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  • May–June 2023
  • Article

Should Your Start-up Be For-profit or Nonprofit?: A Guide for Social Entrepreneurs

By: Cait Brumme and Brian Trelstad
Years ago the line between nonprofit and for-profit enterprises was clear, but that has changed. Nonprofits now offer products that compete with those of the best for-profits, and for-profits can deliver as much social value as charities. Despite the blurred... View Details
Keywords: Business Startups; Social Entrepreneurship; Mission and Purpose; Nonprofit Organizations; For-Profit Firms; Decision Choices and Conditions
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Brumme, Cait, and Brian Trelstad. "Should Your Start-up Be For-profit or Nonprofit? A Guide for Social Entrepreneurs." Harvard Business Review 101, no. 3 (May–June 2023): 136–145.
  • 22 Jul 2011
  • Working Paper Summaries

Corporate Social Responsibility and Access to Finance

Keywords: by Beiting Cheng, Ioannis Ioannou & George Serafeim
  • 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 mechanisms to move the dial on the... View Details
  • 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... View Details
Keywords: SEI; Educational Services
  • 03 Feb 2018
  • Op-Ed

How to Heed BlackRock's Call for Corporate Social Responsibility

Larry Fink recently created a shockwave. As cofounder, chairman, and CEO of BlackRock, one of the world’s largest global asset management firms, in an open letter to CEOs he caught the attention of financial markets and beyond by insisting on the importance of... View Details
Keywords: by Julie Battilana
  • 15 Dec 2008
  • Research & Ideas

The Surprisingly Successful Marriages of Multinationals and Social Brands

systems and capabilities that are needed for going to and operating at scale that would take the social icon years to build. So structured correctly, an acquisition strategy can effectively marry the brand... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Consumer Products; Food & Beverage
  • 07 Mar 2018
  • News

Women Entrepreneurs Are More Likely to Get Funding If They Emphasize Their Social Mission

  • 09 Jul 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Does Misery Love Companies? How Social Performance Pays Off

the empirical quest to link a firm's social investments to its financial returns has preoccupied researchers. Our goal in this paper is to reorient debate and research about social initiatives by business.... View Details
Keywords: by Joshua D. Margolis & James P. Walsh
  • 19 May 2023
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Innovating, Funding, and Scaling Climate Solutions at Harvard Business School: Day Three of Harvard Climate Action Week

  • 14 Dec 2022
  • Blog Post

Creating Emerging Markets Sustainability Series - Reducing Plastic Pollution on a Global Scale

Creating Emerging Markets Sustainability Series – Reducing Plastic Pollution on a Global Scale Cover image features Anand Burman (left) and María Emilia Correa (right). A recent article in the Boston Globe describes the disheartening... View Details
  • 2007
  • Chapter

Microfinance: Business, Profitability, and the Creation of Social Value

By: Michael Chu
The chapter examines the development of microfinance from its NGO origins to the present stage in which it is characterized by regulated commercial institutions capable of superior financial returns. It then looks at the creation of social value under these... View Details
Keywords: Microfinance; Investment Return; Profit; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Social Enterprise; Non-Governmental Organizations; Perspective; Value Creation
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Chu, Michael. "Microfinance: Business, Profitability, and the Creation of Social Value." Chap. 28 in Business Solutions for the Global Poor: Creating Social and Economic Value, by V. Kasturi Rangan, John A. Quelch, Gustavo Herrero, and Brooke Barton, 309–320. John Wiley & Sons, 2007.
  • 2023
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On the Impact of Actionable Explanations on Social Segregation

By: Ruijiang Gao and Himabindu Lakkaraju
As predictive models seep into several real-world applications, it has become critical to ensure that individuals who are negatively impacted by the outcomes of these models are provided with a means for recourse. To this end, there has been a growing body of research... View Details
Keywords: Forecasting and Prediction; AI and Machine Learning; Outcome or Result
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Gao, Ruijiang, and Himabindu Lakkaraju. "On the Impact of Actionable Explanations on Social Segregation." Proceedings of the International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML) 40th (2023): 10727–10743.
  • March 2001 (Revised April 2001)
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Sustainable Development & Socially Responsible Investing: ABB in 2000

