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Blog | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
Curriculum Social Enterprise Student Club Social Entrepreneurship Summer Fellows Technology for Good Transformative Impact Tri-Sector Impact The Sustainability Game Is On... View Details
- 2016
- Working Paper
Immigrant Entrepreneurs and the Social Safety Net
By: Gareth Olds
This paper explores the role of public health insurance in small business ownership among immigrants, a group with high rates of entrepreneurship. The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 created a five-year “waiting period” for legal... View Details
Olds, Gareth. "Immigrant Entrepreneurs and the Social Safety Net." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 16-142, June 2016.
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Blog | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
Curriculum Social Enterprise Student Club Social Entrepreneurship Summer Fellows Technology for Good Transformative Impact Tri-Sector Impact Building a world where all children... View Details
- 12 Nov 2020
- News
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 not only grow, but foster... View Details
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Innovation and Entrepreneurship - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School
Clubs Faculty & Research Business & Environment Business History Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning Entrepreneurship Faculty & Research Global Healthcare HBS Working Knowledge Institute for Strategy & Competitiveness Leadership... View Details
- 09 Apr 2020
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How Social Entrepreneurs Can Increase Their Investment Impact
- 2013
- Working Paper
How the Zebra Got Its Stripes: Imprinting of Individuals and Hybrid Social Ventures
By: Matthew Lee and Julie Battilana
Hybrid organizations that combine multiple, existing organizational forms are frequently proposed as a source of organizational innovation, yet little is known about the origins of such organizations. We propose that individual founders of hybrid organizations acquire... View Details
Keywords: Hybrid Organizations; Imprinting; Institutional Theory; Social Entrepreneurship; Organizations
Lee, Matthew, and Julie Battilana. "How the Zebra Got Its Stripes: Imprinting of Individuals and Hybrid Social Ventures." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 14-005, July 2013.
- May–June 2023
- Article
Should Your Start-up Be For-profit or Nonprofit?: A Guide for Social Entrepreneurs
By: Cait Brumme and Brian Trelstad
Years ago the line between nonprofit and for-profit enterprises was clear, but that has changed. Nonprofits now offer products that compete with those of the best for-profits, and for-profits can deliver as much social value as charities. Despite the blurred... View Details
Keywords: Business Startups; Social Entrepreneurship; Mission and Purpose; Nonprofit Organizations; For-Profit Firms; Decision Choices and Conditions
Brumme, Cait, and Brian Trelstad. "Should Your Start-up Be For-profit or Nonprofit? A Guide for Social Entrepreneurs." Harvard Business Review 101, no. 3 (May–June 2023): 136–145.
- 12 Mar 2013
- News
New Thinking for China
China’s educational system is undergoing a radical transformation—from an emphasis on rote memorization to teaching styles that emphasize critical and creative-thinking skills. And Chen Weiming is at the forefront of that change. Chen is founder of Xing Wei College, a... View Details
- 2006
- Chapter
Corporate Social Entrepreneurship: A New Vision for CSR
By: James E. Austin, Dutch Leonard, Ezequiel Reficco and Jane Wei-Skillern
Keywords: Social Entrepreneurship
Austin, James E., Dutch Leonard, Ezequiel Reficco, and Jane Wei-Skillern. "Corporate Social Entrepreneurship: A New Vision for CSR." In The Accountable Corporation, Vol. 3: Corporate Social Responsibility, edited by Marc J. Epstein and Kirk O. Hanson. Praeger, 2006.
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Curriculum Social Enterprise Student Club Social Entrepreneurship Summer Fellows Technology for Good Transformative Impact Tri-Sector Impact SEI25 Series: Gayle Lemmon (MBA... View Details
- March 2017
- Article
Entrepreneurial Beacons: The Yale Endowment, Run-ups, and the Growth of Venture Capital
By: Y. Sekou Bermiss, Benjamin J. Hallen, Rory McDonald and Emily Cox Pahnke
This paper investigates the social context of entrepreneurship in organizational sectors. Prior research suggests that firm foundings are driven by collective patterns of activity—that is, by patterns of prior foundings—including support from related markets as well as... View Details
Keywords: Signals; Social Salience; Venture Capital; Higher Education; Organizations; Entrepreneurship; Investment
Bermiss, Y. Sekou, Benjamin J. Hallen, Rory McDonald, and Emily Cox Pahnke. "Entrepreneurial Beacons: The Yale Endowment, Run-ups, and the Growth of Venture Capital." Strategic Management Journal 38, no. 3 (March 2017): 545–565.
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Blog | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
Curriculum Social Enterprise Student Club Social Entrepreneurship Summer Fellows Technology for Good Transformative Impact Tri-Sector Impact Exploring Technology and Public... View Details
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Blog | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
Curriculum Social Enterprise Student Club Social Entrepreneurship Summer Fellows Technology for Good Transformative Impact Tri-Sector Impact The Long Road to Impact (and a Bit... View Details
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Curriculum Social Enterprise Student Club Social Entrepreneurship Summer Fellows Technology for Good Transformative Impact Tri-Sector Impact SEI's Top Blog Posts of 2022 13 Dec... View Details
- February 2016
- Teaching Note
Advanced Leadership Pathways: David Weinstein and Write the World
By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Tessa Natanay Hamilton and Ai-Ling Jamila Malone
Following a successful career as a lawyer, Chief Administrative Officer of Fidelity Investments, and law school instructor, David Weinstein became a 2011 Advanced Leadership Fellow at Harvard University. During his Advanced Leadership Fellowship he conceived an idea to... View Details
- 29 Apr 2020
- Book
The Key to Powerful Social Change: Small Villages
had talent capabilities. I say you need to begin to tackle these problems with the three Cs, which are capabilities, connections, and cash or know how to find the cash, but three forms of capital. Your own intellectual capital, your View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- Aug 2008 - 2008
- Conference Presentation
Embeddedness of Social Entrepreneurship: Understanding Variation across Geographic Communities
By: Julie Battilana, Tina Dacin, Johanna Mair and Christian Seelos
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Frequently Asked Questions | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
What is the HBS Social Enterprise Initiative? The HBS Social Enterprise Initiative applies innovative business practices and managerial disciplines to drive sustained, high-impact View Details