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  • October 2021 (Revised May 2023)
  • Case

Project Maji: Pricing Water in Sub-Saharan Africa

By: Elie Ofek, Marco Bertini, Dilyana Karadzhova Botha and Esel Çekin
In July 2021, Sunil Lalvani, founder and CEO of Project Maji, a non-profit social enterprise headquartered in Dubai that had already provided sustainable, clean water solutions to 80,000 people living in rural communities across Ghana and Kenya, was facing an important... View Details
Keywords: Water; Pricing; Nonprofit Organizations; Projects; Price; Decision Making; Social Enterprise; Growth and Development Strategy; Equity; Green Technology; Social and Collaborative Networks; Africa; Dubai
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  • 22 Apr 2024
  • Research & Ideas

When Does Impact Investing Make the Biggest Impact?

The idea of supporting social change has propelled impact investing assets to more than $1 trillion. But what if those funds aren’t as impactful as investors expect? Recent Harvard Business School research indicates that while impact... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne

    DJ DiDonna

    Dennis “DJ” DiDonna has dedicated his career to commercializing social science research to create organizations which positively impact the world. 

    He is a Senior Lecturer in the Entrepreneurial Management Unit at Harvard Business School where he teaches the... View Details

    • 23 Jul 2013
    • First Look

    First Look: July 23

      Publications 2013 pub Does Social Connection Turn Good Deeds into Good Feelings?: On the Value of Putting the 'Social' in Prosocial Spending By: Aknin, Lara B., Elizabeth W. Dunn, Gillian M. Sandstrom, and Michael I. Norton... View Details
    Keywords: Anna Secino
    • 02 Jul 2019
    • News

    ‘VC: An American History’ Review: The Seed Spreaders

    • 2016
    • Working Paper

    Financial Regulation in a Quantitative Model of the Modern Banking System

    By: Juliane Begenau and Tim Landvoigt
    How does the shadow banking system respond to changes in the capital regulation of commercial banks? This paper builds a quantitative general equilibrium model with commercial banks and shadow banks to study the unintended consequences of capital requirements. A key... View Details
    Keywords: Capital; Commercial Banking
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    • January 2000 (Revised April 2010)
    • Case

    Heidi Roizen

    By: Kathleen L. McGinn and Nicole Tempest
    Heidi Roizen, a venture capitalist at SOFTBANK Venture Capital and a former entrepreneur, maintains an extensive personal and professional network. She leverages this network to benefit both herself and others. The case considers the steps she's taken to build and... View Details
    Keywords: Venture Capital; Personal Development and Career; Power and Influence; Social and Collaborative Networks
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    • 07 Apr 2023
    • Research & Ideas

    When Celebrity ‘Crypto-Influencers’ Rake in Cash, Investors Lose Big

    allegations Because social media posts can affect short-term demand for specific coins or tokens, securing promotion by influencers is big business that has ensnared some big names. In February 2021, Lindsay Lohan tweeted to her more than... View Details
    Keywords: by Kristen Senz

      Archie L. Jones

      Archie Jones is a Senior Lecturer in the Entrepreneurial Management Unit at the Harvard Business School, where he currently teaches Venture Capital and Private Equity, Field... View Details

      • Research Summary

      Research Summaries

      Sameer's research examines the dynamics of social networks inside organizations and their consequences for individual attainment and organizational success.  His research encompasses three broad streams of activity.


      Social Capital... View Details

      • March 2022 (Revised January 2023)
      • Case

      Clara Wu Tsai and Brooklyn Loan Innovation

      By: Archie L. Jones, Jeffrey J. Bussgang and Henry McGee
      Philanthropist Clara Wu Tsai is committed to racial equity and investing in Brooklyn-based minority business owners. In the wake of the George Floyd murder, she decides to create a new initiative called the Social Justice Fund and commit an initial $50 million over 10... View Details
      Keywords: Minority-owned Businesses; Racial Equity; Entrepreneurship; Race; Values and Beliefs; Small Business; Partners and Partnerships; Social Issues; Investment; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Decision Making; Brooklyn
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      • 04 Apr 2016
      • Working Paper Summaries

      Preparing the Self for Team Entry: How Relational Affirmation Improves Team Performance

      Keywords: by Julia J. Lee, Francesca Gino, Daniel M. Cable, and Bradley R. Staats
      • 04 May 2020
      • News

      How businesses can make positive change during the pandemic

      • October 1998 (Revised December 1999)
      • Case

      Lockheed Martin IMS: Making a Contribution and a Profit

      By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Courtney Purrington
      Examines Lockheed Martin's attempt to move from its traditional reliance on defense/aerospace contracts into providing outsourced government services in the social sector. The protagonist reflects on the past 24 years of rapid growth in the company and the myriad... View Details
      Keywords: Social Enterprise; Partners and Partnerships; Diversification; Performance Effectiveness; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Welfare; Private Ownership; Public Ownership; Privatization; Strategic Planning; United States
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      • 30 May 2018
      • News

      The corporate sustainability Twitterati 2018

      • April 2025
      • Case

      Kleiner Perkins (2019)

      By: Jo Tango and Srimayi Mylavarapu
      Kleiner Perkins, founded in 1972, quickly rose to prominence as one of Silicon Valley’s leading venture capital firms, earning a reputation for early investments in industry giants like Google, Amazon, and Citrix. However, a bold, strategic pivot to cleantech investing... View Details
      Keywords: Venture Capital; Investment Funds; Technological Innovation; Entrepreneurial Finance
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      • 29 Nov 2022
      • Research & Ideas

      Is There a Method to Musk’s Madness on Twitter?

      structure is a bit out of hand and, by any metric, above comparable social media companies. And so, there is definitely an incentive here for them to try to get that in line sooner rather than later. If you compare Meta/Facebook to... View Details
      Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette; Technology
      • September 2001
      • Background Note

      Financial Reporting Environment, The

      By: Paul M. Healy, Amy P. Hutton, Robert S. Kaplan and Krishna G. Palepu
      Provides a framework for understanding the role of financial reporting and various intermediaries as mechanisms for reducing both adverse selection and moral hazard problems in capital markets. Financial reports reduce adverse selection by providing basic information... View Details
      Keywords: Financial Reporting; Financial Statements; Capital Markets; Venture Capital; Corporate Disclosure; Conflict of Interests
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        Managing Human Assets

        The time has come for American managers to rethink the traditional relationship between management and workers. The personnel practices of the past are an obstacle today, blocking the higher productivity and quality levels your firm will need to succeed in the... View Details

        • 2008
        • Book

        Billions of Entrepreneurs: How China and India Are Reshaping Their Futures and Yours

        By: Tarun Khanna
        China and India are home to one-third of the world's population. And they're undergoing social and economic revolutions that are capturing the best minds--and money--of Western business. In "Billions of Entrepreneurs," Tarun Khanna examines the entrepreneurial forces... View Details
        Keywords: Talent and Talent Management; Development Economics; Entrepreneurship; Globalized Economies and Regions; China; India
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