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- 29 Apr 2015
- Blog Post
2+2: Challenging Conceptions of Business
what made you interested in applying? I had no formal business background so I always assumed I was not the right candidate for HBS. When I discovered the 2+2 Program and learned that HBS was committed to engaging students in diverse... View Details
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Inside the Learning: Sustainability—on Campus and Beyond
Harvard University has engaged its entire community in an effort to improve sustainability. Harvard Business School (HBS) is committed to Harvard's Sustainability and Climate Action Plan, which includes achieving a fossil fuel-free... View Details
- Profile
Maxeme Tuchman
By her junior year in high school, Max Tuchman was a hair's breadth away from dropping out. At issue were neither her grades nor conditions at home, but her disgust with the "poor quality of the Miami-Dade public schools," says... View Details
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Courtney Fairbrother
and alumni engagement on the topic of addressing climate change. Prior to joining the BEI team, Courtney worked for Harvard’s Office for Sustainability as the Sustainability Manager for HBS where she was responsible for View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Vision: Learning Curve
leveraging existing technology and infrastructure to enhance the quality of early childhood education for disadvantaged kids. And while the state-run preschools and primary schools that serve this population may suffer in comparison with their private counterparts, the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Building a Network for Social Enterprise in Latin America
Agricola Aritzia, a leading Chilean poultry producer that formed a partnership with Corporación Municipal de Melipilla, a public health and education nonprofit. “When companies engage in cross-sector... View Details
- Web
Teams | New Venture Competition
Gaitan (EdM 2025) Husain Rasheed Engaging kids in Kazakhstan with an AI-driven simulation game that makes learning English fun Remarcation Hannah Wong (MArch 2025) Jia Wen Goh Fostering the autonomy of disabled users in View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
A More Perfect Union
Case Study. Daniella Ballou-Aares (MBA 2001, MPA 2002) believes that has to change—and it’s the responsibility of her generation to lead the way. Ballou-Aares is creating a path for the next generation of business leaders to engage in... View Details
- 10 Oct 2005
- Research & Ideas
Corporate Responsibility and the Environment: What is the Right Thing To Do?
by Harvard Business School professor Forest Reinhardt, considered whether firms should and do engage extensively in CSR. This essay, in other words, considered empirical evidence. Reinhardt found that relatively few firms do View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls
- 21 Nov 2019
- Blog Post
The Power of Business in the Energy Transition
from solar and wind farms. Project development of major transmission lines to handle alternative sources must intently focus on stakeholder alignment across public and private sectors to speed project delivery. Both speakers touched on... View Details
- Profile
Aaron Chadbourne
private and public leadership Interested in an education that combined business and law, Aaron applied to both HBS and HLS and received a one-year deferral.. That year, Aaron worked for the VIP Forum of the Corporate Executive Board in... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Alumni Clubs Put Skills to Work
and fundraising for scholarships to attend social enterprise-focused Executive Education programs or fellowships for MBA students. While HBS alumni clubs worldwide have long been engaged in their local communities, their activities have... View Details
- 21 Oct 2013
- News
Moving the Needle
Seegull coauthored a policy paper, funded by the Rockefeller Foundation and others, focused on engaging the federal government in impact investing to achieve social and environmental outcomes. "That opened my eyes to the world of... View Details
- Student-Profile
Rohan Kekre
reasoning and quantitative tools to a set of public policy questions having first-order importance in the real world. After graduation I took a job as a management consultant at McKinsey in their New York office. I started in July 2008,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
School of Hard Knocks
I was fortunate the reservation didn't have a tribal high school. Graduating students were funneled into a much larger public school about 20 miles off the reservation, and I was suddenly in the majority ethnic population (white) and no... View Details
- 15 Sep 2011
- Research & Ideas
High Ambition Leadership
Martha Lagace: What is missing in leadership models today? Michael Beer: Most formal leadership models do not incorporate institution-building in their definition of leadership. Leadership is thought of as a means for activating change, employee View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 04 Aug 2020
- News
How Business Can Advance Racial Equity
government affairs offices, that many times are engaging in public policy, writing, and advocacy that even other employees and other departments in the organization are not fully aware of. This is not asking... View Details
- 14 Jul 2021
- Blog Post
From Colombia to the District of Columbia: Making an Impact with Paulina Llano (MBA 2022)
are stronger than in Colombia and I want to continue learning before I eventually go back to my country,” she explained. Specifically, healthcare and government engagement were two areas of interest, but Llano was open to exploring... View Details
Keywords: Health Care
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
HBS Honored for Addressing Business and Societal Issues
social-purpose enterprises," Nelson said recently. "Led by faculty chair Professor Jim Austin, the Initiative's research, course development, and publications have had a significant impact on many of our students, not to mention... View Details
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Mallika Ahluwalia
At Princeton, Mallika Ahluwalia realized she wanted a career in international development. "Having an impact on communities and the world motivates me to go to work every day," she says. After a one-year stint at Catalyst Chicago, creating a grant-funded... View Details