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The Myth of Sustainable Fashion
Business and society Digital ArticleDespite high-profile attempts at innovation, the industry has failed to reduce its environmental impact so far. -
Creating Shared Value
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleThe capitalist system is under siege. Recently business has been criticized as a major cause of social, environmental, and economic problems. Companies... -
The High Cost of Neglecting Low-Wage Workers
Finance & Accounting SpotlightMany companies blame outside factors for the trouble they've been having in finding and retaining frontline workers: the pandemic, the government's stimulus... -
The Case for Investing in Digital Public Infrastructure
Global Business Digital ArticleHow businesses and governments can work together to build digital foundations that benefit everyone. -
Competitive Advantage of Corporate Philanthropy
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleWhen it comes to philanthropy, executives increasingly see themselves as caught between critics demanding ever higher levels of "corporate social responsibility"... -
The 8 Responsibilities of Chief Sustainability Officers
Global Business Digital ArticleVisualizing this complex - and increasingly common - executive role. -
Research: Why Employees Accept Lower Pay at Mission-Oriented Companies
Organizational Development Digital ArticleA closer look at the social pressures that dissuade job candidates from negotiating for more money. -
Collaborating for the Common Good
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleCollaboration among competitors is an unnatural act, but sometimes it's the best way to reduce costs, leverage strength, accelerate scale, or amplify... -
A Bretton Woods for the 21st Century
Sustainable business practices Magazine ArticleIf you are the leader of a large organization (or only of yourself) who cares about improving the world, here’s a question you should consider: How will you participate in the global solution networks that are increasingly managing to address the world’s problems? A global solution network is a group of independent parties that have […] -
3 Ways Social Entrepreneurs Can Solve Their Talent Problem
Social enterprise Digital ArticleIt’s the only challenge that gets harder as they scale. -
Can You Help Solve These Social Entrepreneurs’ Challenges?
Social enterprise Digital ArticleEditors’ note: A few weeks ago, HBR asked members of the Poptech Social Innovation Fellows to tell us their management challenges in running socially minded businesses. Our goal in doing so was to expose these challenges to you — the HBR.org community — with the hopes that the community could assist these challenges via conversations […] -
The Noncorporate Organization
Economics Digital ArticleBefore the dotcom boom, one never heard the question “what’s your business model?” Asking it would have marked you as dim. A few standard models had been around for a hundred years or so: extractive businesses and agriculture, manufacturing operations, service businesses, media companies, and financial intermediaries, each accommodating a few variations like franchising, piecework, […] -
What We Talk About When We Talk About “Social”
Social enterprise Digital ArticleSocial media, social enterprise, social era… Do we even know what we’re saying anymore? -
Income Inequality, by Chance or by Choice
Economics Big IdeaIn Silicon Valley, workers’ financial fate is tied to finding a winning firm. -
Don’t Assume the Shoe Fits
Corporate social responsibility Magazine ArticleMost businesspeople will serve on the board of a nonprofit organization at some point. But the governance of nonprofits can differ dramatically from the governance of businesses. Even the best intentions can prove disastrous when new board members fail to understand that their traditional business experience can carry them only so far. -
Do CEOs Really Have the Power to Raise Wages?
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Rebuilding Companies as Communities
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleDecades of short-term management have inflated the importance of CEOs and reduced employees to fungible commodities. Middle managers, who see the connections... -
Can Industry Survive the Welfare State?
