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Community | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
Volunteer Corps The mission of the Volunteer Corps is to inspire, organize, and facilitate community volunteer programs for members of the Harvard Business School community. Our main programs include small View Details
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Business Economics Online Course | HBS Online
principles to real-world business challenges. Stay active by engaging in a new activity every three to five minutes. Description of silent animated video above: Bar graph transitions into prices associated... View Details
- 16 Nov 2017
- News
The Business of Social Justice
A born adventurer with a passion for social justice, Heidi Brooks (MBA 2003) uses her business savvy to effect social change. Since 2014 Brooks has served as chief operating officer of the Schott Foundation for Public Education, a... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
- 2000
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Competitive Environmental Strategy: A Guide to the Changing Business Landscape
By: Andrew J. Hoffman
Environmental concerns can greatly affect business success, regardless of whether a business person or corporation shares those concerns. Today's corporate managers must understand the power of environmental issues, and shift their mindset from one focused on... View Details
Keywords: Competitive Strategy; Environmental Management; Social Issues; Organizational Change and Adaptation
Hoffman, Andrew J. Competitive Environmental Strategy: A Guide to the Changing Business Landscape. Island Press, 2000.
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Business Investment in Education in Emerging Markets Since the 1960s
By: Valeria Giacomin, Geoffrey Jones and Erica Salvaj
This article examines non-profit investments by business in education in emerging markets between the 1960s and the present day. Using a sample of 110 interviews with business leaders from an oral history database, the study shows that more than three-quarters of such... View Details
Keywords: Economic History; Oral History; Education; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Business History; Emerging Markets; Reputation; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Education Industry; Africa; Asia; Latin America; Middle East; India; Chile; Colombia; Sri Lanka; Kenya
Giacomin, Valeria, Geoffrey Jones, and Erica Salvaj. "Business Investment in Education in Emerging Markets Since the 1960s." Business History 63, no. 7 (September 2021): 1113–1143.
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Transforming America's Schools: How Business Leaders Can Help
The time has come for Americas business leaders to reconsider how they work with educators to support public schools. Trends are converging to create fresh opportunities, greater need, and a unique moment for business involvement. In this session, Jan Rivkin will... View Details
- 21 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
Fighting the COVID Blues: Advice from Business Research
more anxious and less satisfied with their lives, according to research by Whillans and Michael I. Norton, the Harold M. Brierley Professor of Business Administration. Workers who are able to take time off and recharge during this... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman and Danielle Kost
- 04 Aug 2020
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How Business Can Advance Racial Equity
the most rational question in the world to ask is, is business playing a positive role here? If not, why not? And how can it? April White: Lisa, you've raised a lot of really important issues that business... View Details
- 2025
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Educating Students and Professionals on the Business Implications of Climate Change
As climate change poses unprecedented challenges and opportunities, the private sector must play a pivotal role in both adaptation and mitigation efforts. This article discusses the new Harvard Business School Online course, Business and Climate Change, designed to... View Details
Keywords: Climate Impact; Education; Online Courses; Online Education; Adaptation; Decarbonization; Mitigation Policies; Climate Risk; Climate Change; Risk Management; Science; Policy
Toffel, Michael W. "Educating Students and Professionals on the Business Implications of Climate Change." EFMD Global Focus 192, no. 2 (2025): 29–32.
- 14 Jan 2020
- Research & Ideas
The Business Case for Becoming a Jack-of-All-Trades
“Young scholars frequently like to study a lot of different things, but they are often encouraged to really focus,” says Frank Nagle, assistant professor in the Strategy Unit at Harvard Business School. “Otherwise, how are you going to... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 16 Mar 2020
- Research & Ideas
How the Coronavirus Is Already Rewriting the Future of Business
ripples to others. Companies with the strongest stakeholder and partner orientations are best able to survive and transcend crises, because they can plan together, gain local knowledge from each other, and draw on good will to get back to View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Value Judgments: Business Ethics Across Borders
organizational values and business ethics, Paine focused on U.S. companies engaged in business principally at home. But faced with an increasing number of questions from... View Details
Keywords: by Judith A. Ross
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The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2023
principles and apply them to my research and daily life. In terms of leisurely reads, I've included The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins, a captivating thriller that promises an engaging escape. This suspenseful novel follows the... View Details
- December 2015 (Revised May 2016)
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Jibo: A Social Robot for the Home
By: Jeffrey J. Bussgang and Christine Snively
In January 2015, Jibo Inc. had completed a raise of $25.3 million in Series A financing after a successful 2014 crowdfunding campaign for preorders of Jibo, the first social robot for the home. Over 4,800 Jibo units were preordered, generating $2.6 million in sales. On... View Details
Keywords: Business Development; Entrepreneurship; Applications and Software; Information Infrastructure; Business Startups; Technology Industry
Bussgang, Jeffrey J., and Christine Snively. "Jibo: A Social Robot for the Home." Harvard Business School Case 816-003, December 2015. (Revised May 2016.)
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Impact Stories - Business & Environment
both great financial and environmental returns." Angela Amos MBA 2014 | Shaping the Big Picture “I believe stakeholder engagement is necessary to address climate change. At work, I evaluate diverse perspectives to craft legally sound,... View Details
- 21 Nov 2019
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The Power of Business in the Energy Transition
How do countries and companies work to achieve their carbon reduction goals? Is a Green New Deal necessary to transform the United States economy? These were just a few of the questions driving discussions at the 16th annual Symposium hosted by the Energy &... View Details
- 14 Nov 2019
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Lifting the Lid on Turkey's Hidden Business History
businesses after World War II, and how his children and grandchildren have taken the business forward, professionalizing the management and engaging in extensive social... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
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Doing Business in a Divided World - Alumni
to navigate this shifting and complex landscape. To mark the launch of BiGS, the School brought together senior executives in industry, academia, government, and the nonprofit sector for a day of discussion around current practices, challenges, opportunities, and... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
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How Artificial Intelligence is Changing Business
Reigniting Value through Frontier Technologies, to four Executive Education programs. The Initiative’s 2019 annual summit convened some 900 alumni, scholars, and practitioners to engage in conversations related to the topic of “AI,... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young