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- 04 Feb 2008
- Research & Ideas
Putting Entrepreneurship in the Social Sector
social entrepreneurship make? A: Without question, the social sector has contributed in significant ways to addressing major societal problems, yet traditional approaches are still falling short, especially as the intensity and complexity... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
One-on-One with Edwin Reed
is that the majority of local residents have come to share our objectives. How did you raise the money to build the cathedral? In 1995, my HBS education and corporate financial experience were central to persuading commercial lenders that... View Details
- 25 Aug 2017
- Blog Post
HBS Interns: Summer Takeovers
The summer internship experience provides students the opportunity to apply their learnings to a real business environment and continue exploring their career interests. With the majority of the class completing internships all over the... View Details
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Financials | Annual Report 2024
revenue drivers were Executive Education tuition, the endowment distribution, and interest income. The major areas of expense growth were salaries and benefits along with other expenses. New gifts and pledges totaled $145 million,... View Details
- 10 Sep 2020
- News
The Business of Access
technology. “Technology companies are acknowledging that they can play a major role in assisting the underserved and the disabled,” she says. “They understand that their work can help create independence, which enables dignity and... View Details
- 02 Dec 2018
- News
An Emphasis on Teamwork
Dan Krebs (MBA 2005) Dan Krebs majored in engineering at MIT, but he was drawn to consulting and private equity after earning his undergraduate degree. “When I applied to HBS,” he notes, “my goal was to get an integrated view of the many... View Details
- 26 Feb 2018
- News
Teaching Farmers New Tricks of the Trade
have been going through major changes, both in the way that they actually farm their land, but then how they manage their businesses and run their businesses more like entrepreneurs, as opposed to the traditional ways that they've run... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Reflections on the “Artistry” of Teaching
Christensen’s wisdom is remembered and often quoted by former students and colleagues from HBS. At least one chairman of a major national conglomerate still carries with him a copy of the yellowed notes he took in Christensen’s Business... View Details
- 27 Apr 2017
- News
Ensuring That Students Can Pursue Their Dreams
concerned about both the financial burden of tuition and forgoing income for two years. “Finding out that the School had such a strong fellowship program was a game-changer for me,” says Sergio. “That was critical in my decision to pursue an MBA at HBS.” The former... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Class of 1975 Endows Chair in Entrepreneurship
Starting New Ventures, and Venture Capital and Private Equity. The Class of 1975's major gift cochairs, Leo J. Corbett, Hamilton E.("Tony") James, and Kendrick R. Wilson, reported that their classmates have shown overwhelming enthusiasm... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Paulson Sees World of Opportunity
aspirations of being a forest ranger before he became an English major and All-East football player at Dartmouth, cautioned that increased global interconnectedness also brings heightened risk. “There will be few if any islands of... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Harvard’s Future in Allston
chairs the task force on professional schools. The group has three key responsibilities: to explore the potential of collaboration on educational programs among the University’s professional schools; to develop a concept for a University-wide complex of facilities to... View Details
- 07 Aug 2019
- Research & Ideas
Big Infrastructure May Not Always Produce Big Benefits
their focus to developing countries, which have undertaken ambitious and dramatic infrastructure projects in recent years. India’s Golden Quadrilateral highway received new sections and major upgrades between 2001 and 2006, when 95... View Details
- 30 Oct 2007
- First Look
First Look: October 30, 2007
world in a way that fits the new realities of the global economy, fosters leadership, and uses citizen-diplomats to befriend moderates in troubled regions and business networks to ensure success in the major emerging economies; and (6)... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Feb 2006
- Research & Ideas
Sorting Out the Patent Craze
be an island apart from other firms. They must work with other firms to develop and exploit new technologies. Because this coordination process can be quite difficult, a variety of mechanisms have sprung up to facilitate this process. One of the View Details
- 03 May 2011
- First Look
First Look: May 3
MBA: Business Education at a Crossroads Authors:Srikant M. Datar, David A. Garvin, and Patrick Cullen Publication:Journal of Management Development 30, no. 5 (2011) Abstract The paper seeks to examine major challenges facing MBA programs... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Jul 2008
- Op-Ed
Why the U.S. Should Encourage FDI
States outperformed the rest of the world in the majority of years. As such, there is something particularly bad about the return experience of foreign investors taking a controlling position in American companies. In short, America is a... View Details
Keywords: by Mihir A. Desai
- 22 Apr 2014
- News
Business has a responsibility to solve social problems
Robert Goodwin (GMP 3, 2007), CEO of Executives Without Borders, talks about how the business community has a responsibility to help solve major social challenges. (Published April 2014) View Details
- 15 Sep 2016
- Research & Ideas
Political Dysfunction Makes America Less Competitive
the major priorities that are holding back economic growth. What we’ve discovered through countless trips to Washington and discussions with political leaders (is that) in their offices, they agree with all of this. They would say, ‘Yeah,... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
Lisa Frankenberg
the bright sociology major just out of the University of California, Santa Barbara. Frankenberg found an apartment and soon launched a business venture that would make her one of the most prominent expatriates in the country. "I saw the... View Details