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- 01 Dec 2017
- News
2017 in Finance: Helping Consumers Improve Their Financial Life
done on mobile devices, and social media services like WeChat are leading the way. The big question is, how are the banks going to respond? In China, where banks are less regulated, they are starting to... View Details
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
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 2013
- News
Revitalizing America
environmentally sound reconstruction of decaying neighborhoods by training at-risk urban youth in construction and putting them in line for good jobs. City Year, an education-focused nonprofit on whose national board I serve, mobilizes... View Details
Keywords: Health, Social Assistance
- 18 May 2015
- News
The First Five Years: Anjali Vaidya (MBA 2010)
Where did you go after you graduated from HBS? “I spent three and a half years working at Google on mobile advertising and have been at Yahoo, also working on mobile monetization, since October 2013.” What... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Hunting Red Balloons
In December, the government agency DARPA tethered to the ground ten red weather balloons at random locations around the United States in a test to see how social networks might mobilize and use the Internet... View Details
- 10 Oct 2018
- News
Working with a Giver’s Spirit
low-income people across Southeast Asia to have access to money-saving ecommerce and other mobile content. Supply Philippine smallholder cocoa farmers with best-in-industry knowledge, planting materials, fertilizers, and loan products,... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
HBS Grads Make Their Mark in India
health-care information to Indian consumers via text messaging and mobile Web browsing. India has a low Internet penetration but 450 million cell phone users, making mobile handsets the best device for... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Creating a mathematical method to understand consumer behavior in a digital world
homophily—the “birds-of-a-feather” tendencies of like-minded people? Only by understanding the relative impacts of these factors can companies develop effective marketing strategies. Studying the adoption of a mobile app in Japan, Gupta... View Details
- 19 Aug 2016
- News
Using Technology to Help Reclaim Lives from Addiction
from seeking help. Our at-home program uses secure videoconferencing to ensure that clients are known only to their counselors and their fellow recovery group members.” Lionrock also uses a proprietary mobile application to help clients... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Urban Evolution - HBS Research on the Inner City
both communities and businesses in the coming decades, HBS professors are making a significant contribution to the urban recovery movement. Building Sustainable Communities Many approaches to revitalizing the inner city have focused on the View Details
- 26 Apr 2011
- News
BioMine Strikes Gold
Entrepreneurs Win in Global Competitions BioMine CEO, Privahini Bradoo (MBA '08) Related Links View photos from the contest Meet the 12 regional finalists Listen to the faculty webinar series Learn about the 2011 host clubs Winners of the second annual Alumni New... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Everything Old Is a New Opportunity
social sharing platform to help older adults live independently longer and provide tighter connection to family. CareSolver is a startup run by two current HBS students. It activate, educates, and supports the nation's $450... View Details
- 01 Aug 2002
- News
HBS Business Plan Contest Keeps Entrepreneurial Spirit Alive
along with classmate Lucas Klein and Jason Green, a 2002 graduate of Penn's Wharton School of Business. The runner-up in the social enterprise track was The Unison Project, a group designed to mobilize the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Consumption Is America’s Competitive Advantage
contributes much more sustainable economic growth as well as an increase in the standard of living, social well-being, and desirable jobs. Meanwhile, obsessing over establishing science-tech superiority brings its own ills, including a... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards 2019
“Our mission at Social Finance is to mobilize capital to drive social progress. We are pioneering new impact investing approaches, like the View Details
- 11 Sep 2018
- News
Bringing Government Up to Code
the foundations of our social safety net—making it easier, for example, for people to apply for food assistance or for probation officers to communicate with their parolees. On today's episode of Skydeck, Ingersoll talks with contributor... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Making a Difference
Bridgespan Group — Jeff Bradach (PhDOB ’92) and Tom Tierney (MBA ’80) — pioneers in the application of data-driven strategy and consulting services to enhance the effectiveness of nonprofits and foundations. Founded a decade ago, Bridgespan has helped set new standards... View Details
- 23 Sep 2010
- News
How Did You Spend Your Summer Vacation?
hoping to test out a special area of interest or potential career path. Others looked abroad, pursuing their interests in solving business and social problems in the developing world. Canadians Alyza Keshavjee and Ameel Somani spent their... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Rebooting Europe
it easier for researchers to settle throughout Europe while also improving job security and pension options. In the speech, Moedas also lauded the newly launched European Fund for Strategic Investments, an effort that will mobilize 315... View Details
- 02 Jun 2011
- News
Serious Fun
Spanish-language versions and on mobile devices. In addition to working with Tufano (soon-to-be dean of the Saïd Business School at the University of Oxford) on policy change that allows tax filers to direct some of their refunds to... View Details