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What People Hate About Being Managed by Algorithms, According to a Study of Uber Drivers, Chinese Version
Technology & Operations Digital ArticleIt's like having a micromanaging boss who's always watching you. -
The Department of Mobility
Costing Magazine ArticleEmployees are constantly in motion—making sales calls or taking service trips; visiting an international office for a few days or relocating there for a few years; soaring across oceans in the corporate jet or heading across town in the company car. Typically, these activities are administered by an assortment of departments and vendors. But we […]
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Should It Survive? Charles Dunlap and the National Family Legal Foundation
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details This nonprofit strategic planning case tells the story of the Phoenix-based National Family Legal Foundation, an anti-pornography advocacy group which,... -
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture
Organizational Development Case Study15.05View Details It is July 2017, and Dr. Nteranya Sanginga, the director general of the Nigeria-based International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), is making... -
Focused Philanthropy: The Steans Family Foundation North Lawndale Initiative
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details The Chicago-based Steans Family Foundation decides, in 1995, to depart from its historic focus on aiding individual, needy Chicago public school students.... -
Measured Approach: TEGV Assesses its Performance & Impact on Educational Enrichment Programs
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details This case traces the evolution of thinking about, and the implementation of, performance assessment at one of Turkey's largest and most respected nonprofit... -
All Nippon Airways' "Blue Wing": Elevating Social Impact
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details The Blue Wing Program at All Nippon Airways (ANA) is the brainchild of Akira Fukabori, a traditionally-trained aviation engineer with a passion for social... -
A Long, Bumpy and Unfinished Road: Education Reform in Memphis, Tennessee
Leadership & Managing People Case StudyIn 2010 the Memphis City School District merged with the neighboring Shelby County School system under the supervision of a single board of education... -
Project Sashakt: The Scaling-Up Dilemma of a Women's Empowerment Initiative in India
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details The case, set in October 2017, follows the predicament of two enterprising young women, Saranya Das Sharma (Saranya) and Aamiya Viswanathan (Aamiya ),... -
Creating Grassroots Leaders through DHAN's Unique Leadership Model
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details DHAN is an NGO with a difference. It was not a charity, or a philanthropy or service organization but a development NGO, which focusses on grassroot development... -
The Challenge of Drastically Changing Times: The Urban League Adjusts to a Post-Civil Rights Landscape
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details When Hugh Price became president and chief executive of the National Urban League in May 1994, he knew he was taking the helm of an organization groping... -
Aid, Debt Relief, and Trade: An Agenda for Fighting World Poverty (B)
Global Business Case Study5.00View Details An abstract is not available for this product. -
Terry Ann Lunt and Greater Boston Rehabilitation Services (A)
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details At first glance, Greater Boston Rehabilitation Services appeared to be in excellent financial shape in the spring of 1991, when Terry Ann Lunt was named... -
American National Red Cross (A)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Describes the governance issues facing the Board of Governors of the American Red Cross. After a series of issues--FDA consent decree on its blood operations;... -
Student Success at Georgia State University (B)
Technology & Operations Case Study5.00View Details This is a supplement to the Student Success at Georgia State University (A) case. The (B) case includes the results of a randomized control trial that... -
Bill Wilson: Changing the World
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details This case describes the life choices of Bill Wilson, the founder of Alcoholics Anonymous. A young man with tremendous potential, Wilson hit rock bottom... -
Managing Stakeholders with Corporate Social Responsibility, Course Overview
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details The note articulates the ways in which strong stakeholder-company relationships developed through corporate social responsibility initiatives and other... -
Doug Rauch and the Daily Table
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Former Trader Joe's President Doug Rauch developed an innovative idea to address the challenge of food insecurity, food waste, and nutrition. His concept... -
Evolving Kiva's Impact: Introduction of Kiva Labs and Kiva Zip
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Kiva.org was a website through which individuals could connect with opportunities to alleviate poverty via small-scale lending. Founded in 2005, the platform... -
The American Repertory Theater
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details When Diane Paulus, artistic director and CEO of the American Repertory Theater (A.R.T. - also seen spelled as American Repertory Theatre) first started... -
Scarborough YMCA: Getting Back on Track
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details The newly appointed general manager at the Scarborough YMCA was discussing her plan of action with the YMCA senior leadership team of the Greater Toronto...
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The Myth of Sustainable Fashion
Business and society Digital ArticleDespite high-profile attempts at innovation, the industry has failed to reduce its environmental impact so far. -
Creating Shared Value
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleThe capitalist system is under siege. Recently business has been criticized as a major cause of social, environmental, and economic problems. Companies... -
The High Cost of Neglecting Low-Wage Workers
Finance & Accounting SpotlightMany companies blame outside factors for the trouble they've been having in finding and retaining frontline workers: the pandemic, the government's stimulus... -
The Case for Investing in Digital Public Infrastructure
Global Business Digital ArticleHow businesses and governments can work together to build digital foundations that benefit everyone. -
Competitive Advantage of Corporate Philanthropy
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleWhen it comes to philanthropy, executives increasingly see themselves as caught between critics demanding ever higher levels of "corporate social responsibility"... -
The 8 Responsibilities of Chief Sustainability Officers
Global Business Digital ArticleVisualizing this complex - and increasingly common - executive role. -
Should It Survive? Charles Dunlap and the National Family Legal Foundation
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details This nonprofit strategic planning case tells the story of the Phoenix-based National Family Legal Foundation, an anti-pornography advocacy group which,... -
Research: Why Employees Accept Lower Pay at Mission-Oriented Companies
Organizational Development Digital ArticleA closer look at the social pressures that dissuade job candidates from negotiating for more money. -
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture
Organizational Development Case Study15.05View Details It is July 2017, and Dr. Nteranya Sanginga, the director general of the Nigeria-based International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), is making... -
Transformative Social Impact: Akshaya Patra (B), Video Supplement
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Digital ArticleVideo playlist for case 517028.