Inside the Initiative

The Strategy

We hope to provide an unparalleled educational experience that forges deep connections among students, policymakers, non-profits and business changemakers. — Melissa Carrier, Executive Director, Social Value Creation

The Center for Social Value Creation innovates at the intersection of public policy, non-governmental organizations and the commercial sector to address social market failures. We offer students an educational core competency for exploring and solving the business model issues that currently limit organizations in their pursuit to do well by doing good.

Characteristics of our strategy include:

• Utilizing market-based methods — exploiting market principles and methods of capitalism to establish commercial viability;
• Creating synergies — partnering across functions and disciplines so that students get many perspectives on social responsibility — from technology to public health to public policy.
• Maximizing public/private partnerships — designing structures that fill the gap in public policy and NGO services;
• Promoting innovation — emphasizing the use of technology and adapting business methods to build sustainable organizations; and
• Focusing on systematic change — analyzing and repairing social market failures.

Our mission is to develop global leaders and nurture enterprises that address world challenges through social innovation, economic prosperity, and sustainable change. The center has three primary areas of focus: Social Entrepreneurship, Environmental Sustainability, and Business Model Innovation.