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25 Mar 2022
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Omobola Johnson

Omobola Johnson, the former Minister of Communication Technology in Nigeria, discusses her participation in the co-founding of WimBiz, a Nigerian non-profit organization that seeks “to be the catalyst that elevates the status and influence of women and their... View Details

09 Jul 2020
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Sylvia Escovar

Sylvia Escovar, the President of the Colombia-based oil and gas distribution company Terpel, discusses the challenge of income inequality in Colombia, the role of Fundación Terpel in demonstrating that business... View Details

01 Sep 2009
News

Home Sweet Home

those communities. “This is not just a matter of social equity,” Terwilliger stated. “The shortage of workforce housing is compromising the economic well-being of our cities.” And for the residents of exclusive areas such as Hilton Head,... View Details

Keywords: Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Government; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services

22 Mar 2011
First Look

First Look: March 22

in the credit market that have deep roots in the system's structure, conduct, and regulation. The time has come for a clear-eyed assessment of what happened and how the system should be strengthened and restructured. Such reform will have a profound and lasting View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Adrian Gore

Adrian Gore, founder and Group Chief Executive of Discovery Limited, emphasizes the importance of supporting entrepreneurship as a means of solving socio-economic issues in South Africa. View Details

11 Sep 2020
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James Mwangi

James Mwangi, CEO of Kenya’s Equity Bank, explains that both international and state-owned banks failed to address the issue that 96 percent of the population had no bank accounts in post-colonial Kenya, and how Equity Bank was able to dramatically expand financial... View Details

05 May 2020
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Narayana Murthy

Narayana Murthy, the co-founder of the India-based software company Infosys, explains his belief that compassionate capitalism is the best solution to poverty, and makes the case for a broad stakeholder view of... View Details

29 Oct 2019
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Leonor Melo de Velasco

Leonor Melo, who founded the Mundo Mujer Foundation (Women’s World Foundation) in Colombia in 1985, describes how her micro-finance NGO grew by building strong relations with its clients, and how it learned new... View Details

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Nicolás Jodal

Nicolás Jodal, Co-Founder and CEO of GeneXus, highlights the importance of inclusive education and long-term investments in technological advancement for societal development, with examples from Uruguay's history. View Details

25 Apr 2019
Research & Ideas

Incubators Take Notice: Your Entrepreneurs Are Networking with the Wrong People

did. Participants with more prior ties were more likely to miss out on peer effects, or the benefits of learning from those with stronger skills. “The whole premise of these things is that you’re going to learn from other people and make new connections,” Koning says.... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

15 Jun 2021
News

Alumni Work to Reverse Bias Through Philanthropy

leaders together to help communities of color across Massachusetts achieve social gains through economic investment.” Seeding Progress Like the Massachusetts-centered NCF, the nationally focused ARF began as a response to last spring’s... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

Year in Review | Annual Report 2024

team of more than 300 judges—including many HBS graduates—selected finalists from fields such as venture capital, private equity, law, accounting, philanthropy, impact investing, and social entrepreneurship.... View Details

16 Sep 2019
News

Smarter Farming

Zealand is a contributor, now, towards climate change, with so much of our animals contributing to global warming. And people were becoming very skeptical and cynical about farming's role in New Zealand society, given the social View Details

Keywords: meat; dairy; cattle; Agriculture

10 Jan 2005
Research & Ideas

How to Put Meaning Back into Leading

organizations is circumscribed by their impact on financial results. The social impact of organizations essentially took a back seat. This tendency concerns us for two reasons.... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

01 Mar 2012
News

Philippines Outreach

Bradley: A “civilized man,” making an impact in Washington and beyond. The owner and chairman of the Atlantic Media Company, publisher of the Atlantic magazine and the National Journal, David Bradley (MBA 1977) has been called “ ‘the most... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services

29 Jan 2021
News

Holding Business to Account

before the model Aiyer envisioned would be christened “impact investing,” she launched Walden Capital Management in 1994 to pursue these dual goals of financial return and social change on behalf her clients. Following Walden’s... View Details

13 Dec 2011
News

Carry It On

Glassman: A helping hand for deserving HBS students. Courtesy Robert Glassman Related Links MBA Fellowships Bob Glassman’s (MBA ’69) longstanding support of HBS—particularly the HBS student fellowship he established in 1984—is rooted in his commitment to society,... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Monetary Authorities-Central Bank; Finance; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services

14 Oct 2020
News

Sewn with Love

first time Hanazawa has wrestled with the ways she could urge her industry to focus on social impact. In 2011, an earthquake and tsunami leveled towns and cities in her home country of Japan, and she struggled with how to help. She... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

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Narayanan Vaghul

Narayanan Vaghul, Former Chairman of ICICI Bank Limited, recounts discovering and establishing strong financial backing for Pratham, an NGO that seeks to improve the quality of education for children throughout India (Filmed October 26, 2017). View Details

04 Feb 2020
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Francis Okomo-Okello

Francis Okomo-Okello, Chair of the leading Kenyan luxury hotel group Serena and of the subsidiary of a major foreign bank, describes his belief that a bank must engage in responsible lending for the sake of... View Details