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    Michael E. Porter

    Michael Porter is an economist, researcher, author, advisor, speaker and teacher. Throughout his career at Harvard Business School, he has brought economic theory and strategy concepts to bear on many of the most challenging problems facing corporations, economies... View Details

    Keywords: biotechnology; e-commerce industry; health care; information; information technology industry; internet; nonprofit industry; service industry; state government
    • July 2020 (Revised January 2021)
    • Case

    Vineet Nayar and Sampark Foundation: Frugal Innovation at Scale (A)

    By: Linda A. Hill and Emily Tedards
    In 2005, Vineet Nayar, the former CEO and Vice Chairman of HCL Technologies, and his wife, Anupama Nayar, committed $100 million of their personal wealth to found Sampark Foundation — a grant-making philanthropy with a mission to transform learning outcomes for 20... View Details
    Keywords: Organizational Behavior; Cultural Change; Digital; Innovation; Experimentation; Metrics; Education Reform; Non-profit; Frugal Innovation; Scale; Ecosystem; Government; Education; Social Enterprise; Leadership; Leading Change; Change Management; Organizational Culture; Innovation Leadership; Nonprofit Organizations; Growth and Development Strategy; Information Technology; Digital Transformation; India
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    • September 2009 (Revised May 2011)
    • Supplement

    Acumen Fund: Measurement in Impact Investing (B)

    By: Alnoor Ebrahim and V. Kasturi Rangan
    As Acumen Fund, a global venture philanthropy firm, moves forward with an investment portfolio exceeding $22 million, it runs into two critical measurement problems. First, how should it track the performance of each investment when its interest is not just the bottom... View Details
    Keywords: Venture Capital; Investment Portfolio; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Standards; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Performance Evaluation; Social Enterprise; Competition; Financial Services Industry; Kenya
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    • 04 Dec 2012
    • First Look

    First Look: December 4

    http://www.people.hbs.edu/jsebenius/articles_scans/12_IS_NuclearDealWithIran.pdf Punctuated Generosity: Events, Communities, and Corporate Philanthropy Authors:Andras Tilcsik and Christopher Marquis... View Details
    Keywords: Carmen Nobel
    • November 2002 (Revised January 2003)
    • Case

    SBC Foundation, The

    By: Diana Barrett, Sarah Aaron and Cassandra Hanley
    Examines the role of the corporation as it makes philanthropic donations. Questions raised include the connection between corporate strategy and giving, the degree to which grant making should be decentralized, and the size and focus of grants. View Details
    Keywords: Corporate Strategy; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving
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    • January 2004 (Revised February 2005)
    • Case

    Timberland and Community Involvement (Abridged Version)

    By: James E. Austin and James Quinn
    When Jeffrey Swartz became the third generation in his family to lead the Timberland Co., he made community involvement an integral part of the company's strategy. Under Swartz's leadership, Timberland formed a close partnership with City Year, the national corps of... View Details
    Keywords: Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Business and Community Relations; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Corporate Strategy; Manufacturing Industry
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      Brian L. Trelstad

       

      Brian Trelstad is a Senior Lecturer at Harvard Business School in the General Management Unit and the Faculty Chair of the Advanced Leadership Initiative. He teaches elective courses on Social Entrepreneurship and Systems... View Details

      Keywords: education industry; health care; service industry; emerging market private equity; private equity (other); venture capital industry
      • 20 Nov 2018
      • First Look

      New Research and Ideas, November 20, 2018

      different methods of selecting peers, sampling, different proxies and estimation techniques. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55265 Corporate Legal Structure and Bank Loan Spreads By: Sikochi,... View Details
      Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

        Allen S. Grossman

        Allen Grossman was appointed a Harvard Business School Professor of Management Practice in July 2000. He joined the Business School faculty in July 1998, with a concurrent appointment as a Visiting Scholar at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE). He... View Details

        Keywords: education industry; nonprofit industry
        • 15 Apr 2015
        • HBS Seminar

