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- 01 Jan 2004
- News
Barbara Hackman Franklin, MBA 1964
continues to be a prominent advocate for women's equality and empowerment in the workplace. Moving easily between the public, private, and nonprofit sectors, she has served five Presidents, earned accolades as a corporate director, and... View Details
- 01 Jan 2007
- News
Hansjörg Wyss, MBA 1965
patient's range of motion. "One-third of every board meeting is devoted to new products," he states. "It continues to fascinate me, because it represents the future." Wyss's passion for improving medical practice can also be seen in the AO/ASIF Foundation, a View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Your Own Medicine
space—a loft, shared with a home-and-clothing shop—is the headquarters of Charley's Fund, a nonprofit that Tracy Seckler and her husband, Benjy, founded in 2004 after their son, then three years old, was diagnosed with Duchenne muscular... View Details
- 05 Mar 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, March 5, 2019
co-founder and CEO of the Rise Fund, has partnered with The Bridgespan Group, a nonprofit consultancy, to develop an evidence-based methodology for quantifying the impact of prospective Rise investments. Together, they have come up with a... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 08 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 8
between nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and government agencies have been variously described in the nonprofit literature as cooperative, complementary, adversarial, confrontational, or even co-optive. But how do NGO-government... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Dec 1999
- Research & Ideas
From Spare Change to Real Change: The Social Sector as a Beta Site for Business Innovation
to government and nonprofit agencies. Businesses have little involvement in how these donations are used. In fact, this model actively discourages companies from taking an interest in results. Companies receive their benefits up-front... View Details
Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter
- Profile
Shabrina Jiva
she joined a student-run nonprofit that served people with leprosy. When that three-month post ended, she completed her internship with AXA's private equity branch in New York. There, she met one of the firm's founders, Christophe Florin,... View Details
- Web
Data for Impact: Impact Measurement from Startup to Fortune 500 C-Suite - Course Catalog
for how companies should adapt to amplify their impact and (often) their profitability. DFI will be of core interest to students with aspirations to manage for impact in businesses and nonprofits of all sizes as well as students with an... View Details
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Stephen M. Moret: A Campaign for Positive Change
low-cost HIV/AIDS drugs to Malawi. “I’m the guy who still can’t believe I got to go to school here.” After traveling around the world this fall, Moret will take a position in McKinsey’s Washington, D.C., office, where he hopes to spend some time working with the firm’s... View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
New Career Wanted
moving to part time for family or lifestyle reasons. In late career, we often see people who are downshifting or exploring the nonprofit sector. There’s also a spike two or three years after graduation, when young managers often realize... View Details
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Departments | Employment
work, yet we approach it with perspective, flexibility, optimism, and humor. Attributes of Successful Staff Members A business mindset balanced by an appreciation for working in a nonprofit institution Ability to work collaboratively in... View Details
- November 2009 (Revised May 2010)
- Case
Red Tomato: Keeping It Local
By: Jose B. Alvarez, Mary Louise Shelman and Laura Winig
This case describes the operating model and history of Red Tomato, a non-profit organization dedicated to branding and logistical support for locally grown produce farmers in the northeast U.S. The case highlights the challenges involved in making locally grown produce... View Details
Keywords: Agribusiness; Trends; Food; Local Range; Consumer Behavior; Logistics; Supply Chain; Nonprofit Organizations; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Northeastern United States
Alvarez, Jose B., Mary Louise Shelman, and Laura Winig. "Red Tomato: Keeping It Local." Harvard Business School Case 510-023, November 2009. (Revised May 2010.)
- February 2008 (Revised August 2008)
- Case
Quanta Computer and the One Laptop Per Child Initiative
By: Willy Shih, Chintay Shih and Jyun-Chen Wang
When Quanta Computer, Inc., the world's largest manufacturer of laptop computers, first joined the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) initiative, it faced a challenge trying to balance the cost objectives of a laptop computer targeted at children of the developing world with... View Details
Keywords: For-Profit Firms; Disruptive Innovation; Demand and Consumers; Supply Chain; Partners and Partnerships; Nonprofit Organizations; Hardware
Shih, Willy, Chintay Shih, and Jyun-Chen Wang. "Quanta Computer and the One Laptop Per Child Initiative." Harvard Business School Case 608-102, February 2008. (Revised August 2008.)
- June 2007
- Case
AARP Foundation (A)
By: Srikant M. Datar, Herman B. Leonard, Marc J. Epstein and Thomas Goodwin
AARP Foundation--a leading non-profit corporation--must create a new "Dashboard" performance measurement tool to track the effectiveness of its new strategic plan. View Details
Keywords: Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Performance Effectiveness; Performance Evaluation; Strategic Planning; Nonprofit Organizations; Welfare; Business Strategy
Datar, Srikant M., Herman B. Leonard, Marc J. Epstein, and Thomas Goodwin. "AARP Foundation (A)." Harvard Business School Case 107-051, June 2007.
- 09 Sep 2013
- Lessons from the Classroom
Teaching Climate Change to Skeptics
A few years ago, Joseph B. Lassiter traveled to San Francisco, Houston, and New York to hold discussions with Harvard alumni on the topic of business and the environment. Each time, he surveyed the audience about the touchy subject of climate change and how society... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 24 Oct 2012
- Research & Ideas
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companies and entrepreneurs in emerging markets. "With governmental and nonprofit ventures, it's generally harder to see which initiatives work and which are ineffective at achieving their goals. That is what drives me to do this... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
- 24 Mar 2002
- Research & Ideas
The Trick of Balancing Business and Government
institutions, added Ndidi Okonkwo Nwuneli (HBS MBA '99). A director of the Fate Foundation Nigeria and Fate Foundation U.S.A., two nonprofits that try to promote entrepreneurship in Nigeria, Nwuneli said, "A company can, instead of... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Oct 2021
- Blog Post
Alumni Spotlight: Career Advice from Alums Working in Climate
into catalyzing and scaling sustainable solutions. Moreover, the nature of environmental challenges requires problem solving that is no longer strictly in a public or private domain, which makes public service and nonprofits a really... View Details
Keywords: Energy / Cleantech
- 17 Feb 2022
- Blog Post
The Fifth Year of Short Intensive Programs (SIPs) at HBS
start innovative nonprofit colleges. “My hope for the students is that the SIP gave them an intense, week-long opportunity to learn about and try to resolve the big questions facing the US college sector,” said Leschly. “My private,... View Details
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Harvard Business School
Program, Senior Associate Dean, Chairman of Baker Library, and Chairman of HBS Publishing. Upon his retirement in 2003, Dr. Cash was recognized as a tireless recruiter and mentor for minority students and faculty. He has served on a number of boards of major... View Details