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- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Far-Reaching Impact
Above: Teachers in India's daycare system draw on Rocket Learning's digital platform to enhance learning. Photo courtesy Rocket Learning When the news reached Namya Mahajan (MBA 2022) as her HBS graduation was approaching that she would receive financial assistance to... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 27 Apr 2017
- News
Helping Veterans Gain Skills to Thrive in the Business World
Tucker York (MBA 1986) (photo by Chris Taggart) Tucker York (MBA 1986) (photo by Chris Taggart) DONOR: Tucker York (MBA 1986) Goldman Sachs Scholars Fellowship Tucker York (MBA 1986) recalls that, as a student at HBS, he didn’t realize how fortunate he was that his... View Details
- 12 Dec 2013
- News
$10M Gift Designed to Support GSD’s Intellectual Reach
- 16 Nov 2010
- First Look
First Look: November 16, 2010
Publication:Journal of Public Economics (forthcoming) Abstract It is often difficult for donors to predict the value of charitable giving because they know little about the persons who receive their help. This concern is particularly... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Aug 2007
- Op-Ed
Company Town: Fixing Corrupt Governments
company or nonprofit must demonstrate to its shareholders or donors that it can perform efficiently. To state the obvious, companies must make money. How could running a local government be a profitable enterprise? In a word: taxes.... View Details
Keywords: by Eric Werker
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
Committed To HBS’s Success
dedication of the Major Gifts and Participation Committees. He adds that, “Major donors were identified early, and we broke the 25th Reunion record well before we convened for our reunion in September.” One gift that played a key role in... View Details
- 10 May 2011
- First Look
First Look: May 10
from the incorporation of non-directed donors in transplant chains rather than simple exchanges. It is controversial whether these chains should be performed simultaneously ("domino paired donation," DPD) or nonsimultaneously... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
The Innovation Imperative
what we must do to assure a second great century for Harvard Business School.” With this issue, we are introducing a new feature, Investing in HBS, that highlights news and information about alumni gift giving and its impact on realizing the School’s priorities. We’ll... View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Making a Statement
whether it is international diversity or gender diversity, adds a level of richness to the conversation. Also, it is more reflective of the world in which we live.” Donor support is making it possible for HBS to develop more cases with... View Details
- 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
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Tata Open for Business
The architects employed open spaces and glass walls in an effort to give Tata Hall a visually light and airy feel. Ratan Tata (second from left) at his namesake building with Dean Nohria, William Rawn, and C.D. Spangler. Photos by Susan Young In 2007, as Dean Jay Light... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
The Transformers
doubled to approximately $275 billion annually. But the Golden Age of Philanthropy, as some began to call it, risked spending much of that money unproductively. Of the nation’s more than 1.2 million nonprofits, most operated on shoestring budgets. View Details
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Blog | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
Margot Dushin 06 Mar 2018 In 2018, the HBS New Venture Competition—an annual student competition sponsored by Harvard Busin... Making Donor Dollars Work: Measuring Impact in Rural Ecuador Laura Dries 22 Feb 2018 Are we sure we are making... View Details
- 30 May 2007
- Research & Ideas
Health Care Under a Research Microscope
death. Professor Alvin Roth has used his expertise in game theory, experimental economics, and market design to create a program that helps match kidney donors with potential recipients. His work also matches medical residents with jobs... View Details
- 28 Apr 2022
- News
Finding Her Place
certification. Chapman plans to add nursing and entrepreneurship options next. Hudson is also exploring innovations on the fundraising side, such as allowing donors to donate stock or cryptocurrency. “The more we can diversify our options... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
NYC Club Hosts Nonprofits
general expectation that in a down economy many donors of necessity will be less generous just when demand for services from nonprofits will be on the upswing. As a result, several panelists predicted that many smaller nonprofits will... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Alumni Books
carrier-borne fighters and their airframes and engines. The Tuition Travesty and What Students, Parents, Alumni, and Donors Can Do about It by Robert Ronstadt (DBA ’75) (BookSurge Publishing) This book explains why colleges across the... View Details
Keywords: Management
- 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