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- 30 Jun 2020
- Book
Capitalism Is More at Risk Than Ever
The book Capitalism at Risk first appeared in 2011. The problems it identified with social inequality, global trade strife, and environmental degradation have only accelerated by 2020. The new edition of Capitalism at Risk, subtitled How Business Can Lead, is expanded... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Revitalizing America
educational videos. The line between business- oriented entrepreneurs and social entrepreneurs is blurry and easily crossed. In fact, as I have seen in my research as part of the US Competitiveness Project at HBS, service is one way to... View Details
Keywords: Health, Social Assistance
- 19 Sep 2016
- News
The Real Meaning of Love
healthy relationship with your loved one? “And we’re trying to position this not as a women’s issue or domestic violence issue alone—it’s really a public health issue. It’s really a community health issue,... View Details
- 06 Jun 2023
- Blog Post
Harvard Business School Announces 2023-24 Leadership Fellows
Harvard Business School has announced the 2023-2024 cohort of its Leadership Fellows Program. The program is based on University Professor Michael Porter’s vision of developing a network of HBS graduates with cross-sector experience who are committed to addressing... View Details
Keywords: Social Enterprise
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Faculty Research Online
employees they hire and the way they socialize those employees. See http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/6795.html. Making the Case for Consumer-Driven Health Care Even as “Obamacare” becomes an issue in the 2012... View Details
- 19 Aug 2013
- News
Bees Make a Sweet Deal for African Farmers
Yusuf Keshavjee Some years ago, Yusuf Keshavjee (OPM 17, 1991) was driving near Lake Victoria in Kenya when he noticed vendors by the roadside selling honey. Not an unusual sight in Africa, but it got Keshavjee to thinking about issues... View Details
- 17 Feb 2015
- News
The First Five Years: Justin Pasquariello (MBA 2010)
them came in having already done that. “I was an older student than many. I was married and had lived in the area. I went in knowing I wanted to work in the social sector, wanted to stay in Boston, and wanted to have a balanced life while... View Details
Keywords: Health, Social Assistance
- 27 Jul 2017
- News
Seeing a Way Forward
Photos by Rafael Monroy Daphne Leger (MBA 2012) did not enroll in business school to maximize profits, but rather to maximize social impact. “I firmly believe that business has a key role to play in solving View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
A Mission in Motion
fellowships that support students and alumni who want to use their business skills to create social good. As you'll notice in this issue of the Bulletin, that drive can take many forms. In "Making Change",... View Details
Keywords: summary
- 06 May 2002
- Research & Ideas
Profits for Nonprofits: Earning Your Own Way
issues that profit brings to a social service organization. Founded thirty-five years ago, the small, multiservice nonprofit Haley House is a spiritually based community organization that serves... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 02 Oct 2019
- What Do You Think?
What Grade Would You Give Walmart CEO Doug McMillon?
who note its vagueness and the fact that it doesn’t say much about just how the criteria are to be met. Alfred Rappaport, a long-term student of corporate governance, has asked how, for example, the needs of all constituents are to be met in decisions concerning View Details
- 23 Feb 2021
- Research & Ideas
COVID-19 Shines New Light on Working Conditions in Supply Chains
reputations on this issue are increasingly on the minds of the branded companies’ own employees—and on job candidates. Kost: I wonder if people think about the human and environmental toll of “fast fashion,” the mass production of trendy... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Rescue & Recovery
both of whom started remotely in June. They have been collaborating with McKenna on any number of major issues over several weeks—onboarding a new leadership team, steering the NGO through the pandemic, finding ways to continue to deliver... View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
Building a Movement
image by John Ritter Twenty-five years after the Social Enterprise Initiative (SEI) was launched at HBS, the Bulletin sits down with professors on the forward edge of the movement: Mitch Weiss (MBA 2004), who developed the EC course... View Details
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Growing Together
Since its official launch four years ago, the School's Initiative on Social Enterprise has flourished, providing ever-greater support and know-how for HBS students, alumni, and nonprofit leaders who are keen on bringing their expertise to... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso and Nancy O. Perry
- 21 Aug 2019
- News
Analyzing Homelessness
If business leaders want to solve societal problems, Randy Shumway (MBA 2000) suggests, “Find an issue that inspires you. Your impact will compound from there.” For Shumway, that issue is homelessness.... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Dispatches from the Global Classroom
education and say that they are only providing opportunities,” writes Tamara Heimur (HBS ’10). “On the other hand I was impressed with the CEOs’ commitment to continually increasing reach and decreasing interest rates. It highlighted the important View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
The New “In” Crowd
endeavors, as four articles in this issue illuminate. They present the past, present, and future of the School’s commitment. Credit for seeing the need to establish the HBS Social Enterprise Initiative (SEI)... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
More Faculty Honors
Professor Max Bazerman has received the 2006 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Aspen Institute’s Business and Society Program. The institute, dedicated to fostering enlightened leadership, recognizes exceptional professors who are leaders in integrating View Details
- 23 Aug 2018
- News
Healthcare Alumni Keep Learning Through Virtual Programming
students from Singapore mingled with a dozen alumni to learn more about life at HBS, including the best classes, section dynamics, and “not-to-miss social events.” HBS Club of Singapore President, Stan Furman (MBA 2005) shared a few words... View Details