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  • 2012
  • Working Paper

Why Every Company Needs a CSR Strategy and How to Build It

By: Kash Rangan, Lisa Chase and Sohel Karim
The authors argue for a strategic and pragmatic, rather than ideological, approach to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) that contrasts sharply with the prevailing Shared Value framework offered by Porter and Kramer (HBR; Jan.-Feb. 2011). We assert that, despite... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Corporate Strategy; Values and Beliefs; Profit; Practice
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  • September 2022
  • Case

Deciding When to Engage on Societal Issues

By: Hubert Joly and Amram Migdal
This case provides brief descriptions of 18 examples of corporate leaders confronting questions of whether and how to engage with societal issues, including social, political, and environmental issues. Social issues include COVID-19; social and racial justice;... View Details
Keywords: Political Issues; Social Justice; Racial Justice; Environmental Issues; Social Issues; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Values and Beliefs
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  • June 2021
  • Case

Akira Fukabori and Kevin Kajitani at avatarin (A) (Abridged)

By: Linda A. Hill and Emily Tedards
In 2016, Akira Fukabori and Kevin Kajitani, aeronautical engineers at All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd., began to wonder why, in a world of accelerating globalization and digital connectivity, those who lived in far-remote villages or impoverished urban areas could not... View Details
Keywords: Agility; Ecosystem; Innovation Ecosystems; Innovation; Crowdsourcing; XPRIZE; Open Innovation; Partnership; Government; Collaboration; Co-creation; Purpose; Impact; Social Impact; Movement; Organizational Behavior; Organizational Ambidexterity; Ambidexterity; Culture; Culture Change; Global Teams; Experimentation; Space; Space Industry; Airline Industry; Start-up; Platform Business; Platform Strategy; Platform; Digital; Robotics; Robots; Avatar; Telepresence; Innovation Lab; Mobility; COVID-19; Intrapreneurship; Public-private Partnership; Innovation and Invention; Technological Innovation; Partners and Partnerships; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Alignment; Leadership; Leading Change; Diversity; Organizational Culture; Change Management; Strategy; Entrepreneurship; Digital Platforms; Transportation Industry; Aerospace Industry; Japan
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  • 04 Jan 2013
  • Working Paper Summaries

The Political Economy of Bilateral Foreign Aid

  • 2024
  • Report

Overcoming Barriers to Resolving Gaza and Beyond

By: James K. Sebenius
As of early January 2024, discussion of the Gaza war heavily focuses on its humanitarian costs, cease fire possibilities, hostage prospects, and “day after” options. Yet what longer-term strategy guides actions on these vital issues while offering a more positive... View Details
Keywords: Negotiation; War; International Relations; Israel; Middle East
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  • 08 Feb 2017
  • HBS Seminar

Andrew Mao, Microsoft Research

  • Web

Podcast - Business & Environment

has to plan to be called on more often to address both military threats and humanitarian crises caused by climate change. In this episode of HBR Idea Cast, Climate Rising host Harvard Business School professor Mike Toffel and his... View Details
  • Web

About | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

investing. She has worked as a project manager at the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative and a program coordinator for the Isabella Freedman Jewish Retreat Center and the Jewish Multiracial Network. She holds an MBA in Nonprofit Management... View Details
  • 08 Dec 2022
  • HBS Case

The War in Ukraine and Nestlé’s Moral Dilemma: Stay or Leave Russia?

products such as baby formula. At the same time, the company declared it would donate all profits to humanitarian relief organizations, and would therefore not pay any corporate taxes to the Russian government, although it would continue... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Consumer Products
  • 19 Dec 2023
  • Research & Ideas

15 Podcast Episodes That Grabbed Listeners in 2023

rights leader and role model for millions of people around the world. How did he do it? Early in his career, Ali’s creativity and hard work helped him overcome significant obstacles. Ali used his growing fame to bring attention to racism and View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
  • 31 Aug 2015
  • Research & Ideas

How Ben Franklin’s ‘Way to Wealth’ Introduced American Capitalism to the World

about his message What gets lost is the author’s own mixed feelings about single-minded pursuit of profit and his hopes for a humanitarian society in which wealth and power are in balance. “Happiness is more generally and equally diffus’d... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
  • Web

Dean Srikant Datar Statements & Speeches | About

civilian casualties and a humanitarian crisis in Gaza. To date, thousands of innocent lives have been tragically lost. The pain, grief, and fear from these events and a rise in antisemitism, Islamophobia, and anti-Arabism have tested the... View Details
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Social Enterprise - Faculty & Research

as business ventures? How should she deliver her analysis in a way that would refrain from deterring her client against philanthropy altogether? Keywords: Philanthropy ; Philanthropic Sector ; Performance Evaluations ; Social Network ; Collaboration ; Foundation ; Due... View Details
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Past Issues - Alumni

the New Venture Competition Complete Table of Contents December 2021 Rescue & Recovery In the wake of an abuse scandal and a clean sweep of leadership at Mercy Corps, Tjada D’Oyen McKenna gets the humanitarian aid organization back to the... View Details
  • 13 Mar 2005
  • Research & Ideas

The Tricky Business of Nonprofit Brands

organization cohesion. The brand is the glue holding the components of the global organization together. Q: Some NGO brands, such as the Red Cross, are recognized worldwide. When a humanitarian crisis such as the recent Asian tsunami... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls
  • 01 Mar 2024
  • News

The War Within

war. “The mental health future of Ukrainians is critical to rebuilding after the war,” says Ames. “We look at it as a human capital issue and a humanitarian issue that will be transformational to the country’s future.” View Details
Keywords: Janelle Nanos; illustration by Daniel Bejar
  • 24 Sep 2019
  • Blog Post

Launching a Career in Clean Energy

international development and microfinance, having seen some of the Marines’ humanitarian work during my deployments to the Middle East and Africa. After HBS, I worked as a consultant to get business experience at the strategic level, but... View Details
  • 24 Jul 2017
  • Research & Ideas

People Have an Irrational Need to Complete 'Sets' of Things

HBS. The Canadian Red Cross puts pseudo-sets to the test The researchers proved the efficacy of pseudo-set framing through a series of laboratory and real-world field studies. In one study, they teamed up with the Canadian Red Cross, a View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • 14 Jun 2010
  • Research & Ideas

The Hard Work of Measuring Social Impact

with a focused strategy concentrates its resources on a specific task or intervention—such as the homeless shelter that focuses on providing overnight beds and a warm meal, or an ambulance service that focuses on getting patients to the emergency room quickly. But... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
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General Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

2015 Gerald C. Chertavian : Recipient of the Boston NAACP’s Kivie Kaplan Humanitarian Award in 2015. Hubert Joly : Recipient of the 2015 US Sciences Po American Foundation Alumni Award. Rosabeth M. Kanter : Winner of the 2016 Everett M.... View Details