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- 01 Jun 2001
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Modupe Akinola: Outreach In Africa
reading, writing, and math,” she explains. “I wanted to bring that idea to Ghana.” With the cooperation and input of local nongovernmental organizations and a $350,000 grant from the Danish government, Akinola collaborated with a teacher...
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- 01 Feb 2013
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Growth Strategy Has Double Bottom Line
sale of development rights, through the grant of a conservation easement, generates an early, partial return to Lyme Timber's investors while creating a permanent restriction against development. "Typically, it's public dollars that are...
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- 01 Mar 2023
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Family Matters
Lailah Thompson-Woode (MBA 2021) with her children, Antonio and Yasmina Woode. Photo courtesy Lailah Thompson-Woode Lailah Thompson-Woode (MBA 2021) with her children, Antonio and Yasmina Woode. Photo courtesy Lailah Thompson-Woode As a middle schooler, Lailah...
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- 24 Apr 2014
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Systemic change makes organizations stronger
Joanna M. Jacobson (MBA 1987), founder/managing partner of Strategic Grant Partners, discusses leading organizations through systemic change. (Published April 2014)
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- 10 Nov 2020
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Learning to Fight
awarded more than $35 million to 51 early-career researchers, making a long-term investment in the most promising scientists in the field. “The grants they provided are high-octane fuel,” says Dr. Mark Johnson, one of the early recipients...
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April White
- 10 Mar 2021
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Turning Point: Coming to Cambodia
bronzes, and, yes, the glorious stone statuary of Cambodia. I also assisted young archaeologists with grant applications to preserve ancient kiln sites from the encroachment of developers’ bulldozers. We brought traditional Cambodian...
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- 01 Sep 2010
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RX for Change
Emory Healthcare sent a team of managers and clinicians to the Managing Healthcare Delivery program. From left, Dane Peterson, Dallis Howard-Crow, Bryce Gartland, and Susan Grant at Emory University’s School of Medicine in Atlanta,...
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- 21 Mar 2019
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Helping Veterans Build Careers
its Seal of Distinction, along with a $30,000 prize and access to restricted grants that average more than $500,000 annually. “One of the few textbooks I kept after HBS was from a performance-measurement course taught by Professor Robert...
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Jill Radsken
- 01 Jun 2010
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Get Well Soon
million Pursuing Perfection grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. In addition to funding an improvement-science training program, the grant requires that the hospital undertake improvement projects....
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- 01 Mar 2016
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Research Brief: The Benefits of Bias
Every year, specially chosen committees help the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) decide how to allocate massive—totaling more than $24 billion in 2014—competitive federal grants for medical research. But the evaluators on the...
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Erin Peterson
- 01 Dec 2002
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The Campaign for Harvard Business School
hurdle of gaining admission to HBS, the vast majority must then begin to focus on their next major challenge: how to finance their education. HBS offers need-blind admission, and nearly 80 percent of MBA students qualify for financial assistance in the form of...
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- 01 Jun 2015
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Alumni Take Action to Improve US Competitiveness
Skills”—has generated much interest nationally in the role of business in closing the skills gap. The Walmart Foundation, for example, cited the research in its recent decision to grant $100 million over the next five years to...
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- 07 Sep 2021
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Funding His Purpose
money,” Letelier says, and the grants that typically power nonprofits don’t typically offer organizations the flexibility of the financial products available to for-profit companies, which can mean everything from bootstrapping and...
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- 01 Sep 2011
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Project Aims to Boost US Competitiveness
significance,” notes Dean Nitin Nohria. “Our goal is not simply to study US competitiveness,” explains Porter. “We intend to mobilize our alumni, the business community, and other stakeholders to take actions that boost America’s contribution to the global economy.” A...
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- 01 Jun 2007
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Last Look
02163. We’ll update you on what we have learned in the next issue. Thank you! LAST ISSUE’S LAST LOOK: Our thanks to MBA-ers Gordon Kingsley (’59), Grant Annable (’65), John Hoey (’72), Chris Reilly (’74), Paul Lausell (’75), and Jorge...
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- 01 Mar 2013
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To the Rescue
organized the event. The Robin Hood Foundation, whose board members fund all of the organization's overhead costs, annually provides $140 million in grants to some 200 New York City antipoverty efforts. Thanks to Bruce Springsteen and...
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- 01 Jan 2013
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Five Receive 2013 HBS Alumni Achievement Award
everything they do. As such, they represent the best in our alumni body. Exemplary role models, they inspire all who aspire to have an impact on both business and society. The 2013 award recipients are: Joanna M. Jacobson, MBA 1987 Cofounder and Managing Partner,...
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- 16 Sep 2016
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Gaining Ground on ALS
president and CEO of Cytokinetics, Inc., a California-based company that focuses on biology-driven treatments for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and other debilitating diseases associated with muscle weakness. In 2015, the ALS Association awarded Cytokinetics a...
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- 01 Mar 2013
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FAQ: How is research funded at HBS?
www.hbs.edu/faculty. All research at HBS is funded internally, without the constraints of traditional external grant funding, thanks to alumni support and income from Executive Education and Harvard Business Publishing. This unique...
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- 02 Jun 2021
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The NBA's African Expansion
affinity for the game,” he said. The league has partnered with a number of investors including former players Dikembe Mutombo, Junior Bridgeman, Luol Deng, Grant Hill, and Joakim Noah, as well as the Nigeria-based Helios Fairfax Partners...
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