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- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Social Enterprise Initiative Marks 20th Anniversary
notes SEI faculty cochair Herman B. (Dutch) Leonard. "In addition to helping us stay close to practice, alumni provide financial support for initiatives that sharpen the perspectives of social enterprise executives and open paths to social View Details
Keywords: SEI
- 28 May 2019
- News
Impact: Toward the Greater Good
Recognizing that business is an important driver in creating prosperity both for individuals and for communities around the world, Harvard Business School educates leaders who have the capacity to address complex challenges and help... View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
What Fellowships Make Possible
the salary, sector, or location. The impact of the fellowship program is hard to overstate. In addition to the significant benefits to the recipients themselves, there are countless indirect beneficiaries, including other HBS students,... View Details
- 21 Jan 2013
- Research & Ideas
Altruistic Capital: Harnessing Your Employees’ Intrinsic Goodwill
"By emphasizing some aspects of the job over others, you can draw a different pool of candidates and potentially create different levels of performance," Ashraf says. "And as a leader you can help every individual to accumulate more stock... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 21 Sep 2015
- News
Rockin’ for a Cause
become casualties of California’s statewide budget cuts. “It introduced a new model of raising funds district-wide instead of school-by-school,” Scheel explains. “Because of that, PiE appeals not just to individual donors, but also to... View Details
- 05 Oct 2016
- News
Harvard to Open Life Sciences Lab
Pagliuca. The Life Lab will contribute to building a thriving start-up community in Allston by seeding the campus with early stage scientific ventures. Together with the i-lab and Launch Lab, the Life Lab will foster the cross-disciplinary approach to entrepreneurship... View Details
- 22 Apr 2020
- Research Event
How Investors Are Sizing Up Climate Change’s Risks—and Opportunities
Until a few years ago, climate change’s potential impact seemed abstract for many investors. Now, as sea levels rise, hurricanes intensify, and droughts threaten food supplies, many investors are confronting its financial realities. But it’s not a simple calculation.... View Details
- 23 Aug 2019
- Sharpening Your Skills
Has the Corporate Mission Just Been Disrupted?
has been discussed for decades. Here is research and writing from Harvard Business School that discusses both the concept in theory and examples of CSR in practice. A Good Place to Start Statement on the Purpose of a Corporation"While each of our View Details
- 09 Feb 2015
- News
Remembering John Whitehead (MBA 1947)
Leadership Making A Difference – HBS Alumni A Social Enterprise Visionary Making A Difference – HBS Alumni The Future of Social Enterprise and the Role of Individual Philanthropy HBS Global Business Summit -- Video Entrepreneurs: John... View Details
- 12 Jul 2021
- News
Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis
showed its vaccine to be 94.5 percent effective. A vaccine that protects against severe disease would be a “game-changer,” said Bancel, citing “the impact on hospitals, the impact on people’s psyche, and the... View Details
- 10 Jan 2005
- Research & Ideas
How to Put Meaning Back into Leading
organizations is circumscribed by their impact on financial results. The social impact of organizations essentially took a back seat. This tendency concerns us for two reasons. First, as many critics of... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Alumni Work to Reverse Bias Through Philanthropy
professional development and visibility of executives of color in the not-for-profit sector.” Contributions from individuals and corporations are welcomed. With seed money from its founders and multiyear pledges from companies and... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- Career Coach
Meredith Hamilton
well as recognizing and eliminating the ways in which they may be blocking or limiting their own success. She has found that—with the right balance of curiosity, vulnerability and honesty—coaching can be a transformative experience, and she enjoys supporting students... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Supporting Women in Leadership
women and leadership. "Harvard is a global platform—HBS cases are read by so many individuals around the world. We thought, how do we help the leading business school in the world focus on this?" says Kordestani, cofounder and COO of the... View Details
Keywords: W50
- 14 May 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Key to Managing Stars? Think Team
important career matter for individuals as well as for managers who want to inspire, nurture, and recruit stars. A new study by Harvard Business School's Boris Groysberg and Linda-Eling Lee on star knowledge workers, specifically security... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 03 Feb 2018
- Op-Ed
How to Heed BlackRock's Call for Corporate Social Responsibility
Larry Fink recently created a shockwave. As cofounder, chairman, and CEO of BlackRock, one of the world’s largest global asset management firms, in an open letter to CEOs he caught the attention of financial markets and beyond by insisting on the importance of... View Details
Keywords: by Julie Battilana
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
DonorsChoose: Teaming Up with Teachers
appeared last June on The Oprah Winfrey Show. Afterward, so many viewers logged on to the organization’s Web site that it crashed. Once the site was back up, seven hundred New York City teachers posted new project proposals and eight hundred View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Alumni News | Bookshelf: A Manager's Responsibility in the 21st Century
individuals to whom you are speaking or writing to begin thinking, 'You know, maybe this guy . . . does have a valid point.' " From Pareto's optimal outcomes to Plato's Republic, the authors draw on academic research, classical... View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Rock Gift to Support Entrepreneurial Studies
Business Leader of the Year In late January, the HBS Association of Northern California (HBSA/NC) presented Arthur Rock with its Business Leader of the Year Award. The HBSA/NC annually recognizes a highly successful individual who has... View Details
- 21 Sep 2018
- News
Joyner to Receive Harvard’s DuBois Medal
Center Honors. The award will be presented by Harvard’s Hutchins Center for African & African American Research on October 11 at Sanders Theatre. The DuBois Medal is given to individuals who have made significant contributions to African... View Details