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05 Feb 2019
News

Protecting the Power Grid

feared—but Japanese emergency crews were able to replenish the spent-fuel pool water in the nick of time, preventing massive evacuation of Tokyo. US regulators took notice. In 2012, Popik and Mott cofounded the nonprofit Foundation for... View Details

Keywords: Ralph Ranalli; terrorism; Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution; Utilities

26 Nov 2018
News

New York Alumni Explore Risks and Opportunities in Climate Change

after an introduction from Jennifer Nash, director of the BEI, he opened the discussion by asking the audience if they thought climate change was natural or human-induced, and whether government should take slow or swift action, says... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; clubs; alumni clubs

Profile

Jeremy Andrus

and so on—that’s one challenge. Then the product has to be shipped and distributed to 30,000 or 40,000 locations across the globe, where government rules, regulations, labor laws, cultures, and tax structures vary significantly. The... View Details

Keywords: Entertainment / Media; Entertainment / Media; Entertainment / Media

December 2019 (Revised August 2022)
Exercise

Janet Ames (C)

By: Brian Trelstad and Brian Trelstad

The series of Janet Ames cases follow a fictional alumna of Harvard Business School into her consulting career in Boston. Over the series of cases, Ames is first offered the opportunity to join the board of a Boston-based non-profit organization, which offers students... View Details

Keywords: Philanthropy; Board; Non-profit Management; Career Changes And Transitions; Evaluation; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Governing and Advisory Boards; Social Enterprise; Social Entrepreneurship; Nonprofit Organizations; Management; Personal Development and Career; United States

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19 May 2015
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Getting Ready for Success

nonetheless. She cofounded Minds Matter, a now-nationwide mentoring and college preparatory nonprofit that launched her on a lifelong mission to improve public education. Named Woman of the Year by the California State Assembly in 2014... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken; Educational Services

23 Feb 2004
Research & Ideas

How Corporate Responsibility is Changing in Asia

ever when deciding where to source their goods and invest. The countries that can offer the best deal in terms of infrastructure and government stability—not just low wages—will come out ahead, she added. Lessons From Nike As director of... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

21 Nov 2005
Research & Ideas

The Geography of Corporate Giving

Why companies support nonprofits and other socially responsible activities is an intriguing question for both academics and practitioners. After all, there is no clear-cut evidence that corporate "do-gooding" results in greater... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

29 May 2020
Op-Ed

How Leaders Are Fighting Food Insecurity on Three Continents

COVID-19 is creating unprecedented strains on food security worldwide. The United Nations' World Food Programme warns that the pandemic could almost double the number of people facing food crises in low- and middle-income populations to 265 million by the end of 2020.... View Details

Keywords: by Howard Stevenson and Shirley Spence; Agriculture & Agribusiness

01 Dec 2020
News

Karmic Kickstart

a handful of wealthy families. That change gave me an extraordinary level of freedom to take part in our daughters’ early lives and to spend time on a number of nonprofit projects, some in Southeast Asia. Then fate intervened again: In... View Details

Keywords: transitions; higher education; travel; reflection; cancer; Educational Services

27 Jul 2020
Blog Post

HBS Summer Fellows Respond to COVID-19

$649B in stimulus funds to small businesses. We are targeting these funds to underserved communities and critical supply chains. Justin Crist Lee (MBA 2021), Lucas Santos (MBA 2022) and Truc Nguyen (MBA 2021), Founders, LivelyHood: Our student-run COVID-relief View Details

01 Feb 1997
News

HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report

"Governing for Nonprofit Excellence: Critical Issues for Board Leadership." This was a terrific opportunity to sample one of the short program offerings of Executive Education. As with so many HBS experiences, I came away with a wealth of... View Details

01 Dec 2017
News

Pencils Up: Taking Note of New Courses

students will work on-site with a nonprofit or government client in Boston, New York, or Washington, DC, to analyze a problem and develop recommendations based on behavioral decision research and... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

04 Oct 2011
First Look

First Look: October 4

this time. Read the paper: http://hbr.org/2011/10/the-cure-for-horrible-bosses/ar/1 Golfing Alone? Corporations, Elites and Nonprofit Growth in 100 American Communities Authors:Christopher Marquis, Gerald F. Davis, and Mary Ann Glynn... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

09 Mar 2021
News

Addressing Education Inequities Exacerbated by the Pandemic

digital divide brought to light by the rapid transformation of the classroom experience from in-person to remote learning. ASHISH DHAWAN (MBA 1997) Founder and chairperson of Central Square Foundation, a nonprofit working to transform... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

December 2008 (Revised March 2009)
Case

The World Food Programme during the Global Food Crisis (A)

By: Anette Mikes, Peter Tufano, Eric D. Werker and Jan-Emmanuel De Neve

Rising food prices threatened an unprecedented number of people around the world with malnutrition or starvation in 2008. The new Executive Director of the United Nations' World Food Programme (WFP)—the world's largest food relief agency—must not only address this... View Details

Keywords: Food; Globalized Firms and Management; Nutrition; Crisis Management; Business and Government Relations; Nonprofit Organizations; Welfare

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13 Jan 2009
First Look

First Look: January 13, 2009

This might explain why only about one in ten nonprofit organizations have implemented governance evaluation routines; 3) When confronted with governance problems, we tend to... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

29 Apr 2022
News

Clean Slate

Coalition, an organization coordinating business, government, and nonprofit efforts to improve India’s water quality and health outcomes. Naina Lal Kidwai: This was not a sexy business. You don't want to put your name to toilets. You're... View Details

Keywords: Water, Sewage and Supply Systems; Utilities

20 Mar 2000
Research & Ideas

No Place Like Home: America’s Housing Crisis and Its Impact on Business

CEO of the Enterprise Foundation, a nationwide housing and community development nonprofit organization. Harvey explains that exorbitant housing costs encourage young, professional workers to look elsewhere for jobs, threatening the... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons; Construction; Real Estate

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Advancing Social Enterprise | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Business for Social Impact Nonprofit Strategy & Governance Social Entrepreneurship More Impact Stories A Pathway to Pursue Aspirations Mizuho Kanai 2018 While Mizuho Kanai (MBA 2018) was fulfilling her... View Details

01 Feb 2000
News

No Place Like Home

housing is a problem that increasingly affects companies and employers, as well as the overall economy," says F. Barton Harvey (MBA '74), (see related story) chairman and CEO of the Enterprise Foundation, a nationwide housing and community development View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

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