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- 21 Jul 2011
- News
Social Investing’s Time Has Come
founder and CEO of Social Finance, a Boston-based nonprofit established in January to introduce SIBs to the United States. A companion organization with the same name is based in London. With governments... View Details
- 09 Feb 2017
- News
Black Business Leaders Series: Putting Diversity to Work
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Laura Scher of Working Assets
into a much-needed windfall for a host of cash-strapped nonprofits. Since cofounding Working Assets in 1985, Laura Scher has helped the company channel nearly $20 million to organizations such as Greenpeace, Oxfam America, Amnesty... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 24 Apr 2020
- News
Spreading the Love
cofounded the greeting card company in 2015—have backgrounds in engineering and manufacturing, and the company has a team in Vietnam that is well-versed in sourcing materials and shipping to the US. “At our core we’re a design and engineering View Details
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Far-Reaching Impact
graduates working in government or a nonprofit. Additionally, Gupta received a Horace W. Goldsmith Fellowship, established by Richard Menschel (MBA 1959), which awards $10,000 to MBA students who have shown leadership in the nonprofit... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 26 Jan 2021
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Clubs See Wealth in FemTech; Health Care Alumni Look at COVID Response
Professor emeritus, William A. Sahlman, the conversation covered the range of leadership challenges that Mango and Bingham faced while managing both private sector and government partners on an expedited timeline, while searching for an... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 14 Feb 2019
- News
Plotting a Path Forward on Climate Change
inaction. That was the message delivered on February 12, 2019, at “Confronting Climate Change: Boston-Based Ideas that Can Change the World,” a panel discussion at the Spangler Center moderated by HBS Professor Michael Toffel and View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Seth Klarman
we are facing today is a result of previous government actions, and today’s government actions will give rise to future problems as well. The lesson should be that we need to get to a point where we don’t... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Letters
but it has a detailed plan for public- and private- sector efforts to end extreme global poverty. Business alone cannot do the job because, as the IGD plan points out, it is necessary to invest in good governments as well as investing in... View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Up Against The Firewall
Observes Steven B. Lipner (PMD 57, 1989), Microsoft’s director of security assurance, “With organizations moving to a higher level of connectivity via the Internet, security has become a major issue for everybody, both suppliers and... View Details
- 01 Jun 2025
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
Innovation, Bolton draws on her 25 years of advising leaders to provide a practical, holistic innovation framework. Her ABCs of Innovation show leaders how to reshape their roles, teams, and organizations to create new value and catalyze... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Beyond the Plastisphere
Above: illustration by Brian Stauffer In 2008, Sarah Kauss (MBA 2003) attended a presentation on climate change and the global water crisis at her five-year HBS reunion. Harvard Professor Daniel Schrag, who directs the University’s Center for the Environment, argued... View Details
- 31 Jan 2019
- News
A Global Mission
clearances for the government job he thought was waiting for him. DeFehr instead decided to attend HBS and join the family business, Palliser Furniture. He has now been a fixture at Palliser for more than 50 years. He was CEO of the... View Details
- 28 Mar 2019
- News
California Alumni Explore Role of Capitalism in Addressing Climate Change
Clubs News Clubs News If capitalism is to blame for climate change, can it also be the best hope to stop it? That’s the paradox that HBS alumni in Southern California confronted in a sold-out, faculty-led roundtable discussion on business and climate change held in Los... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Learning from Global Immersion Experiences
second module of the three-part course, sends all 900-plus first-year MBAs across the globe in January to work on projects with partner organizations in emerging markets. “The logistical challenges are enormous,” says course head Tony... View Details
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Made, Not Born: HBS Courses and Entrepreneurial Management
time in class discussing how to structure deals and leverage resources you don't actually have - both key issues when we started Stylus," he says. "My goal," Bhide explains, "is to help students make smarter choices about the businesses they start." Entrepreneurship,... View Details
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
Stewards of the Seventh Generation
and the costs sometimes associated with implementing "green" strategies - strong government regulation at home and abroad will continue to be necessary in order to motivate many businesses to become more environmentally accountable. He... View Details
- 20 Oct 2022
- News
Lebanon Alumni Host US Ambassador for Dinner and Discussion
Professor in the Business, Government, and the International Economy (BGIE) Unit; Charlotte Robertson, Assistant Professor in the BGIE Unit; and Mattias Fibiger, Assistant Professor in the BGIE unit. According to Margaret Wells (MBA 2006), who View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
HBS Forum: Business Leadership in the Social Sector
The role of business in improving public education, reducing welfare dependency, and revitalizing urban areas was the subject of a stimulating forum held at HBS on April 6-8. The conference, titled "Business Leadership in the Social Sector," drew a distinguished group... View Details
- 01 Jan 2009
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Jorge Paulo Lemann, A.B. 1961; Carlos A. Sicupira, OPM 9, 1984; Marcel H. Telles, OPM 10, 1985
matched by his commitment to promoting education, government efficiency, and entrepreneurship in Brazil. He is the founder and a director of both Endeavor Brasil, a nonprofit that helps entrepreneurs in emerging markets, and the Brava... View Details