Social Impact - Publications - Faculty & Research

2007
Chapter

Patrimonio Hoy: A Groundbreaking Corporate Program to Alleviate Mexico's Housing Crisis

By: Arthur I Segel

Keywords: Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Housing; Mexico

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August 1989
Case

Ethics, Responsibility, and Ideology

By: George C. Lodge

Keywords: Ethics; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact

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Keywords: Financial services; Education

01 Jun 1997
News

Bruce Rauner (MBA '81) Endows New Professorship

I was eager to go into business, become as successful as I could, and then use my resources as much as I could to help social causes that were important to me, especially those relating to education and the environment." "I saw no reason... View Details

Keywords: James E. Aisner

07 Sep 2021
News

One Degree of Difference

of the highly educated, Wallace says the move has boosted the company’s diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts and turned into a competitive advantage. Ovia is among a handful of companies that are rethinking their screening process, for reasons that range from... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Health, Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance

Beatriz Fernández

Keywords: Food Service

Jaithirth (Jerry) Rao

Keywords: Real Estate; IT; Banking

01 Jun 2005
News

Better than Cash

Boston Teamwork: From left, Chuck Eisenberg (MBA ’78), Arjuna Costa (MBA ’01), John Flanagan (AMP 96, 1985), Tom White (MBA ’69), Mark Alston-Follansbee, Marco Bitran (MBA ’03), and Charles Cassidy (MBA ’83). When Mark Alston-Follansbee, executive director of the... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; CAP; HBS; nonprofits; Social Assistance; Social Assistance; Social Assistance; Social Assistance; Social Assistance; Social Assistance

Laila Tyabji

Keywords: Textiles, NGO

01 Mar 2006
News

Can the United States Avoid a Fractured Future?

ENRIQUEZ: People take too much for granted. PHOTO BY JEFF THIEBAUTH As CEO of Biotechonomy, a life-sciences research and venture capital firm, Juan Enriquez (MBA ’86) has examined the impact of life sciences on the global economy. In his... View Details

Keywords: Lewis I. Rice; Health, Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance

01 Mar 2006
News

One-on-One with Dr. Margaret Chan

prevent a new disease from becoming endemic to a region. It raised the profile of public health and brought the importance of international cooperation in health to new heights. SARS — severe acute respiratory syndrome — caused enormous economic damage and View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Health, Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance

December 2024
Article

Can Activists Change Business for Good?

By: Hiske Arts, Geoffrey Jones, Sarah Soule and Lora Verheecke

Leading experts debate the ability of activists to successfully challenge unsustainable corporate behavior. Includes a discussion of the role of business leaders as actvivists. View Details

Keywords: Corporate Responsibility; Activism; Spirituality; Power and Influence; Social Issues; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact

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01 Jun 2015
News

Rebooting Europe

For centuries, Europe has been at the forefront of innovation: the Greek and Roman architects, the Renaissance inventors, the intrepid navigators in the Age of Exploration. Even in more recent history, Europe has dazzled in its efforts to recover from the devastating... View Details

Keywords: Janelle Nanos; European Union; Health, Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance

01 Sep 2007
News

How to Take a Stand On UBS and Climate Change

What is the responsibility of business regarding social issues? And how does that jibe with maximizing profits? In “UBS and Climate Change — Warming Up to Global Action?” Associate Professor Felix Oberholzer-Gee and Professor Forest... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Finance

20 Oct 2021
Blog Post

Mobilizing Private Sector Action For Racial Equity in Milwaukee: SE Summer Fellow Zach Komes (MBA 2022)

How can someone learn more about your organization? You can learn more about MMAC’s Region of Choice initiative by visiting their website or by following MMAC on Twitter and LinkedIn. This story was originally published on the Social... View Details

26 Sep 2016
News

Lending a Hand

Tom Tierney (MBA 1980) is chairman and cofounder of the Bridgespan Group and is a 2016 recipient of an HBS Alumni Achievement Award. In this video he talks about the essence of service. “When I was launching Bridgespan and trying to figure out, ‘do I do this full-time,... View Details