Publications

2012
Other Unpublished Work

Measuring Shared Value: How to Unlock Value by Linking Business and Social Results

By: Michael E. Porter, Greg Hills, Marc Pfitzer, Sonja Patscheke and Elizabeth Hawkins

Measuring shared value allows companies to maximize opportunities for innovation, growth, and social impact at scale. This article explains the specific purpose of shared value measurement and offers a step-by-step process and pragmatic approaches to measurement with... View Details

Keywords: Society

December 2014 (Revised October 2017)
Case

Social Business at Novartis: Arogya Parivar

By: Michael E. Porter, Mark R. Kramer and David Lane

Late in 2013, Novartis CEO Joseph Jimenez was considering whether or how to deepen the company's investment in Arogya Parivar, its profitable program that sold Novartis medicines in rural India while expanding access to medicine and health information to millions of... View Details

Keywords: Shared Value; India; Kenya; Vietnam; Novartis; Arogya Parivar; Social Business; Multinational Firms and Management; Competitive Advantage; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Pharmaceutical Industry; Viet Nam; Kenya; India

Educators

22 Feb 2000
Research & Ideas

Social Capital Markets: Creating Value in the Nonprofit World

The Harvard Business School Initiative on Social Enterprise is embarking on a new intellectual endeavor to understand a fast-changing and fertilearena — the Social Capital Markets. For years, money given to... View Details

Keywords: by Anne Kavanagh

07 Feb 2018
News

Julie Battilana says it’s time to understand how to maximize social value

2013
Article

Does Social Connection Turn Good Deeds into Good Feelings? On the Value of Putting the 'Social' in Prosocial Spending

By: Lara B. Aknin, Elizabeth W. Dunn, Gillian M. Sandstrom and Michael I. Norton

When are the emotional benefits of generous behavior most likely to emerge? In three studies, we demonstrate that the hedonic benefits of generous spending are most likely when spending promotes positive social connection. Study 1 shows that people feel happier after... View Details

Keywords: Money; Prosocial Spending; Social Connection; Well-being; Donations; Charitable Giving; Warm Glow; Social Relationships; Gift Giving; Happiness; Relationships; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Society

01 Jun 2000
News

Social Capital Markets: Creating Value in the Nonprofit World

concludes Emerson, "there are ways we can begin to talk about value in terms that tell us whether or not we are moving in the right direction." This article originally appeared in the Winter 2000 issue of View Details

Keywords: Anne Kavanagh

2022
Working Paper

Beliefs about Gender Differences in Social Preferences

By: Christine L Exley, Oliver P. Hauser, Molly Moore and John-Henry Pezzuto

While there is a vast (and mixed) literature on gender differences in social preferences, little is known about believed gender differences in social preferences. This paper documents robust evidence for believed gender differences in social preferences. Across a wide... View Details

Keywords: Social Preferences; Gender; Behavior; Attitudes; Values and Beliefs

2011
Interview

Creating Shared Value: Connecting Business, Societal Value and Opportunity

By: Michael E. Porter, Mark R. Kramer and Jane Nelson

Michael Porter, Mark Kramer and Jane Nelson discuss creating shared value and give examples from HP, Nestlé and Novartis on how corporations can put this approach into practice. For more more information on creating shared value, visit www.fsg.org View Details

Keywords: Creating Shared Value; Value Creation; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Business and Community Relations

24 Mar 2016
Other Presentation

The New Competitive Advantage: Creating Shared Value

By: Michael E. Porter

This presentation given by Professor Michael Porter covers the role of business in society, the concept of shared value, the difference between CSR and CSV, the three levels of shared value, implications for government and civil society, and examples of companies that... View Details

Keywords: Shared Value; Value Creation; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Business and Community Relations; Cooperation; Society

Research Summary

Business and Low Income Sectors: The Creation of Economic and Social Value

In the last three decades, innovative commercial solutions have emerged in developing nations focusing on providing effective responses to the hugely underserved needs of low-income populations, both as consumers as well as active participants in productive value... View Details

2011
Book

Higher Ambition: How Great Leaders Create Economic and Social Value

By: Michael Beer, Russell A. Eisenstat, Nathaniel Foote, Tobias Fredberg and Flemming Norgreen

Keywords: Leadership; Economics; Society; Value

1 May 2010
Conference Presentation

Values Investing: How Companies Create Innovation, Profits, & Social Good

By: Rosabeth M. Kanter

Keywords: Value; Innovation and Invention; Society

14 Aug 2024
Video

Beyond Profit: How narrative guides investor-company alignment for social value

August 2009
Teaching Note

Cyworld: Creating and Capturing Value in a Social Network (TN)

By: Sunil Gupta and Sangman Han

Teaching Note for [509012]. View Details

Keywords: Value Creation; Social and Collaborative Networks; Mergers and Acquisitions; Revenue; Leadership Style; Decision Choices and Conditions; Digital Marketing; Customers; Service Operations; Competency and Skills; Web Services Industry; South Korea

September–October 2020
Article

Social-Impact Efforts That Create Real Value

By: George Serafeim

Until the mid-2010s few investors paid attention to environmental, social, and governance (ESG) data—information about companies’ carbon footprints, labor policies, board makeup, and so forth. Today the data is widely used by investors. How can organizations create... View Details

January – February 2011
Article

Creating Shared Value

By: Michael E. Porter and Mark R. Kramer

The capitalist system is under siege. In recent years business has been criticized as a major cause of social, environmental, and economic problems. Companies are widely thought to be prospering at the expense of their communities. Trust in business has fallen to new... View Details

Keywords: Customer Value and Value Chain; Economic Growth; Economic Systems; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Environmental Sustainability; Trust; Human Needs; Welfare; Competitive Advantage; Value Creation

Today, corporate accountability is as vital to the bottom line as an effective business model. Value Shift makes a strong case for the merits of corporate responsibility and shows how a value-positive orientation contributes to superior performance through... View Details

2007
Book

Business Solutions for the Global Poor: Creating Social and Economic Value

By: V. Kasturi Rangan, John A. Quelch, Gustavo Herrero and Brooke Barton

Keywords: Poverty; Society; Economics; Value

14 Jun 2013
Talk

Why Business Can Be Good at Solving Social Problems

By: Michael E. Porter

Why do we turn to nonprofits, NGOs and governments to solve society's biggest problems? Michael Porter admits he's biased, as a business school professor, but he wants you to hear his case for letting business try to solve massive problems like climate change and... View Details

Keywords: Creating Shared Value; Strategy; Value Creation; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Profit; Scotland