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- 14 Dec 2011
- Research & Ideas
The New Measures for Improving Nonprofit Performance
expertise to improve the lives of children and youth of low-income families in the Washington, D.C., region. Morino is the author of Leap of Reason: Managing to Outcomes in an Era of Scarcity. Alnoor S. Ebrahim is an associate professor... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
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A Message from Dean Srikant Datar | About
Black youth over the next ten years. We are learning so much about different ways in which we can think about this problem and make progress on this topic. I think this initiative, diversity across all forms, is absolutely essential if we... View Details
- 21 Nov 2006
- First Look
First Look: November 21, 2006
education experts concerning her organization's mission and effectiveness. Provides information on the leadership development of the protagonist, tracing her youth and education and the process of launching Teach for America. Raises... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
The House that Howard Built
Achievement, the Model UN, the state math contest — if there was a competition, I would enter it.” Thus the youthful Howard became an early adventurer, an exchange student in the American Field Service’s first-ever overseas program.... View Details
- 02 Jun 2021
- News
On the Road Less Traveled
unexpected turn. Ed's father died in 1971. And among the items retrieved from his home was a suitcase full of letters—presumably the ones Ed had sent his father as a child. Not interested in revisiting the pain of his youth by rereading... View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
The Biggest Industry You’ve Never Heard Of
deep vein thrombosis from hours of sitting—and youth is a virtue. Many top players, almost all of whom are men, are still in their teens, and most retire by their mid-20s, when those fast-twitch reflexes begin to slow. The practice games... View Details
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Shaping the Future of Business: Entrepreneurial Evolution at HBS
opportunity, marshaling of required resources, exploitation of opportunity, and harvesting." In other words, "entrepreneurship" is a way of managing that occurs in organizations large or small, youthful or experienced. Underpinning... View Details
- 04 Dec 2012
- First Look
First Look: December 4
Carolina for Kibera (CFK) is an international non-profit organization whose mission is to promote youth leadership and gender and ethnic cooperation in Kibera, the largest unstructured settlement situated in the heart of Nairobi, Kenya.... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 18 Sep 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, September 18, 2018
used over several classes. The entire series, including its video products, was designed to be modular. The case covers the youth and career trajectory of Christine Lagarde across her time at Baker & McKenzie, as a minister in the... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 18 Aug 2021
- News
Alumni on the Black Lives Matter Movement
opportunities for disadvantaged youth vanishing, he decided to use Project Destined’s learning platform to help other organizations move their internships online. “So many of our cities are challenged right now with budget issues.... View Details
- 10 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 10, 2009
Indian immigrant family, as he develops an entrepreneurial career, participates in the Indian diaspora, and builds a family life. It provides background on Paresh's heritage, describes his youth and education (including HBS), his learning... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 09 Nov 2006
- Research & Ideas
Andy Grove: A Biographer’s Tale
overhang from his youth that we were talking about earlier. A: In my opinion. I'm not trying to be amateur psychiatrist. If you just read about his early life, it slaps you in the face. I don't believe this point's been made elsewhere.... View Details
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Running Up the Score
body for the men's and women's national teams and for youth soccer. Nike bankrolled the USSF with $120 million over the next eight years. Clinten W. Hendricks (MBA '87) is in charge of the marketing, planning, and overall execution of... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
The Solution to the Global Food Crisis Just Might Come from Nigeria
system of multinational megafarms won't be enough—the hope for the future lies not in mass production, but in production by the masses. And that's where Nigeria comes in. With only 40 percent of its arable land currently used by farmers, a more-than-ample water supply,... View Details
- 12 Jul 2021
- News
Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis
in emergency grant funding to support non-profits throughout the state that provide food and help citizens register for SNAP benefits. Eos is providing grants and partnering with school districts and youth agencies to tap into the USDA... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
The Long Run
that is ultimately deadly. “I’m really sad that some of these [drugs] are in the songs we listen to,” one girl muses. They’re opening up, thinking about what they’re learning with the sort of fresh perspective that comes with youth and... View Details
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
Stewards of the Seventh Generation
resident of Brazil who first demonstrated extraordinary leadership skills as a youthful commander in the underground resistance against his native Norway's Nazi occupiers, Lorentzen has made development one of his top priorities. And he... View Details
- 16 Dec 2020
- Blog Post
Alumni on the Black Lives Matter Movement
investment. COVID-19 forced him to move all aspects of the program online, and when he saw summer opportunities for disadvantaged youth vanishing, he decided to use Project Destined’s learning platform to help other organizations move... View Details
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business approaches, including CSR and CSV, its opportunities as well its limitations. We will study how new “venture philanthropy” attempts to serve that segment. We will look at how social impact may be best measured. The backdrop for class discussions will be... View Details