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Harvard Business School
Service in 1992, she worked in private sector market research, strategic planning and economic development. Edward Cleveland MBA 1974 Edward Cleveland is the director of Small Business Lending at MultiFunding Business Loan Advisors. Over... View Details
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Porter Prize South Korea - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
of shared value by recognizing creative economic and social problem-solving. Public and private sector organizations can apply by showing how they harmonize social values, corporate social responsibility (CSR), and View Details
- 15 Sep 2016
- News
For the Good of Society
Tom Tierney (MBA 1980) is chairman and cofounder of the Bridgespan Group and is a 2016 recipient of an HBS Alumni Achievement Award. In this video he talks about a new vision for guiding philanthropic activity that helped launch his... View Details
- 14 Dec 2016
- Blog Post
Career Paths: From Finance to Social Enterprise
land a Leadership Fellow Position as the Special Advisor to the President at the Kresge Foundation, a philanthropic organization in metro Detroit focused on urban economic development. I will be able to hone my strategy skills within a... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Record Gift to HBS from India’s Tata Group
a gift of $50 million from the Tata Companies, the Sir Dorabji Tata Trust, and the Tata Education and Development Trust, philanthropic entities of India’s Tata Group. The gift, the largest from an international donor in the School’s... View Details
Keywords: Tata Hall
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Blog | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
“systems change” has taken the nonprofit and philanthropic sectors by s... Meet the 2024 New Venture Competition Social Enterprise Track Finalists 21 Mar 2024 In February 2024, the HBS New Venture... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Alumni Clubs Put Skills to Work
philanthropy moderated by HBS lecturer Nicolas Retsinas. More than 100 people attended the event, which highlighted the increasing synergy between the private sector and the philanthropic sector. Last... View Details
- 14 Feb 2018
- Blog Post
Meet HBS Leadership Fellows: Verdell Walker, Sesame Workshop
runs. It’s been eye-opening to see the work that goes into securing philanthropic funding, developing and implementing impact programs, and managing the operations of a nonprofit. Why is the Leadership Fellows Program different from other... View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit / Government
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Better than Cash
benchmarking to an art museum, a local YMCA, and a philanthropic organization. Alumni volunteer for CAP projects out of their desire to go beyond a simple donation to a good cause. “They want to be involved in the community,” says... View Details
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Sustainable Investing - Course Catalog
whether directly, as an asset manager/investor, advisor or private individual, or indirectly as an entrepreneur or operator receiving investment capital. The course will also provide important learnings for students looking to work in the development and non-profit... View Details
- 13 Jun 2014
- News
The Art of Effecting Change
the last 10 to 15 years educating myself on art history and contemporary artists." Evans's philanthropic work also extends to HBS, where she and Bruce, both financial aid recipients, paid forward the assistance they received in the form... View Details
- 18 Jan 2021
- Book
How Thinking Like a Startup Helps Governments Solve More Problems
startup in govtech or a public sector group at a large company working on public sector cloud solutions, for example. Another reason is that people not in government, such as private business leaders or... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Alumni Books
sports, education, health, and economics. He shows what questions to ask, which data to collect, how to mold data to yield answers, and how to interpret numbers computed by others. Social Entrepreneurship for the 21st Century: Innovation across the Nonprofit, Private,... View Details
- 08 Sep 2021
- Blog Post
Socioeconomic Inclusion at HBS: Joshua Mbanusi (MBA 2021)
for an interest in the private sector and ultimately his decision to attend business school. Mbanusi founded and led an organizing initiative that aimed to connect youth to post-secondary opportunities and living wage jobs; part of a... View Details
- 12 Jan 2015
- News
Good Investments
here’s where the historical philanthropic paradigm gets turned upside down: Rodríguez wants IGNIA investors to get real financial returns on their money. Not just make their money back—money that can be reinvested—but maybe even beat the... View Details
- 06 Apr 2023
- Blog Post
Circularity in Denmark
in their sectors. The companies we visited have proven that we can make progress on climate goals without making financial sacrifices. Green investments can have short ROIs. However, in hard-to-abate sectors such as shipping, a carbon tax... View Details
- 14 Jan 2015
- Research & Ideas
Thriving in the Turbulence of Emerging Markets
because that won't be a sustainable company. You have to run the best possible company. That's your primary job as a businessman. But in addition you have to take care of the society in which you operate, which enables you to earn that money." The Bajaj group had a... View Details
- 20 Aug 2013
- First Look
First Look: August 20
note discusses the significant impact venture philanthropy has had on the nonprofit sector despite its small size relative to total philanthropic giving. Venture philanthropists make large, multi-year,... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 21 Apr 2011
- Research & Ideas
Searching for Better Practices in Social Investing
philanthropy and a search for 'give us better practices,' " said Nancy Roob, president and CEO of the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation (EMCF). Joining her on the panel were Matt Bannick (HBS MBA 1993), managing partner of Omidyar Network, a View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
The Transformers
value of its philanthropic giving. The foundation recently raised a $120 million Growth Capital Aggregation Pilot fund that is investing in only three social sector organizations, including Youth Villages.... View Details