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Georges F. Doriot: Educating Leaders, Building Companies
Center: Entrepreneurship Social Enterprise Initiative HBS Working Knoweldge More HBS Twitter: Alumni Business & Environment Executive Education Faculty Accounts Harvard... View Details
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Georges F. Doriot: Educating Leaders, Building Companies
Center: Entrepreneurship Social Enterprise Initiative HBS Working Knoweldge More HBS Twitter: Alumni Business & Environment Executive Education Faculty Accounts Harvard... View Details
- 30 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Entering the Age of Alliances
communities throughout the United States to inspire young people to read. Visa operates the world's leading consumer credit card payment system. Although there is no obvious connection between the credit card business and literacy promotion, research that revealed that... View Details
Keywords: by James Austin
- 13 Dec 2011
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Carry It On
from Glassman’s fellowship. Asked why he established the fellowship and what it means to him, Glassman says, “Business enterprises have finite lives. However, I believe that a commitment to social justice... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
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Business Plan Contest Winners
The 12th annual HBS Business Plan Contest winner in the social enterprise track was Diagnostics-For-All (DFA), a nonprofit launched to develop a disposable, low-cost, paper-based “lab-on-a-chip” for use in... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
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Giving Back
and CEO for ten years at National Industries for the Blind, a venerable nonprofit that he turned into a results-oriented, 21st-century enterprise that enhances economic opportunities and professional development for people who are blind.... View Details
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Archival Collections - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School
Baker Library New Books Executive Education HBS Alumni Bulletin HBS News HBS Working Knowledge MBA Admissions Harvard Business School Alumni Business & Environment Executive Education MBA Recruiting Rock Center: Entrepreneurship Social... View Details
- 12 May 2020
- Blog Post
The Importance of Coordination: Apoorva Pasricha Reflects on Crisis Leadership
Pivoting in the Midst of a Pandemic By October 2019, the grant application was launched and in February 2020, the City Council began approving grants and distributing funds. “No other city,” Pasricha notes, “has launched an initiative... View Details
- 10 Apr 2013
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Tapped In
company's work with the resin that he discovered an opportunity for a unique social enterprise project. Called Green and Tapped Indian Community and launched in 2010, the program works with indigenous... View Details
- 19 Dec 2005
- Research & Ideas
Public Education Goes to School
ranking 16th out of 20 in the number of students who complete high school. Just as importantly, public education is facing a social justice issue that has the potential to undermine our democracy. Even with a dramatic increase in targeted... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
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Turning Point: Network Effects
nonprofit that develops national networks of volunteer mental health professionals who can provide free, confidential care to individuals experiencing an acute or chronic need for help. Our initial focus was veterans and their families,... View Details
Keywords: Bruce Shuttleworth (MBA 1997)
- 16 Jun 2017
- Blog Post
What is the HBS Leadership Fellows Program?
social-sector organizations with access to analytic and strategic talent to deliver high-impact results Encouraging emerging leaders to develop an appreciation for and understanding of the complexities of leading in the social sector The... View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit / Government
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Eligibility | New Venture Competition
(HKS) Sustainable Investing (HBS) The Founder Mindset (HBS) Transforming Education Through Social Entrepreneurship (HBS) By December 6: Harvard graduate students enrolled in other related Harvard graduate school courses may contact the... View Details
- 25 Mar 2016
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Putting Faith in a Good Education
needed someone with his business acumen to execute them. “I was a 50-year-old person when I got that call about social entrepreneurship, but I stepped onto the playing field,” says Crane, who is now 63. “My View Details
- 01 Jun 2005
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Lessons from the Tsunami Disaster
CURRAN: "The most important thing I learned is that central planning in such situations doesn't work." Courtesy Dan Curran International relief agencies that raced to aid Indonesia’s tsunami-ravaged Aceh province have a lot to learn from the unique management... View Details
- 10 Nov 2011
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HBS Cases: Making Lincoln Center Cool Again
interact, such as cross-organization meetings on key areas including PR, marketing, financial, legal, and technology. Dinners, cocktail parties, galas, and other social gatherings provide opportunities for board members, VIPs, donors, and... View Details
- 27 Jan 2023
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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
- 24 Mar 2002
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Are Assets Only for America’s Wealthy?
other measures aimed at getting more federal funding for social service programs, and is under debate in Washington. The Act aims to promote and greatly increase the number of Individual Development Accounts (IDAs). IDA accounts provide... View Details
Keywords: by Carla Tishler
- 09 Jul 2019
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The Road to Impact
made a leap of faith. If he could just find a management position at a nonprofit, he figured, he could help direct social change. “That was my thesis,” he recalls. Since he made that jump, he’s proved that thesis correct several times... View Details
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Introduction - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School
Entrepreneurship Social Enterprise Initiative HBS Working Knoweldge More HBS Twitter: Alumni Business & Environment Executive Education Faculty Accounts Harvard Business Review... View Details