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- May 2012
- Course Overview Note
Managing Stakeholders with Corporate Social Responsibility
By: Christopher Marquis and Laura Velez Villa
This note articulates the ways in which strong stakeholder-company relationships developed through corporate social responsibility initiatives and other types of social strategies deliver bottom line benefits. The analysis follows stakeholder logic models connecting...
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Keywords:
Business And Society;
Social Responsibility;
Stakeholder Management;
Government And Business;
Philanthropy;
Business and Stakeholder Relations;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Philanthropy and Charitable Giving;
Revenue
Marquis, Christopher, and Laura Velez Villa. "Managing Stakeholders with Corporate Social Responsibility." Harvard Business School Course Overview Note 412-121, May 2012.
- 2019
- Working Paper
Government Technology Policy, Social Value, and National Competitiveness
By: Frank Nagle
This study seeks to better understand the impact that government technology procurement regulations have on social value and national competitiveness. To do this, it examines the impact of a change in France’s technology procurement policy that required government...
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Keywords:
Social Value;
Competitiveness;
Government Administration;
Information Technology;
Acquisition;
Policy;
Value
Nagle, Frank. "Government Technology Policy, Social Value, and National Competitiveness." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 19-103, March 2019.
- Article
Socialization at the Top: How CEOs and Subordinates Develop Interpersonal Contracts
By: John J. Gabarro
Gabarro, John J. "Socialization at the Top: How CEOs and Subordinates Develop Interpersonal Contracts." Organizational Dynamics 7, no. 3 (Winter 1979).
- Article
Advancing Research on Hybrid Organizing—Insights from the Study of Social Enterprises
By: Julie Battilana and Matthew Lee
Hybrid organizations that combine multiple organizational forms deviate from socially legitimate templates for organizing and thus experience unique organizing challenges. In this paper, we introduce and develop the concept of hybrid organizing, which we define as the...
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Keywords:
Hybrid Organizations;
Social Enterprise;
Organizational Structure;
Social Entrepreneurship
Battilana, Julie, and Matthew Lee. "Advancing Research on Hybrid Organizing—Insights from the Study of Social Enterprises." Academy of Management Annals 8 (2014): 397–441.
- 1999
- Chapter
The Sidekick Effect: Mentoring Relationships and the Development of Social Capital
By: M. C. Higgins and N. Nohria
- April 2021
- Teaching Note
Social Media War 2021: Snap vs. Facebook vs. TikTok
By: David B. Yoffie and Daniel Fisher
This teaching note provides analysis and a teaching plan for the Social Media War 2021: Snap vs. Facebook vs. TikTok case.
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- Research Summary
Social Entrepreneurship
By: James L. Heskett
This project is centered around an analysis of data and experiences of 31 executive directors of not-for-profit organizations who completed the Denali Initiative on social entrepreneurship, of which I was volunteer faculty chairperson, between 1999 and 2002. The...
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- March 2020 (Revised September 2020)
- Case
Opportunity Insights: Research and Policy for Social Mobility
By: Scott Duke Kominers, Jeffrey Huizinga and Allison Ciechanover
Opportunity Insights -- a non-profit that researches drivers of economic opportunity and develops policy solutions to help families achieve better life outcomes -- seeks to expand its impact.
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Keywords:
Economic Opportunity;
Social Mobility;
Nonprofit Organizations;
Social Issues;
Housing;
Policy;
Opportunities
Kominers, Scott Duke, Jeffrey Huizinga, and Allison Ciechanover. "Opportunity Insights: Research and Policy for Social Mobility." Harvard Business School Case 820-714, March 2020. (Revised September 2020.)
- 1994
- Working Paper
The Sidekick Effect: Mentoring Relationships and the Development of Social Capital
By: Monica C. Higgins and Nitin Nohria
- 11 Apr 2013
- Panel Discussion
From Per Capita to Pro Capita: Launch of the Social Progress Imperative
By: Michael E. Porter, Michael Green, Heather Hancock, Judith Rodin, Madhav Chavan and Ngaire Woods
What is a successful country? The global debate about development has, for decades, been focused on a single, economic measure of success: Gross Domestic Product (GDP) Per Capita. But this tells us little about the real wellbeing of a nation or its sustainability. What...
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Porter, Michael E., Michael Green, Heather Hancock, Judith Rodin, Madhav Chavan, and Ngaire Woods. "From Per Capita to Pro Capita: Launch of the Social Progress Imperative." Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship, Skoll Foundation, United Kingdom, April 11, 2013.
- 2009
- Working Paper
Corporate Social Entrepreneurship
By: James E. Austin and Ezequiel Reficco
Corporate Social Entrepreneurship (CSE) is a process aimed at enabling business to develop more advanced and powerful forms of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).
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Keywords:
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Corporate Entrepreneurship;
Social Entrepreneurship
Austin, James E., and Ezequiel Reficco. "Corporate Social Entrepreneurship." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 09-101, March 2009.
- 2019
- Article
Reflections on 25 Years of Building Social Enterprise Education
By: James E. Austin and V. Kasturi Rangan
Purpose—This paper aims to reflect on 25 years of the Social Enterprise Initiative at the Harvard Business School, examining the processes and thinking involved at key stages of this pioneering Initiative’s implementation and...
