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Investing for Impact | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

As impact investing has emerged as a new, fast-growing category of private investing, so too has the awareness of the stark disparity between access to capital among small business owners. The Harvard... View Details
  • February 2009 (Revised August 2012)
  • Background Note

Note on Socially Responsible Investing

By: Sandra J. Sucher, Daniela Beyersdorfer and Ian McKown Cornell
This note describes Socially Responsible Investing, providing a brief history, description of different socially responsible investing approaches, and overview of selected players and institutions involved in the socially responsible investing field. It has been... View Details
Keywords: Investment; Corporate Governance; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Environmental Sustainability
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Sucher, Sandra J., Daniela Beyersdorfer, and Ian McKown Cornell. "Note on Socially Responsible Investing." Harvard Business School Background Note 609-060, February 2009. (Revised August 2012.)
  • 22 Oct 2014
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Social Impact Investing: Challenges Ahead

    Impact Entrepreneur Fireside Chat: Teaching Impact Investing at Harvard

    Harvard Business School Professors Vikram Gandhi and Shawn Cole weigh in on teaching Impact Investing at Harvard Business School. The Impact Entrepreneur Luminarias Series is a live video webinar series featuring the leading lights in impact investing and... View Details
    • February 2012 (Revised July 2012)
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    The Promise of Impact Investing

    By: V. Kasturi Rangan, Sarah Appleby and Laura Moon
    This note outlines the segments of a potential $500 billion social investment market; sectors such as housing, microfinance, health and education. The note sketches the roles of the various players and summarizes their investment perspectives. View Details
    Keywords: Investment
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    Rangan, V. Kasturi, Sarah Appleby, and Laura Moon. "The Promise of Impact Investing." Harvard Business School Background Note 512-045, February 2012. (Revised July 2012.)
    • 22 Oct 2014
    • Video

    Social Impact Investing: Measuring Success

    • 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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    Porter, Michael E., Mark R. Kramer, and Pamela Sud. "Walmart: Segmenting Social Impact." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 715-436, May 2015.
    • April 14, 2015
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    The Type of Socially Responsible Investments That Make Firms More Profitable

    By: George Serafeim
    Keywords: Sustainability; Corporate Social Responsibility; Corporate Sustainability; Investing; Investment Management; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Profit; Investment; Environmental Sustainability
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    Serafeim, George. "The Type of Socially Responsible Investments That Make Firms More Profitable." Harvard Business Review (website) (April 14, 2015).
    • 2025
    • Working Paper

    Impact Investing and Worker Outcomes

    By: Josh Lerner, Markus Lithell and Gordon M. Phillips
    Impact investors claim to distinguish themselves from traditional venture capital and growth equity investors by also pursuing environmental, social, and governance (ESG) objectives. Whether they successfully do so in practice is unclear. We use confidential Census... View Details
    Keywords: ESG; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Private Equity; Venture Capital; Wages
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    Lerner, Josh, Markus Lithell, and Gordon M. Phillips. "Impact Investing and Worker Outcomes." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 25-040, February 2025. (Revised May 2025.)
    • November 2014 (Revised March 2017)
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    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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    Porter, Michael, Mark Kramer, and Pamela Sud. "Walmart: Segmenting Social Impact." Harvard Business School Exercise 715-435, November 2014. (Revised March 2017.)

      Managing Human Assets

      The time has come for American managers to rethink the traditional relationship between management and workers. The personnel practices of the past are an obstacle today, blocking the higher productivity and quality levels your firm will need to succeed in the... View Details

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      How Social Entrepreneurs Zig-Zag Their Way to Impact at Scale

      By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Tricia Gregg
      This article provides guidance to social entrepreneurs and their funders as they seek to advance the enterprise from startup to scale. It focuses on the evolution of four social entrepreneurs and their decision-making paths as they attempt to scale their respective... View Details
      Keywords: Systemic Impact; Scaling; Strategy Process; Nonprofit Organizations; Social Entrepreneurship; Growth and Development Strategy
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      Rangan, V. Kasturi, and Tricia Gregg. "How Social Entrepreneurs Zig-Zag Their Way to Impact at Scale." California Management Review 62, no. 1 (November 2019): 53–76.

