Faculty Directory
Margaret Hanson
Visiting Assistant Professor; Research Scholar
E-Mailsusan.m.hanson@tuck.dartmouth.edu
Phone603-646-0782
DegreeBA, University of Washington, 1990; PhD, University of Pennsylvania, 1997
AREAS OF EXPERTISEEthics and responsibility, business-government relations
Current Research Topics
NGO-corporate collaboration, social movements and global standardization
Selected Publications
"Aid and Advice in Africa," Political Science Quarterly, 2001; "The Global Promotion of Transparency in Emerging Markets," Global Governance, 2003; "Pure Water," World Business, 2007; "Social innovation: creating products for those at the bottom of the pyramid," INSEAD Knowledge, 2008
Working Papers
"Safe Drinking Water: Innovations for Base of the Pyramid Markets"; "Business- Social Sector Partnerships: Finding the Middle Ground"; "Safe Drinking Water: A Global Crisis in the Making"
Awards
Research Fellow, Instytut Studlow Politycznych Polskiej Akademii Nauk (ISPPAN) Warsaw, 1995; Research Fellow, Institute of African Studies, Lusaka, 1995; Research Grant, Woodrow Wilson Center, Washington, D.C., 1996; Faculty Research Fellow, University of Indonesia, Jakarta, 1998
Professional Activities
Academic positions: Visiting Assistant Professor, Northwestern University, 1997– 98; Senior Research Fellow, 1998–2003, Adjunct Professor, 2003–08, INSEAD; Senior Research Fellow, INSEAD Social Innovation Centre, 2007–08; Tuck School of Business, 2008–present
Nonacademic positions: Congressional Research Service, The Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., 1990–91
Research & Teaching Summary
Research by Margaret Hanson offers direction to firms developing a bottom-of-the-pyramid strategy in emerging markets, where, she feels, product innovation can inform consumption and get to the heart of social and environmental sustainability. Professor Hanson teaches the electives Business and Ethics: Base of Pyramid and Business-Social Sector Partnerships.