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- 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
- 27 Jan 2016
- Research & Ideas
A Politician's Investment Portfolio Might Tip Off Corruption Potential
up similar red flags for financial risk taking, which could trigger greater surveillance. For investment brokers and advisors, certain transactions raise a red flag, but personal character traits do not. Some social psychologists tend to... View Details
Keywords: by Roberta Holland
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
RX for Change
discussions that took place back in May at Emory University Hospital Midtown will affect more than the bottom line. It will impact the quality of care delivered to thousands of people. Midtown is a 511-bed facility serving over 150,000... View Details
- 10 Nov 2020
- News
Learning to Fight
to make informed decisions about treatment. To date, the Brain Tumor Network’s nurse navigators and social workers have helped more than 1,200 people around the United States. Sontag’s people-first ethos also guides the selection of the... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 03 Jun 2020
- News
Keeping a Community Connected
Justin Pasquariello (MBA 2010) Justin Pasquariello (MBA 2010) At the end of most days, Justin Pasquariello (MBA 2010) feels like he hasn’t done enough. As executive director of East Boston Social Centers (EBSC), a century-old grassroots... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
Building a Movement
social, and financial performance. Those societal pressures are absolutely critical. Look at the level of inequality and the impacts of climate change—the system is not sustainable, it has to change. Maybe decades ago people thought of... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Health Care a Top Priority at HBS
The HBS Healthcare Initiative is one of five interdisciplinary areas of interest that is a priority of the School (along with the Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Social Enterprise, and Global initiatives). Its director, Cara Sterling, who... View Details
- Video
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
- Video
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
- Video
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
- Video
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
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Model Patient
Individuals who fail to purchase coverage are penalized up to $912 on their taxes; companies with more than eleven employees must pay the state $295 per year per employee if they don’t offer their workers a company-based plan. The plan’s View Details
- February 2, 2012
- Article
Is There an Optimal Degree of Sustainability?
By: Robert G. Eccles, Ioannis Ioannou and George Serafeim
Corporate sustainability is not a one size fits all concept. A successful strategy balances all business pressures. View Details
Eccles, Robert G., Ioannis Ioannou, and George Serafeim. "Is There an Optimal Degree of Sustainability?" Ethical Corporation (February 2, 2012), 39–43.
- 17 Oct 2007
- Research & Ideas
Why Global Brands Work
club. Think IBM's "solutions for a small planet." 5. Social responsibility. Consumers expect global brands to lead on corporate social responsibility, leveraging their technology to solve the... View Details
- 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
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Tools | New Venture Competition
Venture: Iterating Based on Market Feedback video Play Video duration: 1:01:01 Testing Your Social Venture: Iterating Based on Market Feedback How do you test and iterate your idea? Social entrepreneurs and... View Details
- 2004
- Class Lecture
Strategic Alliances: The Power of Partnering Between Nonprofits and Businesses
By: James Austin
Keywords: Nonprofit Organizations; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Partners and Partnerships
Austin, James. "Strategic Alliances: The Power of Partnering Between Nonprofits and Businesses." Boston: Harvard Business School Publishing Class Lecture, 2004. Electronic. (Faculty Lecture: HBSP Product Number 9-830-4C.)
- 11 Sep 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, September 11, 2018
“ancient quest to measure.” Specific discontinuities in the practice of information science are identified that, the paper argues, have large consequences for the social order. The infrastructure that runs on big data is described as... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 13 Nov 2020
- News
Faculty Focus Their Research on COVID-19 Issues
studying all aspects of the pandemic and are working with business, government, and social sector leaders—as well as with colleagues at Harvard and beyond—to offer insights, strategies, and best practices,” says Gary Pisano, senior... View Details
- 06 Sep 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Best Place for Retirement Funds
bonds are relatively highly taxed, and shifting high-tax assets into the pension plan maximizes the value of the tax subsidy from the government and increases the value of the firm. In principle, the impact... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen