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- 15 Dec 2024
- News
After Ozempic
Back before Ozempic, when Kate Mulroney (MBA 1984) spoke at technical conferences about her work at Novo Nordisk, people often assumed she was talking about Novartis. “I’d have to explain that’s a Swiss company; we’re Danish,” says Mulroney, now head of advanced... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
I Gave at the Office
donations go up, they also could clearly dampen giving in the long run. That strategy works on me when my public radio station uses it. What else do we know about how to positively influence people’s View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Find Your Maximum Sustainable Goodness
have to find ways to be good citizens of the world, he says, but if we say yes to every request of our time, we rob ourselves of the opportunity to create more value. Give smarter. To make the most of your View Details
- 15 Sep 2015
- News
Easing the Costs of Saving a Child
were invaluable in helping Taylor sharpen his vision for the mission. “Lynda encouraged the idea of taking a public company like AmREIT and building an incubator charity alongside it. She felt an entrepreneurial, charitable initiative... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
The Transformers
entrepreneurs, Bradach and Tierney identified a problem in need of a solution. A booming economy during the 1990s, culminating in dot-com mania, generated a tremendous amount of new wealth that in turn ratcheted up the flow of charitable... View Details
- 31 Jan 2019
- News
A Global Mission
knows his dual-track career is an anomaly. Most people spend decades in business and then, after they retire, turn to charitable work. DeFehr’s advice: “Don’t wait. To do your best work, you have to do it throughout your life.” View Details
- 01 Jan 2011
- News
Robert Kraft, MBA 1965
community is evident in the halls of medical, educational, and cultural institutions throughout the Boston area. The Kraft Family Blood Lab at Dana Farber Cancer Institute, for example, is one of the largest blood platelet centers in the world and through the New... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Alumni Books
brands like Toyota, Nike, Sony, and Nestlé, Blackshaw shows managers and marketers how to establish and maintain credibility for their brand by being authentic, listening and responding to customers, and forming relationships built on openness and trust. View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Back in Business
to promote the growth of the city's economy, was asked by the city and state to take over management of these donations. In turn, an NYCP subsidiary, the New York City Investment Fund (NYCIF), took charge of this mission. Maria G. Gotsch (MBA '89), SVP of NYCIF and... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
What’s Next
Engagement Opportunities The "Case for HBS" ebook NN: We have been giving both of these questions a lot of thought, particularly since the launch of the edX/HarvardX platform more than a year ago. We've approached this at HBS not as an... View Details
- 24 May 2017
- News
Angie Hicks, MBA 2000
public in 2011, and today, 5 million members strong, it’s the go-to site for anyone who needs to hire local service providers. “Perseverance is important. I’m the kind of person who just refuses to give up.” “Perseverance is important.... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Jan 2006
- News
Sir Ronald M. Cohen, MBA 1969
venture capital and private equity. Last year, he stepped down from his management responsibilities to devote all his efforts to social investing in the United Kingdom and the Middle East. "Those who have had a successful career are obligated to View Details
- 15 Jan 2020
- News
The Business of Access
the nonprofits and social services organizations whose staffs had the skills to help, and plotted a different way to give back. “My thinking was, if I were to help people here in California,” she recalls, “that would pay it forward for... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Building Blocks
to be in property, and I’m going to do well enough to give you guys a job.’ My parents had no clue about what I was doing, and I really didn’t, either. I just knew that the work involved financial services, which felt aspirational. All... View Details
- 04 May 2017
- News
Going the Distance
sector is similar to what we did in economic development—building our social impact ecosystem instead of just working in silos. WalletHub recently ranked Utah as the leading state in both charitable giving... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 20 Dec 2024
- News
Clubs Open HBS Doors for Local Leaders; Meet the Club Leaders: HBS PRIDE; Favorite Reads of 2024
significant award, and a wonderful opportunity for the clubs to give back. They understand what an HBS experience would afford these community leaders.” A SPNM scholarship allows clubs to recognize the outstanding contributions of local... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Mar 2025
- News
Patch Work
200,000 calls to Colorado to persuade voters to back an election-reform initiative on the ballot, and a much smaller effort to remind Detroiters to return their completed ballots. Text messages had been dispatched to give Pennsylvanians... View Details
- 16 Nov 2017
- News
The Business of Social Justice
University that provided 650 Boston teens with summer jobs and programs. Brooks then moved on to Citizens Bank as the senior vice president and director of charitable giving. She worked to narrow the bank foundation’s View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Leading Boston and Beyond
or public sector positions, giving those organizations the opportunity to use the managerial and analytical skills of a MBA to build capacity. Since the program’s launch in 2002, the City of Boston Mayor’s Office has hosted 13 fellows.... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Local Hero
could tell right away if he had a couple of tickets for the Giants game on Saturday,” Baer recalls. “He’d give me a little nod, and I’d know — yes! — we would be going to Candlestick to watch Willie Mays play center field.” Fast-forward a... View Details