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- 19 Jan 2024
- News
Blockchain for Good
sharp declines in cash use and other major disruptions to small businesses and personal livelihoods. Enter Millicent, the blockchain-based digital financial venture Dyer cofounded a year ago. Both a financial network and a social impact... View Details
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Embracing Activism for Social Change
impact investment venture capital fund in India, and a year in Denmark as a Fulbright Research Fellow studying social return on investment methodologies. Mendu says being... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Jan 2008
- News
James D. Wolfensohn, MBA 1959
Chairman, Wolfensohn & Company, LLC Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page EARLIER EUDUCATION University of Sydney, 1954 B.A., Economics, Music University of Sydney, 1957 LL.B. LESSONS FROM HBS “The School gave me the opportunity to learn about people and values... View Details
- 13 Jul 2020
- News
Locally Grown
socially responsible investing was in its infancy; the now-common phrase impact investing had been coined just a few months earlier. For the first eight years of the fund’s... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Technology Making HBS More Accessible
Deborah (MBA 1987) and Steve (MBA 1986) Quazzo Deborah (MBA 1987) and Steve (MBA 1986) Quazzo believe in the mission of Harvard Business School. “Educating leaders who will have a positive impact on their communities throughout the world... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Daniel Vasella
sales of $37 billion. The company’s aggressive investment in research has made it an industry leader in new drug approvals. And when opportunity knocks, Vasella doesn’t hesitate to broaden Novartis’s business mix through acquisitions. He... View Details
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
New Releases
feedback on progress toward those goals. Creativity in Context by Teresa M. Amabile (Westview Press) This update of HBS professor Teresa Amabile's classic 1983 book, The Social Psychology of Creativity, includes extensive new theoretical and empirical material.... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Eight Join HBS Faculty
Art by Brian Taylor As an HBS doctoral student and recipient of the Wyss Award for Excellence in Doctoral Research, George Serafeim (DBA ’10) coauthored the paper “The Impact of Corporate Social Responsibility on View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards 2019
“Our mission at Social Finance is to mobilize capital to drive social progress. We are pioneering new impact investing approaches, like the Social Impact Bond, to unite... View Details
- 13 Jul 2020
- News
The First Five Years: Meaghan Fitzgerald (MBA 2016)
Player One. And recently it’s felt like the right time in terms of technological advancements, accessibility, and investment for a field like VR to really start taking off and I wanted to be there when it did.” What promise do you think... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Entrepreneur’s Rwandan Start-Up Gets HBS Support
Last year, Echoing Green, which invests in social entrepreneurs, chose SHE as one of the most innovative social change organizations worldwide, providing it with seed money and technical support. It has been a fast-paced two years since... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Road Work
borrowing habits have unlocked more affordable loans and created increased transparency around (and investment in) a loan market the firm estimates at between $15 billion and $20 billion. As the coronavirus pandemic enters its third... View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
Recognizing Volunteers and Donors
particularly grateful to alumni who invest annually in HBS leadership and innovation through the Dean's Fund. Jeanette and Herb Evert have demonstrated their passion for the mission of HBS by making significant contributions for more than... View Details
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Thirteen years ago, Marcelo Claure, founder of wireless services company Brightstar, discussed with a reluctant Steve Jobs the idea of launching a trade-in and recycling program for iPhones. It was a business move that expanded the market and created a new profit... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Meyers
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Batten Gift to Support Residential Campus
the future.” The Batten gift will enable the School to secure and enhance the southern entrance to the HBS campus in preparation for Harvard’s major investment in its Allston neighborhood. In honor of Batten, the School will name the main... View Details
Keywords: Jeffrey L. Cruikshank
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
The Campaign for Harvard Business School
Historic in many ways, the campaign is enabling work that is essential to the School’s core purposes: transformative teaching in both MBA and Executive Education classrooms; deep research to impact business practice; and the dissemination... View Details
- 14 Oct 2014
- News
Financial Services Support Mexico’s Most Underserved Communities
Alvaro Rodriguez-Arregui (MBA 1995), cofounder and managing partner of Ignia, explains how his organization’s impact investing has brought personal finance services to residents of the largest slum in Mexico... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
Research Brief: Field Research
that boost an individual’s income as well as regional food security. Second, PAD’s work responds to the long-standing challenge among social enterprises to measure impact—something Cole has seen firsthand in his research with the HBS Social Enterprise Initiative,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Inside the Partnership
juggernaut.” While much has changed for Goldman and other investment firms in the last year, its rise to prominence — driven by extraordinary individuals — is a matter of record. The following excerpts from The Partnership look at two of... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Straddling Two Worlds
was one of Tierney's first lessons in compartmentalizing his dual interests — that of running a highly profitable enterprise and that of helping those less fortunate than himself. After some experimentation with combining the two, he determined that he could make a... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young