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Fran Seegull Archives | Social Enterprise
Curriculum Social Enterprise Student Club Social Entrepreneurship Summer Fellows Technology for Good Transformative Impact Tri-Sector Impact 1 Results From Milton Friedman to Larry Fink—The Rise of Impact... View Details
- 01 Oct 2020
- What Do You Think?
Are CEOs the Wrong Leaders for Stakeholder Capitalism?
again the question framed so eloquently 70 years ago by Milton Friedman in his famous article, “The Social Responsibility of Business Is to Increase Its Profits.” (Incidentally, View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
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Blog | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
Margaret Busse 07 Jun 2018 On Friday, May 18th, from dawn until dusk, 75 HBS alumni gathered in Google’s Community Space ove... From Milton Friedman to Larry Fink—The Rise of Impact Investing Fran Seegull 31... View Details
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How Investors Feel About Corporate Actions and Causes | Working Knowledge
about shareholders. Economist Milton Friedman famously argued that a firm’s sole focus should be maximizing profits for shareholders—not “social responsibilities” unrelated to finance. But these days, many... View Details
- 14 Nov 2012
- Research & Ideas
New Agenda for Corporate Accountability Reporting
How do you measure corporate accountability? And can you do it credibly? Since the financial crisis of 2008-2009, for-profit corporations are facing greater demand to disclose more than revenues and expenses on annual financial reports. In response, some are pointing... View Details
- 02 Oct 2019
- What Do You Think?
What Grade Would You Give Walmart CEO Doug McMillon?
so primarily because of the belief that corporations have a responsibility to several stakeholders. Bing’s comment reflects this: “He deserves an A. The Milton Friedman concept of shareholder value deserves... View Details
- 02 Jul 2001
- What Do You Think?
Built to Last or Bought to Sell?
stimulated by advocates of agency theory over the past two decades. And it brings to mind the old Milton Friedman axiom that the business of business is to make money (presumably more than the average for... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 12 Mar 2018
- Op-Ed
Op-Ed: Why BlackRock CEO Larry Fink Is Not a Socialist
benefit all of their stakeholders, including shareholders, employees, customers, and the communities in which they operate.” This position sharply contrasts to Nobel Prize-winning economist Milton Friedman’s famous 1970 article, The... View Details
- 08 Jan 2007
- What Do You Think?
Neuro Economics: Science or Science Fiction?
weak brands, even for mundane products. Does this influence purchase decisions? Stay tuned. Just how earth-shaking is this? After all, the late Milton Friedman was said to be most proud of his work with... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 02 Oct 2008
- What Do You Think?
Workout vs. Bailout: Should Government Take Advantage of the Buffett Effect?
as soon as possible)—as reasons why "a Government bailout may not be perceived in the same way as a Buffett style investment." Henrique Abreu cited a lesson of the late Milton Friedman that "it is a... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 02 Dec 2009
- What Do You Think?
Should Immigration Policies Be More Welcoming to Low-Skilled Workers?
and importing unskilled workers to keep costs low takes away the initiative for technological advances ." And Sam Heffner, invoking the noted economist, Milton Friedman, pointed out that "before he died, the great Dr. View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 07 Sep 2007
- What Do You Think?
Are Elite Business Schools Fostering the Deprofessionalization of Management?
a field largely based to that point on practice and shared (often untested) wisdom handed down from one generation to the next. This was followed by, among other things, the growing acceptance of a 1970 declaration by Milton View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
How Business Schools Lost Their Way
economist Milton Friedman as both a sign of growing academic skepticism about managerialism and an important cultural event in its own right. In his article, Friedman argued... View Details
- 12 Mar 2006
- Research & Ideas
Global Poverty Needs a Global Answer
supposed to be kept separate and preferably distant. And many agree with Milton Friedman who famously said that the purpose of business is to maximize returns to shareholders and compete to satisfy consumer... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
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Entrepreneurial Management Kash Rangan , Benjamin N. Roth , Natalia Rigol Fall 2025 Q1Q2 3.0 Business and Geopolitics Business, Government & the International Economy Jeremy Friedman Spring 2026 Q3 1.5 Business at the Base of the Pyramid... View Details