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- 01 Dec 2010
- News
The Transformers
social impact. And the way to magnify that impact is to give away valuable knowledge to anyone who can use it. Bridgespan is unique in another equally important way. It is a pioneer in the application of data-driven strategy and consulting services to enhance the... View Details
- 27 Feb 2024
- Blog Post
IFC India: Development while Decarbonizing - Understanding India’s Agriculture Landscape
India’s position along its development curve presents a unique opportunity that more developed countries no longer have available. Throughout course, our team focused on understanding the drivers of emissions within the agricultural industry. While the View Details
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Measuring Impact
Nearly 40 percent of Harvard alumni from across all schools have founded for-profit and nonprofit organizations—launching more than 146,000 active ventures with an estimated $3.9 trillion in annual revenues and creating 20.4 million jobs across all View Details
Keywords: April White
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Loan Assistance Programs - Alumni
Application Process PROCESS IF YOU ARE A JOINER: To be considered for the Loan Reduction for Private Sector Employees program, you must complete and submit the online application , which requests contact View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Service Leadership Fellows Named
Valerie Bockstette, New Sector Alliance, Boston; Glen Brenner, Mayor’s Office, City of Boston; Juan Fernandez, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle; Jennifer Houston, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, New York; Monisha Kapila,... View Details
- 11 Apr 2000
- Research & Ideas
Financial Services 24/7
transactions of all kinds and with the size of firms growing, the reliability of technology becomes increasingly important. "The increased use of technology offers huge economies of scale," notes Warren McFarlan, coauthor of the fifth edition of Corporate View Details
Keywords: by Susan Young
- 19 Oct 2021
- News
In the Contest for Content
through content, because it travels to places you and I can’t go with our hands and our feet,” she said. She also suggested that she may be looking at sectors that have traditionally been undervalued. While there has been a wave of deals... View Details
- 13 Aug 2024
- Research & Ideas
Why Companies Shouldn't Delay Software Updates—Even After CrowdStrike's Flaw
to time, there's an error in them. It’s rare, but it happens. The other problem is more [prevalent]: delaying updates and exposing systems to cyberattacks.” That growing incidence of cybercrime in recent years also informed the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
The Untold Story of the US Auto Bailout
released in theaters nationally September 16. “Many of the patterns and issues that existed before the bailout are still present today,” says Burke, who was born outside Detroit in Pontiac. “We think it’s important for people to be better View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Read All About It!
increased workplace opportunities for blacks and women, and heightened job security and compensation for workers generally, things began to unravel in the 1970s. As the manufacturing sector declined and the country transitioned to a... View Details
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Supporting Students on Their Journeys
School also provides aid for MBA students’ summer career explorations and, upon graduation, to enable them to pursue their passions in sectors where the compensation is lower than is typical for an HBS graduate. Alumni and friends of the... View Details
- 17 Feb 2015
- News
The First Five Years: Justin Pasquariello (MBA 2010)
passions. I received a concurrent MBA/MPA from HBS and the Harvard Kennedy School and was interested in working at the intersection of multiple sectors to address societal challenges and realize our society’s potential. I also had... View Details
Keywords: Health, Social Assistance
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
A New Platform for Alumni Engagement
Kenneth Salas (MBA 2015), pictured In January, 50 HBS MBA students and 200 alumni and other business leaders gathered to discuss the business of artificial intelligence (AI). Over the course of four days, the hybrid global cohort analyzed cases, quizzed View Details
Keywords: April White
- Fast Answer
Challenges and Opportunities in the Restaurant Industry
private companies; information on investment firms and capital transactions; For a multimedia learning module on Capital IQ check out our Learn... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
INK: Maker’s Manual
what it’s like to be them, I hope it becomes possible for us to better support them.” Inspirational Philanthropy in America A History by Olivier Zunz “This book describes the incredibly important role that philanthropy and the nonprofit View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 03 Mar 2017
- News
Big Blue’s Big Bet
of innovation in fields as diverse as real estate law and songwriting. But it is in the health sector where Watson’s impact is most tangible, where its benefits are literally the difference between life and death. “What I focus on,” says... View Details
Keywords: Paul Kix; illustrations by Dan Page
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Consumer Finance Makes HBS Debut
consumer finance? The household sector in America is huge, representing approximately $61 trillion of assets. And consumer finance businesses are the touch points between the financial system and millions of consumers. Despite its size... View Details
- 02 May 2016
- News
Motivating Middle-Schoolers to Get up to Speed with Math
2010 that leverages the popularity of NBA basketball to help middle school students master the fundamentals of math. “STEM skills are driving innovation across all sectors today,” Daugherty notes, “but 67 percent of eighth graders... View Details
- 23 Oct 2019
- News
Exploring Big Issues at the Intersection of Business and Society
For example, in “Reimagining Capitalism,” Rebecca Henderson, the John and Natty McArthur University Professor, examined how the private sector might play a major role in driving the systemic change needed to address big problems like... View Details
Keywords: Educational Innovation
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Making Change
much a start-up has to fail in order to be successful. It took us several iterations to get there. I was also surprised at the degree to which the private sector accepts or even values start-up failure compared with the nonprofit sector,... View Details