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Three iconic companies show why you need more than good intentions, certifications, or promises from buyers. A founder can build a company around a powerful mission, but what happens to that mission Read More...
Category: Commentary
Authors: Shinwon Noh and Laurie Lane-Zucker
Active ownership, clear goals, and close relationships with entrepreneurs can help investments deliver social and environmental impact. EDITOR'S NOTE: This article was produced in partnership with Read More...
Category: Research Insight
Authors: Mattias Nordqvist , Marco Mismetti , Fredrik Holmberg and Lorenz Schwab
How Give n' Glow grew -- from a Northeastern University dorm room to a thriving regional charity -- provides lessons for enterprises launching on a shoestring. Samantha Asprelli’s first Read More...
Category: Commentary
Author: Kimberly Eddleston
Interviewee: Samantha Asprelli
The greatest value incubators can offer social entrepreneurs is training in the language, norms, and rules of business. A new generation of entrepreneurial incubators and accelerators focused Read More...
Category: Research Insight
Authors: Shinwon Noh , David Deeds , Michelle Augustyn and Imran Chowdhury
EDITOR’S NOTE: Maria Tranquilli is the new Executive Director of the Common Mission Project, an international organization that engages students, educators, government organizations, and the Read More...
Category: Commentary
Author: Maria Tranquilli
“ My great-great grandfather spent the first half of his life making money, and the second half of his life, giving it away - and the family has continued a strong tradition of both business and Read More...
Category: Research Insight
Authors: Cristina Maria Cruz Serrano , Rachida Justo and Jeanne Roche
Kaela Hammerstrom Combs is the second generation to run a national organization founded by her mother decades ago -- Blessings in a Backpack, which works through schools to distribute backpacks Read More...
Category: Interviews
Author: Kimberly Eddleston
Interviewee: Kaela Hammerstrom Combs
Conventional business wisdom holds that innovation comes from smart strategizing inside the company. However, business innovations are often prompted by factors outside of a company. Increasingly, Read More...
Category: Research Insight
Authors: Theodore L. Waldron , James C Wetherbe , Chad Navis , Elizabeth Karam and Gideon Markman
In January 2021 I joined the Great Resignation and took an early retirement from the University of Minnesota (UMN). I had spent 12 years there teaching social entrepreneurship and managing Read More...
Category: Commentary
Author: Fred Rose
Ford, Estee Lauder, Hyatt. What do these names have in common? For starters, they are behind some of the largest family firms in the world. But they are also associated with a revolution in finance Read More...
Category: Research Insight
Author: Jeanne Roche