social issues - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Mar 2007
News

The Plight of the Global Poor

approaches, distribution networks, product packaging, and financing instruments to meet the needs and requirements of very poor customers. As members of the School’s Global Poverty Project (GPP), Kash Rangan, John Quelch, and other faculty members have studied and... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; bottom of the pyramid (BOP); Social Assistance; Social Assistance; Social Assistance; Social Assistance

01 Oct 1998
News

A Community Investment

introduces some of our nation's brightest individuals to a variety of social enterprise organizations. This exposure will motivate them to invest with time and dollars. Ostrov: The field of social enterprise... View Details

03 Apr 2019
News

Finding Common Ground

progress can come when you look for common ground.” For business leaders who want to have an impact on solving big social problems, Shumway observes, “There’s so much need. Look around and start with something small. Our work on... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

01 Jun 2002
News

Late Start, Dramatic Finish

including Yale, the University of Texas, and Cornell had arrived at Wake Forest to begin analyzing the issue at hand and organizing their presentations for Saturday's competition. This year's case focused on the public relations... View Details

Keywords: Health, Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance

11 Feb 2019
Research & Ideas

The Business of Saving the Planet

employees are demanding businesses take action. Even business managers who retain doubts about climate change must nevertheless account for the possibility in their risk planning. At Harvard Business School, which studies these issues... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Energy; Green Technology

01 Mar 2010
News

Rwanda Provides Students with Hands-On Learning

students worked with seven NGOs, small businesses, and a government agency, variously focused on issues of social enterprise and business development. Student teams tackled projects with the goal of... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

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 Oct 1999
News

Culture Clash: Exploring Cross Cultural Conflicts in Business

one of the first firms in Thailand to develop its own written code of ethics. The company's philosophy is rooted in the Buddhist concept of fairness and also stresses product quality, the value of the individual, and concern for social... View Details

Keywords: Judith A. Ross

16 Mar 2017
News

‘We Don’t Leave When Things Go Wrong’

parts of Nigeria, when Boko Haram is around, you will find us teaching. We were in Argentina all the way through the Kirchner regime, which was fairly anti-British. So we tend to go to places which have issues, and we stay there even if the View Details

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

03 Jun 2020
News

Keeping a Community Connected

Justin Pasquariello (MBA 2010) Justin Pasquariello (MBA 2010) At the end of most days, Justin Pasquariello (MBA 2010) feels like he hasn’t done enough. As executive director of East Boston Social Centers (EBSC), a century-old grassroots... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

01 Feb 2002
News

Building Community in the Bay Area

his experiences with his board and about critical issues relating to governing nonprofit organizations today. The event was hosted by the HBS Community Partners, a group established by the HBS Association of Northern California in 1986 to... View Details

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

01 Mar 2013
News

Opening the Door

difficulty getting access to start-up capital. When you have to meet a payroll, the issue of fulfilling both personal and professional responsibilities still looms large. Cynthia Montgomery I recently talked about the School's celebration... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Social Assistance; Social Assistance; Social Assistance; Social Assistance; Social Assistance

11 Jul 2013
News

Making Lives Better

Alison Tepper Singer When her daughter was diagnosed with autism, Alison Tepper Singer's life changed both personally and professionally. The 1993 HBS grad had been planning to build on her career as a TV news producer—first at WTKR in Norfolk, Virginia, and later at... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken; autism; Social Assistance; Social Assistance; Social Assistance; Social Assistance

23 Feb 2004
Research & Ideas

How Corporate Responsibility is Changing in Asia

Asia," held at the Asia Business Conference on February 14 at Harvard Business School. Ever since the public outcry in the 1990s over the wages paid by Nike to its Asian factory workers, the issue of multinational corporate View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

24 Apr 2014
News

Helping smallholder farmers feed the world

create the conditions where that doesn't recur.” A native of what is now the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ferrari brings a global perspective and more than 40 years of business and social entrepreneurial experience as head of an... View Details

June 1993
Case

Boston Fights Drugs

By: V. Kasturi Rangan

Keywords: Social Issues; Boston

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1 Mar 1978
Conference Presentation

The Changing Shape of Work: Psychosocial Trends in America

By: R. M. Kanter

Keywords: Social Issues