Filter Results:
(937)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(2,689)
- People (34)
- News (937)
- Research (842)
- Events (1)
- Multimedia (23)
- Faculty Publications (649)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(2,689)
- People (34)
- News (937)
- Research (842)
- Events (1)
- Multimedia (23)
- Faculty Publications (649)
Sort by
- 21 Mar 2019
- News
Helping Veterans Build Careers
designated more than $28 million to high-performing, nonprofit grantee partners across the United States and the United Kingdom, helping to place more than 50,000 vets in high-quality jobs since 2009. “But veterans often struggle to... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
From venture capitalist to 'compassionate capitalist'
First he pioneered the British venture capitalist industry, cofounding Apax Partners in 1972. Then Sir Ronald M. Cohen (MBA 1969) led the way in social investment, prompting The Economist to call him “the compassionate capitalist.” Now he is revolutionizing the way... View Details
- 30 Jun 2017
- News
Rebuilding the Girl Scouts Brand
time for something new. Although she had been involved in volunteer efforts in education, the arts, and economic development since high school, Pitter-Armand’s path to a career in the nonprofit sector wasn’t obvious to her. The phrase... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 28 May 2019
- News
INK: Maker’s Manual
promise and the perils of philanthropy. NEW Giving Done Right Effective Philanthropy and Making Every Dollar Count by Phil Buchanan “I’m a big believer in free-market capitalism, but I also believe we need a strong nonprofit sector. This... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Up to the Highest Heights
professional kiteboarder Susi Mai that combines high-level kiting and high-value networking. ACTAI Global—now a nonprofit with several thousand members and events around the world—has been called the “new TED,” and kiteboarding has been... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 10 Mar 2011
- News
Philanthropy’s Dilemma
its best, and it can bring enormous joy into a donor’s life,” they write. “But generosity alone is rarely sufficient if you aspire to leave a legacy of exceptional results.” That’s where Give $mart comes in. Tierney and Fleishman have crafted a primer for... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Social Enterprise Visionary
to prepare leaders for the nonprofit sector. Approaching then-Dean John McArthur, he offered to fund an initiative focused on research, teaching, and programs related to nonprofit management. “John... View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Young Alums Honored for Social Enterprise
annual Leadership Dinner. But this year for the first time, the club decided to also honor younger New York alumni who already are making their mark in the nonprofit arena. Iris Chen (MBA/JD ’01), executive director of Teach For America;... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Hit Radio Show and HBS Alumni Help Young Classical Musicians
Slavet, a nonprofit arts entrepreneur and partner in a real estate development and management firm. “But we want to be more than that. Through our radio show, Web site, education programs, and upcoming TV special, we’re establishing an... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Roger Ullman: Going Green with E2
Environmental Entrepreneurs (E2), a nonprofit group of businesspeople who believe that sound environmental policy and economic progress are not mutually exclusive. With about four hundred members nationwide, E2 works directly with the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
New York Club Honors Goldman Sachs CEO
community service efforts. Last year, the club gave $25,000 in financial aid to MBA students, provided a full scholarship to the Strategic Perspectives in Nonprofit Management executive program at HBS, and funded a summer fellowship for... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Making a Difference
seventy HBS students who participated in the HBS Social Enterprise Summer Fellowship Program, which gives financial support to MBA students who choose to work in the public and nonprofit sectors during the summer months. Sponsored by the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Reaching New Heights
nonprofit to help build schools and libraries in Nepal and supply them with books, the Harbus reported. With expansion into Southeast Asia and soon into Latin America and Africa, Wood’s Room to Read has established 3,600 libraries, built... View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Start Me Up
business or a social enterprise track, the fledgling companies pitched everything from early-stage Alzheimer's diagnosis technology to environmentally friendly lodging. Below, the four that the competition's alumni judges—plucked from the start-up and View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
‘Green’ Trailblazers
Many HBS graduates are now leading companies and nonprofit organizations involved in the environment or sustainability – as entrepreneurs, innovators, financiers, or philanthropists. Following is a selected list of notable alumni and the... View Details
- 18 Nov 2021
- News
Strength in Numbers
Their solution? The Goodness Web, a nonprofit that finds its strength in connection, through “a web of people who can aggregate resources—whether that is philanthropic dollars or contacts—to do good, better,” Swartz explains. Currently in... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 27 May 2021
- News
Sal Khan (MBA 2003) Awarded Honorary Degree by Harvard
Sal Khan (MBA 2003) was one of seven people recognized with an honorary degree during Harvard’s Honoring the Class of 2021 ceremony. Khan is the founder and CEO of online education nonprofit Khan Academy, which has some 100 million... View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
HBS Student Battles ALS
returned home. While there, he served as the head of Israel’s ALS nonprofit organization, IsrALS, instituting a campaign that galvanized funding, awareness, and research efforts in that nation. Kremer returned to HBS last January. Since... View Details
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
HBS Honored for Addressing Business and Societal Issues
Nelson (MBA '88), executive director of the HBS Initiative on Social Enterprise, accepted an award honoring the School's efforts at a ceremony hosted by Citigroup in New York last October. "This is a tribute to the broad range of activities at HBS focusing on View Details
- 27 Jan 2023
- News
Turning Up the Volume
When the executive director of Leadership Enterprise for a Diverse America (LEDA) stepped down in June 2020, Ilana Goldman (MBA/MPA 2002) stepped up. As chair of the board and a political and nonprofit consultant, she saw it as her duty... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon