Social Enterprise Initiative - Publications - Faculty & Research

17 May 2018
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Creating Opportunity for Indian Entrepreneurs

hospitals. It seems inevitable Bhargava would start an enterprise aimed at creating social change, having come from a family with a rich history of public service. His father founded the Commerce College in... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Myers

15 Jun 2021
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From Das’s Desk

hosted by External Relations and its partners, with more than 4,000 alumni attending three or more programs. Based on the popularity of these initial programs, and an obvious hunger for more remote learning opportunities, the External... View Details

Keywords: Educational Support Services; Educational Services

01 Jun 2022
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Blissful Thinking

good news: They got everything they wanted,” Brooks said. “Here’s the bad news: They wanted the wrong thing. The result is that they’re not as happy as they could be. We need to teach a class on happiness,” Brooks concluded. A social... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; illustration by Dan Winters

01 Jan 2008
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Meg Whitman, MBA 1979

that has redefined commerce. Since stepping down from eBay last spring, Whitman’s focus now lies in the public and social sectors. When Meg Whitman joined eBay in 1998, the two-year-old private company had thirty employees and $4.7... View Details

01 Oct 2000
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A Message from Dean Clark

initiatives in Europe and Japan, the Latin America center is part of the School's continuing strategy to deepen the international content of our curriculum and research while opening new opportunities for cooperation with business and... View Details

Keywords: Educational Services

01 Sep 2013
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Leading the Way

University, as well as a leader in the worlds of business and social responsibility. John Hess: My experience at HBS was transformational. HBS faculty pushed me to think differently about leadership and how to solve problems, and I was... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services

01 Apr 1999
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Spirit at Work

Sikh-founded, $100-million group of service and product companies (including Sun & Son, Inc., a national Lotus Notesbased computer consulting firm specializing in e-commerce; Akal Security Company; and natural food enterprises such as the... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso

29 Sep 2022
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Securing a Resilient Future for Senegal

developing country, with an emerging economy. Diagne needed his team to mitigate risks, protect the public’s health, and educate the population without losing ground on key initiatives that would continue to bolster Senegal’s economy,... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

01 Jun 2014
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Case Study: A Souped-Up Strategy

Bookalokal is a social dining platform that launched in Brussels in 2012. The initial concept: Connect travelers with locals through home-cooked, gourmet meals in people's homes. Prospective diners search... View Details

01 Sep 2008
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Letters to the Editor

Doriot’s Impact on Europe The article about General Georges Doriot in the June issue is quite informative about his great accomplishments. Left without mention, however, was the first venture capital firm in Europe, called European View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Government; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

01 Jun 1997
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Sorting Myth from Reality at Hong Kong Conference

sixth-generation business, said it is possible for enterprises such as his to adapt to change. "The issue is flexibility and being able to diversify," he advised. Speaking from his company's experience, Zobel said that family businesses... View Details

Keywords: Alejandro Reyes

25 Aug 2022
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Case Study: Sound Check

Illustration by Neil Webb Illustration by Neil Webb Josh Hoffman-Senn (MBA 2019) and fellow cofounder of LS, Jimmy Pemberton, launched their initial digital toolkit in 2021, after seeing fellow musicians search out supplemental income... View Details

Keywords: Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Sep 2010
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Dean Nohria Looks Ahead

general management. It was a school that was associated with developing leaders who would go out and run large, complex enterprises or build new entrepreneurial ventures. It was about educating the kind of people whom I always had... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson

01 Dec 2000
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Latin America's Decade

a report on the HBS Latin America Research Center), Latin America is an evolving, untapped market of vast potential, formidable challenges, and many fascinations. MORE A Latin American Vision: New HBS Research Center Opens In the 1980s, democracy-oriented governments... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons and Julia Hanna; Latin America; research; infrastructure; Hospitality; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Jun 1997
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Competition and Strategy Unit at HBS Sets Pace In Its Field

entrepreneurship, joint action, and the creation of value. Their work shows that value creation is an interdependent process in which an enterprise must align itself with customers, suppliers, employees, and many others. In addition to... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

01 Oct 1999
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New Chairman Updates Development in MBA Program

eliminated the Foundations II program and moved its content elsewhere into the required curriculum. The Society and Enterprise module, for instance, has been integrated into the General Management course, and the Economics and Markets... View Details

01 Dec 1997
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The World's Banker

powerful in the world's great capitals, Wolfensohn might nonetheless rank his interactions with village chiefs and local leaders as among the most rewarding of his career. For even as he enjoyed a remarkable career in the private sector, Wolfensohn had always displayed... View Details

31 Mar 2023
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How Can We Solve the Teacher Shortage Crisis?

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. In this episode, we're going to highlight another one of the great podcasts here at HBS: Managing the Future of Work, hosted by professor and visiting fellow at the... View Details