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How Low and Middle-Income Countries Are Innovating to Combat Covid
Global Business Digital ArticleSeven lessons for innovators everywhere. -
The Reluctant Social Entrepreneur
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleKathy Giusti never had any desire to be an entrepreneur, especially not one in the nonprofit sector. She was on the fast track at a huge corporation-and... -
Two Keys to Sustainable Social Enterprise
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleSocial entrepreneurship has emerged over the past several decades as a way to identify and bring about potentially transformative societal improvements.... -
Design an Organization that Makes a Difference
Strategy & Execution VideoYoung people today want to work for organizations that make a positive difference in the world. To attract talent, companies may need to restructure themselves... -
Should Your Nonprofit Charge Its Beneficiaries?
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleNo matter how creative and ambitious they may be, nonprofits that rely solely on donations and grants to finance their growth often fall short. One way... -
Chobani Founder Hamdi Ulukaya on the Journey from Abandoned Factory to Yogurt Powerhouse
Global Business Digital ArticleThe Chobani CEO and founder talks about the biggest challenges along the way. "I never thought about quitting," he says. -
Transformational Entrepreneurship: Where Technology Meets Societal Impact
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Digital ArticleThe slow decline of industrial manufacturing in developed nations and recent failures of financial capitalism across the globe have sent us searching... -
Innovating for Shared Value
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleAt its best, business is about innovating to meet society's needs and to build a profitable enterprise. But many corporate leaders are struggling to achieve... -
The $300 House: Businesses Take Up the Challenge
Innovation & Leadership Digital ArticleEditor's note: This post was written with Christian Sarkar, a marketing consultant who also works on environmental issues. Last week, the Tata Group,... -
Put the "and" Back in "Sales and Marketing"
Sales & Marketing Digital ArticleHow these two important functions can work better together. -
An Innovative Approach to Funding CSR Projects
Finance & Accounting Magazine ArticleCorporate social responsibility remains a deeply controversial issue. Vermaelen proposes a creative way to finance CSR initiatives: through equity spin-offs... -
It's Time to Invest in Climate Adaptation
Organizational Development Digital ArticleWe need measures to help people, animals, and plants survive the climate crisis. -
An Apollo Program for American Philanthropy and the Nonprofit Sector
Organizational Development Digital ArticleIt's time. -
Key Traits of Social Entrepreneurs
John Elkington, founder and chief entrepreneur of SustainAbility, says social entrepreneurs are generating impressive results--and capturing the imaginations... -
Act Bigger than You Are
Global Business Digital ArticleOne secret of successful business and social entrepreneurs is that they act bigger than they are. Not bigger in the bad sense, with the arrogance and... -
The Microwork Solution
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleWhat's the best way to lift people out of poverty? The social entrepreneurs in the new "impact sourcing" industry believe the answer is providing work,... -
How Cities Are Using Analytics to Improve Public Health
Global Business Digital ArticleFrom restaurants to lead paint, data is making government more efficient. -
The Downside of Focusing on Women and Girls
Global Business Digital ArticleYesterday was International Women's Day and there were many articles and blog posts championing the idea that anti-poverty philanthropy should focus on... -
Why Leaders Struggle Today
Joseph L. Badaracco, professor at Harvard Business School, describes responsible leadership as a good struggle. -
Why Social Ventures Need Systems Thinking
Organizational Development Digital ArticleYou can't just think like a startup.
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PunchTab, Inc.
