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- 01 Jun 2007
- News
KPMG for Mayor!
or nonprofit must demonstrate to its shareholders or donors that it can perform efficiently. To state the obvious, companies must make money. How could running a local government be a profitable enterprise? In a word: taxes. Voters in... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Alumni Take Cold Calls in New York City
focused on 23andMe, whose sale of genetic testing kits directly to consumers was challenged by the Food & Drug Administration. Quelch, who coauthored the case, is also on the faculty of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. The Investors Society recognizes... View Details
- 24 Aug 2017
- News
Unlocking Potential
invaluable after she and Mitchell launched the foundation, including making connections to donors and to people who have become members of Reset’s advisory board. “It’s definitely been a useful network, a way to find people who are... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Hawes Hall Groundbreaking
Groundbreaking took place in early June for Hawes Hall, a new classroom building that will be constructed adjacent to the northeast corner of Aldrich Hall, facing Baker Library. Dean Kim B. Clark opened the ceremony by welcoming the Hawes family, including Beverly and... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Serving with Purpose and Pride
advance the School’s highest priorities. Annual gifts of all sizes enable HBS to remain at the forefront of business education, and it is particularly gratifying to see how donors have been inspired by the Campaign to increase their... View Details
- 19 Nov 2014
- News
The Power of Yes
topic. “I didn’t feel like I had developed that muscle of saying ‘yes’ enough,” he explains by phone from Acumen’s New York office. “One of the things I learned is how expressive and personal philanthropy is, and that no matter how smart or analytical a View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 20 May 2008
- News
Endowment Tax Debate Puts Harvard on the Spot
is tied up by restrictions on how the money can be spent. That would force schools to raise money just to pay the new tax bill. “If donors knew that the money they bequeathed to their alma mater would partially or fully be heading to the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Wyss Celebrated for Career, Conservation
lead donor and passionate supporter of the Montana Legacy Project deal that purchased over 310,000 acres of forest land from the Plum Creek Timber Company in the western part of the state. The Wyss Foundation’s initial gift of $25 million... View Details
- 14 Apr 2021
- News
The First Five Years: Mike Gandy Auzenne (MBA 2016)
“Essentially it’s a database match. We have a database of martial arts instructors who meet our standards; a list of gyms that often have open slots for more students; a list of kids who can benefit from participating, provided by Atlanta youth organizations; and a... View Details
- 11 May 2017
- News
Going with the Flow
cord and placenta. Next, the company made history by providing the first cord-blood stem cell transplant in treating sickle cell anemia. Today, more than 30,000 children have been transplanted with cord blood from units, privately from family members and publicly from... View Details
Keywords: Robert S. Benchley
- 17 Mar 2017
- News
Clare B. Hawthorne (MBA 2012)
will, Hawthorne decided to include a bequest to HBS. “I wanted to show my appreciation for a place that has given me so much,” she explains. She enjoys being one of the youngest members of the John C. Whitehead Society, which recognizes View Details
- 01 Jan 2012
- News
Franklin P. “Pitch” Johnson Jr., MBA 1952
hard times after the dot-com meltdown in 2001, for example, Johnson—then chairman of the board—gave an inspiring pep talk. “We will not let this organization fail,” he told the directors and the staff, encouraging them not to give up on what looked like a dire... View Details
- 11 Apr 2018
- News
The First Five Years: Regan Turner (MBA 2013)
the ‘Five Forces’ from Strategy and how we at The Mission Continues position our product and organization to veterans and donors in the nonprofit marketplace. More broadly, I rely on the tools I learned at HBS to see how all of the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Bringing It Back Home
it is more important than ever. Nonprofits rely on corporations, foundations, philanthropists, and ordinary citizens for funding, all of whom have far less money for donations than they did prior to the financial meltdown. The donors... View Details
- 15 Nov 2016
- News
Transferring Skills From The Military to the Private Sector
Sharyn and Matt Eby Fellowship at HBS, she says, allowed her “the freedom to come to HBS rather than attend a school based solely on cost.” Meeting donor Matt Eby (MBA 2002) at the HBS fellowship dinner was a very powerful experience. “He... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
The Business of Babies
involved with the ultimate suppliers. It’s a market suited to intermediaries such as brokers, lawyers, and agents,” she observed. The emphasis in egg and sperm donor profiles on intelligence and physical attributes also raises the specter... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards 2021
at HBS that attracted nearly 300 individual donors in addition to a number of companies and other organizations. “I knew the measure of whether I’d lived up to the chair wouldn’t be how many books I wrote or my scholarly reputation,” says... View Details
- 29 Apr 2022
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Clean Slate
Coalition, an organization coordinating business, government, and nonprofit efforts to improve India’s water quality and health outcomes. Naina Lal Kidwai: This was not a sexy business. You don't want to put your name to toilets. You're much happier putting it to... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
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Record Gift to HBS from India’s Tata Group
a gift of $50 million from the Tata Companies, the Sir Dorabji Tata Trust, and the Tata Education and Development Trust, philanthropic entities of India’s Tata Group. The gift, the largest from an international donor in the School’s... View Details
Keywords: Tata Hall
- 12 Dec 2013
- News