Prior research has documented that during crises, social contributions by workers generate positive value for the community, the contributing workers, and the firms that incentivize such contributions by workers. The coronavirus crisis of 2020 has precipitated an...

Vinay Sanghi, the founder and CEO of CarTrade, had been trying different business strategies to keep the company, which he founded in 2010 as an online marketplace for used and new cars, profitable and on track for growth. In a crowded and disorganized dealer...

Jeffrey Deitch is a gallery owner and art entrepreneur. The case discusses the decisions he has made in order to reach his current stage in life, including as a student, HBS grad, museum curator, art advisor, and gallery owner. The case also gives a background on the...

In January 2020, sustainable investment firm Generation Investment Management (Generation), was debating whether to terminate coverage of John Deere, one of its 47 portfolio companies. Generation believed that the type of mechanized agriculture enabled by John Deere’s...

In 2019, Nadine Vogel, founder and CEO of Springboard Consulting, a firm that worked with Fortune 500 companies on issues related to disability and their workforce, faced the decision of the best path forward to grow her small company. Should she built more and better...

Opportunity Insights -- a non-profit that researches drivers of economic opportunity and develops policy solutions to help families achieve better life outcomes -- seeks to expand its impact.

Karin Vardaman, a lifelong conservationist now committed to protecting wolves in the American West, finds herself unexpectedly allied with the one of the species' most fervent opponents: cattle ranchers.

Lack of trust in state institutions is a pervasive problem in many developing countries. This paper investigates whether information about improved public services can help build trust in state institutions and move people away from non-state actors. We find that...

Bureaucracies often post staff to better or worse locations, ostensibly to provide incentives. Yet we know little about whether this works, with heterogeneity in preferences over postings impacting effectiveness. We propose a performance-ranked serial dictatorship...

Beginning in 2017, technology (tech) company Google faced a series of employee-relations issues that threatened its unique culture of innovation and open communication. Issues included protests surrounding Google’s contracts with the U.S. government, restrictions of...