Enterprise - Publications - Faculty & Research

24 Apr 2015
News

Entrepreneurship Takes Center Stage at New Venture Finale

10 May 2013
News

The “Alternative” Spring Break

07 Jul 2021
News

Fight over River Farm Sale Provides Public Look at Nonprofit’s Private Workings

23 Sep 2019
News

A New Ecosystem of Leaders: 40 Social Innovators Driving Change and Transforming Society in 2019

13 Dec 2011
Working Paper Summaries

Charitable Giving When Altruism and Similarity Are Linked

Keywords: Service

12 Nov 2010
Research & Ideas

One Report: Integrated Reporting for a Sustainable Strategy

What a company externally reports shapes how it behaves internally. The key question is, "What should companies report?" A new reporting practice--"integrated reporting," which integrates measures of financial and non-financial performance in a... View Details

Keywords: by Robert Eccles; Accounting

02 Jul 2009
Research Event

Business Summit: The Role of Social Entrepreneurship in Transforming American Public Education

Editor's Note: This is a summary of an HBS Business Summit presentation. View a full summary and video of the event on the HBS Centennial Web site linked below. Date of Event: October 14, 2008 Moderator: Stacey Childress, HBS faculty Speakers: Steven Barr, Founder and... View Details

Keywords: Education

23 Feb 2004
Research & Ideas

How Corporate Responsibility is Changing in Asia

To what extent do multinational corporations have an institutional obligation to the Asian countries in which they serve, and does that obligation include holding higher standards than Asian law requires? These questions were debated at the panel discussion... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

09 Jul 2001
Research & Ideas

Does Misery Love Companies? How Social Performance Pays Off

Corporations have responded to society's plea to provide innovative solutions to deep-seated problems of human misery. Organization and management scholarship can play an important role in understanding and guiding this corporate action. To date, this challenge has... View Details

Keywords: by Joshua D. Margolis & James P. Walsh

19 Oct 2017
Research & Ideas

How Charitable Organizations Can Thwart Excuses for Not Giving

(Photo source: Catherine Lane) Giving to charity is the ultimate act of selflessness. We offer our own hard-earned money to those in need, with no thought of return. The reality of altruism, however, is much more complicated, as Harvard Business School Assistant... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

23 May 2016
News

Meet the 2016-2017 HBS Leadership Fellows

17 Jan 2016
News

America Is in the Midst of a Philanthropic Revolution

February 2023 (Revised July 2023)
Case

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

Citation

Educators

Purchase

29 Jul 2011
Working Paper Summaries

Who Is Governing Whom? Senior Managers, Governance and the Structure of Generosity in Large U.S. Firms

Keywords: by Christopher Marquis & Matthew Lee

30 May 2019
News

Meet the 2019-2020 Leadership Fellows

19 May 2021
News

Alumni Convene to Support Nonprofit Boards; Seven Clubs Mix It Up Online

Nonprofit Board Summit: Building High-Impact Nonprofit Boards During Dynamic Times from May 4 to May 13. The clubs worked in partnership with the HBS Social Enterprise Initiative (SEI) to create this multi-day, virtual conference aimed at... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley