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- 25 Mar 2022
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Omobola Johnson
Omobola Johnson, the former Minister of Communication Technology in Nigeria, discusses her transition into a venture capital career and highlights how venture capital enables young Nigerian entrepreneurs to address local challenges. View Details
- 08 Jan 2020
- Video
Dr. Yusuf Hamied
Dr. Yusuf Hamied, Chair of the pioneering Indian generic drugs company Cipla, explains his objection to the patent monopolies of Western multinational companies, to whom he believes India should not be at the... View Details
- 07 Jan 2022
- News
Learning to Fight
nonprofit, the Brain Tumor Network (BTN), which grew out of a Sontag Foundation support group for brain cancer patients and caregivers in Northern Florida that Rick and Susan relied on as they coped with her disease and its aftereffects. To date, the BTN’s nurse... View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Advancing the Vision for HBS
As chair of The Harvard Business School Campaign, I have seen firsthand its impact on advancing key HBS priorities, including field-based learning, HBX, global research, the Harvard Innovation Labs, and financial aid. The philanthropic... View Details
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Beatriz Delorme
Bea has spent 4 years working at BCG prior to HBS and has is now focusing her career on the Climate space. She love to discuss career paths within the Climate & Sustainability area, and can help students think through which route makes more sense for the summer or... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Alumni Work to Reverse Bias Through Philanthropy
leaders together to help communities of color across Massachusetts achieve social gains through economic investment.” Seeding Progress Like the Massachusetts-centered NCF, the nationally focused ARF began as a response to last spring’s... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 30 Mar 2022
- News
Giving Hope and Comfort
items—the soap and the shampoo—that were most prized by the organizations that received the donations. A social worker from Catholic Charities who called Feingold to thank him explained that few people think to donate such expensive... View Details
- 29 Jan 2021
- News
Holding Business to Account
before the model Aiyer envisioned would be christened “impact investing,” she launched Walden Capital Management in 1994 to pursue these dual goals of financial return and social change on behalf her clients. Following Walden’s... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
The Transformers
social impact. And the way to magnify that impact is to give away valuable knowledge to anyone who can use it. Bridgespan is unique in another equally important way. It is a pioneer in the application of... View Details
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
One Degree of Difference
of the highly educated, Wallace says the move has boosted the company’s diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts and turned into a competitive advantage. Ovia is among a handful of companies that are rethinking their screening process, for reasons that range from... View Details
- 22 Apr 2020
- Research Event
How Investors Are Sizing Up Climate Change’s Risks—and Opportunities
Until a few years ago, climate change’s potential impact seemed abstract for many investors. Now, as sea levels rise, hurricanes intensify, and droughts threaten food supplies, many investors are confronting its financial realities. But... View Details
- 20 Mar 2013
- Research & Ideas
How CEOs Sustain Higher-Ambition Goals
At a recent Harvard Business School conference, dozens of CEOs committed to the idea of working toward "higher-ambition" goals that go beyond just short-term shareholder value. Inspired by the book Higher Ambition: How Great Leaders Create Economic and View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 25 Mar 2022
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Omobola Johnson
Omobola Johnson, the former Minister of Communication Technology in Nigeria, explains how the non-profit organization WimBiz seeks to increase the representation of women on corporate boards, spotlighting the WimBoard Executive Database. View Details
- 09 Mar 2021
- News
Addressing Education Inequities Exacerbated by the Pandemic
During COVID-19 and Beyond. Closures of schools and other learning spaces have had an impact on 94 percent of the world’s student population; for low and lower-middle income countries, the impact has been up... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Funding His Purpose
markets. Letelier’s original vision for SITAWI—which means “to develop and flourish” in Swahili—was as a lender. He would solicit grants the organization would in turn use to give loans to nonprofits. “My pitch to the donor was, ‘If you make a grant to us, we’ll... View Details
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Narayanan Vaghul
Narayanan Vaghul, Former Chairman of ICICI Bank Limited, recounts discovering and establishing strong financial backing for Pratham, an NGO that seeks to improve the quality of education for children throughout India (Filmed October 26, 2017). View Details