activism - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Feb 2017
News

New Regional Offices Broaden HBS’s Intellectual Reach

underlying Israel’s strength in technology and innovation More than half the cases published in FY16 were international in scope or focus. To facilitate growing interest and activity in Africa, the Global Initiative established an office... View Details

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Wine & Cuisine Society | MBA

Wine & Cuisine Society The mission of the Wine and Cuisine Society (WCS) is to promote good living through the enjoyment of fine wine and cuisine. The WCS is focused on providing both educational and social activities in a convivial yet... View Details

01 Sep 2005
News

Professors Thompson, Healy Remembered

social responsibility. Healy was an authority on labor relations and arbitration who joined the faculty in 1946. He remained active in high-level dispute resolution while teaching at HBS and was the coauthor of Collective Bargaining, a... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Sep 2010
News

Together Again

building green businesses to winning in emerging markets to rethinking business education. For many, the reunion was a family affair, with children and grandchildren participating in a variety of activities tailored to their interests. To... View Details

Keywords: reunion

01 Feb 2018
News

HBS Professor Emeritus Hugo Uyterhoeven Dies at 86

revamping the class reunion format, and establishing corporate relations and public relations efforts at the School. Subsequently, Uyterhoeven took charge of all the School’s Executive Education activities and spearheaded the renovation... View Details

01 Oct 2001
Research & Ideas

Connecting With Nonprofits

more specific activities in which there is a significant two-way value exchange. The organizations' core capabilities begin to be deployed and the partnership is more important to each other's missions and strategies. It is no longer... View Details

Keywords: by James Austin

26 Jun 2015
Blog Post

7 Things International Applicants Should Know About HBS

and their kids– it’s a really familial atmosphere. There’s also an active Crimson Parents and Partners Club on campus. 7. You’ll still be connected to your home region at HBS Ibraheem: I have been very involved with student clubs and... View Details

12 Apr 2023

The MBA Tour Spotlight: Women in Business (APAC)

opportunities that are actively promoting Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion initiatives to support this group. This event is hosted by GMAC Tours, and HBS is a participating business school. View Details

Harrison G. Otis

Otis purchased the Los Angeles Times in 1886 just as the city was experiencing a population boom. Otis contributed to the population boom by actively promoting the city’s business opportunities in the Times. In addition, Otis was... View Details

Keywords: Publishing & Print Media

William Durant

its own sources of parts. In order to realize this vision, he created General Motors through a merger of Buick, Cadillac, Oldsmobile, Oakland (later Pontiac) and numerous parts manufacturers. After losing active control of GM in 1910,... View Details

Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace

01 Dec 2011
News

Henderson Named University Professor

In September, HBS professor Rebecca Henderson was named a University Professor, the highest honor Harvard bestows on its faculty members. Currently the second active HBS professor with that distinction (Michael Porter is the other),... View Details

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Maya Babu

"I was impressed by the way professors talked about their love of teaching," she says. "In the class, the time went by so fast—it was tremendously active and intellectually stimulating." Now that she's immersed in the... View Details

15 Nov 2017
Research & Ideas

How Does a Social Startup Decide to Commercialize? It May Depend on the Founder's Gender

organizations: Businesses focus on commerce, while charities engage in activities that support social welfare. Increasingly, however, founders of social ventures interested in improving society are pursuing hybrid business models, which... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

01 Jun 2012
News

New Post for Palepu

Professor Krishna Palepu, senior associate dean for International Development at HBS, has been tapped by Harvard President Drew Faust to be her senior adviser for global strategy, a new position. Consulting with colleagues from across the University, Palepu will focus... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

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A Chronicle of the China Trade. The Papers of Augustine Heard & Co., 1840-1877

in the mid-nineteenth century. The company was active from 1840 to 1877 under the direction of Augustine Heard and his nephews John, Augustine II, Albert, and George Heard. The family shared Albert’s sentiments, leaving behind an... View Details

February 2020 (Revised September 2021)
Supplement

Mission Related Investments at the Ford Foundation (B)

By: Shawn Cole, Michael Norris and T. Robert Zochowski

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Mission-Related Investing; Philanthropy; Foundation; Endowments; Socially Responsible Investing; Investment; Institutional Investing; Investment Activism; Governance; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Mission and Purpose; Social Enterprise; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; United States

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Central & Eastern European Club | MBA

Central & Eastern European Club The primary mission of the Emerging Europe Association is to facilitate professional, cultural and social activities aimed at HBS students interested in Emerging Europe. We aspire to increase awareness of... View Details

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Salsa Society | MBA

Salsa Society The mission of the Salsa Society is to provide a social forum for students of all levels to practice salsa dancing, improve their dancing skills and form an active community to enjoy salsa dancing on campus and in the... View Details

08 Jul 2002
Research & Ideas

How to Fashion Your New E-Business Model

the value chain framework to define the set of activities through which products and services are created and delivered to customers.6 Once activities are defined, it is then possible to analyze the... View Details

Keywords: by Lynda M. Applegate

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Future of Work Club | MBA

Building Activities Career Opportunities Club Co-Presidents Julia Shin Noah Krigel Club CFO Delaney Carlson Mailing Address Student Clubs of HBS, Inc. - Future of Work Club Harvard Business School 117 Western Ave. Boston, MA 02163 View Details

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