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19 Jul 2011
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Brightening the Future

that inner voice led Ayala to launch Hybrid Social Solutions, Inc. (HSSI), a Philippine social business that distributes solar lanterns and water filtration devices specifically designed for the needs of poor communities. HSSI’s solar supplier is SunTransfer, a social... View Details

Keywords: Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services

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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Georges F. Doriot: Educating Leaders, Building Companies

Clubs Faculty & Research Business & Environment Business History Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning Entrepreneurship Faculty & Research Global Healthcare HBS Working Knowledge Institute for Strategy & Competitiveness Leadership Networked Business Research... View Details

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Demo Day | New Venture Competition

Demo Day Semifinalists from both tracks deliver pitches to early-stage investors. New Venture Competition (NVC) Demo Day is a showcase event hosted by the Rock Center for Entrepreneurship and the Social Enterprise Initiative . NVC Demo... View Details

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This lists media reports covering my firm dollarDEX Investments or me (or my colleagues), or columns written by me (or my colleagues). There are all... View Details

01 Jun 2019
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Case Study: Mind the Gap

the shortage of skills isn’t going away quickly. Berendt cofounded Talent Alpha in 2018 to fill that gap. The Kraków-based startup is building a marketplace to link Central and Eastern Europe’s software houses with global enterprises in... View Details

Keywords: Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services; Professional Services

07 Sep 2021
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Summer Fellowship Recipient is a Changemaker in Tanzania

alone do not account for these outcomes of the country’s public health system. There are also disparities in how effectively resources are allocated and managed, says Simon DeBere (MBA/MPA-ID 2022), a 2021 HBS Social Enterprise Summer... View Details

Keywords: April White

27 Jan 2023
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Turning Up the Volume

When the executive director of Leadership Enterprise for a Diverse America (LEDA) stepped down in June 2020, Ilana Goldman (MBA/MPA 2002) stepped up. As chair of the board and a political and nonprofit consultant, she saw it as her duty... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

18 Sep 2018
Working Paper Summaries

After the Carnival: Key Factors to Enhance Olympic Legacy and Prevent Olympic Sites from Becoming White Elephants

Keywords: by Isao Okada and Stephen A. Greyser; Sports

29 May 2014
Research & Ideas

Research Symposium 2014

Speaking up at work; a manager's responsibility to capitalism; a strategy to fix the health care system. These were the presentation topics at the 2014 Faculty Research Symposium. At first blush, they may sound a bit disjointed. But a goal of the annual symposium is to... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Accounting; Health

23 Mar 2003
Research & Ideas

AIDS in Africa—What’s the Solution?

On a continent with many challenges to development, no issue is more pressing in Africa than the heavy toll of the AIDS epidemic. In addition to the staggering costs in terms of social upheaval and human suffering, AIDS cuts down workers in their prime years of... View Details

Keywords: by Julie Jette

May 2014 (Revised October 2014)
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Cycle for Survival (B)

By: Das Narayandas, Kerry Herman and Noah Fisher

Update on Cycle for Survival's 2012, 2013, and 2014 events. Kotkins and Cycle for Survival continued the event's strong growth, and underwent the first phase of a two-year rebranding effort. View Details

Keywords: Not For Profit; Cancer; Partnerships; United States; Fundraising; Nonprofit Organizations; United States

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May 2014
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Cycle for Survival (A)

By: Das Narayandas, Kerry Herman and Noah Fisher

Katie Kotkins, director of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center's (MSKCC) Cycle for Survival fundraising event, had to determine the best avenue for continuing the event's success and momentum after its founder, Jennifer (Jen) Goodman Linn (HBS '99) passed away... View Details

Keywords: Not For Profit; Cancer; Partnerships; United States; Fundraising; Nonprofit Organizations; United States

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Business Leaders and Nonprofits

By: J. E. Austin

Keywords: Nonprofit Organizations

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March 2010 (Revised April 2013)
Module Note

Competing with Social Networks: Designing Social Strategy

By: Mikolaj Jan Piskorski

This note outlines the process of designing a social strategy. View Details

Keywords: Social Enterprise; Strategy; Planning

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May 2006
Teaching Note

KIPP National (A) (Abridged) (TN)

Teaching Note to (805-068). View Details

Keywords: Expansion; Social Enterprise; Education Industry; New York (state, US); Houston

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February 2000 (Revised November 2006)
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Foundations

By: Henry B. Reiling and Catherine M. Conneely

Explores the myriad aspects of the over 45,000 foundations in the United States. View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit Organizations; United States

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15 Nov 2017
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How Does a Social Startup Decide to Commercialize? It May Depend on the Founder's Gender

2016 Echoing Green Fellow Christine Su is co-founder and CEO of PastureMap. The for-profit software company helps sustainable ranchers record their grazing practices on mobile devices. (Photo courtesy of Echoing Green.) A division of labor has traditionally separated... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel