About Us
John Whitehead, MBA '47, is a leader whose career spans the private, public, and nonprofit sectors from Goldman Sachs to the U.S. State Department to the International Rescue Committee and beyond... this is Social Enterprise.
Grounded in Harvard Business School's mission to educate leaders who make a difference in the world, the Social Enterprise Initiative aims to generate knowledge and to inspire, educate, and support current and emerging leaders in all sectors to apply management skills to create social value.
Through an integrated approach to social enterprise-related teaching, research, and activities at HBS, the Social Enterprise Initiative engages with leaders in the nonprofit, for–profit, and public sectors to generate and disseminate practicable resources, tools, and knowledge with the ultimate goal of bettering society.
The Social Enterprise Initiative's strategic objectives range from building the world's best faculty dedicated to social enterprise research and teaching to providing learning experiences that not only increase the effectiveness of social-sector executives, but also tap into the potential for social value creation among our entire community of students and alumni.
The Social Enterprise Initiative continues to build upon the rich history developed during its first 15 years, guided by its leadership team and Advisory Board. Recent and archived articles on the Initiative and related topics can be found in the News section of this website.
