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Field Course: Venture Capital Journey - Course Catalog

HBS Course Catalog Field Course: Venture Capital Journey Course Number 6728 Senior Lecturer Jeffrey Bussgang Fall; Q1Q2; 3.0 credits Paper Please see this video for more on this course. Click here for application (updated May 5, 2025)... View Details
  • 07 Aug 2013
  • Working Paper Summaries

Debating the Responsibility of Capitalism in Historical and Global Perspective

Keywords: by Geoffrey G. Jones

    The Treasure You Seek: A Guide to Developing and Leveraging Your Leadership Capital

    Most leadership books are written for people who are already labeled as “leaders”—corporate execs, high-ranking managers, entrepreneurs. They may not speak to the underrepresented young person or uncommon experienced person with a dream to create change in the... View Details

    • 27 Oct 2021
    • Blog Post

    HBS Impact Investing Fund Course: An Experiential Education in Social Financing

    barriers to capital, with the dual goals of making profits and creating social change. Entrepreneurs of color in Massachusetts have an unmet capital demand in the order of $574 million annually, according to... View Details
    • 09 Apr 2020
    • Research & Ideas

    How Social Entrepreneurs Can Increase Their Investment Impact

    [Image: kertlis] Related Reading Why Backstage Capital Invests in ‘Underestimated’ Entrepreneurs 'Green Bonds' May Be Our Best Bet for Environmental Damage Control Searching for Better Practices in Social... View Details
    Keywords: by Rachel Layne
    • 14 Jun 2018
    • News

    Catalyzing Social and Economic Change in Rural Africa

    Goncalo Neves-Correia (MBA 2007) is CEO of ThirdWay Africa, an investing and advisory firm based in London, Maputo, and Harare. ThirdWay Africa believes we are entering a new paradigm where sustainability is an absolute. In this interview, Goncalo discusses... View Details
    • 2022
    • Working Paper

    On the Origins of Our Discontent

    By: Rawi Abdelal and Thomas J. DeLong
    Signs of discontent with global capitalism and national capitalisms abound. Unless we find ways to create better jobs and then improve those jobs further with empathic management and thoughtful mentoring, then we will be unable to create a more stable, purposeful... View Details
    Keywords: Capitalism; Human Needs; Public Opinion; Social Issues; Wealth and Poverty; Globalization; Government and Politics
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    Blog | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

    Filter Results: (227) Submit Author Types Alumni HBS Staff SE Practitioners SEI Faculty SEI Team Students Topics Alumni for Impact Alumni Programs Arts Business for Social Impact Business School Executive Education Faculty Research Future... View Details
    • July 2021
    • Teaching Plan

    Shorefast: A Strange and Familiar Way to Reimagine Capitalism

    By: Brian Trelstad, Wendy Smith and Natalie Slawinski
    Teaching Plan for HBS Case No. 320-098. In 2006, Zita Cobb and two of her brothers, Alan Cobb and Tony Cobb, native Newfoundlanders, launched Shorefast to help grow another leg of Fogo Island’s economy. Like so many rural communities, Fogo Island’s fate was tied... View Details
    Keywords: Place Making; Non-profit; Hotel; Economic Development; Tourism; Social Entrepreneurship; Nonprofit Organizations; Development Economics; Economic Systems; Tourism Industry; Canada
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    • April 2020 (Revised May 2025)
    • Case

    Shorefast: A Strange and Familiar Way to Reimagine Capitalism

    By: Brian Trelstad, Wendy Smith and Natalie Slawinski
    In 2006, Zita Cobb and two of her brothers, Alan Cobb and Tony Cobb, native Newfoundlanders, launched Shorefast to help grow another leg of Fogo Island’s economy. Like so many rural communities, Fogo Island’s fate was tied directly to one primary resource—in this case... View Details
    Keywords: Place Making; Non-profit; Hotel; Economic Development; Tourism; Social Entrepreneurship; Nonprofit Organizations; Development Economics; Economic Systems; Tourism Industry; Canada
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    Investing for Impact | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

    capital for entrepreneurs seeking to build businesses and make a difference in their communities. The fund has dual goals of creating social change and the pursuit of reasonable investment returns, allowing... View Details
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    History | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

    Education Leaders Together: Accelerating Opportunities for America's Students. 2012 Two new MBA FIELD courses introduced: Social Impact Investing and Social Innovation Lab. 2011 HBS-led Forum on View Details
    • 28 Oct 2021
    • News

    Capital Considerations for Black Entrepreneurs; Pivoting for Gender Equity

    failure in the startup and tech ecosystems. I think the HBS community is particularly well-suited to be a problem-solver here. We have so many leaders in VC, startups, and entrepreneurship. Our alumni network literally runs the largest venture View Details
    Keywords: Margie Kelley
    • September 2024 (Revised March 2025)
    • Case

    Burn the Gondolas? Venice, the Ghetto, and the Seasons of Capitalism

    By: Sophus A. Reinert, Charlotte Robertson and Robert Fredona
    This case uses the history of Venice—from the driving of the first pylons in the lagoon to the abdication of the city’s last doge, across the ages of Marco Polo and Vivaldi—to explore the invention and global diffusion of capitalism, as well as the cyclical rise and... View Details
    Keywords: Transformation; History; Power and Influence; Prejudice and Bias; Economic Systems; Italy
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    Blog | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

    1997), CEO & Co-Founder, Social Finance Tracy Palandjian 28 Mar 2019 This post is part of our Social Enterprise Initiative 25th anniversary blog series, which highlig... Boston-based alumni discuss income... View Details
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    FAQs | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

    interest to be capitalized (added to the loan principal balance). For additional information, please contact the Federal Student Loan Support Center at 1-800-557-7394 or online. Why are my eligible loans less than my total loan amount?... View Details
    • 02 Nov 2005
    • Conference Presentation

    Wage Policies and Incentives to Invest in Firm-Specific Human Capital

    By: George P. Baker, Nancy D. Beaulieu and Cristian Voicu
    Keywords: Wages; Policy; Motivation and Incentives; Human Capital
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    • May 2021
    • Article

    Private and Social Returns to R&D: Drug Development and Demographics

    By: Efraim Benmelech, Janice Eberly, Dimitris Papanikolaou and Joshua Krieger
    Investment in intangible capital such as R&D has increased dramatically since the 1990s. However, productivity growth remains sluggish in recent years. One potential reason is that a significant share of the increase in intangible investment is geared toward consumer... View Details
    Keywords: Drug Development; Research and Development; Investment Return; Demographics; Pharmaceutical Industry
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    • 17 Sep 2020
    • News

    The Rock Center for Entrepreneurship Announces 2020 Entrepreneurs-in-Residence, Rock Executive Fellows, and Venture Capital Partners

    • 20 Jun 2011
    • Lessons from the Classroom

    Fame, Faith, and Social Activism: Business Lessons from Bono

    escalating, high-profile campaign against Third World debt, poverty, war and disease. “Any CEO who thinks his or her job is about maximizing shareholder value is living in the past.” Koehn, a Harvard Business School historian who has studied View Details
    Keywords: by Kim Girard; Entertainment & Recreation