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- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Results and Recognition
became section fund chair in 2009. As a result, he has achieved a 31 percent increase in Section C’s annual participation. Thayer and Joe O’Brien Thayer and Joe O’Brien (MBA 1992) When making philanthropic decisions, Thayer and Joe...
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- 28 Jun 2024
- News
Honoring Leadership in New York; PRIDE Alumni Share HBS Stories
are trying to make the world a better place.” HBSNY Board Chair Deborah Farrington and HBSNY President Clare Peeters HBSNY Board Chair Deborah Farrington and HBSNY President Clare Peeters Clare E. Peeters (MBA 2000),outgoing president of...
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Margie Kelley
- 28 Oct 2021
- News
Capital Considerations for Black Entrepreneurs; Pivoting for Gender Equity
300 applicants and became the largest student-led business plan competition for Black entrepreneurs in the U.S. But as the competition progressed, Foster and Simpson began to identify some biases and frictions in the evaluation and View Details
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Margie Kelley
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Class of 2007 Fellowship Awarded
completely engaging,” says Kim, a graduate of the University of Illinois. Interested in social enterprise, during his first year Kim met Nancy Barry (MBA ’75), former president of Women’s World Banking, at an HBS field study event. Barry...
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- 01 Jun 2002
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New Fellowship Program Encourages Young MBAs to Work for Nonprofits
Leadership Fellows Program, funded by the School, that each year will subsidize the salaries of ten or more newly minted MBAs who are interested in working at public and nonprofit organizations. The goal is to boost the compensation they...
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- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Banking on HBS
citizen in 1980.) Established at the Bretton Woods conference of world leaders in 1944 and today consisting of 180 member countries, the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development makes low-cost, long-term loans (with View Details
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Garry Emmons
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
From the Classroom to Casablanca
launched Blue Space, which the bank built and provides funding for on ISCAE’s Casablanca campus. It includes an educational bank branch offering students workspaces and knowledge of the world of banking and...
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Jennifer Gillespie
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
The Well-Healed Athlete
preventing injuries through the study of the healthy body and optimal performance. It’s an area that hasn’t been well funded in the past, despite widespread interest from scientists, says Wu Tsai. Through the Joe and Clara Tsai...
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- 01 Jun 2000
- News
VC Luminary John Doerr: Education Reform Critical to Success of New Economy
helping public schools improve their curricula and their methods of working with disadvantaged children. Doerr is cofounder of the New Schools Venture Fund (NSVF), a venture philanthropy fund created by...
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- 01 Jan 2008
- News
John Doerr, MBA 1976
the bottom line. “We’re running out of time to avert catastrophic, irreversible climate change,” he says. Doerr’s influence reaches far beyond the world of business. A tireless advocate for education, ten years ago he co-founded the...
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- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Turning Point: Sum of the Parts
easy. This norm is kaizen, and it basically states that whatever you do today is “not good enough.” It is one of the reasons Toyota, Honda, and Sony piled up such quick successes as Japan was still lifting itself out of the rubble of View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Turning Point: Makeover
confidence collapsed. Disillusioned, I quit the corporate world and started traveling. I am Taiwanese-American but once I arrived in Japan, it felt like home. I began studying with mentors including geisha, scientists, business leaders,...
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- 13 Nov 2020
- News
New Virtual Classrooms Expand Digital Learning
Gifts to the HBS Fund support a wide range of people and programs like this. When HBS opened its first virtual classroom in 2014, the School had just started to experiment with online education. Located at Boston’s public television...
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- 01 Jun 2002
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HBS Vets Support Homeless Comrades
hours by AFAA members seeking to call attention to the plight of homeless veterans and to raise funds for a local shelter that assists them. “We thought this would be an effective way to raise awareness about the New England Shelter for...
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Health, Social Assistance
- 11 Apr 2018
- News
Pushing the Next Generation Forward
On any given day in his job as COO of the Harlem Children’s Zone (HCZ), Kwame Owusu-Kesse (AB 2006, MBA/MPP 2012) might find himself analyzing funding sources with the nonprofit organization’s CFO, lunching with a student mentee,...
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- 01 Feb 2002
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Telling the Electronic Century's Unfinished Story
applicant. Gene Amdahl, who had been the chief designer of IBM's 704 and System 360 and 370 that dominated world markets, left IBM, hoping to start his own company. Unable to raise $40 million to fund his...
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- 01 Mar 2023
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Action Plan: Casting Call
Bert Berkley (MBA 1950) calls it “the dumbest thing I’ve ever done in my life.” Having served in the US Army during World War II for three-and-a-half years, he was offered (and accepted) the chance to go home one day early if he signed up for the Army Reserves. Called...
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- 01 Mar 2018
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Supporting Collaborations Across Harvard
Zita Ezpeleta and Kew Lee (MBA 1990) are supporters of the HBS Fund for Leadership and Innovation “As the world becomes more interconnected, Harvard needs to work across school lines.” Kew Lee Zita Ezpeleta...
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- 01 Jun 2012
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Inspiration Is Not Enough
“human transporter.” But tons of funding and big-name partners couldn’t overcome consumer reluctance. “Kamen endowed Segway with many positive attributes but not enough to break through and claim commercial success,” Harris writes. Many...
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- 01 Oct 2002
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Making a Difference
seventy HBS students who participated in the HBS Social Enterprise Summer Fellowship Program, which gives financial support to MBA students who choose to work in the public and nonprofit sectors during the summer months. Sponsored by the Initiative on Social Enterprise...
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