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- 01 Jan 2017
- News
Sphere of Influence
scholarships to study in Canada and the United States. Recently named a “Global Visionary” by the Swiss bank UBS, Balares is founder and CEO of Womensphere Foundation, a nonprofit that supports women’s advancement in leadership, innovation, and View Details
- 15 Apr 2014
- News
Bertarelli Foundation Gift Names Deans' Health & Life Sciences Challenge Prize
Dean Nitin Nohria has announced that the Bertarelli Foundation of Switzerland, cochaired by Ernesto Bertarelli (MBA 1993), has established the Bertarelli Foundation Health & Life Sciences Entrepreneurship Fund with a generous gift to... View Details
- 14 Sep 2015
- News
Helping Investors Have an Impact
getting people to cross-connect and cross-pollinate our ideas. It enables philanthropic funders, whether they are philanthropists giving money or they are institutional investors who want to actually deploy their assets via venture... View Details
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
HBS Honored for Addressing Business and Societal Issues
HBS, along with ten other business schools, has been recognized for its "cutting-edge programs incorporating societal-business issues" in a report issued by the World Resources Institute and the Initiative for Social Innovation through... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Faculty Books
Entrepreneurship and Global Capitalism edited by Geoffrey Jones and R. Daniel Wadhwani (Edward Elgar Inc.) This selection of articles includes historical research on the role of entrepreneurship in creating... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
New Ventures New Gains
Entrepreneurship is nothing new at HBS. The first course in entrepreneurship was taught over fifty years ago, and the list of alumni who have founded profoundly influential companies — from Continental... View Details
- 25 Aug 2016
- News
Having an Impact on Development and Poverty Issues
nature of the relationship. With our approach, you are an important part of the economy—a customer—and this institution wants to sell you a product. You know that if you’re not happy, you can take your business somewhere else. You have... View Details
- 25 Apr 2014
- News
Think globally, crowdfund locally
institutions think about lending to these businesses." Local Lift has a residency in the Harvard Innovation Lab and received funding from the Rock Summer Fellowship Program. In summer 2013, its pilot program in two cities saw success in 8... View Details
- 21 Sep 2016
- News
Ideas with Economic and Social Impact
emerging countries is very encouraging.” The former executive director of the HBS Global Initiative, Wilson is the founder of the consulting firm GV Partners, based in Geneva, Switzerland. Her impressive list of clients includes global View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Jennifer L. Scott
under the auspices of Harvard's Institute for International Development. After returning from Kenya she joined Bain & Company and later signed on with a startup, founded by Bain colleagues, focused on privatization efforts in Central... View Details
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- 01 Mar 2019
- News
Building a Movement
founded, the notion of social enterprise was still relatively new to the lexicon, and HBS was clearly one of the pioneering actors in this broader movement to advance the study and the practice of social enterprise and in inspiring other academic View Details
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Made, Not Born: HBS Courses and Entrepreneurial Management
Course descriptions by Elaine Gottlieb, Judith A. Ross, and John Simon (sidebars by Elaine Gottlieb) Whether they come to HBS with a business plan in mind or become entrepreneurially inclined later in their careers, students who take HBS elective courses in View Details
- 13 Jun 2014
- News
The Art of Effecting Change
boards of several Boston organizations, including The Windsor School, MATCH Education, the Telluride Foundation, and the Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA), which she describes as "all incredible, impact-oriented nonprofit organizations... View Details
- 01 Jan 2010
- News
Susan L. Decker, MBA 1986
motivate them to see just how high they can jump by believing in them and giving them the freedom to perform.” Sue Decker’s successful Wall Street career began at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, where as an equity analyst, she consistently received the number one rating... View Details
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Fueling Innovation
members, strengthens relationships with local alumni and practitioners, and supports admissions and career development outreach. RESEARCH INSTITUTES In 2022, HBS launched two research institutes that... View Details
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Doing It Your Way
other factors when seeking startup opportunities. "Businesses where there are high margins available with low economies of scale are more likely to survive," he says, citing institutional money management as an example of an area that... View Details
- 25 Apr 2018
- News
Giving Minorities a Playbook for Corporate Success
the program. “I think what success will look like in the next 10 years is to build a critical mass of diverse talent in the leadership pipelines of the major institutions that are driving our economy,” Rice explains. “We have the... View Details
- 01 May 2013
- News
Catherine E. Kuehn Price, MBA 1986 & Malcolm K. Price, MBA 1987
her an appreciation for the School’s ability to keep pace with the evolving practice of business. “I’m fascinated by all the changes,” she says. “There’s so much going on with entrepreneurship now,” she says, noting her interest in the... View Details
- 01 May 2013
- News
Joella Lykouretzos, MBA 2001
Now serving as Hoplite’s managing director and chief administrative officer, the busy New Yorker rounds out her professional and parenting resumes with philanthropic and advisory roles at institutions such as the American Museum of... View Details
- 27 Nov 2012
- News
The Beauty of the Network
first-year courses in the same classroom, in the same seat. (Pao’s undergrad institution was UC Berkeley, which, at least 27 years ago, embodied less rigid customs than those found at HBS.) “It was so intimidating,” Pao recalls. “I felt... View Details