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- 01 Feb 2000
- News
Short Takes
competencies to devise a unique approach to resource and business management," says Austin. Austin also found that leadership is frequently of paramount importance in the creation and development of cross-sector alliances. Strategic unions "need champions, or internal... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Lesson from the Fall
off-balance sheet partnerships that purchased assets from Enron. And it failed to see and react to many “red flags” indicating that Enron’s economic performance and its public commitment to ethical values were deteriorating. To deter... View Details
- Web
History | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
entrepreneurs moving their organizations from start-up to growth phase. 2019 Celebrated SEI's 25th anniversary with the Frontiers of Change convening of over 300 alumni, faculty, leaders in the field, students and staff. Published... View Details
- 08 May 2020
- In Practice
Nonprofits Hurt by COVID-19 Must Hoard Cash to Hold On
lecturer of business administration. What should nonprofit leaders do as they face an economic recession? Lynda Applegate: Think like an entrepreneur I have been interviewing non-profit and for-profit leaders to identify how they are... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 04 Mar 2022
- Blog Post
Celebrating Black History Month at HBS
graduation. Learn more about the paths and passions of individual AASU members through our MBA Voices blog post series: Spotlight on the Midwest, Spotlight on STEM, Spotlight on HBCUs, and Spotlight on the Public Sector. Meet the... View Details
- 19 May 2015
- News
Getting Ready for Success
nonetheless. She cofounded Minds Matter, a now-nationwide mentoring and college preparatory nonprofit that launched her on a lifelong mission to improve public education. Named Woman of the Year by the California State Assembly in 2014... View Details
- 24 Jun 2015
- HBS Case
Upgrading School with a Startup Mentality
It used to be that you risked detention for disrupting an elementary school classroom. Nowadays, disrupting the entire school system can earn you millions of dollars in startup funding. Consider AltSchool, the idea of entrepreneur Max... View Details
- 31 May 2016
- HBS Case
Who Owns Space?
As a vast place full of limitless possibility, space is a huge draw for brilliant minds and big ambitions. A new generation of billionaire entrepreneurs is vying to lay claim to it. Be it Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, Richard Branson, or Paul... View Details
- 12 Aug 2008
- First Look
First Look: August 12, 2008
provides a rich description of Enterprise Risk Management in action and shows how Hydro One executives arrive at a shared understanding of the risk profile of the company. In the narrative a diverse group of managers (the chief executive, the chief financial officer,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Aug 2019
- News
A Shot at Success
environment to the work environment. Trey introduces these athletes to others in similar situations through Trey Academy, an interactive curriculum that focuses on the particular challenges that high school and college stars face, from View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Euro Vision
cities American startups are often geographically sorted by sector. Tech is in San Francisco, public policy is in DC, medical is in Orlando. And for a time, Europe was like that too, Rimer says: Israeli startups focused on security and... View Details
Keywords: Jason Feifer
- 17 Nov 2022
- News
Blockchain for Good
as it took off. Once they landed in the United Kingdom in the dead of winter, the family found themselves with nothing, shivering in their summer clothes. “We lived in public housing and had very little money, but we still had more than... View Details
Keywords: Ralph Ranalli
- 10 Jul 2000
- Research & Ideas
Cable TV: From Community Antennas to Wired Cities
a business opportunity. Walson charged two dollars a month for this service, and by the middle of 1948 had 727 customers. He and other entrepreneurs soon began setting up similar "Community Antenna Television" systems in rural... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Faculty Books
entrepreneurial activities so that the mistakes of earlier efforts are not repeated. He looks at the ways governments have supported entrepreneurs and venture capitalists across decades and continents, explains why some View Details
- 20 Dec 2004
- Research & Ideas
The U.S. Patent Game: How to Change It
When lawyers fare better than inventors and entrepreneurs where U.S. patents are concerned, you know injustice is being done. The current system makes patents easier to acquire, sure, but renders them less prestigious as well, and less... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Doing It Your Way
sitting in his Baker Library office amidst drifting piles of correspondence - much of it from bright, young HBS grads describing their hopeful new business ideas. As he considers what the hottest fields for entrepreneurs have been these... View Details
- Web
Blending Traditional Models of Philanthropy with Business | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
opportunity out of business school-they think along the traditional linear path: learn, earn, and return. And there's a separation in their minds between the public and private sectors. But more and more you see career paths moving... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Roger Ullman: Going Green with E2
Environmental Entrepreneurs (E2), a nonprofit group of businesspeople who believe that sound environmental policy and economic progress are not mutually exclusive. With about four hundred members nationwide, E2 works directly with the... View Details
- 05 Nov 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Changing Face of American Innovation
Korean entrepreneur living in Silicon Valley. I was impressed during this project with both the importance of foreign-born scientists and entrepreneurs for U.S. technology formation, and the close ties that... View Details
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Tools of the Trade | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
like a natural place to make an impact: “I was fortunate to grow up in a community where I had access to an excellent public education,” she says, “and I feel every child deserves the same opportunity.” Shannah Varon, MBA 2009 Job Title... View Details