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- February 2011 (Revised September 2013)
- Case
Sarvajal: Water for All
By: John D. Macomber and Mona Sinha
Entrepreneur wrestles with business model using SMS and RFID technology, franchising, and leasing to rapidly grow off-the-grid water purification business without subsidies. The company seeks to provide potable water services to rural and urban India where the public... View Details
Keywords: Business Subsidiaries; Business Model; Communication Technology; Private Sector; Social Entrepreneurship; Cost Management; Rural Scope; Emerging Markets; Infrastructure; Problems and Challenges; Information Infrastructure; India
Macomber, John D., and Mona Sinha. "Sarvajal: Water for All." Harvard Business School Case 211-028, February 2011. (Revised September 2013.)
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Ready for Takeoff
financial district of Brooklin to the favelas of Real Parque. Cars buzz by. "See here?" she says, pointing to the bridge. At 6:30 p.m. on most days, it is a sea of snarled traffic, a city hallmark. But when Brazil's national team kicks... View Details
- 23 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 23
enhance the emotional payoff of charitable initiatives. 2013 pub Learning by Supplying By: Alcácer, Juan, and Joanne Oxley Abstract—Learning processes lie at the heart of our understanding of how firms build capabilities to generate and View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 14 Mar 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, March 14
sustainable to freeride on the green image. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52393 October 10, 2016 Harvard Business Review Why Lincoln Hid His Strongest Feelings from the Public By: Koehn, Nancy F.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
a critical role in engaging alumni. In order for these volunteer- based groups to continue as sustainable entities, they require scalable support. This committee is dedicated to enhancing their viability and effectiveness by assessing... View Details
- 03 Feb 2021
- News
Power Play
a partner with Energy Capital Partners, saw it as the perfect foundation on which to build a dedicated private equity firm. So in 2018, he founded SER Capital Partners, which focuses on sustainable investments, and brought in partners... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
September 2021 Alumni Books
micro-entrepreneurship. Framed within the context of entrepreneurship and a historical overview of the long-term sustainability of this business model, this book is intended for practitioners who want to better understand the breadth and... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 13 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 13
case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/512003-PDF-ENG Allied Electronics Corporation Ltd.: Linking Compensation to Sustainability Metrics Robert G. Eccles, George Serafeim, Shelley Xin Li, and Alan KnightHarvard Business School Case... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Oct 2021
- Blog Post
Mobilizing Private Sector Action For Racial Equity in Milwaukee: SE Summer Fellow Zach Komes (MBA 2022)
to explore how MMAC can expand and deepen this important private sector partnership to accelerate the area’s 1400+ Black and Brown-owned businesses, helping create new family-supporting jobs and reduce the racial wealth gap. Why did you choose this internship for the... View Details
- Web
Year in Review | Annual Report 2024
program sustained momentum through virtual engagement and live-translated case studies to keep the cohort connected during the extended pause. Despite these challenges, participants successfully completed the program in October 2023,... View Details
- 24 Mar 2023
- News
Exploring Talent Markets; Aid for Turkey
killing close to 50,000 people in 11 cities and destroying or severely damaging upwards of 70,000 buildings, Nancy Hammerman (PMD 69, 1995) immediately thought of her classmate in Turkey, Nuzhet Atabek (PMD 69, 1995). "Living in Los... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 12 Sep 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 12, 2017
in the ways they do business. Moreover, hub firms themselves must do a better job leading responsibly for the good of all, not just creating and capturing value but doing more to sustain other players in the ecosystem. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Not Your Typical Business Conference
The weather in New York City was dreary drizzle on a fall day last October 25, but on the third floor of 42nd Street's Grand Hyatt Hotel, there was pure sparkle in the air. More than one hundred HBS alumnae from all over the country and... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Up by the Roots
York City, a nonprofit composed of some of the city’s largest private firms.) As a result, she is always on the lookout for sectors that the city ought to dominate but doesn’t. Eight years ago, the sector in Gotsch’s sights was fintech—a... View Details
- 12 Apr 2023
- News
Step Change
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, my name is Julia Hanna. I'm a writer and editor for the HBS Alumni Bulletin. In 2019, I met Egyptian alumna Amal Enan (MBA 2014) when she was on campus for her 5th reunion. Enan had already held a... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; entrepreneurship; women; venture capital; Egypt; developing economies; Finance
- 05 Apr 2011
- First Look
First Look: April 5
Authors:Tiona Zuzul and Amy C. Edmondson Abstract Building on research in strategy formation and organizational innovation, this paper reports on a field study of a young company in the sustainable cities... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Apr 2018
- News
Sowing the Seeds of Leadership
competitive development of firms in 10 Latin American countries. After earning his degree and returning to INCAE, Condo taught competition and strategy while becoming involved in, and eventually leading, the school’s Latin American Center for Competitiveness and View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 03 Apr 2012
- First Look
First Look: April 3
same quality as for financial information. A further challenge is that the cultures of the finance function and those who work in sustainability are very different. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/412054-PDF-ENG... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 22 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 22
fixed effects, controls for the quantity of sustainability disclosure, and alternative ways of measuring IR. Moreover, I show that investor activism on environmental or social issues or a large number of concerns about a firm's... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 May 2022
- Blog Post
Get to Know 2022 Class Day Student Speaker Peter James Kiernan
of administrators, health professionals, and students. Happy to finally be in the same city as his fiancée—now his wife—after years of a long-distance romance, he dove into his classes, got to know his classmates, and dedicated that... View Details