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- 28 May 2019
- News
Tech for the People
Photos courtesy of Henry Tsai Photos courtesy of Henry Tsai HBS Leadership Fellow Henry Tsai (MBA 2017) was working as a technology and innovation advisor in the San José mayor’s office in the fall of 2017 when he began thinking about the... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 03 Jun 2014
- Blog Post
Springing Forward on Social Enterprise Career Paths
Fellows will be working at organizations such as Acumen, City of Boston Mayor’s Office, Harlem Children’s Zone, L.A. Unified School District, and The Nature Conservancy, in roles where they can make a significant impact. Learn more about... View Details
- September 2016 (Revised October 2018)
- Case
LabCDMX: Experiment 50
By: Mitchell Weiss and Maria Fernanda Miguel
There were probably 30,000 public buses, minibuses, and vans in Mexico City. Though, in 2015, no one knew for certain since no comprehensive schedule existed. This was why el Laboratorio para la Ciudad (or LabCDMX) had spawned an effort to generate a map of the... View Details
Keywords: Public Entrepreneurship; Experimentation; Lean Startup; Government; Innovation; Crowdsourcing; Open Data; Entrepreneurship; Social Entrepreneurship; Innovation and Invention; Innovation Leadership; Government Administration; Transportation; Transportation Industry; Mexico City; Mexico
Weiss, Mitchell, and Maria Fernanda Miguel. "LabCDMX: Experiment 50." Harvard Business School Case 817-031, September 2016. (Revised October 2018.)
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Embracing Activism for Social Change
In 2020, the city of Detroit logged some 7,000 calls involving mental health emergencies—a critical issue, notes Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan, who says, “When the mentally ill turn to the police for a response, the system is broken.” To fix... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
The Real Deal
Leppert ELLENA FORTNER/COURTESY DALLAS MAYOR'S OFFICE Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert (MBA ’79) is making a push to help the homeless population in his city, the Dallas Morning News reported (March 13, 2008). The city has opened a homeless... View Details
- Web
Special Assistant to the CEO | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
organizations, including nearly three years in the New York City Mayor’s Office, Michael Alan Williams (MBA 2018) found his first post-MBA opportunity with The Kresge Foundation. “It was entirely serendipitous,” Michael says. “I intended... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
The Campaign Begins
The Harvard Business School Campaign Leadership The HBS Campaign Inaugural Event, April 25, 2014 On April 25, alumni leaders joined Dean Nitin Nohria, HBS faculty, and students on the HBS campus to learn about and share in the School's... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Elaine L. Chao (MBA 1979)
The eldest in a family of six daughters (four of whom attended HBS), Elaine L. Chao came to New York City from Taiwan at the age of eight. She adapted to her new home quickly, learning English and excelling academically. Since attending... View Details
- Career Coach
Laurie Matthews
Whether working with clients on their own leadership development or focusing on navigating a particular career juncture, Laurie helps her clients crack their own codes to figure out how to make the most of their professional and life... View Details
- 13 Aug 2020
- Research & Ideas
6 Ways to Support COVID-Weary Employees
leave. Research has shown that US cities that mandated paid sick leave experienced less contagious presenteeism (employees coming to work while sick) compared with control cities. That is, people were less inclined to attend work when... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Inside MBA Admissions
said yes, pushing “yield” for the first time past the 90 percent mark. This is the highest yield of any U.S. business school. Every application is read by at least two people in Admissions and evaluated on the strength of three key factors: academic ability, View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Leading in business and in public education
As cochairman of the board of Loews Corporation, Andrew Tisch (MBA 1977) has played a leadership role in one of the largest diversified companies in the United States. He is also using his skills to help improve inner-city education,... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
1st-Year MBAs Learn from Global Partners
months of classroom preparation, teams of MBAs arrived January 8 in 12 cities in 10 developing countries, where they worked to complete new product or service projects for 140 partner organizations. (A small number of students who could... View Details
Joshua Yguado
Josh Yguado is the CEO and Cofounder of Jam City, one of the most successful mobile entertainment companies in the world with more than a billion game downloads. Founded in 2010, Jam City is an international mobile content leader with... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Fearless Force for Change
regularly attended indoor cycling sessions at a New York City fitness center. Struck by the lack of research funding for so-called rare cancers, she decided to translate her passion for spinning into a force for change. Cycle for... View Details
Joshua Yguado
Josh Yguado is the CEO and Cofounder of Jam City, one of the most successful mobile entertainment companies in the world with more than a billion game downloads and 20 million monthly users. Founded in 2010, Jam City is an international... View Details
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Blog | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
Building a world where all children can fulfill their potential Radha Ruparell 24 Aug 2017 When I was 12-years old, my parents took me to visit the rural village in Gujarat India where our... Channeling Business Leadership into Civic... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
HBS Alumnae Chart Career Choices and Transitions
Just before the MBA reunions last spring, a group of women graduates met for a new program that provided a special opportunity to discuss their business and leadership goals in the broader context of their lives. Titled Charting Your... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Read All About It!
steam-powered cable car in San Francisco in the 1870s inaugurated the era of street railways in urban areas (it also spared horses the burden of pulling heavy loads up and down the city’s steep roads). Within a decade, cable cars were pulling millions of passengers... View Details
- Portrait Project
Scott Quigley
the city through political and economic development projects. A young soldier in my unit, fresh on what would turn out to be a 15-month-long mission, asked me in a fearful tone through a stone gaze, "What do we do, Sir?" My... View Details