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Community | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

School that provides a forum for exploring the synergies between all sectors to address critical social issues worldwide. Consulting for Impact Club The Consulting for Impact Club (CFI) matches Harvard MBA candidates with nonprofit and... View Details

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Careers | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

experience high-impact management positions in nonprofit and public-sector organizations for one year at a competitive salary. Loan Assistance The Program supports graduates pursuing career paths in... View Details

24 Jul 2017
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People Have an Irrational Need to Complete 'Sets' of Things

things incomplete” Do you want customers to refer more of their friends to your company’s website? Ask them to refer friends in arbitrary “batches” of five at a time. Looking to increase charitable giving to your nonprofit organization?... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

30 Sep 2008
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First Look: September 30, 2008

(forthcoming) Abstract This paper analyzes the association between ownership, top management incentives, and expenditures on accounting information. We argue that organizations with privately appointed boards of directors such as... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

15 Nov 2016
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November 15, 2016

https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/417040-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 317-028 Joan Bavaria and Multi-Dimensional Capitalism The case examines the career of Joan Bavaria, a pioneer of socially responsible investing and founder of Trillium Asset View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

15 Aug 2022
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University of the Future: Finding the Next World Leaders in Higher Ed

is a place, like the contemporary United States, of real income inequality across its schools, even as its students are recruited from every sector of American life. Like the United States, it has enviable resources, and it manages to... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Education

February 2023 (Revised July 2023)
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Moleskine Foundation: Can Creativity Change the World?

By: Ryan Raffaelli, Alexandra C. Feldberg and Sarah Gulick

The Italy-based Moleskine Foundation worked with young adults in Africa and Europe to inspire social change through art and creative projects. Adama Sanneh, the newly appointed CEO of the Moleskine Foundation, faced several challenges: First, he had to make his own... View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit Organizations; Social Enterprise; Leadership; Identity; Strategy; Education Industry; Italy; Africa; Europe; United States

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Faculty - Creating Emerging Markets

customer behavior , customer satisfaction , service management , service operations , service quality Interviews Prithvi Raj Singh Oberoi Prithwiraj Choudhury Lumry Family Associate Professor of Business Administration Research Interests... View Details

October 1997 (Revised March 1998)
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Appalachian Mountain Club: Transforming Governance

By: Walter J. Salmon and Jaan Elias

Starting in 1988, the Appalachian Mountain Club (AMC) began a controversial transformation in management and governance. For its first 112 years, the AMC's structure had resembled that of a country club--volunteer leaders directed the club's operations and its small,... View Details

Keywords: Budgets and Budgeting; Transformation; Corporate Governance; Employee Relationship Management; Recruitment; Leading Change; Organizational Culture; Labor and Management Relations; Nonprofit Organizations; Education Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry

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01 Jun 2000
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Going Public: Margaret M. Crotty

to make an impact on the world the way that Charlie has, I needed management skills," says Crotty, who, true to form, has been active in numerous HBS student organizations. Fortified by her MBA, Crotty plans to refine her skills in the... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

07 Feb 2017
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First Look at New Research: February 7

2017 New York: Oxford University Press Managing Risk in Reinsurance: From City Fires to Global Warming By: Hauter, Niels Viggo, and Geoffrey Jones, eds. Abstract—This is the first book to provide a comprehensive history of the reinsurance... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

04 Apr 2023
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Two Centuries of Business Leaders Who Took a Stand on Social Issues

While shareholders still reign supreme at many companies, a widespread shift toward more responsible business practices is driving more leaders to take a stand on social and environmental issues today, says Harvard Business School Professor Geoffrey Jones. Jones... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert; Consumer Products; Fashion; Retail; Green Technology

May 2003
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Environmental Defense

By: Forest L. Reinhardt

Analyzes the strategy and management of Environmental Defense, a leading environmental advocacy group, emphasizing the group's activity in the energy and agribusiness industries. From a strategy formulation standpoint, the case encourages students to think of the... View Details

Keywords: Strategy; Nonprofit Organizations; Energy; Relationships; Agribusiness; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Energy Industry

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22 Feb 2023
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Meet the Disability Advocacy and Affinity Group (DAAG)

startups focused on Climate Tech and Future of Work. Prior to HBS, I was the program manager of the NextGen Initiatives at Disability:IN, the leading nonprofit resource for business disability inclusion... View Details

25 Jun 2020
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Harvard Business School Class of 2021 Student Profiles

Collaborating with a friend, Nouf, Fatima launched Jonnah, a nonprofit that would help women with sewing skills get the materials, space, and services necessary to run a garment business. By August 2018, they had successfully launched... View Details

01 Mar 2014
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Generation Next

group's majority stake in the rural retailer was sold, and the poultry business was placed in a joint venture with US-based Tyson Foods. The most significant changes came at the top. In August 2007, the managing director—a longtime Godrej... View Details

Keywords: Mark Bergen; Godrej Group; Management

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Clubs & Consulting | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

bono activities, alumni consulting teams in several cities offer nonprofit organizations business management expertise. Student Clubs The Social Impact Club , the Social Enterprise Conference , and a number... View Details

15 Feb 2024
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How I Spent My 2+2 Deferral: Carol Wright

We sat down with Carol Wright (MBA 2025) to hear more about how she spent her deferral years. Why did you decide to apply to HBS via the 2+2 deferred admissions process? I attended the Summer Venture in Management Program in 2019.... View Details

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Online Business Strategy Course | HBS Online

Professionals General Managers Consultants and Investors Develop a powerful, value-based strategy to achieve greater success for your team and organization. Participating in the student discussions was empowering. It ignited a drive... View Details

April 1990 (Revised November 1992)
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Population Services International: The Social Marketing Project in Bangladesh (Abridged)

By: James E. Austin

Population Services International (PSI) was a not-for-profit agency founded to disseminate family planning information and to market birth control products, primarily in less developed countries seeking to curb their population explosions. In 1976, PSI concluded an... View Details