Social Globalization - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Sep 2020
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Saving Grace

some of the world’s biggest money managers, including BlackRock and State Street Global Advisors. Savova is excited to see how expanding the floodlights of transparency could transform pension investing—or even society at large. Savova is... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

14 Dec 2015
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Building Platforms of Life for the World’s Poorest Children

Kevin Jenkins (MBA 1985) is president and CEO of the nonprofit World Vision International, a global Christian humanitarian relief, development, and advocacy organization. In this video, he talks about the organization’s mission and his... View Details

01 Sep 2016
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Advancing the Vision for HBS

As chair of The Harvard Business School Campaign, I have seen firsthand its impact on advancing key HBS priorities, including field-based learning, HBX, global research, the Harvard Innovation Labs, and financial aid. The philanthropic... View Details

20 Dec 2024
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Clubs Open HBS Doors for Local Leaders; Meet the Club Leaders: HBS PRIDE; Favorite Reads of 2024

To Boost Communities, Alumni Clubs Send Nonprofit Leaders to HBS For one week every summer, nonprofit leaders from across the globe convene on the HBS campus to sharpen their leadership skills and expand their impact through the Strategic Perspectives in Nonprofit... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Dec 2004
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Ideas: Books

international business. Professor Ghemawat and his coeditors have collected articles by leading scholars that focus on five topics in international business: creating value through international expansion, sources of value in global... View Details

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

20 May 2016
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The Most Creative People in Business 2016

honored: Mark Fields (MBA 1989) President and CEO, Ford “For steering Ford in a more adventurous direction” Abby Falik (MBA 2008) Founder and CEO of Global Citizen Year “For channeling teenage wanderlust toward View Details

01 Mar 2013
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Opening the Door

car-sharing service that is now a publicly traded, global business. Women are great entrepreneurs, and it takes an entrepreneurial mindset to transform an organization, an industry, and a society. Do you think today's women MBA students... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Social Assistance; Social Assistance; Social Assistance; Social Assistance; Social Assistance

25 Apr 2014
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In emerging economies, business opportunities provide lessons in leadership

students participate in HBS's mission of making a difference in the world. "We saw it when we talked to young kids about their lives, ambitions, and ways they could make their dreams happen," Leach says. "Our presence in these countries can be a catalyst for building... View Details

24 Apr 2014
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Recasting environmentalism as a smart financial investment

global mission, Tercek says that viewing nature through the lens of basic business principles can lead to win-win opportunities—investments in nature that produce good business results and good environmental outcomes. (Published April... View Details

20 Jun 2016
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Having an Impact on Development and Poverty Issues

the public and private sectors. Before founding these firms, Gandhi was head of the institutional strategy area for Morgan Stanley and then vice chairman of investment banking and global head of the financial institutions business for... View Details

Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman

24 Apr 2014
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An investment of time to advance education

investment in Facebook when it was still a start-up. He is also founder and CEO of Breyer Capital, a global equity investor focused on catalyzing high-impact social and for-profit entrepreneurs in the media,... View Details

11 Jun 2015
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Leading the way in sustainable style

pro-environmental policies are not only a social good, she says. They are also money savers that helped Esquel weather the economic downturn. Now she wants to share her company’s successful strategies with the industry through... View Details

01 Jun 1996
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HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report

After considerable work and enthusiastic anticipation, the seventh annual HBS Global Alumni Conference - The Information Revolution: "Bridging the Gap" - went off flawlessly March 19 - 22, 1996, in San Francisco. It was a fabulous... View Details

Keywords: Cathy Connett

01 Sep 2016
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Charting Alumni Impact

The impact of an educational institution is often measured anecdotally, using the achievements of its alumni. In late 2015, Harvard released the results of the inaugural University-wide research study to quantify the “economic and social... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

17 Jun 2021
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Investing in a Post-COVID World; Exploring the Pandemic’s Impact on Gender Equity

Clubs News Clubs News Alumni Angels Conference Tackles Post-Pandemic Investing and Entrepreneurship The global pandemic has reshaped the world, and investors and founders are full of questions about the future of startups. To find... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Sep 2016
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Up to the Highest Heights

Global has been called the “new TED,” and kiteboarding has been called the “new golf.” (photo by Quincy Dein) The attributes of a great kiteboarder: “It’s just pure attitude. It’s the confidence that you can do it and the willingness to... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Jun 2025
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Crucible: Relocation

from my apartment in Lisbon, Portugal, engaged and very pregnant. Crucibles were not meant to be predicted. In spring 2022, just four months after my promotion to VP at a Boston-based global company, I was bullied by two coworkers. I... View Details

Keywords: Zhang, Qian

01 Mar 2004
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Drug Imports a Hot Topic at Alumni Health-Care Conference

slowdown of wireless technology, and the increasingly bright outlook for venture capital and private equity. Global private equity funding has been on the order of $300 billion since the beginning of 2000, with over 60 percent of that... View Details