        Raymond Fisman, Columbia Business School

        • 20 Nov 2014
        • Working Paper Summaries

        Entrepreneurship and Business Groups: An Evolutionary Perspective on the Growth of the Koç Group in Turkey

        Keywords: by Asli M. Coplan & Geoffrey Jones
        • May 2015
        • Teaching Note

        Walmart: Segmenting Social Impact

        By: Michael E. Porter, Mark R. Kramer and Pamela Sud
        This case provides a sample of Walmart's social engagement activities and asks students to categorize each as philanthropy, corporate social responsibility, or creating shared value. View Details
        Keywords: Creating Shared Value; Society; Value Creation; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving
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        • November 2014 (Revised March 2017)
        • Exercise

        Walmart: Segmenting Social Impact

        By: Michael Porter, Mark Kramer and Pamela Sud
        This case provides a sample of Walmart's social engagement activities and asks students to categorize each as philanthropy, corporate social responsibility, or creating shared value. View Details
        Keywords: Creating Shared Value; Society; Value Creation; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Retail Industry
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        • 14 Dec 1999
        • Research & Ideas

        From Spare Change to Real Change: The Social Sector as a Beta Site for Business Innovation

        equipment, and tired executives on their way out. Such arm's-length models of corporate philanthropy have not produced fundamental solutions to America's most urgent domestic problems of public education,... View Details
        Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter
        • 19 Jan 2010
        • Sharpening Your Skills

        Sharpening Your Skills: Managing the Economic Crisis

        companies lose when they cut corporate giving? How Do I Lead In A Crisis? 7 Lessons for Navigating the Storm Leading in crisis requires a combination of skills and behaviors—personal and professional—that can be mastered, says HBS... View Details
        Keywords: by Staff
        • 12 Mar 2006
        • Research & Ideas

        Global Poverty Needs a Global Answer

        to be published by Princeton University Press. In this recent interview conducted by e-mail, Lodge is hopeful that the World Development Corporation will be formed. He explains why nonprofits aren't the answer to ending poverty and asks... View Details
        Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
        • Research Summary

        Overview

        By: William C. Kirby
        A historian by training, Professor Kirby examines contemporary China's business, economic, and political development in an international context. He writes and teaches on the growth of modern companies in China (Chinese and foreign; state-owned and private); Chinese... View Details
        Keywords: China; Internationalization; Educational Policy And Politics; Infrastructure; Government And Business; The Revival Of Family Business In China; China’s Infrastructure Exports: The ‘Belt And Road’ Initiative; Agribusiness; Education; Entrepreneurship; Globalization; Governance; Government and Politics; History; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Social Enterprise; Auto Industry; Education Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Health Industry; Semiconductor Industry; Asia; Europe; North and Central America
        • February 2022
        • Case

        Paul Polman

        By: Elizabeth A. Keenan, Youngme Moon and Susie Ma
        Over his 40-year career, Paul Polman had led some of the world’s largest consumer goods companies, making his biggest mark as CEO of Unilever—a multi-national corporation that produced everything from soap to soup. Polman was also well-regarded as a leader in corporate... View Details
        Keywords: Marketing; Brands and Branding; Marketing Communications; Marketing Strategy; Leadership; Corporate Accountability; Personal Development and Career; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Ethics; Values and Beliefs; Social Issues; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving
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        • November 2002 (Revised May 2003)
        • Case

        AT&T Foundation, The

        By: Diana Barrett, Cassandra Hanley and Sarah Aaron
        Explores the corporate philanthropic activities at AT&T, formed in 1983. Addresses the difficulty of making centralized decisions after the break-up for the four new entities, each with a diverse and sometimes cross-competitive strategy. View Details
        Keywords: Goals and Objectives; For-Profit Firms; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Telecommunications Industry
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        • 10 Jan 2005
        • Research & Ideas

        Motivation and the Cross-Sector Alliance

        society through a cultural change that had solidarity as its core value. In our sample alliances, this motivation was associated with a specific company type: family-owned businesses. These are companies controlled by an individual or a family, despite the existence of... View Details
        Keywords: by James Austin, Ezequiel Reficco & SEKN research team