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- 01 Mar 2015
- News
What Is Harvard’s Impact in the World?
It’s safe to assume that Harvard University alumni collectively have a significant impact in the world, but just how significant is hard to know. That is why Harvard Business School is leading a University-wide effort to quantify the... View Details
- 06 Jun 2018
- News
The Business of Social Justice
further ensuring that schools with high needs receive the resources and funding to meet them. “There is nothing more important than building the foundations for social change,” says Brooks. “Rosa Parks’ civil disobedience didn’t just... View Details
- 16 Jul 2020
- News
Q&A: Harvard impact investing expert on proposed ESG rule
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Social Enterprise Initiative Marks 20th Anniversary
notes SEI faculty cochair Herman B. (Dutch) Leonard. "In addition to helping us stay close to practice, alumni provide financial support for initiatives that sharpen the perspectives of social enterprise executives and open paths to View Details
Keywords: SEI
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Building Capacity in the Social Sector
"It's nice to seed growth like this. All I've really done is to start the plant." — Ferdinand Thun (MBA 1960) Looking back over the two-decade history of the HBS Social Enterprise Initiative (SEI), former director Laura Moon says "alumni... View Details
- 25 Apr 2014
- News
Harnessing for-profit strategies for social good
Fran Seegull (MBA 1998) seeks to mobilize the business world to adjust its thinking on socially mindful investing, also known as impact investing, and "use the financial capital markets and for-profit... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Repurposing Leaders to Attack Social Problems
and leverage the skills and experience of already-accomplished leaders. It will prepare them to make an impact on public life through, for example, leading a cause campaign; establishing a foundation; running for political office as a way... View Details
- 25 Apr 2014
- News
Applying business practices to nonprofits to strengthen impact
1999. The Bridgespan Group serves more than 350 organizations and foundations, including Girls Incorporated, Feeding America, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. "Finding ways to scale an organization's impact without scaling its... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Transforming nonprofits with business-oriented insights that scale impact
the social sector. “We are trying to scale our impact on the world, not just our organizational size,” he explains. Although a nonprofit, Bridgespan has close ties to Bain & Company, where Tierney served as... View Details
- 20 Jun 2016
- News
Having an Impact on Development and Poverty Issues
says, it will create a new asset class for socially minded investors, providing them with a reliable ROI that will advance the investing effort. He also believes that changing from a charity-based model of giving has a huge View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 10 Aug 2015
- News
Giving Kids Tech Tools to Make an Impact
Amy Kadomatsu (MBA 1998) believes every student can be an innovator and use technology as a force for good. As chair of the board of directors at Mouse, a youth development nonprofit that empowers students to create with technology to solve real problems, she helps to... View Details
- 06 Mar 2018
- News
A Voice for Diversity and Impact at Scale
diversity of professional experiences and personal stories created a great environment for learning and helped me expand my network.” Now a senior partner and the managing partner of McKinsey’s UK and Ireland offices, Hunt has used the firm’s global footprint to scale... View Details
- 24 Feb 2020
- News
Companies must include environmental and social performance measures
- 16 Sep 2015
- News
Thinking deeply about how to have an impact
Matt Segneri (MBA 2010), director of the Social Enterprise Initiative, is helping the next generation of leaders across all sectors—public, private, and non-profit—think deeply about how they can make a difference in the world. He is... View Details
- 15 Nov 2020
- News
Fostering Innovation in Social Enterprise Across Harvard
through feedback from the judges. The judges included alumni and seasoned professionals from foundations, impact investing, capacity-building organizations, and social enterprise startups. “We received... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Social Enterprise Start-Ups Recognized for Bold Ideas
2012 HBS Social Entrepreneurship Fellowship. Selected from a competitive process that attracted 19 applicants, Jena will receive a $25,000 grant from HBS to advance his work. Trained as a biomedical engineer, Jena says his ambition is “to... View Details
- 25 Apr 2014
- News
Pooling resources to tackle India's social challenges
Ravi Venkatesan (MBA 1992), former chairman of Microsoft India, left the corporate world to launch Social Venture Partners (SVP) India, which brings together concerned citizens to solve economic and social... View Details