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      • 23 Feb 2021
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      Examining Race and Mass Incarceration in the United States

      The late 20th century saw dramatic growth in incarceration rates in the United States. Of the more than 2.3 million people in US prisons, jails, and detention centers in 2020, 60 percent were Black or Latinx. Harvard Business School assistant professor Reshmaan Hussam probes the assumptions underlying the current prison system, with its huge racial disparities, and considers what could be done to address the crisis of the American criminal justice system in her case, “Race and Mass Incarceration in the United States.”  Open for comment; 0 Comment(s) posted.

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      • 01 Sep 2020
      • Working Paper Summaries

      Transaction Cost Economics in the Digital Economy: A Research Agenda

      by Frank Nagle, Robert Seamans, and Steve Tadelis

      The increasing dominance of the digital economy has brought new questions about the interplay of organizations and the market-based ecosystem. Transaction Cost Economics theory is a useful lens to understand firm organization and possibly guide policy and regulation.

      • 11 Feb 2019
      • Research & Ideas

      The Business of Saving the Planet

      by Sean Silverthorne

      The biggest challenge facing today's business leaders? Putting their operations in harmony with the environment. Read the latest research around building sustainability into business processes and management practices. Open for comment; Comment(s) posted.

      • 20 Dec 2018
      • Cold Call Podcast

      Using Fintech to Disrupt Eastern Bank from Within

      When Eastern Bank decided to battle a threat from new competitors, it hired a fintech executive to set up Eastern Labs and start innovating. Karen Mills discusses her case study on what happened next. Open for comment; Comment(s) posted.

      • 28 Nov 2018
      • HBS Case

      On Target: Rethinking the Retail Website

      by Dina Gerdeman

      Target is one big-brand retailer that seems to have survived and even thrived in the apocalyptic retail landscape. What's its secret? Srikant Datar discusses the company's relentless focus on online data. Open for comment; Comment(s) posted.

      • 24 May 2017
      • Working Paper Summaries

      Reinventing the American Wine Industry: Marketing Strategies and the Construction of Wine Culture

      by Ai Hisano

      Since the 1960s, the United States has seen spectacular growth in wine consumption. This paper explores how businesses reinveted the image of wine. This creation of the new market, like other consumer products, had social and cultural consequences. In the US, wine became a status symbol and a renforcer of social and class divisions.

      • 25 Aug 2014
      • HBS Case

      Starbucks Reinvented

      by Julia Hanna

      Nancy Koehn's new case on the rebirth of Starbucks under Howard Schultz "distills 20 years of my thinking about the most important lessons of strategy, leadership, and managing in turbulence." Closed for comment; 21 Comment(s) posted.

      • 15 Sep 2008
      • Research & Ideas

      The Coming Transformation of Social Enterprise

      by Roger Thompson

      A new generation of business leaders and philanthropists is experimenting with hybrid forms of social enterprises while demanding more transparency and accountability from the organizations they are funding. Harvard Business School professor Kash Rangan discusses what he sees as a sector on the brink of transformation. From the HBS Alumni Bulletin. Key concepts include: Social enterprise as an entity is primarily in the business of creating social value, regardless of whether it's for-profit or nonprofit. Venture philanthropy has to come of age and reorient itself by defining what measures of social return it is looking for. Nonprofits creating for-profit enterprises could pose an unnecessary distraction. There may be some consolidation of nonprofits at the top, but the sector will be more vibrant with many new players and actors helping to facilitate the transformation. Closed for comment; 0 Comment(s) posted.

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