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Feature: The Impact of State Paid Sick Leave Laws on Service Workers

Daniel Schneider finds that state paid sick leave laws increased service workers’ access to paid sick leave and reduced the share of service workers who worked while sick.

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Feature: Connecting Absolute and Relative Intergenerational Mobility

Deirdre Bloome offers two frameworks for understanding the relationship between types of intergenerational mobility, or whether people are socioeconomically better off than their parents.

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Feature: Studying a Government Program to Support Women’s Self-Help Groups

Michael Walton explores the interactions between state and society in rural India within a major community-based development program, finding two major tensions.

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Feature: The Data-Informed City

Jorrit de Jong presents a comprehensive framework for how cities can use data to address problems more effectively, efficiently, equitably, and with better accountability.

Harvard Kennedy School faculty disseminate their research in working publications and papers that contribute to public knowledge and fuel policy innovation. This list features recent faculty publications, including journal articles, books, edited volumes, research papers, and public testimony.

Faculty Publications

An Organizational Theory of Corporate Law

Aguirre, Emilie, Julie Yen, and Julie Battilana. "An Organizational Theory of Corporate Law." The Journal of Corporation Law 50.3 (March 31, 2025): 567-616.

On Democratic Organizing and Organization Theory

Battilana, Julie, Christine M. Beckman. and Julie Yen. "On Democratic Organizing and Organization Theory." Administrative Science Quarterly (2025).

An Integrative Model of Hybrid Governance: The Role of Boards in Helping Sustain Organizational Hybridity

Pache, Anne-Claire, Julie Battilana, and Channing Spencer. "An Integrative Model of Hybrid Governance: The Role of Boards in Helping Sustain Organizational Hybridity." Academy of Management Journal (20 July 2023).

Walking the Purpose-Talk Inside a Large Company: Sustainable Product Development as an Instance of Divergent Change

Kimsey, Marissa, Thijs Geradts, and Julie Battilana. "Walking the Purpose-Talk Inside a Large Company: Sustainable Product Development as an Instance of Divergent Change." Strategy Science (2023): 1-11.

Authoritarianism, Populism, and the Global Retreat of Democracy: A Curated Discussion

Adler, Paul S., Amr Adly, Daniel Erian Armanios, Julie Battilana, Zlatko Bodrožic, Stewart Clegg, Gerald F. Davis et al. "Authoritarianism, Populism, and the Global Retreat of Democracy: A Curated Discussion." Journal of Management Inquiry 32.1 (January 2023): 1-18.

Conditional Success? The Failure Factors of Social Entrepreneurship

Bailey, Ryan C., G. T. Lumpkin, Ryan C. Bailey, Silvia Dorado, David Gras, Anne-Claire Pache, Julie Battilana, Isobel O'Neil, Jared Mitchell Poole, Bogdan Prokopovych and Channing Spencer. "Conditional Success? The Failure Factors of Social Entrepreneurship." Academy of Management Proceedings 2022.1 (August 2022).

Beyond Shareholder Value Maximization: Accounting for Financial/Social Trade-Offs in Dual-Purpose Companies

Battilana, Julie, Tomasz Obloj, Anne-Claire Pache, and Metin Sengul. "Beyond Shareholder Value Maximization: Accounting for Financial/Social Trade-Offs in Dual-Purpose Companies." Academy of Management Review 47.2 (April 2022): 237-258.

Democratizing Work: Redistributing power in organizations for a democratic and sustainable future

Battilana, Julie, Julie Yen, Isabelle Ferreras, and Lakshmi Ramarajan. "Democratizing Work: Redistributing power in organizations for a democratic and sustainable future." Organization Theory 3.1 (January-March 2022): 1-21.

For Social Business to Become the Norm, We Need to Build a Social Business Infrastructure

Battilana, Julie. "For Social Business to Become the Norm, We Need to Build a Social Business Infrastructure." Stanford Social Innovation Review (May 19, 2021).

Managing Attentional Challenges in Social Enterprises: The Key Role Board Structure and Processes

Pache, Anne-Claire, Julie Battilana, and Channing Spencer. "Managing Attentional Challenges in Social Enterprises: The Key Role Board Structure and Processes." Academy of Management Proceedings 2019.1 (July 2019): 14055.

The Dual-Purpose Playbook

Battilana, Julie, Anne-Claire Pache, Metin Sengul, and Marissa Kimsey. "The Dual-Purpose Playbook." Harvard Business Review 97.2 (March-April 2019): 124-133.

Inside a Multinational Corporation Combining Commercial and Social Objectives

Geradts, Thijs, Julie Battilana, and Marissa Kimsey. "Inside a Multinational Corporation Combining Commercial and Social Objectives." Academy of Management Proceedings 2018.1 (2018).

Round Hole, Square Peg? Sustaining Dual Social And Commercial Goals In A Cooperative Bank

Bacq, Sophie Catherine, Julie Battilana, and Hélène Bovais. "Round Hole, Square Peg? Sustaining Dual Social And Commercial Goals In A Cooperative Bank." Academy of Management Proceedings 2018.1 (2018).

Keeping an Eye on Two Goals: Governance and Organizational Attention in Hybrid Organizations

Pache, Anne-Claire, Julie Battilana, and Channing Spencer. "Keeping an Eye on Two Goals: Governance and Organizational Attention in Hybrid Organizations." Academy of Management Proceedings 2018.1 (2018).

Should You Agitate, Innovate, or Orchestrate?

Battilana, Julie, and Marissa Kimsey. "Should You Agitate, Innovate, or Orchestrate?" Stanford Social Innovation Review (September 2017).

Blurring the Boundaries: The Interplay of Gender and Local Communities in the Commercialization of Social Ventures

Dimitriadis, Stefan, Matthew Lee, Lakshmi Ramarajan, and Julie Battilana. "Blurring the Boundaries: The Interplay of Gender and Local Communities in the Commercialization of Social Ventures." Organization Science (August 2017).

New Venture Milestones and the First Female Board Member

DeSantola, Alicia, Lakshmi Ramarajan, and Julie Battilana. "New Venture Milestones and the First Female Board Member." Academy of Management Proceedings 2017.1 (2017).

Swinging between Moral and Market Imperatives

Zhou, Yanhua, Julie Battilana, Thibault Daudigeos, and Brian Smith-Vandergriff. "Swinging between Moral and Market Imperatives." Academy of Management Proceedings 2017.1 (January 2017).