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01 Jun 2004
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Social Enterprise Celebrates Tenth Year, Looks Ahead

Did you know? 10% of current MBAs come from social-enterprise backgrounds 81% of HBS alumni are involved in the social sector in some form 57% of HBS alumni serve on nonprofit boards 40 HBS faculty members are engaged in social-enterprise... View Details

Keywords: SEI; Social Enterprise Initiative; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

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Blog | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Impact Measurement Inclusive Finance International Development K-12 Education Leadership Fellows Leadership in Challenging Times MBA Programs Microfinance Non Profit Management Nonprofit Supportive Services Public Sector Public-Private... View Details

28 Sep 2016
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Tackling Inequality: An HBS Independent Project

these organizations might change as I gained a different set of skills and experiences throughout my MBA. Did you know that nearly 80% of HBS alumni are asked to serve on nonprofit boards at some point in their lives post-HBS? In the... View Details

01 Mar 2014
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Building Capacity in the Social Sector

would connect the SEI with his own Pennsylvania community. Thun's 2007 gift, an endowed scholarship that helps bring a Lehigh Valley nonprofit executive to the SEI's Strategic Perspectives in Nonprofit... View Details

Keywords: SEI; Educational Services

10 Aug 2015
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A Talent Pipeline for Society’s Challenges

nonprofit sector, but decided to get business experience first,” she recalls. “When I was ready to make that jump, I found that I had a business background but I didn’t have a network, and nonprofits didn’t... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

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Providing Scholarships for Impact on a Sector | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Providing Scholarships for Impact on a Sector In debating how to approach its support of nonprofit leaders to attend HBS executive education programs, the Harvard Club of Australia–Victoria decided the best strategy was to make an impact... View Details

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Impact Stories | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Filter Results: (52) Submit People Alumni Executive Education Faculty MBA Students Topics Business for Social Impact Impact Investing K-12 Education Nonprofit Strategy & Governance Public Sector Social Entrepreneurship Format Text Video... View Details

24 Apr 2014
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Transforming the lives of the needy across Pakistan

thousands of small nonprofits in Pakistan that were doing amazing work on the ground remained undiscovered by mainstream donors. Borrowing from his private equity training, Wasim employed a metrics-driven approach to selecting the best... View Details

19 Jun 2013
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Your Guide to Social Enterprise

Georgia Levenson Keohane Photo courtesy of Georgia Levenson Keohane What is social entrepreneurship? Is it simply an approach to business in which profit comes hand in hand with some positive social change? Or is it the application of business methods to a View Details

Keywords: Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

24 Apr 2014
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From venture capitalist to 'compassionate capitalist'

First he pioneered the British venture capitalist industry, cofounding Apax Partners in 1972. Then Sir Ronald M. Cohen (MBA 1969) led the way in social investment, prompting The Economist to call him “the compassionate capitalist.” Now he is revolutionizing the way... View Details

15 Jan 2020
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The Business of Access

the nonprofits and social services organizations whose staffs had the skills to help, and plotted a different way to give back. “My thinking was, if I were to help people here in California,” she recalls, “that would pay it forward for... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

16 Oct 2019
News

The Road to Impact

When he turned 50, David Offensend (MBA 1977) decided to make a change. He’d had a successful career in finance but had always dreamed of working in the nonprofit sector. In 2003, he recalls, “I made this leap of faith, that if I could... View Details

24 Apr 2014
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Private capital, public good

US in 2011, a nonprofit organization dedicated to mobilizing capital to drive social progress. “The vision of expanding opportunity, by applying the rigor and discipline of markets to public goals, is what compelled me to launch Social... View Details

July 2006 (Revised August 2007)
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Charles Veillon, S.A. (A)

By: Lynn S. Paine and Aldo Sesia

The top management team at Charles Veillon, a Swiss mail-order company, is considering whether to work with a human rights organization to monitor the labor practices of its suppliers. A particular concern is avoiding child labor and other forms of workplace coercion.... View Details

Keywords: Ethics; Governance Controls; Labor; Rights; Nonprofit Organizations; Switzerland

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July 2003
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CARE USA

By: John A. Quelch

CARE USA is spearheading a rebranding process for the organization. Examines the process and components of the rebranding strategy and its impact on CARE USA's direct mail strategy. Includes color exhibits. View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit Organizations; Marketing Communications; Brands and Branding; United States

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01 Feb 2002
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The Harvard Clubs of Australia: Networking with a Cause

members and raise funds for worthy causes. In addition to the Menzies Scholarship, the clubs have recently initiated Nonprofit Fellowships that send CEOs, executive directors, and other top managers to HBS to attend the Strategic... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

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Rye Barcott

in a sustainable way." Innovation for solving problems Sustainability is at the core of Rye's upcoming summer internship with Amyris, a "green tech" alternative energy company in California. "They started as a View Details

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Brittany Williams

those skills and advance more personal interests. “I’ve always benefited from mentors, and now I want to mentor others.” Her personal goal: start a nonprofit mentoring program “to get under-represented minorities interested in science and... View Details

Keywords: Financial Services

02 Dec 2017
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Helping HBS Make Big Bets

Leadership Fellows program, she discovered nonprofit arts organizations as “an ideal way to scale the impact of the arts.” Established in 2001, the program connects graduating MBA students with nonprofit and... View Details