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details PunchTab was a Silicon Valley startup founded in 2011 that was developing an Internet-based turnkey customer loyalty program for website owners, mobile... -
The Albeiro Vargas & the Guardian Angels Foundation (A)
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details The case describes how FAVAC emerged and consolidated. During the Foundation's first 15 years, the care of elderly people - many of them with physical... -
Guild Education: Unlocking Opportunity for America's Workforce
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Founded in 2015, Guild Education is an education marketplace that connects employers and universities to provide employees with 'education as a benefit.'... -
Han Solar and the Green Supply Chain
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details This case study focuses on a sustainability corporate initiative that aims to strengthen a photovoltaic business and to understand consumer preferences.... -
Schneider Electric in Rural India: Integrating Social Responsibility with BOP Strategy
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Schneider Electric has focused primarily on urban customers in the energy management space. The question is the extent to which it should prioritise rural... -
Shorefast: A Strange and Familiar Way to Reimagine Capitalism
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details In 2006, Zita Cobb and two of her brothers, Alan Cobb and Tony Cobb, native Newfoundlanders, launched Shorefast to help grow another leg of Fogo Island's... -
SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP ON FOGO ISLAND: SEARCHING FOR NEW WAYS IN AN OLD CONTINUITY (A)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details The Shorefast Foundation is a charitable organization that aims to spark a rural renaissance and promote economic and cultural resilience in the isolated... -
Wes Hall and the BlackNorth Initiative
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Wes Hall founded Kingsdale Advisors and built it into one of Canada's leading shareholder services and advisory firms. Influenced by the Black Lives Matter... -
LaborVoices: Bringing Transparency to the Global Supply Chain
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Social entrepreneur Kohl Gill founded LaborVoices in 2010 with the goal of using mobile phone technology to bring transparency to the global supply chain.... -
Scaling Columba Leadership's Impact
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Rob Taylor, Founding Chairman, and Tracy Hackland, CEO of Columba Leadership, an award-winning South African non-profit organization, pondered a strategic... -
Piramal e-Swasthya (B): Considering Change
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study5.00View Details From 2008-2010 Anand Piramal ran a series of pilots for his digital healthcare startup, Piramal e-Swasthya (PeS) to "democratize healthcare" in rural... -
M-KOPA (B): Empowering Lives
Management Case Study5.00View Details The Pay As You Go solar power company in East Africa had sales of $71 million in 2019. It wished to grow to $300 million by 2025. M-KOPA, founded by three... -
DHAN Foundation's Climate Change Initiative (Part B): Creating a Resilient Food Value Chain
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study5.00View Details DHAN is a non-government organisation with a difference. It is neither a philanthropic organisation nor a service organisation but a development organisation... -
Lemonade: Juicy Flavor Insurtech
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details The case describes how Lemonade, a notable insurance technology (insurtech) startup, created and developed a novel business model with social impact.... -
WebTeb (B): A Very Palestinian Dilemma
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details Supplement to case IN1456. Recent MBA graduate Majed finds his dream job: high-tech, entrepreneurial, senior, social - contributing to the economy of... -
Multistrada Agro International: Non-Market Strategy in Indonesia
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details In 2016, a personal threat was made against the managing director of Multistrada Agro International, an Indonesian industrial forestry firm. The permits... -
Advanced Leadership Field Perspectives: São Paulo
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details With Brazil's crisis as the backdrop, the 2016 ALI Fellows, Partners, and guests, traveled throughout São Paulo in June of 2016 and were exposed to social... -
HBR's 10 Must Reads on Nonprofits and the Social Sectors (featuring "What Business Can Learn from Nonprofits" by Peter F. Drucker)
Nonprofits and the social sectors are taking on an increasing share of the world's most vital work. Make sure your organization is ready for the challenge.... -
Arredondar Movement: Expanding Micro-Donations in Brazil
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details Arredondar was a nongovernmental organization (NGO) whose objective was encouraging the culture of donation in Brazil through acts of micro-donations....
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BeautifulCoffee and Fair Trade: Working with Local Farmer Co-operatives in Nepal, Teaching Notes
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleTeaching note for case HEC202. -
PunchTab, Inc.
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details PunchTab was a Silicon Valley startup founded in 2011 that was developing an Internet-based turnkey customer loyalty program for website owners, mobile... -
The Albeiro Vargas & the Guardian Angels Foundation (FAVAC), Teaching Note
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Digital ArticleThe case describes how FAVAC emerged and consolidated. During the Foundation's first 15 years, the care of elderly people - many of them with physical... -
The Albeiro Vargas & the Guardian Angels Foundation (A)
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details The case describes how FAVAC emerged and consolidated. During the Foundation's first 15 years, the care of elderly people - many of them with physical... -
Guild Education: Unlocking Opportunity for America's Workforce
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Founded in 2015, Guild Education is an education marketplace that connects employers and universities to provide employees with 'education as a benefit.'... -
How Low and Middle-Income Countries Are Innovating to Combat Covid
Global Business Digital ArticleSeven lessons for innovators everywhere. -
Han Solar and the Green Supply Chain
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details This case study focuses on a sustainability corporate initiative that aims to strengthen a photovoltaic business and to understand consumer preferences.... -
Kathryne Cooper and CTIP: Accelerating Diversity in Medtech
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Digital ArticleSupporting video to aid instructors in the teaching of Kathryne Cooper and CTIP: Accelerating Diversity in Medtech. -
Schneider Electric in Rural India: Integrating Social Responsibility with BOP Strategy
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Schneider Electric has focused primarily on urban customers in the energy management space. The question is the extent to which it should prioritise rural... -
Han Solar Teaching Note
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleTeaching Note for B5723