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Shaun Miller

Why was earning your MBA at HBS important to you? Earning an MBA has been a career aspiration of mine since my undergraduate studies - I had always looked forward to the idea of not only expanding my technical skill set, but also learning about the broader business... View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit / Government; Nonprofit / Government; Nonprofit / Government

08 Dec 2017
News

Harvard Business Grads Are Putting Politics Above Profits

students in 2015. In addition to running campaigns, other alumni are forming organizations to support these efforts. Daniella Ballou-Aares (MBA 2001) helped launch the nonprofit Leadership Now after the 2016 election to recruit alumni and... View Details

Keywords: politics

01 Dec 1997
News

Growing Together

facing both nonprofits and other social-purpose enterprises. Another concerns the ways in which businesses can influence a community's health and create meaningful partnerships with government and View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso and Nancy O. Perry

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Blog | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Fellows, who will sh... Keeping Pace: Innovation in Nonprofit Governance Kay Mathers 19 Oct 2017 It’s not out of the question to wonder if the work we do in the nonprofit... View Details

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Annabelle Cloutier Archives | Social Enterprise

Impact Measurement Inclusive Finance International Development K-12 Education Leadership Fellows Leadership in Challenging Times MBA Programs Microfinance Non Profit Management Nonprofit Supportive Services Public Sector Public-Private... View Details

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Impact Stories | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Filter Results: (52) Submit People Alumni Executive Education Faculty MBA Students Topics Business for Social Impact Impact Investing K-12 Education Nonprofit Strategy & Governance Public Sector Social... View Details

07 Sep 2016
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Four Alumni on '40 Under 40' List

Four HBS alumni have landed on this year’s Boston Business Journal “40 Under 40” list, which covers a wide range of industries, government functions, and nonprofit organizations. The list of recent HBS... View Details

22 Sep 2003
Research & Ideas

How Businesses Can Respond to AIDS

with it within those confines." You have to allow for dynamism, for feedback loops, for lots of mid-course corrections.— John Ruggie, Kennedy School Ruggie said it's troubling when people in business, government or NGOs become overly... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

01 Jun 2010
Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: Social Reporting

conflicting demands, rapidly evolving rules, and changing opportunities for finding resources. How can organizations stay focused? Harvard Business School professor Herman B. "Dutch" Leonard discusses today's challenges and his Executive Education program on... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

13 Jul 2018
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Creating Opportunity for Indian Entrepreneurs

Harsh Bhargava (MBA 1977), president of the Washington, DC–based consulting company Bankworld, built I Create, a nonprofit organization focused on combating India’s unemployment crisis through entrepreneurship, in 1999. Since that time,... View Details

21 Jan 2016
Blog Post

HBS and the Arts

I am what you may consider an atypical candidate at HBS; I am an art history major in pursuit of an MBA, dedicated to a career path in the arts. My fascination with art stems from an experience I had in high school. I attended a weekly seminar at the Metropolitan... View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit / Government; Nonprofit / Government

13 Nov 2007
Research & Ideas

Six Steps for Reinvigorating America

Motivates values-based capitalism and drives companies to contribute to solving social and environmental problems while also providing employees stimulating and satisfying work. Restores trust by committing to government as an instrument... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

01 Jun 2000
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Going Public: Raymond M. Jefferson

public policy, and then came to HBS to broaden his understanding of the private sector and how it can collaborate with government and nonprofits to achieve social improvements. Jefferson has distinguished... View Details

Keywords: Mary Ellen Gardner

01 Dec 2001
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Reaching Out

the way society at large views the role of nonprofit organizations and their management. "There's a growing willingness to work together across the nonprofit, business, and government sectors to build... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons and Julia Hanna; Health, Social Assistance

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Who Gets that Opportunity Right Out of Business School | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Who Gets that Opportunity Right Out of Business School Clive Chang Topics Business for Social Impact Nonprofit Strategy & Governance Public Sector More Impact Stories A Pathway to Pursue Aspirations Mizuho... View Details

01 Dec 2014
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Living Social

people look at is “graduating MBAs.” About 5 percent are going directly into the nonprofit and government sectors. But that is a single snapshot. If you looked at our alumni over time, it would be a vastly... View Details

Keywords: April White; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

26 Jun 2013
Op-Ed

A Roadmap for Afghanistan’s Economic Future

the United States isn't the only or even the most significant player in extending a helping hand to Afghanistan. Wealthy Europeans are assisting government agencies considerably. Roshan itself was coaxed into being by the Aga Khan... View Details

Keywords: by Tarun Khanna

21 Jul 2011
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Social Investing’s Time Has Come

founder and CEO of Social Finance, a Boston-based nonprofit established in January to introduce SIBs to the United States. A companion organization with the same name is based in London. With governments... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services

30 Mar 2015
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An education reformer and social entrepreneur

Institute for Foreign Study (AIFS), a cultural exchange organization that has served 1.5 million students worldwide. In 1987 he began working with the British government to establish charter-type schools that specialized in technology.... View Details

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Rye Barcott

"I came to Harvard to find news of thinking about leading complex organizations. How can business principles be applied to improve government agencies and nonprofits? Where are the productive intersections? How can they be leveraged... View Details

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