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01 Jun 2009
News

Social Innovation Goes Mainstream

government and social entrepreneurship,” said Gergen. He noted that Obama has pledged to open an office of social innovation, is an advocate of community service, and has proposed $650 million for the Department of Education to work with... View Details

Keywords: Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services

09 Mar 2003
Research & Ideas

Education, Technology, and Business: What’s the Catch?

was what led Ira Fishman in this direction. Fishman worked in the Clinton administration as Counsel and Director of the Task Force on Education at the Federal Communications View Details

Keywords: by Carla Tishler; Education

17 Jan 2012
First Look

First Look: January 17

Equity, and the Financing of Entrepreneurship Authors:Josh Lerner, Ann Leamon, and Felda Hardymon Publication:John Wiley & Sons, 2012 An abstract is not available at this time. Publisher's Link: http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-EHEP002070.html... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

09 Nov 2017
News

Paving the Way for Veterans to Serve in Congress

And thanks to the people he got to know while serving, he believes veterans hold a key part of the solution to the current hyperpolarization and lack of civility in American politics. Barcott has established a federally registered,... View Details

Keywords: Ralph Ranalli

30 Mar 2022
News

Giving Hope and Comfort

sourcing these vital products in the face of inflation and snags in the supply chain. About 25 percent of Hope and Comfort’s inventory comes through direct donations—from corporations, from hygiene drives hosted by schools, religious organizations, and View Details

27 Dec 2010
Research & Ideas

HBS Faculty on 2010’s Biggest Business Developments

Bill George, Professor of Management Practice Social networking is the most significant business development of 2010, topping the resurgence of the U.S. automobile industry. During the year social networking morphed from a personal View Details

Keywords: by Staff

11 Apr 2018
Research & Ideas

Sexual Harassment: What Employers Should Do Now

PeopleImages In 2012, federal court jurors listened as Ani Chopourian described the sexual harassment she endured as a cardiac surgery physician assistant at a Sacramento hospital. One surgeon greeted her each morning with “I’m horny” and... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

01 Apr 2002
News

Urban Evolution - HBS Research on the Inner City

grassroots community organizations; the increasing tendency of businesses, large and small, to identify the inner city as an untapped market; a drop in urban crime rates; and the "unshackling" of inner cities from the entrenched and... View Details

Keywords: Paul Grogan; Peter Tufano; David Crockett; Diana Barrett; Real Estate

01 Sep 2020
News

Maintaining a Resilient Democracy

point Braun and Harder agree on is that democracy on the federal level has become too partisan and unresponsive to what a majority of the electorate wants. Both acknowledge that hyperpartisanship in Washington holds up legislative... View Details

Keywords: Deb Blagg

21 Jul 2010
Research & Ideas

HBS Faculty Debate Financial Reform Legislation

two steps to the side, and jumps over a large pothole. Congress took a giant step forward by establishing a framework for monitoring and addressing systemically risky institutions (SRI). The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation is... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

01 Feb 1999
News

Fred Lazarus: Art Work at the Office

such as San Antonio and Chicago to help develop for-profit community organizations. Two years later Lazarus became president of the Washington Council for Equal Business Opportunity. Eventually he left that job, because, he says, "I... View Details

Keywords: Jeffrey Lazar

25 Jan 2018
News

A Whole New Game

According to research compiled by the Federal Reserve, cities, not suburbs, are now the leading generators of US economic growth. From 2010 to 2016, urban populations grew faster than those in the suburbs, reversing a nearly 70-year-old... View Details

20 Jul 2020
News

Responding to Racism Amid a Pandemic; LGBT Alumni Take Pride Celebration Online

but was glad she was able to curb the infection rate.” The city, she added, also received $30 million in federal loans for small business as well as food and rent assistance. Under her leadership, the homeless have been tested and moved... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

09 Mar 2021
News

Addressing Education Inequities Exacerbated by the Pandemic

goes to education—about $800 million. Business people are also allocating a lot of private philanthropy money. JOSEPH FULLER Professor of Management Practice and Co-chair of HBS’s Managing the Future of Work project The funding mechanisms for K–12 education create... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

10 Oct 2018
News

Building Paths to Success

charities. The federal government contributed as well. SVA offered 12 percent return. Wind the clock forward eight years, and we met and exceeded our targets. We repaid the debt two years before expected, and there’s better quality early... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

29 May 2019
News

HBS Career Coaches Hit the Road to Serve Alumni

simplicity? We can’t rely on the federal government, which was designed as an exception,” says Deffarges, pointing out the state-by-state initiatives that are enacting Medicare-for-All. “States will show us the way home.” Belinsky says... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

06 Sep 2005
What Do You Think?

What are the Lessons of New Orleans?

to action. Andrew Williamson sounded a common call for a "blue ribbon committee similar to the 9/11 Commission to study all the sources of the problems that contributed to this disaster." Margaret O'Keeffe suggested that... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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Oral Histories | Baker Library

Safety Commission and was US Secretary of Commerce (1992-93). She is currently President and CEO of Barbara Franklin Enterprises, an international trade consulting firm. Play Video duration: 2:37 Before HBS Play Video duration: 14:05 At... View Details

01 Nov 2016
News

Paving the Way to College

Harley Frankel (MBA 1966) is dedicated to bringing change to the field of education. During a long career in education policy at the federal level, he led the National Head Start program; helped to develop the forerunner of the Pell Grant... View Details

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