Scaling Social Impact - Publications - Faculty & Research

February 1998 (Revised March 2000)
Case

Burma Pipeline, The

In 1996, Unocal Corp. joined forces with the French Total company to construct an ambitious natural gas pipeline from the Andaman Sea across the southern tip of Burma and into Thailand. At an estimated cost of $1.2 billion, the pipeline was designed to bring sorely... View Details

Keywords: Political Risk; Risk Management; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Social Issues; Foreign Direct Investment; Energy Industry; Asia

Citation

Educators

Purchase

Keywords: Dairy

Aroon Purie

Keywords: Media, Entertainment

Web

Generative AI for Business Leaders - Course Catalog

a production scale Gen AI application using a no code platform. The HBS digital transformation (DTX) team will assist in the delivery fot he project. Learn about the basic foundations of the technology as well as the latest developments... View Details

January 9, 2023
Editorial

The Pursuit of Profit with Purpose Requires Patience

By: George Serafeim

Keywords: Corporate Purpose; Purpose; Purpose Of Business Schools; Entrepreneur; Mission and Purpose; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Profit; Entrepreneurship

Citation

Read Now

09 Nov 2021
News

Weighing Big Tech’s Promise to Black America

As part of a recent cover story in WIRED about Netflix’s racial equity pledge, the magazine spoke to the company’s human resources director, Aaron Mitchell (MBA 2011), who led the project. The article notes that Mitchell helped craft the company’s approach, which... View Details

30 Oct 2017
News

Giving Minorities a Playbook for Career Success

recruiting,” he says. “I got a deep appreciation for how much impact two years of business school can have on someone’s trajectory. And, beyond that, I saw how much impact senior leaders could have; and not... View Details

Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman

14 Feb 2018
Blog Post

Meet HBS Leadership Fellows: Verdell Walker, Sesame Workshop

the strategic planning and venture capital team. I also support the work of the International Social Impact group, which produces early education content through mass media and targeted initiatives to... View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit / Government

Rosario Bazán

Keywords: Canning, Agriculture

23 Aug 2017
News

Developing Leaders Behind Bars

It’s heartbreaking. What do you hope people take away from seeing the photos? The smiles. The heart. The compassion. I hope that these people will not remain forgotten – they deserve our love, compassion and help. Did any of the inmates have a particularly strong View Details

Keywords: Robert Bochnak

Web

Leadership, Culture, and Transition at lululemon | Information Technology

Christine Day assumes leadership in mid-2008, tasked with driving the company toward a $1 billion sales goal while addressing operational inefficiencies, underperforming stores, and diminishing cross-functional teamwork. This narrative underscores the complexities of... View Details

02 Oct 2019
What Do You Think?

What Grade Would You Give Walmart CEO Doug McMillon?

of resources, incentive compensation, or investments in socially motivated initiatives? He asks how a CEO avoids addressing the needs of one stakeholder too much or too little for too long? Others have suggested that the new statement... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Retail

01 Jun 2012
News

In Brief

global strategy, a new position. More Social Enterprise Start-Ups Recognized for Bold Ideas Diabetes is one of the leading causes of death and disability in the developing world, affecting nearly 250 million people. Yet most can't afford... View Details

Keywords: meta; contests; awards

14 Feb 2018
News

A ‘Hopeaholic’ Promotes Diversity, Inclusion, and Equality in the Workplace

economists, organizational scientists, and demographers show that socially diverse groups––those with a diversity of race, gender, ethnicity, and sexual orientation––are more innovative than homogeneous groups,” Coleman says. “By... View Details

08 Apr 2011
News

Management Matters In Health Care, Too

field. Although they come from very different backgrounds, the three panel members presented a unified view of why management really matters. HBS assistant professor Raffaella Sadun described her groundbreaking research on the impact of... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Health, Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance

12 Dec 2019
Research & Ideas

How to Turn Down the Boil on Group Conflict

voting lines. While currently, committee members were appointed by the governor, a Republican, the new proposal would allow equal representation by both parties. They then asked participants to predict on a 100-point scale how much... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

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 Oct 2021
Blog Post

Alumni Spotlight: Career Advice from Alums Working in Climate

into catalyzing and scaling sustainable solutions. Moreover, the nature of environmental challenges requires problem solving that is no longer strictly in a public or private domain, which makes public service and nonprofits a really... View Details

Keywords: Energy / Cleantech

Web

AllWorld Network - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

Delivery Project The Institute for Cancer Care Innovation MOC Network ICIC U.S. Cluster Mapping Project U.S. Competitiveness Project FSG Shared Value Initiative Social Progress Imperative AllWorld Network AllWorld Network AllWorld Network... View Details

11 Jun 2020
In Practice

Are Digital Organizations Better at Overcoming COVID?

as the long-run winners, and those firms that count their future in decades, instead of months or years. Lauren H. Cohen is the L.E. Simmons Professor of Business Administration. Shane M. Greenstein: Robust infrastructure helps companies View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

Publications