Impact Stories
Explore stories about our students, alumni, and faculty making an impact in the field.
Explore stories about our students, alumni, and faculty making an impact in the field.
The Social Enterprise Initiative has pioneered the use of innovative business practices and management frameworks to drive sustained, high-impact social change across sectors for 25 years.
Faculty, alumni, and students share their stories and insights on the Social Enterprise Initiative (SEI) and leading social change for 25 years.
Opportunities for involvement include elective courses, field-based learning experiences, career development programs, the New Venture Competition, and student clubs and organizations.
Discover events and local clubs building a powerful network for social impact spanning the globe.
Taught by a team of faculty members from HBS and other graduate schools within Harvard University, our open enrollment and custom programs feature a wide range of management cases and materials.
Our faculty provide education and expertise rooted in real-world experience, linking theory and practice to shape business practice and train business leaders.
Harambe: Mobilizing Capital in Africa
By: Anywhere (Siko) Sikochi, Dilyana Karadzhova Botha and Francesco Tronci
September 2021 | Faculty Research
Community Solutions
By: Brian Trelstad and Tom Quinn
September 2021 | Faculty Research
Worldreader: Helping Readers Build a Better World
By: Marco Bertini, Elie Ofek and Julia Kelley
September 2021 | Faculty Research
Andreessen Horowitz’s Cultural Leadership Fund (A)
By: Anita Elberse, Briana Richardson and Cydni Williams
August 2021 | Faculty Research
Organizations and professionals from around the world participate in our Executive Education programs, access our research publications, and interact with our students and alumni through field-based projects, recruitment activities, and community engagement programs.
21 Oct - 29 Oct
Designed for nonprofit board leaders, this virtual program is offered through HBS Executive Education.
18 Oct
4:00 - 4:45 pm. Sign up in 12Twenty. For HBS MBA students only.
21 Oct
5:00 - 7:00 pm, Register by Oct 15 to pitch. Open to HU students.
01 Nov
4:00 - 5:00 pm, Sign up in 12Twenty. For HBS MBA students only.
Bringing Light to the Fight - Justine Smyth (PMD 77) has an ambitious goal for the New Zealand breast cancer foundation she leads: Zero deaths. https://www.alumni.hbs.edu/stories/Pages/story-bulletin.aspx?num=8459
Quinn Fitzgerald and Sara de Zárraga (both MBA 2017) created Flare to prevent future occurrences of violence against women. https://www.alumni.hbs.edu/stories/Pages/story-bulletin.aspx?num=8458
Rising Impact Investment Shows Doing Good and Doing Well Can Work Together - HBS Professor Vikram Gandhi speaks about the growth of impact investing, what’s driving this, and why this makes sense for businesses. https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/et-evoke/rising-impact-investment-shows-doing-good-and-doing-well-can-work-together-vikram-gandhi-harvard-business-school/articleshow/86489034.cms
