A woman living in a rural village in Bangladesh is not feeling well. Getting to the nearest hospital to see a doctor would take two hours and be a considerable expense. Luckily, she lives in the same ...

A self-sufficient and successful couple—a teacher and a judge—suddenly found their world turned upside-down in March 2011, when they were forced to flee their home in Syria due to the violent civil ...

Social enterprises exist to address the social problems that are often ignored by traditional capitalism. I am often asked if social entrepreneurship or social enterprise is compatible with capitalism ...

The challenges posed by climate change today are reshaping how businesses operate and engage with global issues. For women and girls in rural communities, climate change compounds existing ...

Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations, Vol. 31, No. 3 (June 2020), pp. 472-483 (12 pages) Social enterprises have gained wide recognition as a tool for solving ...

Meaningful progress on complex social issues depends in part on the entrepreneurial ideas and energy of the next generation. In recent years, we have seen a sustained increase in HBS students ...