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- 21 Oct 2013
Prospective Student Lunch: Social Enterprise
The HBS Social Enterprise Club invites prospective applicants to join us on campus for an informal lunch. During the lunch, students will discuss resources at HBS around Social Enterprise. (Note: Lunch is...
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- 29 Jul 2020
Industry Spotlight Series: Social Enterprise
Wonder what an MBA could do to help with your professional growth in the social enterprise sector? Hear from current students and alumni in the social enterprise industry as they reflect on the amazing...
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- 09 Oct 2015
- News
Putting Social Progress on Par with Prosperity
- 10 Jun 2014
- News
Uber Rides Social Media Dominance to $17B Valuation
- 18 Oct 2021
- Blog Post
Embracing Activism for Social Change
with Andrea Smith, director of Workforce Training & Program Development at DWIHN. Her role as senior advisor in the Detroit Mayor’s office is Mendu’s first experience in municipal government, but she has long embraced activism for View Details
- 12 Nov 2015
- Working Paper Summaries
Social Networks, Ethnicity, and Entrepreneurship
- June 2011 (Revised June 2012)
- Case
Sephora Direct: Investing in Social Media, Video, and Mobile
By: Elie Ofek and Alison Berkley Wagonfeld
Julie Bornstein, senior vice president of Sephora Direct, is seeking to double her budget for social media and other digital marketing initiatives for 2011. A number of digital efforts implemented in the past two years seem to be bearing fruit and there is a desire to...
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Keywords:
History;
Leadership;
Marketing Strategy;
Marketing;
Emerging Markets;
Investment Return;
Investment Funds;
Budgets and Budgeting
Ofek, Elie, and Alison Berkley Wagonfeld. "Sephora Direct: Investing in Social Media, Video, and Mobile." Harvard Business School Case 511-137, June 2011. (Revised June 2012.)
- June 2010 (Revised August 2010)
- Case
State Grid: Corporate Social Responsibility
By: Christopher Marquis, Nancy Dai, Dongning Yang and Hong Wu
In October 2009, State Grid, the largest utility company in the world, and a pioneer and leader in CSR practices in China, was planning its 2009 CSR Report and long-term CSR implementation. Some of the specific challenges faced at the time include: How could the...
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Keywords:
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Management Systems;
Business and Stakeholder Relations;
Corporate Accountability;
Behavior;
Change Management;
Global Range;
Employees;
Utilities Industry;
China
Marquis, Christopher, Nancy Dai, Dongning Yang, and Hong Wu. "State Grid: Corporate Social Responsibility." Harvard Business School Case 410-141, June 2010. (Revised August 2010.)
- October 2008 (Revised October 2009)
- Case
Shaklee Corporation: Corporate Social Responsibility
By: Christopher Marquis, V. Kasturi Rangan and Alison Comings
Having bought Shaklee Corporation from Yamanouchi, Roger Barnett, its owner and CEO, wrestled with the question of how to grow the company and its reputation for environmental sustainability. In addition to preserving the "network marketing" nature of its sales channel...
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Keywords:
Business Model;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Marketing Channels;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Environmental Sustainability;
Reputation
Marquis, Christopher, V. Kasturi Rangan, and Alison Comings. "Shaklee Corporation: Corporate Social Responsibility." Harvard Business School Case 509-031, October 2008. (Revised October 2009.)
- Fall 2021
- Article
The Problem of Social Benefit
By: Frank Nagle
Economists have obsessed over the question of negative externalities, but market arrangements can also generate positive externalities. We should consider how to harness them for public good.
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Nagle, Frank. "The Problem of Social Benefit." Stanford Social Innovation Review 19, no. 4 (Fall 2021): 34–39.
- 18 Jul 2021
- News
Harvard Business School Summer Reader List Highlights Social Justice
- 18 Nov 2014
- News
Promoting social enterprise in business
Aurora Rotes Casanova (MBA 2009) is helping promote more socially oriented projects inside companies and calculating their value. (Published November 2014)
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Bloomberg: environmental social and governance (ESG)
What are some of the ESG commands and information available in Bloomberg? Type ESG <GO> to find ESG ratings by company. Type a ticker into the amber box to start your search. You can export the results to Excel. Type ESGD <GO> for the ESG...
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- March 2020 (Revised June 2020)
- Case
Social Salary Setting at Spiber
By: Ashley Whillans and John Beshears
Can a “set your own salary” system boost employee happiness and motivation? Spiber made synthetic silk built from proteins mimicking the proteins found in spider silk, the world’s toughest known material by weight. Kazuhide Sekiyama and Junichi Sugahara established...
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Keywords:
Compensation and Benefits;
Motivation and Incentives;
Happiness;
Negotiation Tactics;
Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues;
Biotechnology Industry;
Japan;
United States
Whillans, Ashley, and John Beshears. "Social Salary Setting at Spiber." Harvard Business School Case 920-050, March 2020. (Revised June 2020.)
- 4 Oct 2013
- Other Presentation
Economic and Social Development: The New Learning
This presentation draws on ideas from Professor Porter's articles and books, in particular, The Competitive Advantage of Nations (The Free Press, 1990), "Building the Microeconomic Foundations of Competitiveness," in The Global Competitiveness Report...
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Porter, Michael E. "Economic and Social Development: The New Learning." Americas Competitiveness Forum, Panama City, Panama, October 4, 2013.
- 06 Jun 2018
- News
The Business of Social Justice
further ensuring that schools with high needs receive the resources and funding to meet them. “There is nothing more important than building the foundations for social change,” says Brooks. “Rosa Parks’ civil disobedience didn’t just...
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- May 2024
- Supplement
GameStop: Social Media Finds a Cheat Code (B)
By: Joseph Pacelli and Sarah Mehta
This case accompanies “GameStop: Social Media Finds a Cheat Code (A),” no. 124-005. It provides an update on pertinent events from 2021 to 2023.
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Pacelli, Joseph, and Sarah Mehta. "GameStop: Social Media Finds a Cheat Code (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 124-042, May 2024.