After six years of work to achieve certification, the vice chancellor of Australia?s first social enterprise university wants other universities to focus on social good too. When you think of social ...

In February 2025, the HBS New Venture Competition received 36 entries to the Social Enterprise Track, from student teams across Harvard University. After an extensive review and deliberation process ...

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 ...

The problems that social enterprises address are largely those that, left unchecked, destabilize societies and impede markets ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr Melissa Wheeler covers leadership strategy and the future of work. Social enterprises face a unique set of challenges as they ...

Support SSIR’s coverage of cross-sector solutions to global challenges. 1 See Robert H. Gertner, “The Organization of Social Enterprises,” Annual Review of Economics, vol. 15, 2023. 2 Two recent OECD ...