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- 01 Oct 1999
- News
The Class of 1974: Timed for a Change
turning our considerable energies more and more to giving back. Typically, much effort is original and entrepreneurial: starting film schools for inner-city youth or tackling the problem of what to do with eighteen-year-olds emerging from... View Details
Keywords: Charles B. ("Chuck") Mercer
- 18 Oct 2016
- Op-Ed
Why Business Should Invest in Community Health
partners. Competition for funds among groups may inspire applicants to perform at a higher level: When announcing it was accepting proposals for its Youth Programming Wellness Grant, Target encouraged organizations to “think big.” GE,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
Steven Rogers
African-American entrepreneurs. In reviewing Rogers' 1972 application to the ABC program, one can easily spot hints of his future success. "Steven is unique in that he is aware of his capabilities, and he uses them maturely," wrote one of his ninth-grade teachers. "He... View Details
- 01 Jul 2019
- What Do You Think?
Are Super Stretch Goals Only for the Very Young?
Do Super Stretch Goals Require More Commitment Than a Large Organization Can Muster? Youth of an organization or its members is not the primary determinant of whether an organization successfully utilizes super stretch goals. The majority... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 16 Nov 2020
- Blog Post
Flatiron School: Reflections from Summer 2020
their voter engagement strategy by developing a granular data-driven understanding of youth voter turnout. I loved putting my new skills to work for such a worthwhile cause! Joshua Rodriguez (MBA 2020): For our first project, we were... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 23 Apr 2018
- News
Sowing the Seeds of Leadership
Gutierrez, works as a social entrepreneur focusing on youth issues, and their three children attend school. While continuing to steward the tropical resources that are central to EARTH’s curriculum, Condo and his colleagues are intent on... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
Q & A: Laura Liswood and the Council of Women World Leaders
media, and we're trying to get youth more involved through the Internet. What can women aspiring to be the first U.S. president learn from the Council's members? They can learn, first, that it's doable; second, that it's going to be hard;... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 29 Oct 2019
- Blog Post
Merging the Worlds of Finance, Investing, and Environmental Impact
funny, I was involved in the environmental youth movement when I was growing up in Norway in the late 80s, but I thought I wouldn’t be able to continue with that interest until later in life. I had a passion for business and finance, and... View Details
- 20 Feb 2019
- Blog Post
Part 1: Military Transition and the JD/MBA - Setting Career Goals
military? Thinking about what you will do next? Consider a JD/MBA. I was once in your shoes. I decided to leave the military after seven years of active duty service and landed at Harvard Law School in 2015 as a youthful... View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Everything Old Is New Again: The History of Technological Frontiers
It was a giddy time that presaged a new frontier, when a tinkering youth would become an international monopolist, and hundreds like him, eager for the quick riches that appeared inevitable, would start new businesses based on a... View Details
- 04 Jun 2008
- News
Whistle While You Work
As part of its 100th anniversary (www.hbs.edu/centennial) party for faculty, staff, and students in April, HBS brought in Benjamin Zander (www.benjaminzander.com), a world-renowned conductor and teacher who heads the Boston Philharmonic and New England Conservatory... View Details
- 30 Jun 2020
- What Do You Think?
Is a Business School-Industry Collaboration Needed to Attract Black Talent to Campus?
suggestions, including starting early (Kcorey: “How about connecting with youth at an earlier age who are interested in business?”), emulating efforts to bring women into management education (Roslyn Payne: “In the 1980’s when University... View Details
- 13 Apr 2017
- News
Solving Nigeria’s Skilled Workforce Challenge
could take hundreds of years, but there is happiness in the daily pursuit of making a difference.” Rewane sees the transformative power of the program every day as hopeful, hard-working students—some micro entrepreneurs, many unemployed View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 24 Aug 2017
- News
Unlocking Potential
invests in programs that merge education with workforce development and help low-income youth prepare for sustainable, productive careers. After starting at HBS in 2011, Anderson interned at Next Street, a Roxbury-based merchant bank that... View Details
- 05 Sep 2000
- What Do You Think?
Whither the Information Economy?
'75)Mercer Management Consulting As if that wasn't enough, he asserted that information, in part because of these characteristics, is diffusive and hard to contain, especially that containing high proprietary value. Any number of people from President Clinton to Bill... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 23 Feb 2015
- News
Preserving a Musical Tradition; Inspiring Future Generations
Sistema national network of youth orchestras. “We’re not teaching music at all in the way that it is usually taught in a formal setting. We’re mimicking more how music is taught traditionally,” he says. “It’s about developing a student’s... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Alumni Work to Reverse Bias Through Philanthropy
communities of color who include the voices of community members in their decision-making.” Unknown to Big Funders The NCF focuses on four pillars of underfunded structural challenges: policing and criminal justice reform; economic empowerment; health care equity; and... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 09 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
The Manager’s Guide to Communicating with Customers Collection
African-American clientele, have hundreds of products for blondes." In a labor market where youth seems to hold a premium, especially for marketing jobs, this notion is deadly for those trying to sell to an aging population of baby... View Details
- 25 Jan 2000
- Research & Ideas
Strategic Alliances
apparel and footwear, when City Year requested fifty pairs of boots for its youth service corps program. "In the philanthropic relationship," Austin observes, "each side benefits modestly. The NPO receives funding, goods, or services,... View Details
Keywords: by Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Alumni Books
Real Skills for Real Jobs with Real Success by Gerald Chertavian (MBA 1992) (Viking Adult) As a Big Brother, Chertavian saw how many young, disadvantaged, yet motivated workers were stranded at the bottom of the job ladder. In 2000, he dedicated his life to helping... View Details