Mission Investing - Publications - Faculty & Research

15 Jan 2025
Blog Post

Building Bridges to Sustainable Infrastructure with Allied Climate Partners

The summer between my RC and EC years at HBS, I joined Allied Climate Partners (ACP) as a Summer Associate in New York. ACP, a philanthropy-backed investment firm, dedicates itself to catalyzing climate-related infrastructure projects in... View Details

25 May 2016
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Meet the Africa Business Club

community with Harvard Business School. MISSION The HBS Africa Business Club, founded on November 12, 1997, is dedicated to increasing the awareness of business opportunities on the African continent. Our activities are professional,... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

01 Sep 2012
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Supporting our Exceptional Faculty

increasing shareholder value. When the alumni invest in our faculty — by funding professorships or supporting the activities of the Christensen Center for Teaching and Learning, for example — they are supporting present needs while also... View Details

Keywords: David E. Bell; professorships; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Jan 2004
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Barbara Hackman Franklin, MBA 1964

had been suspended for several years. One of the first women to graduate from HBS, Franklin is used to breaking down barriers. She has worked with five Presidents of the United States, founded an international trade consulting and View Details

Career Coach

Layla A. Ramirez

leaders get unstuck. Layla takes pride in helping her clients define success on their own terms and then helping them stay accountable to achieving that success. Presently, Layla is a DEIB practitioner at Justworks, a company on a mission... View Details

Keywords: Education; Entrepreneurship; Financial Services (All); Social Enterprise; Technology

2022
Book

Purpose + Profit: How Business Can Lift Up the World

By: George Serafeim

The roadmap and best practices to reap the enormous value that can emerge when your business prioritizes social and environmental goals—such as climate change, diversity and inclusion, and sustainability—right alongside the pursuit of profit.

We not only... View Details

Keywords: ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) Performance; Profitability; Business And Society; Organizations; Mission and Purpose; Goals and Objectives; Social Issues; Environmental Sustainability; Value Creation; Organizational Change and Adaptation

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09 Jun 2023
Blog Post

How to Communicate your Organizations’ People-Centered Values

diversity and inclusion are mission statements and the existence of Employee Resource Groups. Mission statements and company values are often publicly accessible on organizations’ websites. Evaluate if your... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

01 Sep 2024
News

Far-Reaching Impact

Above: Teachers in India's daycare system draw on Rocket Learning's digital platform to enhance learning. Photo courtesy Rocket Learning When the news reached Namya Mahajan (MBA 2022) as her HBS graduation was approaching that she would receive financial assistance to... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

01 Oct 2002
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Dean Clark on Leadership, Educational Priorities, and Funding the Future

— because that's really what HBS is about. Has the School's mission changed in light of recent developments? No, our mission remains the same: to educate leaders who will make a difference in the world. This... View Details

10 Apr 2025
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IFC India 2025: SELCO - Decentralized Renewable Energy to Develop While Decarbonizing

SELCO’s Approach SELCO is a social enterprise that operates with a mission to make energy access equitable and transformative through microgrids. The organization’s approach revolves around three core principles: decentralization,... View Details

01 Feb 2000
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Bart Harvey: Opportunities for Others

explains Harvey. "He believed in both the free-enterprise system and the use of wealth to provide opportunity for others. When I joined the Enterprise Foundation in 1984, Jim told me, 'Now you're an investment banker for the poor, not the... View Details

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About Baker Library | Baker Library

About Baker Library We advance the mission of the Harvard Business School by providing distinctive information services, resources and expertise so that our community excels. Strategic Plan Policies Staff Directory 1474 Year of... View Details

August 2001 (Revised March 2008)
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Kirk Arnold

By: Nitin Nohria and Alan Price

Supplements NerveWire, Inc. View Details

Keywords: Recruitment; Value; Mission and Purpose; Partners and Partnerships; Business Model; Customer Value and Value Chain; Investment Return; Economic Slowdown and Stagnation; Problems and Challenges; Consulting Industry; Newton

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01 Sep 2009
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Alumni Books

two years. The exper-iment, which set world records in human life support, monitored the inhabitants’ impact on the environment and provided data for future manned missions into outer space. Bricklin on Technology by Dan Bricklin (MBA... View Details

01 Mar 2013
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Sizing Up Social Impact

increased expectations for hard, measurable results. Which seems only fair, right? The problem: Nonprofits can lose sight of their mission if a major funder's performance measurement priorities don't align with the necessary actions to... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Crop Production; Agriculture; Administration of Economic Programs; Government; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Government; Water, Sewage and Supply Systems; Utilities

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Blog | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Filter Results: (231) Submit Author Types Alumni HBS Staff SE Practitioners SEI Faculty SEI Team Students Topics Alumni for Impact Alumni Programs Arts Business for Social Impact Business School Executive Education Faculty Research Future of Work HBS Students Impact... View Details

01 Feb 2013
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Growth Strategy Has Double Bottom Line

says Hourdequin. "Another set consists of those who have a mission or impact orientation: they are looking for a financial return, but they also want to direct their capital to investment pools that help to... View Details

Keywords: Louisa Rigali; Forestry and Logging; Agriculture; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance

22 Aug 2005
Research & Ideas

Balancing the Future Against Today’s Needs

from the core reap many benefits, not the least of which is that they deliver returns that satisfy investors while generating the cash they need to invest in more-radical growth and innovation opportunities. You don't want the guys in the... View Details

Keywords: by Paul Michelman

04 Jan 2016
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Getting ‘Them’ Out of the Equation

Dick Simon (MBA 1980) is CEO of RSI, Inc., a Boston-based real estate development and investment management company, and founder and chair of the kNOwTHEM Initiative. In this video, he discusses the need for leaders to understand their... View Details

20 Apr 2016
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Steps to Success

among all they’ve accomplished.” As remarkable an achievement as Fass Koffe is, it’s but one of several the Oregon-based nonprofit has completed since its founding in 2008 with a mission to empower poor and displaced communities in the... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

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