Corporate Social Responsibility And Impact - Publications - Faculty & Research

12 Nov 2020
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All in the Neighborhood

Photo courtesy of Angela Hicks Photo courtesy of Angela Hicks As native Hoosiers, Angie’s List cofounders Angela Hicks (MBA 2000) and Bill Oesterle (MBA 1992) knew they wanted to ground themselves in a community where their business could... View Details

Keywords: community; volunteer work; corporate social responsibility; entrepreneurship; leadership; Personal Services

09 Jul 2010
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Poised for Impact

Keywords: Finance

22 Sep 2020
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A Dialogue on Capitalism, Climate, and Social Change

09 Jul 2019
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The Road to Impact

organizations, including the Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation and the Brooklyn Children’s Museum. So in 2003, when he knew it was time to finally pursue his long-held dream, he was familiar with... View Details

Keywords: Lisa Scanlon Mogolov; Health, Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance

01 Jun 2005
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Faculty Research Online

management was a licensed profession on a par with law or medicine, there might be fewer opportunities for corporate bad guys, argue HBS professors Rakesh Khurana and Nitin Nohria View Details

Keywords: nonprofit; social impact; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools

01 Jun 2003
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New Course on Leadership, Values, and Corporate Accountability

and social responsibilities of organizations and their employees, including the relationship of corporations to... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools

01 Mar 2012
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Social Investing Pioneers

the social impact bond, an innovative approach to marrying social purpose with financial returns for investors. Still in the pilot stage in the UK, View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles

15 Oct 2019
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Advancing China’s Impact Investing Ecosystem

develop an impact investing conference in Shanghai. On December 19, 150 pioneers in social enterprise and impact investing, other practitioners,... View Details

16 Nov 2017
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The Business of Social Justice

through grants and advocacy. The organization seeks to end the school-to-prison pipeline through disciplinary reform and ensure that schools with high needs receive the necessary resources View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Myers

07 Sep 2021
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Embracing Activism for Social Change

impact investment venture capital fund in India, and a year in Denmark as a Fulbright Research Fellow studying social return on investment methodologies. Mendu says being... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

01 Dec 2013
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Alumni News | Bookshelf: A Manager's Responsibility in the 21st Century

It's easy to think that the 2010 disaster at the BP drilling platform Deepwater Horizon in the Gulf of Mexico was the result of a chain of cascading events beyond the control of anyone to stop. But as the authors of Avoiding Corporate... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne; oil spill; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

01 Mar 2020
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Becoming a Better Corporate Citizen

29 Apr 2015
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Nitin Nohria's Exhilarating Journey

Keywords: Nitin Nohria; career experience; Indian; corporate social responsibility; women in business; diversity; The Harvard Campaign; HBS Campaign; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools

19 Aug 2019
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A New Purpose for the Corporation

but fraying," Business Roundtable chair Jamie Dimon (MBA 1982), said in a statement. "Major employers are investing in their workers and communities because they know it is the only way to be successful over the long term. These... View Details

15 Nov 2020
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Fostering Innovation in Social Enterprise Across Harvard

through feedback from the judges. The judges included alumni and seasoned professionals from foundations, impact investing, capacity-building organizations, and View Details

29 Apr 2022
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How Business Coalitions Can Have a Strong Local Impact

25 Apr 2014
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Pooling resources to tackle India's social challenges

Ravi Venkatesan (MBA 1992), former chairman of Microsoft India, left the corporate world to launch Social Venture Partners (SVP) India, which brings together concerned citizens to solve economic View Details

26 Jan 2021
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Clubs See Wealth in FemTech; Health Care Alumni Look at COVID Response

financial terms.” Obremskey’s firm, RHIA, on the other hand, is a social impact fund focusing on reproductive health to improve maternal care and combat rising maternal... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

15 Jul 2020
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Making Corporate Boards More Effective - Virtual

01 Jun 1998
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HBS Forum: Business Leadership in the Social Sector

academics, and business leaders, including former Goldman Sachs cochairman and Deputy Secretary of State John C. Whitehead (MBA 11/'47), the driving force behind the Initiative on View Details

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