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- 26 May 2016
- News
Thomas J. Tierney, MBA 1980
organization. “When we launched Bridgespan, the phrases ‘social entrepreneur’ and ‘venture philanthropy’ did not exist. We took a page out of Bain & Company’s book about how to add value, customizing it for the social sector to create... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 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
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Ask the Expert: Gimme Shelter
come with moving. Do we need comprehensive reform to address issues related to land values? —Dick Carlson (MBA 1961) OAKES: It’s essential. “Exclusionary” zoning policies result in segregated communities (both economically and racially).... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 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
- 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
- 22 Sep 2015
- News
Giving Kids a Better Chance
Marshall Tuck (MBA 2000) combined an interest in social issues and the entrepreneurial lessons he learned at HBS to launch a charter school organization in Los Angeles. In just a few years, the Partnership... View Details
- Article
Why Work Requirements Hurt the Poor
Kominers, Scott Duke. "Why Work Requirements Hurt the Poor." Bloomberg Opinion (August 20, 2018).
- 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
- 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 Dec 2015
- News
Giving Advice
(courtesy of Susan Wolf Ditkoff) The philanthropy economy is booming. Last year, America’s charitable giving totaled $358.38 billion, equaling 2.1 percent of GDP—a number last attained in prerecession 2004. With that growth have come a number of new options, including... View Details
- September 2008 (Revised August 2010)
- Exercise
If We Blew It Up, Then We Could....
By: Stacey Childress
By setting up a thought experiment, this exercise challenges students to examine their own assumptions about the meaning of the word "public" in public education, as well as to understand competing assumptions held by others. View Details
Childress, Stacey. "If We Blew It Up, Then We Could...." Harvard Business School Exercise 309-042, September 2008. (Revised August 2010.)
- 14 Dec 2011
- Research & Ideas
The New Measures for Improving Nonprofit Performance
with the organization as it's building its capacity and figuring out its accountability priorities. But that's still relatively rare. The third issue is the difference between financial and social metrics.... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Feedback
perseverance, and teamwork. —Michael Brown (MBA 1970) via LinkedIn Curing Health Care Re: How can our health care system be fixed? This is all very well and good, but technical solutions will only work around the edges until two main View Details
Keywords: Health, Social Assistance
- September – October 1982
- Article
Can Industry Survive the Welfare State?
By: Bruce R. Scott
Scott, Bruce R. "Can Industry Survive the Welfare State?" Harvard Business Review 60, no. 5 (September–October 1982): 70–83.
- 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
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Letters to the Editor
cogent comment of the third panelist, HBS professor and former Medtronic CEO Bill George, that we have been choosing “takers” instead of “givers” as our government leaders, Gergen took issue with Kanter’s aforementioned critique of... View Details
Keywords: Educational Services
- 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
- 25 Jan 2018
- Cold Call Podcast
One Love: Managing a Movement Against Relationship Violence
Keywords: Re: Thomas J. DeLong
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Model Patient
Massachusetts legislature deliberately left certain “hot potato” issues for the Connector to define (such as “affordability” for the purposes of the individual mandate), and despite differing viewpoints, Wcislo believes,... View Details
- 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