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- 15 Apr 2021
- News
Bringing Light to the Fight
inequalities in patient care. In 1998, the foundation’s advocacy encouraged the New Zealand government to institute free breast cancer screenings for women ages 50 to 64, later extended to 45 to 69. The foundation is currently working to... View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Research Brief: Ending the Legacy of Poverty
Scott Duke Kominers (photo by Evgenia Eliseeva) Scott Duke Kominers (photo by Evgenia Eliseeva) Income inequality over multiple generations is not just the result of wealthy families passing down money—it’s how those families spend their... View Details
- 10 Jan 2013
- News
From Wall Street to Visual Art
faces the boulevard where protests over social and economic inequality began last year. "The dialogue, or lack thereof, created among the heads points to a need for a conversation around the world today, a... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Making It Count
Image by Martin Leon Barreto In 2021, while the pandemic was amplifying social inequities and climate catastrophes, investors were busy pouring more money than ever into environmental, social, and governance... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
An American Odyssey
social change and very conscious that I was going to use my HBS training in different ways than most of my classmates,” America explains. “In class, I appreciated the pro-labor side in cases that had a union-management component. I was... View Details
- 19 Feb 2021
- News
A Playbook for Progress
adopters of new technology. Our younger Black and Brown respondents said their work contributes to the social good to a far greater degree than the white or Asian women said. And overall, these women are confident that they will control... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Contributing to a Better Future
capitalism over the past century has brought billions of people out of poverty, but it’s also created inequalities and contributed to the progression of climate change. And so, the process of thinking about how business can consciously... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Homeschooled
learning and better leverage the skills of teachers and other adults in schools to provide coaching, targeted teaching, and social and emotional development support. The current situation has highlighted View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
The Well-Healed Athlete
neuroscience research and social justice and economic inequality initiatives, among other areas. To establish the Alliance’s research agenda, Wu Tsai began meeting with leading experts in a variety of... View Details
- 17 Nov 2022
- News
Blockchain for Good
Research and Innovation Department, “will play a significant role in accelerating this worldwide advancement.” Dyer’s focus on social mission also tracks the evolution of her career. Driven by her family’s financial instability early in... View Details
Keywords: Ralph Ranalli
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Alumni Leading Change
balance are our priorities,” says Yang. Pro-worker and pro-environment policies aren’t just a social good at Esquel. “They save money and strengthen our competitive advantage,” notes Yang. For example, polluted water impedes the... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Vision: Learning Curve
after undergrad. But Gupta also spent several years at the Pratham Education Foundation, one of India’s largest educational nonprofits—work that earned him a Horace W. Goldsmith Fellowship for social enterprise leadership at HBS. Mahajan,... View Details
- 02 Sep 2021
- News
Back to School
social and emotional needs of students. And we have guidance from the CDC, of course. The ultimate framework we’re working to create will empower districts to make the right decisions for what’s going on in their community, given... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 16 Nov 2021
- News
Getting Back Together for Global Networking Night; Healthcare Conference Draws New Interest
HBS Club of Nigeria held their first in-person event since before COVID, with attendees declaring how great it was to finally meet and connect with each other. The HBS Club of Austin welcomed approximately 35 attendees—about half of whom were new to the club—to its... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Is Market Capitalism Headed for Trouble?
inability of democratically elected governments to deal with some of capitalism’s fallout, particularly inequality and migration as its consequence. They see their cities, as in France, becoming battlegrounds. The very people they need... View Details
- 19 Jan 2017
- News
Finding Purpose in Profit
redefine the meaning of success in business. B Lab’s mission is to assemble a global community of Certified B Corporations, which are companies that meet certain prescribed standards of social and environmental performance, public... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Leadership: Getting Down to Fundamentals
climate change, and entrenched inequality are not just technical. We’re in the midst of a leadership crisis because many of these problems require coordination and cooperation between the private, public, and nonprofit sectors. One of our... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
What's the Word?
She·sesh·un (noun) Ly·ing flat (verb) Post·cook·ie (adj.) Bi·o·rev·o·loo·shun (noun) Dig·i·tul no·mad (noun) Di·ver·si·ty wa·shing (verb) Meem Stock (noun) When the price of supposedly “dull” stocks like BlackBerry and GameStop hit the roof earlier this year, driven by... View Details
- 26 Jan 2021
- News
Clubs See Wealth in FemTech; Health Care Alumni Look at COVID Response
health care, inequities in female-specific disease areas, and the role of FemTech startups in disrupting women's health care and empowering women. Linda Greub (MBA 1987) Stasia Obremskey (MBA 1987) Alice Zheng (MBA 2014) Linda Greub (MBA... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
The Path Ahead
challenges and opportunities that the School faces—and the priorities that will guide his leadership. Inequality and racism are among the most serious problems in today's societies. How does Dean Datar plan to address these issues by... View Details