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01 Mar 2005
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Campaign Passes Goal, Continues

each recipient. This amount is a small fraction of the overall cost associated with attending HBS, which is $125,000 for a single student. “Decreasing our students’ debt load will open up more career choices in both the public View Details

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

01 Dec 2003
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DonorsChoose: Teaming Up with Teachers

has the potential to become a national powerhouse. The organization is getting assistance from the HBS Partners of 63, a group of more than eighty members of the Class of 1963 who support a variety of educational initiatives. Members of... View Details

Keywords: Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations

01 Mar 2003
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Three Appointed to Endowed Professorships

market and nonmarket strategy, particularly in the energy industry and in the food and agribusiness sector. He is interested in the relations between government regulation... View Details

Keywords: fellowships; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools

01 Mar 2013
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A Healthy Profit

of Antares is to harness the power of private enterprise to promote public health." As part of its research and educational activity, Antares deploys joint HBS View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools

01 Jun 2007
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New HBS, KSG Joint Degree

HBS and the Kennedy School of Government have announced the creation of an integrated joint-degree program, the first of its kind. Its mission is to develop outstanding leaders who are skilled in both managing complex View Details

Keywords: Administrative and Support Services; Administrative and Support Services; Administrative and Support Services; Administrative and Support Services; Administrative and Support Services; Administrative and Support Services

22 Nov 2011
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A Storybook Beginning

the organization is based. After partnering with USAID and private funders to bring e-readers to six schools in Ghana, Worldreader now has extended its reach to Kenya, where a... View Details

Keywords: Elementary and Secondary Schools; Elementary and Secondary Schools; Elementary and Secondary Schools; Elementary and Secondary Schools

06 May 2015
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The importance of being a mentor

Throughout her career in the public and private sectors, Bonnie Cohen (MBA 1967) has seen both sides of the power of mentorship. (Published May 2015) View Details

01 Jun 2005
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Change of Pace

between the liberal bishop and the GOP politician, who share an interest in putting the values of their Christian faith into action in the secular arena,” the Boston Globe (March 7, 2005) reported. Houghton, who himself at one time... View Details

Keywords: GOP; Catholic; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations

01 Mar 2012
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Social Investing Pioneers

principal and a rate of return with a portion of the savings. If the predefined social outcomes are not met, the government owes nothing. “What the social impact bond does is enable a social organization to... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles

25 Mar 2016
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Putting Faith in a Good Education

focus and confidence to start Edify. Funded largely on donations, the organization provides the funds to help build simple cement-block classrooms with a $10,000 loan and serve... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

17 Feb 2011
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Field Report: Rwanda

Karisimbi Partners, a three-person private consulting group that works with small- to mid-sized enterprises. “The idea behind Karisimbi’s model is that sustained economic growth in Rwanda requires private... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools

13 Jan 2014
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How Government Can Restore the Faith of Citizens

Keywords: Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities; Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities

13 Jun 2013
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Learning Curve

something from the ground up when he served as president and COO of Green Dot Public Schools, a start-up charter organization that has since expanded to include 18 schools. Now... View Details

Keywords: Elementary and Secondary Schools; Elementary and Secondary Schools; Elementary and Secondary Schools; Elementary and Secondary Schools; Elementary and Secondary Schools; Elementary and Secondary Schools

01 Dec 2009
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Robert Goodwin

Now, the former Air Force officer is drawing on his military, White House, State Department, and humanitarian aid experience as cofounder and CEO of Executives Without Borders, an View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations

03 Oct 2019
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Clubs Convene to Focus on Health Care

health care systems. Toronto Club President Kazi Ahmed (MBA 2011) US: Public and Private Paradigms,” and featuring panelists Cleveland Clinic... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Health, Social Assistance

01 Feb 2013
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Growth Strategy Has Double Bottom Line

Hourdequin (MBA 2005), managing directors at the Lyme Timber Company in Hanover, New Hampshire, work hard to make the double bottom line a reality. Founded in 1976, Lyme Timber Company is a timberland investment management organization... View Details

Keywords: Louisa Rigali; Forestry and Logging; Forestry and Logging; Forestry and Logging; Forestry and Logging

01 Sep 2014
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Research Brief: A $1.6 Trillion Rainy-Day Fund?

firms hold twice as much cash in reserve, on average, as large, privately held firms. To come to his counterintuitive conclusion, Farre-Mensa analyzed 4,259 public firms and... View Details

Keywords: Francis Storrs

01 Oct 2000
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Three Promoted to Full Professor

and performance of private firms; and long-run performance evaluation for newly public companies. He has written numerous journal articles View Details

01 Mar 2025
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Work of Art

Jason Price (MBA 2003) in the main gallery space at NXTHVN, the art community he cofounded in New Haven’s Dixwell neighborhood Trying to capture the scope of what’s going on at NXTHVN, the nonprofit arts and community organization Jason Price (MBA 2003) cofounded with... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; photos by Chris Sorensen; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

01 Dec 2006
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New on the Web at Alumni Career Services

point of readiness, the Alumni Career Services Web site provides a range of useful resources and programs. Men and women interested in serving on public or View Details

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

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