Public Entrepreneurship - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Apr 1999
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New Releases

Administration, outlining the evolution of the field of entrepreneurship at HBS and crediting McArthur's support for many of the recent accomplishments in this area. "The School [is now] in an excellent position to lead the field into... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

01 Nov 2012
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First and Goal

Swearengin and a friend cofounded the Downtown Giants, Manhattan’s only public youth football team. Many of Swearengin’s HBS classmates provided annual support for the Downtown Giants’ scholarship program, which allowed children from all... View Details

Keywords: Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance

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Winners & Success Stories | New Venture Competition

in resource-poor areas of the globe to support public health. In 2008, DFA won both the Harvard Business School Social Enterprise Business Plan Contest and the MIT $100K Entrepreneurship Competition. Endeca... View Details

20 Mar 2020
Research & Ideas

How Small Businesses Can Survive the Coronavirus Outbreak

businesses often have less than 20 days’ worth. While forecasts vary, many public health experts don’t expect the coronavirus outbreak to subside for at least eight weeks, assuming that social distancing and other mitigation efforts can... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Service; Food & Beverage

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Evolution of the Social Enterprise Conference | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

fairness for all. It's about actively reshaping the world to reflect the better angels of our nature. Adam Nathan, MBA 2015 Job Title Leader, 2014 Social Enterprise Conference (SECON) Location Boston, MA, USA Topics Nonprofit Strategy & Governance View Details

10 Dec 2014
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Front-Row Seat

expressive, and urgent all at once, the message and its delivery were signature Bradley. The Atlantic was already online, of course, but that was about all visitors to the site would find—a direct transfer of the print publication to... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; digital media; Corporate, Subsidiary, and Regional Managing Offices; Management

18 Dec 2007
First Look

First Look: December 18, 2007

banks understand the tradeoffs that the public is willing to accept in terms of unemployment for inflation, at least in terms of keeping the average level of one particular emotion (contentment) constant. An alternative use of these data... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Sep 2016
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The Taxi Wars of Jakarta

taxi companies in Jakarta reached a breaking point. Echoing complaints that have dogged Uber elsewhere, the city’s cabbies had for months argued that their app-based rivals were burdened with few of the licensing and regulatory headaches that plagued them. In March,... View Details

Keywords: Jeffrey Hutton; Illustrations by Josh Cochran

01 Apr 1996
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Stasis and Turmoil: HBS Research for the Real World

president, finance and administration, of the Preco Corporation, a privately held paper manufacturer. In 1981, he returned to the School to lead research and teaching in the field of entrepreneurship and the following year was named the... View Details

25 Jun 2013
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First Look: June 25

Publications 2006 pub Leviathan Evolving: New Varieties of State Capitalism in Brazil and Beyond By: Musacchio, Aldo, and Sergio G. Lazzarini Abstract—In this book we describe the transformation of state capitalism from a model in which... View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

24 Oct 2012
Research & Ideas

Want People to Save More? Send a Text

that self-help peer groups encouraged greater savings, there was another question to answer: Why? Were members motivated by public goal setting? Regular feedback? Shame at not meeting targets? The researchers suspected increased... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard

01 Mar 2017
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Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2017

will learn about the challenges of entrepreneurship and undertaking new projects. Herrera Ronco teaches that entrepreneurship is a path to plenty and offers a real possibility to build a more prosperous and... View Details

01 Dec 2017
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Yoga Inc.

chain YogaWorks went public in August, valued at about $40 million; and Wanderlust’s yoga-focused festivals have attracted major crowds and major sponsors. But the bigger the business of yoga gets, the further away it moves from its... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Halber

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Cristina Ros Blankfein

social entrepreneurship began at Harvard when she and two classmates created a student group called Circle of Women, which became a 501(c)3 organization aimed at building secondary schools for girls in underdeveloped countries such as... View Details

30 Sep 2021
Blog Post

Driving Social Impact Through Consumer Behavior: Nonprofit to Finance to Retail with Nicole Krantz (MBA 2022)

passion piece was not there, so I went back to the drawing board of what I really like to do and what inspires me” said Krantz. “It was then that I was introduced to the idea of social entrepreneurship and the intersection between... View Details

Keywords: Retail

20 Oct 2021
Blog Post

Mobilizing Private Sector Action For Racial Equity in Milwaukee: SE Summer Fellow Zach Komes (MBA 2022)

in diverse urban public schools, which forged my passion for racial equity. After graduating from college in Washington, DC, I was founding director of the DC Community Anchor Partnership (DCAP), a public-private network, in partnership... View Details

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Demo Day | New Venture Competition

Demo Day Semifinalists from both tracks deliver pitches to early-stage investors. New Venture Competition (NVC) Demo Day is a showcase event hosted by the Rock Center for Entrepreneurship and the Social Enterprise Initiative . NVC Demo... View Details

09 Feb 2009
Research & Ideas

Uncompromising Leadership in Tough Times

are funding the Center by contributing 2 percent of TruePoint's revenue to fund the Center. Finally, I plan yet another book that will present the theory and method leading an honest, collective (organization-wide) and public conversation... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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Content & Community for Students | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Title Co-presidents, Social Enterprise Club, 2013-14 Location Boston, MA, USA Topics Nonprofit Strategy & Governance Public Sector Social Entrepreneurship More Impact Stories A Pathway to Pursue Aspirations... View Details