Alliance - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jan 2003
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24 Apr 2020
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Navigating the Crisis & Beyond: Perspectives for Leaders in South Asia

31 May 2017
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The 21 Most Powerful People in Boston Business

04 May 2017
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The Error at the Heart of Corporate Leadership

01 Dec 2019
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Bridging the Gap

centers on a citywide effort to improve public education, led in part by an alliance of 50 business and community leaders. This focus on education is a new one for the partnership, which has historically worked on economic development.... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; illustration by Josh Cochran; photographed by Melissa Golden; cross sector collaboration; local government; nonprofits; education; leadership; Administration of Economic Programs; Government

01 Apr 1999
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HBS Collaboration Helps Management Education for Minority Students

careers in management. The Management Education Alliance comprises several of the country's leading business schools (including Harvard's), ten predominantly minority business schools, and thirteen U.S. companies. Since its founding, the... View Details

Keywords: Anne Kavanagh

01 Dec 1997
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Making Real Progress in the Middle East: The Bottom-Up, Economic Solution

and strike deals long before the Hebron agreement was signed, and this continues even in the wake of the Har Homa settlement at Jabal Abu Ghneim. Today, business-to-business cooperation and alliances across borders are being pursued... View Details

Keywords: Michael Porter, Yagil Weinberg, and Noreena Hertz

01 Dec 2000
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Looking to the East

policies of Western entities such as the IMF and the World Bank are often contrary to India's best interests, he told the newspaper that a strategic agreement between India and Japan would greatly benefit both countries over time. Kulkarni predicted that an View Details

01 Jun 2017
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Boosting Boardroom Diversity

According to the Alliance for Board Diversity, representation of women and minority men on Fortune 500 companies has grown, however slightly—from 12.8 percent in 2010 to 14.4 percent last year. A new Executive Education program, Women on... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

11 May 2020
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Better Than Cash

hours per paycheck. The time saved could be spent in the classroom. The Better Than Cash Alliance advocates for responsible digital payments and provides guidance to governments, corporations, and international organizations in their... View Details

24 Apr 2014
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Personal crises inform a life’s work

One of the youngest women to attend HBS, Amy Schiffman Langer (MBA 1977) was building a successful investment banking career when a cancer diagnosis at age 29 spurred her to volunteer at the National Alliance of Breast Cancer... View Details

01 Feb 2002
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Holding Steady in the Wild Blue Yonder

The day after Northern Alliance troops rolled into Kabul as the Taliban withdrew without a fight, Secretary of the Air Force James Roche (DBA '72) cautioned CNN's Larry King, "This is going to go on for some time. And we can't be elated... View Details

Keywords: Navy; National Security and International Affairs; Government

01 Jan 2008
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Anand G. Mahindra, MBA 1981

has also made the most of joint ventures, initially a 1993 deal that enabled Ford to manufacture and market the Escort in India. “We were then making open-top Jeeps and didn’t have a clue how to make a mass-market car,” he says. “Thanks to a decadelong View Details

06 Nov 2020
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Signal Boost

In her role as executive director of the Lakeshore Ethnic Diversity Alliance (LEDA), Gloria Lara (MBA 1983) focuses on a big question: Once a community, business, or organization becomes more diverse, what happens next? LEDA, a nonprofit... View Details

20 Nov 2014
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Strengthening America's Public Education System

educators, to strengthen education, rather than simply alleviating the symptoms of a weak system. “That’s really needed if America is going to lead in public education and business competitiveness,” says Rivkin. The alliance also... View Details

27 Apr 2023
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Life Preserver

led to the creation of the Organ Preservation Alliance, a nonprofit established to advocate for additional funding for research into cryopreservation and connect scientists in the field. Giwa served as founding CEO of what he calls a "mini American Cancer Society," and... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Sep 2007
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Faculty Books

including start-up, funding, growth, alliances and collaboration, and performance measurement — to help readers gain an in-depth understanding of the distinctive characteristics of the social enterprise context and organizations. Who... View Details

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

01 Feb 1999
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Social Enterprise Forum Discusses Strategy

nonprofit and for-profit partnerships, strategic alliances between nonprofits and corporations, a welfare-to-work partnership, and new strategies for affordable housing. "Nonprofits and NGOs face a host of complex problems that are unique... View Details

01 Dec 2004
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Ideas: Books

global alliances and networks, and internationalization. Deep Smarts by Dorothy Leonard and Walter Swap (Harvard Business School Press) Each time an employee leaves a firm, an asset most valuable to its future is lost: the know-how that... View Details