Social Business - Publications - Faculty & Research

22 Mar 2023
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Harvard Business School Announces New Venture Competition Finalists in Student Business, Social Enterprise, and Alumni Tracks

22 Feb 2011
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Harvard B-School's Social Media Wizard

17 Jun 2014
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Rebooting Social Science

16 Oct 2023
Podcast

Former Unilever CEO Paul Polman on Business as a Force for Social Change

Paul Polman is the legendary former CEO of Unilever and a global leader in combating climate change and promoting corporate responsibility. Reflecting on his career during and after Unilever, Polman explains how a company can achieve robust financial performance while... View Details

26 Oct 2016
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Newspapers Are Social Media

01 Jun 2009
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Social Enterprise Visionary

John Whitehead Played a Key Role in Developing the HBS Initiative AUSTIN, WHITEHEAD, AND RANGAN: Social enterprise pioneers. In the early 1990s, legendary Wall Street executive and former deputy secretary of state John Whitehead (MBA... View Details

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

20 Jul 2021
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Rewriting the Social Contract

01 Apr 2009
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Professor James Austin Wins Social Entrepreneurship Award

01 Jun 2008
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Social Enterprise Pioneer

HBS professor Kash Rangan talks about a new generation of business leaders and philanthropists who are experimenting with hybrid forms of social enterprises. And they are insisting that these enterprises... View Details

01 Jun 2009
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Social Innovation Goes Mainstream

for her opening address at the tenth anniversary Social Enterprise Conference on March 1. The daylong event, heralded in advance by Forbes as one of the top business gatherings for 2009, was organized by... View Details

Keywords: Social Assistance; Social Assistance; Social Assistance; Social Assistance

27 Oct 2020
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Growing a Manufacturing Company with a Social Mission

01 Sep 2010
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Social Entrepreneurship Fellows Named

For many entrepreneurs, the inspiration for starting a business is rooted in personal experience. An enterprise is born not just to fill a neglected market niche but a personal need as well. Such is the case with ventures created by HBS... View Details

Keywords: Awards; disability; gay rights; Accommodation; Hospitality

28 Jan 2020
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The Most Important Social Skill You Can Master, According to a Harvard Business School Professor

24 Apr 2014
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A social enterprise visionary

the School are pursuing careers in social enterprise, and other business management schools have followed HBS’s lead. “This has resulted in the management of nonprofits gradually being improved,” Whitehead... View Details