Social Capitalism - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jan 2011
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Seth Klarman, MBA 1982

"We care about the urgent needs of our local community." The foundation bearing the family name, run by Beth, has supported medical, educational, religious, and social service organizations, including McLean and Beth Israel Deaconess... View Details

01 Sep 2023
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Global Outposts Expand HBS’s Intellectual Footprint

Since taking over as CEO of Tata Steel in 2013, T. V. Narendran had sought to transform India’s oldest steel manufacturing firm to ready it for a rapidly evolving business world. He instilled financial discipline, acquired new businesses, and launched digital... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

16 May 2024
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On the Job

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. We all have early memories of on-the-job learnings—those moments that had a lasting impact on how we see the world of work and our place in it. This... View Details

Keywords: first job; leadership; life experience; career lessons; Finance; Oil and Gas Extraction; Mining; Retail Trade

01 Dec 2023
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Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts

best-practice scheduling at the elementary, middle, and high school levels, this book will help school and district leaders—and the teachers and students they serve—make the most of every school day and year. Higher Purpose Venture View Details

Keywords: podcasts

01 Jan 2012
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Hiroshi Mikitani, MBA 1993

credit cards, online shopping, banking, and the Rakuten Golden Eagles baseball team. With 10,000 employees worldwide, Rakuten currently has a market capitalization of approximately $14 billion. It is the number one e-commerce company in... View Details

01 Feb 1999
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Too Much of a Good Thing?

recurring and predictable (however imprecisely) constant of capitalism - a sometime skunk at the market economy's otherwise celebratory garden party. But several modern-day developments, including the primacy of rapidly evolving, widely... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

12 Mar 2021
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My Favorite Case

raised in the case are how to raise the necessary capital and structure the deal and whether or not to buy the company. This case inspired me to think about small business and manufacturing in a more positive way. It confirmed that I no... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

01 Sep 2023
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End Game

passionate about the notion that business could be a force for good. Within a few decades, many of the success stories were acquired by large corporations (L’Oréal, Estée Lauder, Colgate-Palmolive, and Amazon, in the case of the companies above), whereupon the... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Miscellaneous Store Retailers; Retail Trade

15 Dec 2023
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Exploring Business Opportunities in Africa; Alumni Grapple with Plastic Waste Problem

Clubs News Clubs News Webinar illuminates broad array of business opportunities across Africa On December 5th, the HBS African-American Alumni Association (HBSAAA) hosted ‘Doing Business in Africa: From Opportunity to Action’, a webinar panel of HBS alumni who shared... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

25 Apr 2024
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Origin Stories

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Where we come from and how we were raised has a profound effect on who we become. The recipients of this year’s Alumni Achievement Award grew up... View Details

12 Nov 2021
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Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge

world has ever seen. The current climate crisis is far beyond an environmental issue—it is an existential crisis. Moreover, it converges with—and exacerbates—the crises we face in biodiversity, global health, and social justice. As... View Details

22 Feb 2024
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GCC Crossroads Aims for a Bright Future; Seattle Alumni Talk Leadership in Tech; Italy Preps for European Alumni Summit

and work together to find solutions. We do it every year in one of the capitals to make sure that the impact is reaching all of the GCC.” For attendees and this year’s 25 partners and sponsors, Lootah says the opportunity to connect with... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Dec 2022
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Singing to the Corn

layoffs. Even so, I remember someone pointing at me in a bar, and we hustled out of there. It certainly left a taste in my mouth of the power of strategy and thought, but I felt really bad about it.” The tension between straight-ahead shareholder View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographed by Vance Jacobs; Agriculture

01 Jun 2023
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An Engine of Innovation

community. In terms of funding, we provide Spark Grants and Social Impact Fellowships. Another source is the Allston Venture Fund, which is a syndicate of venture capital firms that invest in some of the... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

12 Jan 2023
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‘Debiasing’ Debt with Data

Seke Ballard (MBA 2010) says he owes the inspiration for BetaBank, his small business-focused digital-banking venture, to his father—and not just as a person, but also as an archetype for every minority entrepreneur who has struggled to find View Details

Keywords: Ralph Ranalli

05 Sep 2014
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Keeping Education in Check

David Berman (MBA 1991) is a successful hedge fund manager and a regular commentator on CNBC and Bloomberg TV, who has been deemed “the king of the retail jungle” by Fortune. But none of this, he says, would have been possible without the game of chess. The founder of... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

01 Oct 1999
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Banking on Success

probably as busy and involved today as he was when he ran the firm. He's made philanthropy and involvement in social enterprise a full-time job. What was your first job? When I was about ten, I started giving puppet shows at neighborhood... View Details

Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg

01 Oct 2002
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Michael F. Cronin

that needs our capital and strategic advice but also has a solid organization and lots of operational know-how.” As a scholarship student at Harvard College, Cronin was president of the Harvard Student Agencies (HSA). “Unlike most of my... View Details

01 Oct 2001
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Guy de Chazal: Changing Focus

venture capital with Citicorp. "The industry was much, much smaller in those days," he says. "A few hundred million dollars a year, versus almost a hundred billion today." Drawing on his experience with Morgan Stanley since 1986, he... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

01 Jun 2024
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Alumni and Faculty Books

Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books Debunking Teenagers: 200 Research-Based Parenting Strategies to Help Your Adolescent Successfully Navigate the “Tempteen” Years By Daphne Adler (MBA 2004) Independently Published Why are teenagers constantly tempted to behave... View Details

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