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Your Social Entrepreneurship checklist | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Year Fall Student clubs: Connect with students who share your interest in social enterprise and entrepreneurship through clubs such as the Entrepreneurship Club , Social Enterprise Club , Social Enterprise Conference , Impact View Details

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New Venture Competition | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Solara Sacerdote Grand Prize Winner, Social Enterprise Track, 2024 New Venture Competition 1_rwoq7e70 Trans Health HQ Sacerdote Runner-Up Prize Winner, Social Enterprise Track, 2024 New Venture Competition 1_fzd3exaa The Social Enterprise Track of the New Venture... View Details

02 Dec 2002
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The Secret of How Microsoft Stays on Top

technological change. These investments include: the process of software componentization through which it captures and embeds intellectual property in an accessible form; the component libraries that result... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

30 Sep 2008
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First Look: September 30, 2008

privatization of Argentina's electricity sector and is now contemplating an even larger privatization opportunity in Peru. In deciding how much to bid in Peru, Endesa must account for the political context in which privatization is being... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

22 Jul 2002
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Is Performance-Based Pricing the Right Price for You?

Other industries as diverse as consulting, trucking, and heavy industrial services are seeing the same trend. Before explaining the benefits, drawbacks, and application of performance-based pricing, let us... View Details

Keywords: by Benson Shapiro; Manufacturing

02 Feb 2004
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Where Does Apple Go From Here?

get people browsing through the stores. Despite what Apple says, the statistics suggest that there is no significant conversion of non-Macintosh users to Macintosh users on the basis of the stores. So, if you think of it as View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

June 2008 (Revised July 2008)
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The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis

By: Robert Steven Kaplan, Christopher Marquis and Brent Kazan

Marc Buoniconti is the co-founder of the Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, a nonprofit medical research organization. The project was founded in 1985 by Marc and his father Nick, a former Hall of Fame football player, when Marc suffered a spinal cord injury. In 2007,... View Details

Keywords: Investment; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Health Testing and Trials; Leadership; Growth and Development Strategy; Mission and Purpose; Research and Development; Nonprofit Organizations; Health Industry; Miami

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01 Dec 2018
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Digital Transformation

Hyder Ahmad (MBA 1995) Hyder Ahmad (MBA 1995) sees the advancing digital transformation of business and society as a seismic shift, likening it to the changes brought on by the Industrial Revolution. “This is the tip of the iceberg. How... View Details

12 Mar 2021
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My Favorite Case

The “Manila Water Company” case made me feel even more strongly about designing a career with social welfare as a goal, not just as an option. It also made me think differently... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

May 2020 (Revised December 2022)
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Soofa: Displaying the Right Path?

By: Jeffrey J. Bussgang, Amy Klopfenstein and Amram Migdal

In November 2019, Sandra Richter, co-founder and CEO of Soofa, a network of advertising-supported digital bulletin boards, must decide between two different fundraising and expansion plans for her company. One plan entails raising $15 million in a Series A round and... View Details

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For Organizations | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

such as Sustainable Investing , Power and Influence for Positive Impact , and more. Working with MBA Students Summer Associates Students play a valuable role for organizations in tackling issues that utilize... View Details

28 May 2012
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A Pragmatic Alternative for Creating a Corporate Social Responsibility Strategy

bottom line. Some companies have invested time and energy into their CSR programs only after getting burned by bad publicity. For example, Nike suffered from an onslaught of negative press and large-scale... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

28 Jul 2003
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It’s India Above China in New World Order

Comparing India and China is to embark on an old puzzle that has fascinated smart people for centuries. The newer question of economic leadership, however—"Which country will overtake the other in the foreseeable future?" —is... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

20 Oct 2015
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What to Expect Your First Year at HBS

to access such opportunities. As a result, I am much more likely to consider a career in investment than I was before school and I am considering staying in the Bay Area once I graduate. I also gained a... View Details

25 Oct 2024
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Harvard Business School Announces Latest RISE Fellows

Street, most recently as an associate on Goldman Sachs' Launch with GS team, a $1 billion initiative to invest in companies and funds led by diverse entrepreneurs. He serves on... View Details

01 Jun 2023
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Bridging the ESG Data Gap

interdisciplinary perspectives required to create practical climate solutions,” she explains. As Metric’s customer base expands, providing a one-stop shop for ESG and impact data management is Murday’s goal. “From addressing climate... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

03 Mar 2015
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First Look: March 3

Brightwork Brand Holdings Corp. acquired it as an asset purchase in 2011. Ghurka, under CEO John Reuter, worked to re-launch the brand with a ten-year, three-phase growth plan. The company aimed to be... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

21 Jun 2022
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Free Isn’t Always Better: How Slack Holds Its Own Against Microsoft Teams

launched Slack in 2014 as a work-team communications tool he hoped would be an “email killer,” as he put it. Slack made it easy for new customers to use, with a three-click... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert; Information Technology; Technology

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Continuing Education - Business & Environment

and learn how to incorporate them into investment decisions and measure and manage their impact. Power and Influence for Positive Impact Online Understand how power really works and develop your own to gain influence and make View Details

24 May 2011
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First Look: May 24

testing an easy-to-implement method to discourage dishonesty: signing at the beginning rather than at the end of a self-report, as is the current common practice. Using both field and lab experiments, we... View Details