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Tafadzwa Samushonga

function. Learning how to use business to drive development For Tafadzwa, an MBA provided an opportunity to accelerate her journey toward harnessing the power of business to drive sustainable socioeconomic development. HBS’ leadership in... View Details
Keywords: Consulting
  • 01 Oct 2001
  • News

Porter Directs New Institute at HBS

foster the integration of competition and corporate strategy with economic policy and social development in ways that not only advance theory but also connect with actual practice," Porter observed. "It will... View Details
Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
  • 01 Dec 2004
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Ideas: Books

The loss of these “deep smarts” will become more urgent as baby boomers retire and the economy recovers. Professor Emerita Leonard and her coauthor, her husband, discuss how deep smarts are developed and expressed, how they can be... View Details
Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
  • 15 Nov 2012
  • Research & Ideas

Funding the Design of Livable Cities

sustainability. “Private investors will need to fund not only real estate development, but also the supporting urban infrastructure systems” In his multiple roles as a member of the HBS faculty teaching courses in Real Estate Development... View Details
Keywords: by Lisa Chase; Construction; Real Estate; Energy; Utilities
  • 22 Apr 2020
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How Investors Are Sizing Up Climate Change’s Risks—and Opportunities

to develop new models and tools. “Traditional backward-looking models based on historical trends will no longer be reliable,” Stiroh said. “We'll need to develop a more forward-looking approach that’s... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Financial Services
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Online Dynamic Teaming Course | HBS Online

dynamic teaming is and its importance Build skills to create psychological safety and foster inclusion Recognize and address unconscious, implicit, and affinity bias Improve team decision-making and communication through tested tools View Details
  • 24 Aug 2009
  • Research & Ideas

SuperCorp: Values as Guidance System

Social Good. She tells the stories of "vanguard companies" such as IBM, Proctor & Gamble, Cemex, Banco Real, and Omron that are rewriting what it means to be successful in the 21st century. In this excerpt, Kanter explores... View Details
Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter
  • November 6, 2017
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The Common Traps of Working in Your Family's Business

By: Josh Baron
When your family’s name is on the door, you will never just be one of the gang — and everything you do could be fodder for the office rumor mill. Your actions are amplified because of your status in the company, and even seemingly small gestures can unintentionally... View Details
Keywords: Family Business; Attitudes; Behavior; Personal Development and Career; Mission and Purpose
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  • January 2019 (Revised December 2020)
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Angola Starts Now

By: Jeremy Friedman and Sophus A. Reinert
After five centuries of colonialism, four decades of civil war, an extended experiment with Marxism-Leninism, and nearly four decades of rule by a single man, José Eduardo Dos Santos, Angola finally has a chance to realize its enormous economic potential. A country... View Details
Keywords: Development Economics; Government and Politics; History; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Social Issues; Angola
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  • September 2009 (Revised August 2011)
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Root Capital

By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Katharine Lee
Founded in 1999, Root Capital had loaned $150 million to nearly 250 small and growing businesses, mainly in Latin America. In 2009, as the organization launched a five-year, $55 million capital campaign, it had to determine a strategic path going forward in keeping... View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Social Entrepreneurship; Capital; Financing and Loans; Growth and Development Strategy; Financial Services Industry; Latin America
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  • May 2025
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Community First! Village: Scaling Goodness?

By: Jan Rivkin and Coelin P. Scibetta
The nonprofit organization Mobile Loaves & Fishes has devised an innovative way to address chronic homelessness: their Community First! Village provides tiny homes, recreational vehicles, and facilities that bring community, housing, support, and work opportunities to... View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit Organizations; Business Model; Growth and Development Strategy; Expansion; Social Issues; Texas
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  • 2014
  • Working Paper

Eclipsed and Confounded Identities: When High-Status Affiliations Impede Organizational Growth

By: Daniel Malter
I propose that an organization's growth potential may suffer if its identity is eclipsed by or confounded with the organizations with which it collaborates and competes. Using status as a salient feature of identity, I devise two network measures to capture the degree... View Details
Keywords: Distinctiveness; Status; Networks; Resource Acquisition; Growth; Venture Capital; Status and Position; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Identity; Growth and Development Strategy
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Roniesha Copeland

legend, Magic Johnson. “He talked about his urban development enterprise,” Roniesha says. “He partnered with businesses that put storefronts in neighborhoods they previously didn’t think would be profitable. His talk gave me a window into... View Details
  • January 2009 (Revised May 2009)
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College Summit: Rethinking the Relationship Between Growth and Impact

By: Stacey M. Childress and Geoff Eckman Marietta
College Summit, a nonprofit organization "committed to the day when every student who can make it in college makes it to college," was faced with an important strategic decision. After growing rapidly at more than 30% a year for the last several years, founder and CEO,... View Details
Keywords: Secondary Education; Growth and Development Strategy; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Mission and Purpose; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Nonprofit Organizations; Education Industry
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Hugh Yoon

My younger sister suffers from an acute mental disability. With the mental development of a young child, she has trouble controlling her emotions, and her behavior can be erratic. I cannot describe the sacrifices my parents have made for... View Details
  • 01 Jun 2022
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Students Ready to Make an Impact

process of fully developing their ventures in agritech, social enterprise, and sustainability. Their journeys illustrate the ways in which HBS delivers the knowledge base that fuels innovation and the... View Details
  • 15 Feb 2000
  • Research & Ideas

The Right Connections

From genome research to e-commerce, new ventures are popping up everywhere, competing for the cash needed to turn them into successful enterprises. But when vying against others in industries where high uncertainty, long development... View Details
Keywords: by Judith A. Ross
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Business and Climate Change Course | HBS Online

and creatively to develop business solutions that mitigate climate change Explore climate change mitigation and adaptation efforts’ scalability, costs, and benefits to inform decisions related to your industry and role Who Will Benefit... View Details
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Casey Gerald

garden” While at Yale, Casey attended a law school event at which the speaker made an observation that made a lasting impact upon him. “He said law was the instrument of social change in the twentieth century,” Casey explains, “but if you... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Retail; Nonprofit / Government
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Aaron Chadbourne

another interest: entrepreneurial approaches to social and public policy issues. For his second summer internship, Aaron received a social enterprise fellowship from HBS and worked with the Housing... View Details