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- 05 Apr 2018
- News
A Philanthropic Eye Reframes African American Abstract Art
nonprofit Art + Practice. Joyner first began buying art in the late 1990s. At the time, she was drawn to pioneering abstract painters such as Norman Lewis, Richard Mayhew, Sam Gilliam, and Jack Whitten. “There is power in abstract art,... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
The Plight of the Global Poor
identify the characteristics of successful enterprises and leaders in this realm. The nearly 100 academics, business practitioners, and nonprofit executives from fifteen countries who gathered for the event examined the operational and... View Details
- 01 Jul 2013
- Research & Ideas
Crowdfunding a Poor Investment?
from large groups of people is exactly what nonprofits and political campaigns have been doing for more than a century. In today's world, though, the Internet has dramatically altered the ability for companies and independent... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
MBAs on a Mission
was typical for an HBS Leadership Fellow. The program catapults new grads into high-level positions at nonprofit and public-sector organizations, offering access to CEO-level management and decision-making. Meanwhile, organizations... View Details
- 24 Apr 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, April 24, 2018
Next Campaign Describes how a former public official became an advocate who started a nonprofit organization after losing her campaign for governor. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/308040 Harvard Business... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 May 2022
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards 2022
of it as a place for cats playing the piano. But I gave it a shot, and the videos took on a life of their own.” The plunge: “Soon, tens of thousands of people were using the videos every month. In 2009, I left my job and set up Khan Academy as a View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
Profiles from the Class of 2006
and experience, hopes and aspirations. Some students arrived two years ago directly from college. A significant number had served in the military. Many brought years of on-the-job experience with private-sector and nonprofit... View Details
- 19 Apr 2016
- First Look
April 19, 2016
Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/316142-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 316-140 Rumie: Bringing Digital Education to the Underserved In fall of 2015, the Toronto, Canada–based education technology View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Feb 2023
- Blog Post
Meet the Black Investment Club
partnerships with Boston-based nonprofit organizations to create mentorships and curriculum programs for younger students. Looking ahead to the spring, the Black Investment Club leaders are also excited to host the first Black Investment... View Details
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Hands-on Learning About Global Markets | MBA
also help the company raise capital. Working as a team on the project was part of the FIELD learning experience. Each person took on a leadership role that played to his or her strength: Laryea’s background is in finance, Israel has technology expertise, Kreeger and Li... View Details
- 01 Apr 2008
- News
“Let Us Now Praise Famous Women”
their date of birth, nonprofit and corporate board memberships and years served, and multiple layers of prior employment (company, job title, and years). Even had Val, Doris, and Marianna’s duties not expanded over the years, just the... View Details
- 05 Nov 2021
- Op-Ed
How to Tap the Talent Automated HR Platforms Miss
As the global staffing shortage grinds on, corporate recruiters everywhere are relying on their online hiring platforms and automated systems to deliver the candidates they need. Too often, these tools will fail them, sidelining many qualified workers in the process.... View Details
Keywords: by Joseph B. Fuller
- 12 Nov 2019
- News
Seismic Shift
times are good, the numbers increase, a diversity officer may be appointed, and HR institutes sensitivity training. Denmark West (MBA 1998), an advisor, investor, and founding partner of Connectivity Ventures, points to the early 2000s as an example. Fortune 500... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Letters to the Editor
a better MBA be delivered on a more cost-effective basis? Most for-profit and nonprofit institutions are finding ways to deliver their goods and services for fewer dollars of capital per unit of output. Why should educational institutions... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Ilene Lang
her well at Catalyst, the 75-person nonprofit global research and advisory firm she joined as president in 2003 (Lang was named CEO in 2008). Committed to breaking the proverbial glass ceiling once and for all, Catalyst, founded in 1962,... View Details
- 14 Feb 2012
- First Look
First Look: February 14
relational context of trust and facilitating learning from failures. Book: Enacting Our Field Author:Alnoor Ebrahim Publication:Nonprofit Management and Leadership (forthcoming). Abstract This keynote address, delivered to the Nonprofit... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Redefining Success: Women & Work.
articulating a theme that many women voice when designing alternative work situations. "Since our work was going to take us away from our kids, we knew it had to be meaningful." She cites two of the founding principles of Case as an example: All clients must be View Details
- April 1990 (Revised November 1992)
- Case
Population Services International: The Social Marketing Project in Bangladesh (Abridged)
By: James E. Austin
Population Services International (PSI) was a not-for-profit agency founded to disseminate family planning information and to market birth control products, primarily in less developed countries seeking to curb their population explosions. In 1976, PSI concluded an... View Details
Keywords: Conferences; Developing Countries and Economies; Information Publishing; Growth and Development Strategy; Marketing Strategy; Social Marketing; Agreements and Arrangements; Product; Nonprofit Organizations; Pharmaceutical Industry; Bangladesh; Washington (state, US)
Austin, James E. "Population Services International: The Social Marketing Project in Bangladesh (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 590-061, April 1990. (Revised November 1992.)
- 15 Dec 2015
- First Look
December 15, 2015
audience. The case features a multimedia format of audio and video clips in order to engage students directly with JALC protagonists and with jazz music—the real protagonist of the case. The case is ideal for a first year marketing course and is also suitable for... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
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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