present, and future of meritocracy-building in China and India have distinctive local inflections, their attempts to enhance their power, influence, and social View Details
- 17 Oct 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 17, 2017
https://pubwww.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53335 September 25, 2017 JAMA Internal Medicine The Business Case for Investing in Physician Well-Being By: Shanafelt, Tait D., Joel Goh, and Christine A. Sinsky Abstract—Importance:...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 30
Daniel Kahneman, 217-247. New York: Oxford University Press, 2010. Abstract We test for whether, once "basic needs" are satisfied, there is happiness adaptation to further gains in income using three data sets. Individual German Panel Data from 1985 to 2000,...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Dec 2008
- First Look
First Look: December 23, 2008
satisfied, there is happiness adaptation to further gains in income using three data sets. Individual German Panel Data from 1985 to 2000, and data on the well-being of over 600,000 people in a panel of European countries from 1975 to...
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Martha Lagace
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Fair Trade
after L’Oréal launched its own product, Printil, in 1964. The company was careful to avoid marketing that used American-style threats of broken relationships resulting from bad body odor, opting instead to emphasize the feeling of View Details
- September 2021 (Revised November 2022)
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Community Solutions
By: Brian Trelstad and Tom Quinn
Community Solutions was an anti-homelessness nonprofit founded in 2011 after protagonist Rosanne Haggerty grew frustrated with the limited impact of traditional housing and outreach strategies. It set an ambitious goal, reached in some partner communities, of ending...
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Change;
Change Management;
Disruption;
Transformation;
Communication;
Communication Strategy;
Decision Making;
Cost vs Benefits;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Decisions;
Forecasting and Prediction;
Social Entrepreneurship;
Ethics;
Values and Beliefs;
Capital Budgeting;
Capital Markets;
Country;
Government Administration;
Government Legislation;
Housing;
Disruptive Innovation;
Innovation and Invention;
Innovation Strategy;
Knowledge Sharing;
Leading Change;
Resource Allocation;
Mission and Purpose;
Performance Evaluation;
Performance Improvement;
Philanthropy and Charitable Giving;
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Nonprofit Organizations;
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Well-being;
System;
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Consulting Industry;
Real Estate Industry;
United States;
New York (city, NY);
Florida;
Texas
Trelstad, Brian, and Tom Quinn. "Community Solutions." Harvard Business School Case 322-021, September 2021. (Revised November 2022.)
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Podcast - Managing the Future of Work
want flexible work. Of course, they want competitive wages and benefits, but that’s table stakes. They’re looking for an inclusive environment. They’re looking for career training. They’re looking for job stability. They’re looking for View Details
- 31 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 31
worked tirelessly to operationalize her new mutualist ideals, which comprise collective strength, independence, and shared protections. In 2008, she plans to move the organization into the health insurance industry in an effort to support a multi-generational outlook...
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Sean Silverthorne & Carmen Nobel
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
September 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books
Dream. Returning to the Harvard Student Study of undergraduates from the 1960s and interviewing participants almost fifty years later, Kaufman shows that formative experiences in family, school, and community largely shape a future adult’s worldview and View Details
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Podcast - Managing the Future of Work
development platform, so it includes courses in business and technology and data science and well-being and management. And we offer both skillsets. So, specifically, many companies have two different challenges. One is that they know...
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- 21 Jun 2011
- First Look
First Look: June 21
principles include ensuring thickness, alleviating congestion stemming from overuse, addressing asymmetric information, ensuring that it is safe and straightforward for users to participate, and designing monetization strategies that do not disrupt, but instead...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Jan 2016
- First Look
January 26, 2016
Menges, and Francesca Gino Abstract—To get to work, employees need to commute. Across the globe, the average commute is 38 minutes each way per day. It is well known that longer commutes have negative effects on employees’ well-being and...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Lasting Impressions
well-being of society, it will naturally be good for your business as well," he explains. A few of Belkin's outside interests include trusteeships at the New England Sports Museum and Temple Beth Elohim, active involvement with the...
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Deborah E. Blagg