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- 01 Mar 2013
- News
A Mission in Motion
Since its beginnings 20 years ago, the HBS Social Enterprise Initiative has been a focal point for applying innovative business practices to drive sustainable, high-impact social change. Conceived by John... View Details
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- 15 Oct 2019
- News
Advancing China’s Impact Investing Ecosystem
develop an impact investing conference in Shanghai. On December 19, 150 pioneers in social enterprise and impact investing, other practitioners, and academics in China gathered for engaging discussions about... 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... View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
Porter Appointed to University Professorship
social issues, from the economic development of U.S. inner cities to environmental concerns. Michael E. Porter (MBA '71), the C. Roland Christensen Professor of Business Administration, whose prodigious... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Plan B: The Brick Bank
“Expect the unexpected” could have been the tagline for FIELD 2, the global component of the new required course Field Immersion Experiences for Leadership Development (FIELD). In January, first-year student Christina Adams (HBS 2013)... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 May 2013
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Robert F. Higgins, MBA 1970
Harvard, including in his teaching the course Entrepreneurship and Innovation in the Private and Social Sectors at the Kennedy School. In addition, Higgins and his wife, Kristine, support fellowships for students in the joint MD/MBA... View Details
- 25 Apr 2014
- News
Keeping an iron grip on Nigeria's financial markets
funding but also entrench best corporate governance practices while accelerating wealth creation and distribution, leading to better social cohesion," says Oteh. Previously, her distinguished international career included serving as group... View Details
- 28 Jun 2011
- News
Beyond Case Writing
Sometimes big ideas start with small experiments. That’s been the experience of HBS associate professor Nava Ashraf, whose experimental approach to research in developing countries has produced insights that have influenced government... View Details
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Made, Not Born: HBS Courses and Entrepreneurial Management
Course descriptions by Elaine Gottlieb, Judith A. Ross, and John Simon (sidebars by Elaine Gottlieb) Whether they come to HBS with a business plan in mind or become entrepreneurially inclined later in their careers, students who take HBS elective courses in... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Transforming nonprofits with business-oriented insights that scale impact
Tom Tierney (MBA 1980) is working to empower social entrepreneurs, mission-driven organizations, and philanthropists to build a better world. The Bridgespan Group, the professional services firm he cofounded with Jeff Bradach (PhDOB 1992)... View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
The Long View
in the academic literature, social scientists should focus their research on larger public problems. "That resonated with me," says Moss, who in 2005 founded the Tobin Project in collaboration with Poorvu Family Professor of Management... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Alumni Take Action to Improve US Competitiveness
example, the HBSCNY Skills Gap Project has placed more than 30 interns with tech firms and helped LaGuardia Community College develop a new health care curriculum designed to meet the skills needs of a nearby medical center. In Ohio, Dan... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
New Economy Notables: Eileen M. Rudden
spanned various stages of computing evolution — from mainframe to personal computer to local area network to the Internet. After working in a grassroots community organizing project ("One of those social experiments," says Rudden with her... View Details
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
Waxing Philosophical
prominent environmentalist in corporate America, Johnson discussed with USA Today (December 4, 2002) the drinking problem that he had developed toward the end of his career. He sought treatment in 1993 after an intervention by his family;... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Opening the Door
neighborhood-based health plan for the city of Charlestown, and I became involved in building a system of benchmarks for the various services that were being offered—everything from dental care to drug and alcohol abuse counseling. I spent three years View Details
- 02 Aug 2019
- News
Fulfilling Their Promise
to help these young women become first-generation college graduates and, perhaps more important, to believe that they had the ability and the smarts to get there through the development of character, leadership skills, and... View Details
- 01 Jun 2004
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How Nonprofits Dilute Their Efforts
strategy can stretch an agency’s core capabilities and push it in unintended directions. If a nonprofit doesn’t develop (its) operating mission and strategy platform in a disciplined way, its management tends to think every program is... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Inbox: From Das’s Desk
Bulletin and through social media, and I will keep you apprised of our progress in this area. I will also use this platform to update you on what we are working on for alumni; to celebrate your achievements and things we have accomplished... View Details
Keywords: Das Narayandas
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
Strike Up the Broad(band)
social utility -- the enjoyment of fulfillment people derive from consuming a good or utilizing a service." Beyond movies-on-demand and videoconferencing, the authors say "the most savvy service providers, such as telephone and cable... View Details
- 11 Apr 2018
- News
The First Five Years: Regan Turner (MBA 2013)
song with the Vietnam War heavy on his mind, and spent much of his life as a social justice advocate who fought for prison reform, Native American rights, and for opportunities for children born into disadvantage, among other issues. No... View Details