By: Forest L. Reinhardt
Several investment firms and mutual funds position themselves as providers or facilitators of opportunities for socially responsible investment. This case addresses the impact of these firms on publicly traded companies. Focuses on managers at ABB, a large... View Details
Keywords: Investment; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Environmental Sustainability; Social Enterprise; Corporate Governance; Business Strategy; Capital Markets; Management Teams; Business and Community Relations; Trade; Electronics Industry; Switzerland
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Reinhardt, Forest L. "Sustainable Development & Socially Responsible Investing: ABB in 2000." Harvard Business School Case 701-082, March 2001. (Revised April 2001.)
  • 2011
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Multinational Enterprises and Corporate Responsibility: A Matter of Justice?

By: Nien-he Hsieh
Keywords: Multinational Firms and Management; Ethics; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Lawfulness
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Hsieh, Nien-he. "Multinational Enterprises and Corporate Responsibility: A Matter of Justice?" In Morality and Global Justice: The Reader. 1st ed. Edited by Michael Boylan. Boulder: Westview Press, 2011.
  • 09 Apr 2024
  • Research & Ideas

When Climate Goals, Housing Policy, and Corporate R&D Collide, Social Good Can Emerge

For almost four years, Omar Asensio and his colleagues have been studying the impact of federal energy programs on low-income neighborhoods. The intersection of technology—artificial intelligence, in particular—and public policy has long been an area of focus for... View Details
Keywords: by Glen Justice
  • 23 May 2019
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These Entrepreneurs Take a Pragmatic Approach to Solving Social Problems

In 1908, Harvard Business School’s first dean, Edwin Francis Gay, welcomed the School’s inaugural class of 59 students by saying that HBS was challenged with encouraging its students to have the “intellectual respect for business as a profession, with the social... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Green Technology
  • December 2012 (Revised September 2022)
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BabbaCo

By: Jeffrey J. Bussgang and Gaurav Jain
Having just raised a Series B financing, the case protagonist is faced with a tough decision: should she "step on the gas" and scale the customer base, or continue focusing on fine-tuning the product and business model. The case describes the various marketing channels... View Details
Keywords: Subscription; Marketing; Scaling; Product-market Fit; Online Marketing; Customers; Decisions; Expansion; Marketing Channels; Business Startups; Growth and Development Strategy; Digital Marketing; Marketing Strategy
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Bussgang, Jeffrey J., and Gaurav Jain. "BabbaCo." Harvard Business School Case 813-107, December 2012. (Revised September 2022.)
  • 26 Jul 2022
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Can Bombas Reach New Customers while Maintaining Its Social Mission?

Keywords: Consumer Products; Fashion
  • July 2017 (Revised March 2018)
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Magic Bus: From Childhood to Livelihood

By: V. Kasturi Rangan, Vikram Gandhi, Anjali Raina and Rachna Chawla
Founded in 1999 by Matthew Spacie to give poor children an opportunity to play, Magic Bus had evolved to a leading social enterprise engaged in sports for development, holistic childhood development, and livelihood training for youth between the ages of 6 to 18. By... View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit Management; Development; Growth And Scaling; Social Entrepreneurship; Growth and Development Strategy; Nonprofit Organizations; Management
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Rangan, V. Kasturi, Vikram Gandhi, Anjali Raina, and Rachna Chawla. "Magic Bus: From Childhood to Livelihood." Harvard Business School Case 518-005, July 2017. (Revised March 2018.)
  • 2002
  • Report

Conference Board Commission on Public Trust and Private Enterprise

By: Lynn S. Paine and other contributors
Keywords: Business Ventures; Trust; Private Sector
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Paine, Lynn S., and other contributors. "Conference Board Commission on Public Trust and Private Enterprise." Report, Conference Board, November 2002.
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