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Keywords:
Social Enterprise Initiative;
Harvard Business School;
Social Enterprise;
Education;
Programs
Austin, James E., and V. Kasturi Rangan. "Reflections on 25 Years of Building Social Enterprise Education." Social Enterprise Journal 15, no. 1 (2019): 2–21.
- 2012
- Chapter
Physical, Social and Informational Barriers to Domestic Migration
By: Prithwiraj Choudhury and Tarun Khanna
Choudhury, Prithwiraj, and Tarun Khanna. "Physical, Social and Informational Barriers to Domestic Migration." Chap. 9 in Institutions and Comparative Economic Development, edited by Masahiko Aoki, Timur Kuran, and Gerard Roland. Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
- September 2012 (Revised February 2013)
- Case
micro Home Solutions: A Social Housing Initiative in India
By: William R. Kerr and Alexis Brownell
mHS is a social enterprise for the provision of affordable housing in India. After India's microfinance industry collapses, mHS needs to reposition itself for continued operations and long-term growth.
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Keywords:
India;
Loans;
Development;
Micro Finance;
Entrepreneurship;
Housing;
Social Enterprise;
Poverty;
India
Kerr, William R., and Alexis Brownell. "micro Home Solutions: A Social Housing Initiative in India." Harvard Business School Case 813-092, September 2012. (Revised February 2013.)
- October 2018 (Revised January 2019)
- Case
Social Finance, Inc.
By: Shawn Cole and Fanele Mashwama
This case begins in February 2019 as Tracy Palandjian, co-founder and CEO of Social Finance Inc., prepares for a board meeting that will determine the future strategy of the social enterprise. Social Finance is a non-profit in the impact investment space founded in...
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Keywords:
Impact Investment;
Social Enterprise;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Decision Choices and Conditions
Cole, Shawn, and Fanele Mashwama. "Social Finance, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 219-044, October 2018. (Revised January 2019.)
- December 2012 (Revised October 2013)
- Case
Developing the Materiality Matrix at Telefónica
By: Robert G. Eccles, George Serafeim and Asun Cano-Escoriaza
Telefónica, one of the largest telecommunication companies in the world and headquartered in Spain, has been issuing a corporate sustainability report since 2002. In its 2011 Sustainability report, the company included a "materiality matrix," and was one of only five...
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Keywords:
Sustainability;
Sustainability Reporting;
Sustainable Strategy;
CSR;
Corporate Social Responsibility;
Communication Technology;
Environmental Accounting;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Environmental Sustainability;
Telecommunications Industry;
Spain
Eccles, Robert G., George Serafeim, and Asun Cano-Escoriaza. "Developing the Materiality Matrix at Telefónica." Harvard Business School Case 413-088, December 2012. (Revised October 2013.)
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Social Enterprise Celebrates Tenth Year, Looks Ahead
seven social-enterprise electives in 2003Ã2004. In its first ten years, the HBS Social Enterprise Initiative (SEI) developed executive education programs attended by over 2,500 nonprofit leaders, published...
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- 2014
- Book
Soulful Corporations: A Values-Based Perspective on Corporate Social Responsibility
By: Shashank Shah and Ramamoorthy V.E.
Keywords:
Corporate Social Responsibility And Impact;
Corporate Citizenship;
Philanthropy;
Values;
Stakeholder Engagement;
Impact Investment;
Millennium Development Goals;
India
Shah, Shashank, and Ramamoorthy V.E. Soulful Corporations: A Values-Based Perspective on Corporate Social Responsibility. India Studies in Business and Economics. New Delhi: Springer, 2014.
- April 2021 (Revised March 2024)
- Case
Social Media War 2021: Snap vs. Facebook vs. TikTok
By: David B. Yoffie and Daniel Fisher
This case explores the competitive war between Snap, Facebook, and TikTok in 2021. The strategic focus is on Snapchat: how should it respond to the emergence of TikTok, and how should it compete with the dominant competitor in its space—Facebook. The case examines...
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Keywords:
Strategy Development;
Competitor Analysis;
Strategy;
Network Effects;
Competitive Strategy;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Social Media
Yoffie, David B., and Daniel Fisher. "Social Media War 2021: Snap vs. Facebook vs. TikTok." Harvard Business School Case 721-443, April 2021. (Revised March 2024.)
- January 2007 (Revised January 2008)
- Case
Amanco: Developing the Sustainability Scorecard
By: Robert S. Kaplan and Ricardo Reisen de Pinho
Describes the challenges of using the Balanced Scorecard to implement a triple-bottom-line strategy for delivering excellent economic, environmental, and social performance. The owners and senior executive team of Amanco, a producer of plastic pipe and complete water...
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Keywords:
Balanced Scorecard;
Measurement and Metrics;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Environmental Sustainability;
Social Issues;
Strategy;
Construction Industry;
Industrial Products Industry;
Latin America;
Brazil
Kaplan, Robert S., and Ricardo Reisen de Pinho. "Amanco: Developing the Sustainability Scorecard." Harvard Business School Case 107-038, January 2007. (Revised January 2008.)