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- 23 Sep 2020
- News
HBS Action Plan for Racial Equity
that Dean Nohria has committed $25 million over the next 10 years to the plan—and that the School will seek additional support from donors to sustain the plan over time. “To be true to our mission,” said Dean Nohria, “we must enlist the... View Details
- 30 Jan 2006
- Research & Ideas
Looking Behind Bad Decisions
deciding in large numbers not to donate. Rather, they are not thinking about it. In other countries (e.g., Belgium), the default is that unless you specify that you do not want to donate your organs, you become a viable donor at death. In... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls
- Web
Turning a Moment into a Movement: How the Anti-Racism Fund Co-Founders are Fighting Racism and Encouraging Other Companies to Do Their Part - Recruiting
The main focus of ARF to date has been to create a giving process that educates and engages donors and anti-racism allies. By building a platform that explains how donors can make an impact through the ARF... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Building Capacity in the Social Sector
"It's nice to seed growth like this. All I've really done is to start the plant." — Ferdinand Thun (MBA 1960) Looking back over the two-decade history of the HBS Social Enterprise Initiative (SEI), former director Laura Moon says "alumni have been a mainstay."... View Details
- 02 Jun 2009
- First Look
First Look: June 2, 2009
Working PapersTruth in Giving: Experimental Evidence on the Welfare Effects of Informed Giving to the Poor Authors:Christina Fong and Felix Oberholzer-Gee Abstract It is often difficult for donors to predict the value of charitable... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 Aug 2010
- News
You Can’t Take It with You
Last week, The Giving Pledge announced that forty of the wealthiest families and individuals in the United States have committed to give away at least half their fortunes to charitable organizations. Cofounded by Bill Gates and Warren Buffett, the pledge includes the... View Details
- 18 Nov 2011
- News
A Gift to Honor Professor Arthur Segel
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Rock Gift to Support Entrepreneurial Studies
Business Leader of the Year In late January, the HBS Association of Northern California (HBSA/NC) presented Arthur Rock with its Business Leader of the Year Award. The HBSA/NC annually recognizes a highly successful individual who has made a significant impact on the... View Details
- 04 Jun 2020
- Blog Post
What MBAs can do in Defense of Black Lives
Black Youth Project 100, Black Lives Matter, and Color of Change. Invite family, friends, and colleagues to join you. If you’ve already started working, ask about getting your company to match your gift(s). Try becoming a monthly donor if... View Details
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
Support for a Common Theme
Ralph James (MBA 1982) here with Patty and Lincoln Benet (both MBA 1989) at The Harvard Business School Campaign Regional Event in London. "HBS is part of the extraordinary Harvard community that serves the world in equally positive ways, and we are honored to feel... View Details
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Answers to Your Top Questions about Financial Aid at HBS | MBA
scholarship and a loan? An HBS Scholarship is a need-based award made possible by real donors that does not need to be paid back. Loans , also part of financial aid, can be acquired by either applying to a private educational lender or... View Details
- 02 Dec 2019
- News
A Long-Standing Commitment to Global Understanding
Tom (MBA 1969) and Patricia Barry It was a given in Tom Barry’s family that, having done well in math and science in high school, he would pursue a degree in a related field as a student at Yale. But during his junior year, the Ohio native jumped at the chance to... View Details
- 22 May 2013
- News
Hansjorg Wyss doubles his gift
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
Chao Family Donates $40 Million to HBS
A MEMORABLE DAY: Dr. Chao and his daughters, flanked by Dean Nohria and Harvard President Drew Faust. HBS and Harvard University have received a $40 million gift from a foundation of Dr. James Si-Cheng Chao and family, in tribute to the life and legacy of the family... View Details
- 15 Apr 2022
- News
Funding His Purpose
patient served—would have access to the more flexible capital of a loan. Letelier started with his own money and began to attract grantors to fund SITAWI when he had a track record of successful projects. “My pitch to the donor was, ‘If... View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
Alvin Roth Wins Nobel Prize in Economics
kidney exchange system could be created to help match kidney donors with recipients. Al is one of the few economists who can point to real people whose lives have been saved by his work." Roth, who joined the HBS faculty in 1998, also... View Details
- 21 May 2018
- Blog Post
Harnessing The Power of Collaboration to Create Opportunity in Chicago
corporations and individuals. Among the major donors are The Kellogg Company and Conagra Brands who see The Hatchery as a way to help them innovate. By transforming a city designated ‘food desert’ into a thriving economic food and... View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit / Government
- 16 Jul 2024
- Blog Post
Advancing Health Equity: Social Enterprise Summer Fellow Simona Stancov (MBA 2025)
tests and medications — can get to the people who need them. My projects at CHAI focus on helping governments in Central and West Africa with the finance work that enables this solution delivery. So far, I’ve enjoyed the opportunity to support partners with: A View Details
- 28 Nov 2011
- Research & Ideas
Rethinking the Fairness of Organ Transplants
continues. "There are different proposals on the table. But we will start talking with policymakers about what we can offer." Interestingly, Trichakis is not the only HBS professor playing a significant role in development of organ View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Library Dues
The son of a linen- and curtain-store owner, Steve Schwarzman (MBA ’72), chairman and CEO of The Blackstone Group, has done pretty well for himself in life; he attributes a measure of that success to the public libraries he made use of as a youngster. Now a trustee of... View Details