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- 01 Dec 2016
- News
HBS Alumni Contribute to Business and Society
Study sheds light on the influence of alumni in three distinct areas: entrepreneurship, board service, and volunteerism. “Not surprisingly,” Lerner observes, “entrepreneurship among HBS alumni is particularly impressive.” More than half of HBS respondents had founded...
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- 19 Aug 2011
- Working Paper Summaries
The Globalization of Corporate Environmental Disclosure: Accountability or Greenwashing?
- 01 Apr 1974
- Conference Presentation
Urban Communes and Family History
By: R. M. Kanter
Kanter, R. M. "Urban Communes and Family History." Paper presented at the Organization of American Historians Annual Meeting, Denver, April 01, 1974. (Published as "Roots versus Restlessness: Cooperative Households, The City, and Recurrent Issues in American Family Life." Massachusetts Review 17 (summer 1976):331-53.)
- 01 Aug 1970
- Conference Presentation
Communes of the Past and Present
By: R. M. Kanter
Keywords:
Civil Society or Community
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
September 11: A Community Reflects
on September 14, when the campus community came together for a noontime memorial service honoring those lost in the September 11 terrorist attacks. Under gray skies, a steady rain fell on students, faculty, and staff members who stood...
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Keywords:
Susan Young;Deborah Blagg
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Business as a Force for Good in Society
effort is the newly established Institute for the Study of Business in Global Society (BiGS), an ambitious, interdisciplinary enterprise that provides a research-based platform for the School’s faculty to examine many of the most critical...
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- 02 Jun 2023
- Blog Post
Cassidy Wald Wins Dean's Award for Service to the School and Society
Cassidy Wald (MBA 2023) has been named the recipient of the School’s Dean’s Award. This award celebrates the extraordinary achievements of a graduating student who, during their time in their program, has made a positive impact on Harvard, Harvard Business School,...
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- 18 Jan 2017
- Blog Post
The Latino Community at HBS
Hello and thank you for taking the time to read more about the Latino community at HBS! Allow us to introduce ourselves. Our names are Raysana Hurtado (Co-President of LASO) and Jon Rios (VP of Admissions for LASO) – and we’re here to...
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- 2011
- Chapter
Organizations in the Shadow of Communities
By: Siobhan O'Mahony and Karim R. Lakhani
O'Mahony, Siobhan, and Karim R. Lakhani. "Organizations in the Shadow of Communities." In Communities and Organizations. Vol. 33, edited by Christopher Marquis, Michael Lounsbury, and Royston Greenwood, 336. Research in the Sociology of Organizations. Emerald Group Publishing, 2011.
- 03 Apr 2009
- What Do You Think?
How Much Obsolescence Can Business and Society Absorb?
Summing Up To remain sane and relevant, must we smell the flowers as well as the ozone? This month's question of how much obsolescence business and society (and by implication, we as managers) can absorb brought out both the poets and the...
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- 26 Dec 2012
- Working Paper Summaries
Reinforcing Regulatory Regimes: How States, Civil Society, and Codes of Conduct Promote Adherence to Global Labor Standards
- July 2007
- Article
Community Isomorphism and Corporate Social Action
By: Christopher Marquis, Mary Ann Glynn and Gerald F. Davis
Marquis, Christopher, Mary Ann Glynn, and Gerald F. Davis. "Community Isomorphism and Corporate Social Action." Academy of Management Review 32, no. 3 (July 2007): 925–945. (Read an interview about this paper in HBS Working Knowledge.)
- March 2011
- Article
Restaurant Organizational Forms and Community in the U.S. in 2005
By: Glenn R. Carroll and Magnus Thor Torfason
Recent sociological theory and research highlights food, drink, and restaurants as culturally meaningful and related to social identity. An implication of this view holds that the prevalence of corporate chain restaurants affects the sociological character of...
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Keywords:
Demographics;
Age;
Supply Chain Management;
Culture;
Balance and Stability;
Income Characteristics;
Research;
Civil Society or Community;
Identity;
Theory;
Society;
Service Industry;
United States
Carroll, Glenn R., and Magnus Thor Torfason. "Restaurant Organizational Forms and Community in the U.S. in 2005." City & Community 10, no. 1 (March 2011): 1–25.
- 2005
- Book
Gifts of Time and Money: The Role of Charity in America's Communities
By: Arthur C. Brooks
Policymakers, civic leaders, and scholars have increasingly focused their attention over the last decade-and-a-half on the importance of voluntary participation in civil society. From George H. W. Bush's Thousand Points of Light to Bill Clinton's AmeriCorps to George...
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Brooks, Arthur C., ed. Gifts of Time and Money: The Role of Charity in America's Communities. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 2005.
- 8 Aug 2008
- Conference Presentation
Where Will Open Development Communities Prevail?
- 12 Dec 2014
- Other Presentation
The New Competitive Advantage: Creating Shared Value
This presentation given by Professor Michael Porter covers the role of business in society, the concept of shared value, the difference between CSR and CSV, the three levels of shared value, implications for government and civil society, and examples of companies that...
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Keywords:
Shared Value;
Society;
Value Creation;
Competitive Advantage;
Civil Society or Community;
Business and Community Relations;
Business and Government Relations
Porter, Michael E. "The New Competitive Advantage: Creating Shared Value." In Porter Prize South Korea. Dong-A Business Forum, Seoul, South Korea, December 12, 2014.
- 18 Nov 2014
- News
Enhancing educational opportunities in the community
Courtney Miller Cavatoni (MBA 1999) works to further educational opportunities as board chair of an independent school in southwestern Virginia, where good schools are attracting families and businesses to the area. (Published November 2014)
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- June 2008
- Teaching Note
Threadless: The Business of Community (TN)
By: Karim R. Lakhani
Teaching Note for 608707
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- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Giving back makes a community stronger
Felicia Lipson (AB 1984, MBA 1988), marketing consultant, talks about giving back to her community and working with other women in business and politics. (Published April 2014)
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- 15 Aug 2012
- News
Shaping a Business and a Community
Keywords:
Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development;
Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development;
Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development;
Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development;
Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development