Social Impact - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jan 2003
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One More Time

01 Aug 2001
News

social causes that have played a prominent role in his life since the late 1960s, when he served briefly as a speechwriter in Robert F. Kennedy's presidential campaign. It was in those turbulent years that Dunphy, with fellow members of... View Details

Keywords: Alumni Achievement Award; Management

01 Jun 2018
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3-Minute Briefing: Simi Nwogugu (MBA 2004)

government. When I visited my old high school, it was a ghost of its former self. I cried. I couldn’t honestly go back to my cushy job at Goldman and say, “OK I’ve introduced JA to Nigeria.” I had to come back to run JAN for it to have the View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

01 Mar 2018
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3-Minute Briefing: Lisandra Rickards (MBA 2010)

Above: Rickards on Jamaica’s sense of community: “It’s good to live in a place where the people are expressive and vibrant.” (photo by Marina Burnel) I had a strong sense when I was at HBS that the skills I learned there would have a bigger View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

08 Oct 2014
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Making a Difference

#HBSMakingADifference Every day, HBS alumni are embodying the School's mission as "leaders who make a difference in the world." Please join us in celebrating this remarkable impact by sharing your story with the HBS alumni community. In... View Details

Keywords: The Harvard Campaign

01 Sep 2016
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Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2016

Conversational Firm: Rethinking Bureaucracy in the Age of Social Media by Catherine J. Turco (MBA 2003) (Columbia University Press) A fast-growing social media marketing company, TechCo encourages all of its... View Details

01 Dec 2019
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What’s Behind the Explosive Growth of Sustainable Investing?

Image by John Ritter Image by John Ritter An estimated $30 trillion in assets worldwide—including half of all professionally managed assets in Europe—are already evaluated through environmental, social, and governance (ESG) or impact... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

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Marco Crespo

education in Brazil and help children achieve their full potential. Through my experience at BCG, I realized the amazing impact I could have with the Senna Foundation, helping them become financially sustainable and continue to View Details

23 May 2019
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Álvaro Rodríguez Arregui, MBA 1995

serve the emerging middle class in Mexico. IGNIA represents Rodríguez’s commitment to his homeland as well as his belief in tackling social problems with market solutions. “We support entrepreneurs because we want to have a positive View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

09 May 2011
Research & Ideas

Moving From Bean Counter to Game Changer

management level.” If only they could be heard. Often these individuals remain buried in hierarchy, impacting only their isolated areas of influence. In the working paper Organizational Toolmaking: Transformations in the Influence of... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard; Banking

28 Aug 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, August 28, 2018

software—is similar to constant social influence: it increases mean performance but decreases exploration Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54901 August 19, 2018 Philosophical Transactions of the Royal... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

03 Mar 2015
First Look

First Look: March 3

Walmart: Segmenting Social Impact This case provides a sample of Walmart's social engagement activities and asks students to categorize each as philanthropy, corporate View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Ameel Somani

developing world and the types of investment products that have the greatest impact on the poor." To continue his education, Ameel plans on working in private equity after graduation "ideally for a globally focused fund.... View Details

10 Jan 2005
What Do You Think?

Public Pension Reform: Does Mexico Have the Answer?

to the social security system can be deposited in private versus public accounts, the transition "cost" (really a fiscal budget deficit) will be up to $2 trillion. Theoretically, the impact of this... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Financial Services

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Education Club | MBA

Education Club The Education Club aims to provide students with a platform for shared learning and a cross-functional network to drive change and impact in education. Annual Events Career info sessions and 1-on-1 coffee chats for students... View Details

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Online AI Course | HBS Online

to build an AI-powered organization Learn how generative AI connects to your organization and its impact on business and operating models Who Will Benefit Business Professionals Current and Aspiring Leaders Functional Specialists Explore... View Details

01 Dec 2011
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Alumni Book Briefs

world. Do More Than Give: The Six Practices of Donors Who Change the World by Leslie R. Crutchfield (MBA ’01), John V. Kania, and Mark R. Kramer (Jossey-Bass) The authors show how donors can increase their impact in advancing View Details

Keywords: Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Finance; Miscellaneous Manufacturing; Manufacturing

November 2013 (Revised September 2015)
Supplement

GlaxoSmithKline in China (B)

By: John A. Quelch and Margaret L. Rodriguez

In 2013, Chinese investigators detained four GSK employees for allegedly bribing health care staff to sell GSK pharmaceuticals. A month later, GSK's Asia Pacific regional president, Abbas Hussain, said the company would help identify corrupt practices. Two days later,... View Details

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19 Jan 2024
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Blockchain for Good

After immigrating to the United Kingdom in the late 1960s to escape the Nigeria-Biafra civil war, Stella Dyer (MBA 1994) and her family lived in public housing and had very little money. “But we still had more than our friends and relatives back home,” she recalls. “My... View Details

March 1998 (Revised October 1999)
Case

Electronic Data Systems (EDS)

By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Thomas Dretler

Explores a global program of Electronic Data Systems (EDS) called "Global Volunteer Day" and examines the activities and business situation of the company in four countries. Asks students to address whether American values like "volunteerism" can be exported. View Details

Keywords: Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Globalized Firms and Management; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Business and Community Relations; Information Technology Industry; United States