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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. -
A New Approach to Funding Social Enterprises
Finance & Accounting Magazine ArticleAn increasing number of social entrepreneurs and investors are realizing that social enterprises of all sorts, including many organizations regarded as... -
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.... -
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... -
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... -
An Apollo Program for American Philanthropy and the Nonprofit Sector
Organizational Development Digital ArticleIt's time. -
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... -
Getting Serious About Stakeholder Capitalism
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleBusiness can't thrive in an environment of unhealthy employees, customers, and communities, an at-risk planet, and a fractured society. To transition... -
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... -
Why Social Ventures Need Systems Thinking
Organizational Development Digital ArticleYou can't just think like a startup. -
Nurturing Innovation
Innovation Magazine ArticleA great idea isn’t enough. Leaders must create an environment that allows teams to collaborate successfully over 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... -
Why Leaders Struggle Today
Joseph L. Badaracco, professor at Harvard Business School, describes responsible leadership as a good struggle. -
The Covid-19 Pandemic is Forcing Companies to Build AI Skills Quickly
A huge digital transformation is gaining speed, and to succeed firms must focus on their digital core. -
The 3-Stage Process That Makes Universities Prime Innovators
Business and society Digital ArticleHow these institutions carefully curate connections and relationships to take ideas from the drawing board into the marketplace. -
Deviating from the Business Plan
The realities of your business will inform you when it's time to adapt or change your plan. -
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... -
For Start-Ups Seeking Talent, a Lofty Purpose Can Backfire
Social entrepreneurship Magazine ArticlePeople fear it will limit career opportunities and financial gain. -
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,...
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The DivaCup: Navigating Distribution and Growth
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details When the mother-daughter founders of DivaCup set out with a mission to disrupt the menstrual care industry with an innovative product form, they initially... -
Hope for Special Hope? (A)
Technology & Operations Case Study11.95View Details This case set follows Eric and Holly Nelson, founders of Special Hope Network, a nonprofit organization providing holistic therapy services for children... -
Google and Project Maven (B): An Eventful Week in June
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details In April 2018, after it became known that Google was collaborating with the US Department of Defense on Project Maven, over 3,000 employees signed an... -
KaBOOM!: Play at Scale (Abridged)
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details A case on scaling social impact for nonprofits. Founded in 1995, KaBOOM! quickly became a nationally recognized nonprofit in building playgrounds with... -
H-E-B: Creating a Movement to Reduce Obesity in Texas
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details In January 2012, H-E-B Grocery Co., a private retail chain with stores located in Texas and Mexico, was introducing its Healthy at H-E-B program to its... -
SK Group: Social Progress Credits
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details SK Group was one of the largest companies South Korea. A family-run conglomerate consisting of around 120 subsidiaries and employing more than 100,000,... -
2b Design: A Creative Social Business in Lebanon
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details The year 2006 marked the beginning of 2b Design, a social business, established in Lebanon, and specialized in creating handmade furniture and decorative... -
Wellington Global Impact
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details Wellington Global Impact is one of the first public equities impact investing strategies in the market. The case explores how the strategy was developed... -
An Innovation that has Changed the Lives of Women in India
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details In the year 2000, only 2% of women in India used menstrual hygiene products. Almost a quarter-billion relied on cloth rags and many rural women were banished... -
Junko Yoda and Her Collaboration to Address Sex Trafficking in Asia
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details In 2011, Junko Yoda with Pam McCambridge launched CLinked, a venture aimed to reduce human trafficking of women and children for sexual exploitation.... -
OnStar: Not Your Father's General Motors
Technology & Operations Case Study11.95View Details After two years of less than stellar performance resulting in sales well below plan, senior management at General Motors (GM) mobile telecommunications... -
Hassina Sherjan
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details Hassina Sherjan was born in Afghanistan but grew up and was educated in the United States. A trip to Afghanistan when she was an adult inspired her to... -
Bettr Barista: A Shot at Better Lives
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details This case is set in 2019, and describes the social-entrepreneurial journey of Bettr Barista ('BB'), a Singapore-based coffee company. Launched in 2011... -
Small Niches, Big Promise: Entrepreneurial Opportunities in Sustainable Business
Management Case Study11.95View Details Solving the Earth's climate crisis will take major innovations and massive investments in energy, transportation, construction, and other areas. But "green... -
Wolo: The Highs and Lows of a Socially-Conscious Venture
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details This case describes the strategic and operational challenges faced by John Frederick, the founder of Wolo, an online marketplace for socially-conscious... -
Hope Blooms: Marketing a Social Enterprise after Dragons' Den
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details Hope Blooms was a social enterprise based out of Halifax, Nova Scotia, that grew its own garden produce and manufactured and sold a line of herb dressings.... -
Social Business at Novartis: Arogya Parivar
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details Late in 2013, Novartis CEO Joseph Jimenez was considering how and whether to deepen the company's investment in Arogya Parivar, its profitable program... -
NOW PT (B): Should We Invest?
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study5.00View Details This (B) case examines the results of the HBS Impact Investment Fund student team's diligence on Neurologic Optimal Wellness Physical Therapy (NOW PT).... -
Kenyan Community Currencies Roleplay
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details This engaging roleplay brings to life the everyday challenges facing entrepreneurs and workers in informal settlements in Kenya. The roleplay serves... -
REI Rentals
Technology & Operations Case Study11.95View Details Kirk Myers, REI's manager of corporate social responsibility (CSR), has been tasked with finding a way to optimize the organization's rental program while...
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David Weinstein and Write the World, Teaching Note
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleTeaching note for case 314030. Following a successful career as a lawyer, Chief Administrative Officer of Fidelity Investments, and law school instructor,... -
The DivaCup: Navigating Distribution and Growth
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details When the mother-daughter founders of DivaCup set out with a mission to disrupt the menstrual care industry with an innovative product form, they initially... -
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. -
Hope for Special Hope? (A)
Technology & Operations Case Study11.95View Details This case set follows Eric and Holly Nelson, founders of Special Hope Network, a nonprofit organization providing holistic therapy services for children... -
Discovery IQ by GE: Launching Super Value PET/CT Scanner, Teaching Note
Sales & Marketing Digital ArticleTeaching note for case A00200. -
Google and Project Maven (B): An Eventful Week in June
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details In April 2018, after it became known that Google was collaborating with the US Department of Defense on Project Maven, over 3,000 employees signed an... -
Algramo: Smart Purchasing
Strategy & Execution Digital ArticleAlgramo is a company whose objective is to improve the lives of those living below the poverty line. Using a revolutionary technology tailored to "bottom... -
KaBOOM!: Play at Scale (Abridged)
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details A case on scaling social impact for nonprofits. Founded in 1995, KaBOOM! quickly became a nationally recognized nonprofit in building playgrounds with... -
Junko Yoda and Her Collaboration to Address Sex Trafficking in Asia, Teaching Note
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleTeaching note for case 314036. Following a successful career as the first female Vice President of Goldman Sachs in Asia, Junko Yoda became a 2010 Advanced... -
H-E-B: Creating a Movement to Reduce Obesity in Texas
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details In January 2012, H-E-B Grocery Co., a private retail chain with stores located in Texas and Mexico, was introducing its Healthy at H-E-B program to its...
