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- 01 Feb 2000
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Short Takes
these relationships began to cross the line from traditional philanthropy to more strategic and mutually beneficial alliances, HBS professor James E. Austin, head of the School's Initiative on Social Enterprise (ISE), took note. "Here was... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
The Best-Laid Plans
and in-kind services. In 2001, the School established a separate track for social enterprise ventures, and in 2009 the contest opened to first-year students with the understanding that it shouldn’t detract from coursework preparations.... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Mara Aspinall
ASPINALL Illustration by Jack Unruh When you ask people about their great fears in life, virtually everyone talks about cancer,” says Mara G. Aspinall (MBA ’87), past president of Genzyme Genetics, a... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Tracking a Turnaround
“Participants in the AMP program are more accepting of his actions, but some of the MBA students are uncomfortable with such a public display of power.” Adds Roberto, “The case is like a mirror. It’s about... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
One-on-One with Dr. Margaret Chan
Dr. Margaret Chan (PMD 61, 1991) is worried. She believes that a serious human influenza pandemic will almost certainly occur at some time in the near future. Chan is particularly concerned by the avian influenza virus H5N1 that is... View Details
- 12 May 2015
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A Flash of Insight
explored the military; that left the remaining two pillars of power and influence—business and politics. I applied to, and was accepted by, HBS, the ‘Annapolis of capitalism.’ I decided that I still had much to learn View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards 2019
of 1 percent of the US population. Fewer and fewer American citizens have any connection to the armed forces. A decade later, that’s still a huge concern for me.” Tracy P. Palandjian (MBA 1997) CEO and Cofounder, View Details
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Far-Reaching Impact
children. “I was faced with the challenge of how to service the loan while continuing to work at Rocket Learning full time,” says Mahajan, recalling the concerns that prompted her application to the Social... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 25 Jun 2018
- News
Incubating Ideas for the ‘Water Economy’
water businesses and water policy from around the world to solve a particular water challenge, and then accepts the best ideas into an accelerator to advance them and help them reach commercial viability. We've had over 650 companies come... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Is Cash the Best Form of Charity?
(Illustration by Edmon de Haro) (Illustration by Edmon de Haro) When Michael Faye (PhDBE 2009) and his cofounders—including Harvard grad students Paul Niehaus and Rohit Wanchoo—first proposed the model for GiveDirectly in 2008, it was radical: The nonprofit would View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
Reaching Out
ability to think about more than one thing at a time," says Hodgson, who held positions at Deloitte Consulting and Nextera Interactive before coming to HBS. "There's a balancing act involved between the bottom line and the View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Head Games
The football season is about to begin, a familiar signal that summer is over. The game is a huge money-maker on one level and a powerful societal binding agent at another — think Friday Night Lights. But increasing revelations View Details
- 21 Aug 2017
- News
The Principles That Divide Us Might Be Greater Than Those That Bind Us Together
“It seems to me that we are now economically and socially divided and burdened in ways that are broadly analogous to 1937. During such times, conflicts (both internal and external) increase, populism emerges, democracies are threatened... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Research Brief: Better to Be Safe with a Sorry
fault," she says. "And what we've learned here is that maybe it is in your best interest to apologize. If it helps when you are clearly not at fault, it may also help when blame is ambiguous." —Dan Morrell "I'm Sorry About the Rain!... View Details
- 01 Dec 2014
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Book Review: My Lunch with Warren
adults with the most social ties, independent of physical health. Maybe this deep-rooted social element in all of us explains our yearning for a life of meaning. We wonder View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 1999
- News
Joel Bines
move to Dallas after Bines graduates. He has accepted a position with i2 Technologies, Inc., the leading provider of planning and optimization software for global supply-chain management. "I enjoy operations," Bines explains, "but I also... View Details
Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Eight Join HBS Faculty
Art by Brian Taylor As an HBS doctoral student and recipient of the Wyss Award for Excellence in Doctoral Research, George Serafeim (DBA ’10) coauthored the paper “The Impact of Corporate Social Responsibility on Investment... View Details
- 16 Aug 2022
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HBS Club of Japan Event Highlights HBS Fellowship
was accepted by HBS, I decided to encourage other Japanese to take on big challenges abroad to change this situation,” he says. “I will never forget when I found out I had been awarded the fellowship. At that time, the funding View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
Diversity and Community
Not so long ago in the business realm, diversity and social justice issues were consigned to a dim, neglected area somewhere at the corporation's farthest perimeter, or locked outside the company gates altogether. Earlier this year,... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 11 Jul 2017
- News
The Right Thing to Do
of the fraud, few people at Enron ever admitted to knowing about it. This episode tells the story of the company’s rise and fall and of one Enron employee brave enough to take her concerns straight to the... View Details