        Three Trends Driving Impact Investing

        Vikram Gandhi and Peter Boockvar, CIO at Bleakley Advisory Group, join "Squawk Box" to discuss why investing for impact seems to be growing and why investors should approach it with caution. View Details
        • April 2025
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        The Allocation of Socially Responsible Capital

        By: Daniel Green and Benjamin N. Roth
        Portfolio allocation decisions increasingly incorporate social values. We develop a tractable framework to study how competition between investors to own socially valuable assets affects social welfare. Relative to the most common social-investing strategies, we... View Details
        Keywords: Socially Responsible Investing; Investment Portfolio; Welfare; Social Issues; Investment Return
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        Green, Daniel, and Benjamin N. Roth. "The Allocation of Socially Responsible Capital." Journal of Finance 80, no. 2 (April 2025): 755–781.
        • 01 Mar 2012
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        Social Investing Pioneers

        the social impact bond, an innovative approach to marrying social purpose with financial returns for investors. Still in the pilot stage in the UK, View Details
        Keywords: Roger Thompson; Social Assistance; Social Assistance; Social Assistance; Social Assistance
        • 12 Jan 2015
        • News

        Good Investments

        research on impact investing The Acumen Fund’s Sasha Dichter (MBA/MPA 2002) on how to grow impact investing Moving the Needle (Fran Seegul, MBA... View Details
        Keywords: Dan Morrell; impact investing; ideas; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments
        • 22 Apr 2024
        • Research & Ideas

        When Does Impact Investing Make the Biggest Impact?

        The idea of supporting social change has propelled impact investing assets to more than $1 trillion. But what if those funds aren’t as impactful... View Details
        Keywords: by Rachel Layne
        • January 2020
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        SK Group: Social Progress Credits

        By: George Serafeim, Ethan Rouen and David Freiberg
        SK Group was one of the largest companies South Korea. A family-run conglomerate consisting of around 120 subsidiaries and employing more than 100,000, SK was tightly knit into the fabric of Korean society. SK viewed their future success as contingent upon the strength... View Details
        Keywords: Impact; Impact Investing; Impact Measurement; Social Value; Social Development; Conglomerates; Measurement Of Purpose; ESG; ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) Performance; Capital Markets; Innovation; Environmental Impact; Collaboration; Social Enterprise; Social and Collaborative Networks; Social Issues; Measurement and Metrics; Value Creation; Cooperation; Environmental Sustainability; Employment; Accounting; Energy Industry; Telecommunications Industry; Chemical Industry; South Korea
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        Serafeim, George, Ethan Rouen, and David Freiberg. "SK Group: Social Progress Credits." Harvard Business School Case 120-071, January 2020.
        • 2021
        • Working Paper

        Accounting for Product Impact in the Interactive Media and Services Industry

        By: DG Park, George Serafeim and Katie Trinh
        We apply the product impact measurement framework of the Impact-Weighted Accounts Initiative (IWAI) in two competitor companies within the interactive media and services industry. We design a monetization methodology that allows us to calculate monetary impact... View Details
        Keywords: Product Innovation; Impact; Impact Investing; Impact Measurement; ESG; ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) Performance; ESG Ratings; Social Corporate Responsibility; Corporate Social Responsibility; Social Impact; Product Design; Product Positioning; Society; Product; Environmental Sustainability; Measurement and Metrics; Framework; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Social Media; Technology Industry
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        Park, DG, George Serafeim, and Katie Trinh. "Accounting for Product Impact in the Interactive Media and Services Industry." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 21-134, June 2021.
        • 2021
        • Working Paper

        Accounting for Product Impact in the Water Utilities Industry

        By: George Serafeim and Katie Trinh
        We apply the product impact measurement framework of the Impact-Weighted Accounts Initiative (IWAI) in two competitor companies within the water utilities industry. We design a monetization methodology that allows us to calculate monetary impact estimates of water... View Details
        Keywords: Product Innovation; Impact; Impact Investing; Impact Measurement; ESG; ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) Performance; ESG Ratings; Social Corporate Responsibility; Corporate Social Responsibility; Social Impact; Water; Utilities; Product Design; Product Positioning; Society; Product; Environmental Sustainability; Measurement and Metrics; Framework; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Utilities Industry
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        Serafeim, George, and Katie Trinh. "Accounting for Product Impact in the Water Utilities Industry." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 21-104, March 2021.
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