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  • March 2007 (Revised October 2007)
  • Case

Alleviating Poverty and Malnutrition

By: Ray A. Goldberg and Kerry Herman
Deals with approaches to alleviating poverty and how firms, governments, and NGOs are able to work together to accomplish these goals. View Details
Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Nutrition; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Business and Government Relations; Non-Governmental Organizations; Poverty; Welfare
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  • 04 Nov 2014
  • News

Fundación México en Harvard Celebrates 25 Years

Santiago Ocejo (MPH 2010/MBA 2014) wants to improve health care in Mexico. He always thought he would do that, one patient at a time, as a surgeon. But, today, the medical school graduate is a social entrepreneur, working with the Mexican... View Details
Keywords: April White
  • 01 Sep 2024
  • News

3-Minute Briefing: Kruti Patel Goyal (MBA 2004)

Depop, it’s our mission to make fashion circular with a platform that allows anyone to sell what’s in their closet. It’s really amazing to work at a company where the social mission and the business impact... View Details
Keywords: Sarah Wyman
  • 01 Sep 2006
  • News

Innovative Loan Fund Yields Big Returns

Through its use of Harvard’s innovative Green Campus Loan Fund, HBS has cut energy expenditures and provided a model for conservation-minded schools around the University to follow. The loan fund provides capital for projects that reduce the University’s environmental... View Details
Keywords: Paul Massari; Construction of Buildings; Construction; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services
  • Profile

Andrew Goldin

says. "And the depth of the Social Enterprise Initiative – the courses it supports, the trips and extracurricular activities – really drew me in. At HBS, social enterprise is a true priority – not just... View Details
  • 28 Jun 2016
  • First Look

June 28, 2016

raise funds from outside investors. The relationship appears not to be causal but instead driven by selection effects across heterogeneous teams with varying degrees of inequality aversion. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51237 2016 The... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 25 May 2021
  • Blog Post

The Surprising Power of Nostalgia at Work

emotional states. Critically, it tends to follow a redemptive sequence in which negative feelings such as longing and loss give way to positive feelings such as happiness, social connectedness, gratitude, and hope. In other words,... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
  • 01 Sep 2014
  • News

Afghanistan’s Hope and Light

operators exist in the countries where Roshan is staking its claim. But it will focus in part on the rural areas that have the lowest service penetration and the fewest social services, a strategy that fits well with the company’s dual... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
  • 01 Dec 2004
  • News

Wyss Gift Supports HBS Doctoral Programs

the development, production, and distribution of orthopedic instruments and implants. Involved in a number of HBS initiatives in the past, Wyss has facilitated the development of environmental management cases for the MBA Program and supported the School’s View Details
Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services
  • Web

Shared Value Measurement - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

rigorously track the interdependency between social and business results, they miss important opportunities for innovation, growth, and sustainable social impact at scale. An... View Details
  • 21 Mar 2016
  • Lessons from the Classroom

When Your Classmate is an NBA Superstar (or Fashion Model, or Movie Actress)

the past.” Part of understanding how to succeed in the industry today means getting a firm grasp on the impact of digital technology, so the program devotes a full day to the subject. “Media executives need to know about the rise of... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Entertainment & Recreation; Sports; Media & Broadcasting; Education
  • 01 Dec 2016
  • News

HBS Alumni Contribute to Business and Society

Josh Lerner, Head of the Entrepreneurial Management Unit and the Jacob H. Schiff Professor of Investment Banking at HBS, recently led a research study aimed at quantifying the economic and social contributions of Harvard University... View Details
  • 25 Feb 2025
  • Blog Post

Alumni Career Journey: Lee Scott (MBA 2023) - Scaling Climate Tech Innovation

and the school’s social impact coursework—including an amazing IFC to Denmark and the Netherlands focused on decarbonization. Tell us about your career journey since graduating. Were your roles always... View Details
  • 10 Dec 2012
  • Research & Ideas

Why We Blab Our Intimate Secrets on Facebook

Harvard Business School. "There seemed to be a constant need for people to give status updates on what they were doing. It was very bizarre to me." John's curiosity led to a raft of collaborative research about information disclosure in the age of View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • November 2023 (Revised May 2024)
  • Case

Kickstarter: Crowdfunding for the Arts

By: Rohit Deshpandé and Alexis Lefort
Kickstarter was a virtual crowdfunding platform and community that allowed creators of all kinds to raise funding for creative projects. The executive team was wrestling with a tension in its business model: the organization earned the majority of its revenue from... View Details
Keywords: Fundraising; Mission; Crowdfunding; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Mission and Purpose; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Arts; Web Services Industry; United States
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  • April 1991 (Revised November 1997)
  • Case

Levi Strauss & Co. and the AIDS Crisis

By: Richard S. Tedlow
Keywords: Health Disorders; Employee Relationship Management; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Apparel and Accessories Industry
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  • 29 Aug 2024
  • News

A Kick Start for Latin American Startups

When Monica Saggioro Leal (MBA 2018) and her business partner, Lara Lemann, started MAYA Capital, a tech-focused, Brazilian VC firm launched in 2018, they wanted to take a hands-on approach with their startup investments in their first 12 months. They wanted to support... View Details
  • 16 Mar 2020
  • News

Moderna Announces Start of Coronavirus Vaccine Testing

  • 19 Aug 2019
  • News

A New Purpose for the Corporation

Offering an update of their statement on “the purpose of a corporation”, the Business Roundtable, an influential group of some of America’s top chief executives, noted that “we share a fundamental commitment to all of our stakeholders”—and not just their shareholders.... View Details
  • 21 Apr 2015
  • First Look

First Look: April 21

to the support of companies, investors, and the initiatives of a number of NGOs, widespread regulatory intervention has yet to materialize. Outside of South Africa, adoption remains voluntary, accomplished via social movement abetted, to... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel & Sean Silverthorne