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- 16 May 2017
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Facing the Board
Dewey. No, Blank said. “We believe if everything were to work perfectly we would support the acquisition—it is a good price, but the price could also skew our decision,” she said. Gordon questioned the wisdom of killing the deal. “It may... View Details
- 18 Jan 2012
- News
Charter Supporter
“Both of my parents have always been very committed to volunteer work and they always encouraged us to give back to the community,” Burke told the Capital Times. “I feel incredibly lucky to have been given... View Details
- 25 Apr 2014
- News
Disrupting criminal enterprises that prey on children
thinking into those endeavors, in the realm of child protection," says Brochu. She explains that criminal networks operate much like legitimate enterprises. As a result, her business degree has made a difference in her work, as has her experience in the digital... View Details
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Filter Results: (1) Submit Author Types Alumni HBS Staff SE Practitioners SEI Faculty SEI Team Students Topics Alumni for Impact Alumni Programs Arts Business for Social Impact Business School Executive Education Faculty Research Future of View Details
- 05 Jun 2018
- News
Fueling the Future
When Cecily Kovatch (MBA 2002) began her career working as a field engineer for Schlumberger, one of the world’s largest oilfield service companies, the all-male crews were often less than welcoming. Since those early engineering days,... View Details
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LaToya Marc
for leadership at a management level." While in school, LaToya applied her talents at a Coca-Cola bottler and at Bank of America, helping them roll out new lines of envelope-free ATMs, and forecast cash distribution to minimize armored truck dispatches. She... View Details
- 07 May 2020
- News
Ensuring Student Equity
2008, the nonprofit has grown to a staff of 35, who work with 2,500 volunteers each year and 50 partner organizations. Before the pandemic, Grumhaus, a former investment banker at Goldman Sachs and founding... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
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Activating a Legion of People | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
Activating a Legion of People When a company I was working for relocated to Omaha, I knew I wanted to stay in New York. I'd always imagined I'd do something in the nonprofit sector, but figured it would be at some point much later in my... View Details
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Back to School
just this volunteer mom,” recalls Whitney, who had no admissions experience. “I told him, ‘I’m pretty good with people, I understand education, and I understand marketing. You can teach me about admissions.’ He thought about it and said... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
develop a support mechanism whereby alumni could receive training through volunteer IT specialists. Highlights of its recommendations included a broader marketing effort to all alumni, publicizing the benefits of the online services... View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
The Network Effect
didn’t even work—and sent him digging into the larger challenges posed by the pandemic. He soon discovered a gap he knew he could fill: While there was a good deal of clinical research underway, 85 percent of testing, drug, and vaccine trials were delayed because of... View Details
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
A Community Investment
Our class has lived and worked in a prolonged period of unprecedented economic growth, resulting in great wealth for our nation and opportunities for individual prosperity. Our gift affords us a modest, yet critical role in providing... View Details
- 15 Apr 2021
- News
Bringing Light to the Fight
work with the foundation. It wasn’t just her diagnosis, though; it also was her parents’ commitment to giving back. Throughout Smyth’s childhood, Anne had volunteered with Plunket, an organization that... View Details
- 01 May 2013
- News
C. Bruce Johnstone, MBA 1966
Many generous donors support the School. Some go further, assuming responsibility for fundraising at HBS. As HBS Fund Chair from 1998 to 2003, Bruce Johnstone led almost 1,000 volunteers each year and helped set a succession of... View Details
- 28 Mar 2018
- News
Fueling the Future
marketing in courses with professors Das Narayandas, Forest L. Reinhardt, and (now Dean) Nitin Nohria. Kovatch embraced equally the academic and social aspects of campus life, volunteering as social chair and traveling to Japan,... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Campaign News
faculty development; technology; and campus renewal. As Dean Kim B. Clark told the capacity crowd at Lincoln Center in New York City, “If we do our work well, we actually can change the way the world works.” This spring, alumni across the... View Details
- 05 Aug 2015
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Mobilizing the Public to Fight Bribery
work there before launching Bantay—raising funds for education and rural health care. “It’s good, but not very scalable,” he says. “And also, I’m not a great fundraiser. So it would be a lot of work just to... View Details
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Conversing in Cyberspace: Students and Alumni Talk Management
such questions to people with some real answers - HBS alumni who have made the transition themselves. Making innovative use of technology to involve HBS graduates in the classroom, Garvin conducted a pilot program on the World Wide Web in which students and alumni... View Details
Keywords: Daniel Penrice
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Diversity | Employment
advancing the well-being of indigenous peoples through self-determination, academic achievement, and community service. Volunteering & Community The volunteer group Harvard Neighbors helps both newcomers and... View Details
- 02 May 2016
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Creating Common Ground in Communities of Conflict
them realize that dream,” she says. A volunteer network sustains the San Francisco–based organization, which has helped facilitate peaceful relations in India, Pakistan, Colombia, and Rwanda. In India, for example, the Dreamfly built a... View Details