Corporate Social Responsibility And Impact - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Sep 2008
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Building a Better MBA

need to think critically about what you are doing every 100 years or so, whether you need to or not,” Dean Jay Light wryly observed in opening remarks to an unprecedented campus gathering last March of business school deans, corporate... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools

20 Jun 2019
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Reframing Modern Art

maid in Olympia, and I used a lot of formal and social analysis to suggest that the name of that painting, which is Portrait d’une négresse, négresse bring the French word for... View Details

01 Oct 2002
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Class Notes Extra

central belief is that humanity is meant to live in unity and harmony. As a leader of his local Spiritual Assembly, he conducts interfaith and intercultural (especially with Chinese) discussion groups View Details

01 Jun 2014
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What’s Next

disseminated. We also are thinking hard about how we might extend the career and professional development group to be more helpful to our graduates (with a special focus on alumnae) through the various transitions that might occur over... View Details

Keywords: HBS Campaign; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools

11 Aug 2014
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The First Five Years: Melissa Fensterstock (MBA 2012)

where we don't speak about business matters—going on a jog together, date night, or work-free vacation. A break is healthy for everyone to recharge, regroup, and reflect." How do you use what you learned at HBS at IMMUNE Pharmaceuticals... View Details

03 Jun 2016
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Again in a Great City

II shaped the Renaissance Center. Max Fisher transformed the waterfront. Now developers like Gilbert and the Ilitches have an outsized impact on the way their particular neighborhoods develop, as do local... View Details

Keywords: April White; photographed by Brian Kelly

15 Nov 2024
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Driving Change

Speaking to nearly 700 alumni at the Women’s Leadership Summit last week, HBS Professor Robin Ely addressed both current and emerging challenges facing women in leadership roles, while emphasizing the critical importance of continued progress. “Today, we face a fresh... View Details

01 Sep 2010
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Dean Nohria Looks Ahead

responsible to social interests, and we’ll have to respond to that in some way. This will be especially important because humanity faces some urgent problems. How, for... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson

01 Jan 2002
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Orin C. Smith (MBA '67)

Smith. Not only has Starbucks created a "third place" for the customer between work and home, but it has also launched a number of environmental and community-oriented initiatives. "We have a great culture... View Details

01 Dec 2004
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One-on-One with William H. Donaldson

Donaldson Illustration by Joe Ciardiello When William Donaldson (MBA ’58) was sworn in as the 27th chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 18, 2003, Wall Street and the commission... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Finance; Administration of Economic Programs; Government

20 Nov 2019
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Lifting Fallen Families

some 20,000 dependents over the past 35 years. With those kinds of numbers, Children of Fallen Patriots figures that, after government help, the gap is half a billion dollars. “So that’s the total we’re going after,” Kim says. Through fundraising with individuals View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

01 Mar 2008
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An American Odyssey

corporations and Wall Street as part of the cause of social injustice. But I also understood that they would need to be a big part of the solution, as indeed they have been.”... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Lawrence Fouraker; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services; Finance

04 Aug 2020
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How Business Can Advance Racial Equity

member, ed tech veteran, and current cofounder and managing partner of Ethical Ventures, a management consultancy dedicated to social enterprises. In its first month, the... View Details

01 Sep 2006
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Street Singer

however, the economics major decided to try an internship in investment banking, courtesy of Sponsors for Educational Opportunity, a mentoring program for minority students. “I fell in love with Wall Street and the idea of taking on an... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Finance

13 Jun 2014
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The Art of Effecting Change

artist themselves. Why is that? At VIA, we work directly with artists, meeting as a group to learn, discuss, and vote on which projects we will support. In a sector where social View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken; Arts, Entertainment

29 Aug 2018
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The Value of Valleys

almost any job and then that very rapidly declines and your career is subsequently path dependent, so I certainly didn't appreciate how much it impacts the overall trajectory... View Details

01 Dec 1999
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South Africa's Lucille Meyer: Shaping a Practical Presidency

personal support, public liaison and registry, protocol and ceremonial, communications, and corporate services. Her team is View Details

Keywords: Morgan Baker

10 Mar 2015
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Women in Tech: Breaking the Digital Ceiling

industry, men earn 24 percent more, on average, than women, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.) These stories aren’t encouraging, though the widespread response to them is. And these... View Details

Keywords: April White

13 Jul 2020
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Locally Grown

socially responsible investing was in its infancy; the now-common phrase impact investing had been coined just a few months earlier. For the first eight years of the fund’s... View Details