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- 2006
- Chapter
The Social Dimensions of Entrepreneurship
By: Amir Licht and Jordan I. Siegel
Schumpeter's canonical depiction of the entrepreneur as an agent of social and economic change implies that entrepreneurs are especially sensitive to the social environment. We use an organizing framework based on institutional economics, in combination with lessons... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Social Institutions; Culture; Law; Social Networks; Reputation; Social Entrepreneurship; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact
Licht, Amir, and Jordan I. Siegel. "The Social Dimensions of Entrepreneurship." In Oxford Handbook of Entrepreneurship, edited by Mark Casson, Bernard Yeung, Anuradha Basu, and Nigel Wadeson. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006.
- Teaching Interest
Transforming Education through Social Entrepreneurship
This course is designed for students who want to understand the central role that education plays in our economy and society and who may want to play an active role (e.g., as entrepreneur, board member, etc.) in shaping the future workforce, bringing about a more... View Details
- 2009
- Working Paper
Corporate Social Entrepreneurship
By: James E. Austin and Ezequiel Reficco
Corporate Social Entrepreneurship (CSE) is a process aimed at enabling business to develop more advanced and powerful forms of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). View Details
Keywords: Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Social Entrepreneurship
Austin, James E., and Ezequiel Reficco. "Corporate Social Entrepreneurship." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 09-101, March 2009.
- Research Summary
Social Entrepreneurship
By: James L. Heskett
This project is centered around an analysis of data and experiences of 31 executive directors of not-for-profit organizations who completed the Denali Initiative on social entrepreneurship, of which I was volunteer faculty chairperson, between 1999 and 2002. The... View Details
- 24 Apr 2009
- Working Paper Summaries
Corporate Social Entrepreneurship
Keywords: by James E. Austin & Ezequiel Reficco
- Research Summary
Corporate Social Entrepreneurship
By: James E. Austin
This research is examining the process by which companies engage in strategic corporate social responsibility as an integral part of their enterprise strategy and operations. The research has conceptualized this process as entreprenurial in nature and defined it as... View Details
- 2007
- Book
Entrepreneurship in the Social Sector
"Entrepreneurship in the Social Sector provides an excellent overview of the many tools available to... View Details
Wei-Skillern, Jane, James Austin, Herman Leonard, and Howard Stevenson. Entrepreneurship in the Social Sector. SAGE Publications, 2007.
- Awards
Ashoka Award for Social Entrepreneurship Education
By: James E. Austin
Received the 2008 Ashoka Award for Entrepreneurship Education from the Aspen Institute's Business and Society Program. View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Social Entrepreneurship Fellowship
Recent HBS graduates who are launching social enterprises — nonprofit, for-profit, or hybrid organizations — may apply for a new $25,000 fellowship. The Social Entrepreneurship... View Details
- Teaching Interest
Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Combining the tools of philanthropy, business and advocacy (or mission, margin and mandate), social entrepreneurs have tackled long-standing societal issues like teacher training, college access, global public health, renewable energy and sanitation. Social... View Details
- 28 Aug 2009
- News
Faculty Pioneer Award in Social Entrepreneurship
- Teaching Interest
Social Innovation Field Projects
The class will serve as the central clearing house for all independent projects relating to enterprises that are creating social value, with projects ranging from nonprofits to purpose driven for-profit businesses. This course provides students an opportunity to use... View Details
- 04 Feb 2008
- Research & Ideas
Putting Entrepreneurship in the Social Sector
grown." These persistent problems seem to demand new models and new ways of thinking to crack them, and in that spirit Wei-Skillern and her HBS colleagues James E. Austin, Herman B. "Dutch" Leonard, and Howard H. Stevenson wrote the recent casebook View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Social Entrepreneurship Fellows Named
’08/MPA ’09). Both have been named HBS Social Entrepreneurship Fellows for 2010 and awarded $25,000 grants to advance their enterprises. Brehm, along with his wife, Faith, is cofounder of the online venture... View Details
- 2020
- Working Paper
Social Networks, Ethnicity, and Entrepreneurship
By: William R. Kerr and Martin Mandorff
We study the relationship between ethnicity, occupational choice, and entrepreneurship. Immigrant groups in the United States cluster in specific business sectors. For example, Koreans are 34 times more concentrated in self-employment for dry cleaning than other... View Details
Keywords: Self-employed; Occupation; Entrepreneurship; Social Entrepreneurship; Industry Clusters; Ethnicity; Immigration; Networks; United States
Kerr, William R., and Martin Mandorff. "Social Networks, Ethnicity, and Entrepreneurship." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 16-042, October 2015. (Revised November 2020. NBER Working Paper Series, No. 21597, September 2015)
- January 2023
- Article
Social Networks, Ethnicity, and Entrepreneurship
By: William R. Kerr and Martin Mandorff
We study the relationship between ethnicity, occupational choice, and entrepreneurship. Immigrant groups in the United States cluster in specific business sectors. For example, Koreans are 34 times more concentrated in self-employment for dry cleaning than other... View Details
Kerr, William R., and Martin Mandorff. "Social Networks, Ethnicity, and Entrepreneurship." Journal of Human Resources 58, no. 1 (January 2023): 183–220.
- 31 Oct 2015
- News
Social networks, ethnicity and entrepreneurship
- July 2021 (Revised July 2024)
- Course Overview Note
Social Entrepreneurship and Systems Change
By: Brian Trelstad and Preeti Varma
Systems thinking is a discipline that emerged in the 20th century as a way to understand the complex interrelationships among various players and dynamics within an industry or field that resist simple, reductionist thinking. The big challenges we face play out in... View Details
Trelstad, Brian, and Preeti Varma. "Social Entrepreneurship and Systems Change." Harvard Business School Course Overview Note 322-029, July 2021. (Revised July 2024.)
- 01 Apr 2009
- News