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11 Mar 2001
Research & Ideas

Digital Designs on the Inner City

An increasing number of inner city residents own computers and have online access, but government agencies and private companies need to do more to bridge the digital divide that still exists among income groups, according to business and... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

15 Aug 2019
Blog Post

The Social Enterprise Initiative at HBS

to government to private equity, but each has one thing in common – a passion for social impact. The Social Enterprise Initiative Matt Segneri (MBA 2010), Director of the Social Enterprise Initiative, spent his summer internship while... View Details

01 Sep 2015
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2015

the case that the Clinton and Bush administrations and members of Congress of both parties pursued an extreme affordable-housing agenda that led to the failure of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. If Fannie and Freddie had not failed, requiring View Details

August 2022
Teaching Plan

Janet Ames (A), (B), (C), (D)

By: Brian Trelstad

Teaching Plan for HBS Case Nos. 320-076, 320-077, 320-078, and 322-051. 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... View Details

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

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Alexandra Stanek

McKinsey. I found the problem-solving aspect of consulting very interesting, and tried to get assignments, unsuccessfully, in Africa. After McKinsey, I joined TechnoServe, a nonprofit that uses business as a tool to affect poverty. In the... View Details

Keywords: Consulting

04 May 2017
News

Going the Distance

says. “It was a fun, dynamic way to help evolve Utah, which Forbes Magazine has ranked first on their Best State for Business list six times in the last seven years.” Frey left the government role to be an angel investor, allowing him... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

22 Feb 2022
News

An Rx for Small Business Recovery

first-year MBA students will travel to 15 cities across the United States to work on projects that involve the design of a new product, service, or experience for a local segment of that city’s population. Students will partner with small- and medium-sized for-profit... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

15 Jun 2021
News

Turning Point: Tell Me More

innovator, she is a nationally recognized expert on the electorate and is the founder, chairman, and former CEO of C Space. She serves on four corporate and four nonprofit boards and is CEO of Salient Ventures, an angel investment company... View Details

Keywords: politics; communication; voting; demographics

13 Apr 2022
News

New School

In late February 2020, the Japanese government announced it would close every school in that country to prevent the spread of COVID-19. On the other side of the world, in his Billerica, Massachusetts, office, Rob Waldron (MBA 1992) saw... View Details

21 Oct 2020
News

Cold Calculations

the Arctic ice to slow the effects of climate change. Leslie Field, who holds a PhD in electrical engineering and 58 patents, founded the nonprofit (formerly known as Ice911 Research) to develop the necessary technology. Field approached... View Details

Keywords: April White

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Disability Pride Month | Baker Library

Disability Pride Month Explore Baker Library resources with a connection to disability and business. Want to stay up-to-date on relevant topics? Consider subscribing to our monthly Inclusion & Belonging Newsletter . Quick Research Resources Use GuideStar Pro to locate... View Details

10 Oct 2018
News

Building Paths to Success

team with 100 people, SVA partnered last year with 17 nonprofits focused on reducing economic and educational disadvantage among Australia’s neediest populations. Traill, who details his personal transformation and SVA’s rise in his new... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

24 Sep 2020
News

The Race for a Vaccine

READ MORE In the UK, veteran biotech investor Kate Bingham (MBA 1991) leads the search for a COVID vaccine. As with any startup, money was the first obstacle Bingham needed to solve but, in this case, it was the easiest to overcome. View Details

Keywords: April White; COVID-19; Scientific Research and Development Services

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MBA Program at Harvard Business School: 1963 - 1970 | Baker Library

seeking a position in government and education or in business research." (1) The Harvard-Radcliffe Program in Business Administration officially ended in 1963. In September 1963, eight women enrolled at HBS and joined the MBA class that... View Details

20 Jul 2017
News

Pushing the Next Generation Forward

stereotype and expand their image of what’s possible for them.” Since 2014, Owusu-Kesse has served as COO of the Harlem Children’s Zone (HCZ), a path-breaking New York nonprofit known for its multifaceted approach to ending... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

01 Jan 2002
News

Raymond V. Gilmartin (MBA '68)

wants to understand the barriers to effecting change on global issues such as health care." Under Ray Gilmartin's leadership, Merck has launched an unprecedented number of new drugs and forged partnerships with the public and nonprofit... View Details

11 Mar 2001
Research & Ideas

Evolving for Success [Part Two]

a project to a small group of people who are amateurs, who do the project part-time and act as a committee. It doesn't demand management time and resources, and you haven't brought in new skills. This holds for hospitals, government... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

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Past Projects | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

level. The global community tends to look to governments and multilaterals during public health crises, but in what contexts can the private sector be better equipped to act and in what ways? ArcelorMittal (AM), an integrated steel and... View Details

April 1990
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Philip Morris Companies' ""Bill of Rights"" Sponsorship Program

By: Stephen A. Greyser and Norman Klein

Describes the new policy of the National Archives of inviting corporate cosponsorship of historic exhibits and commemorations. In November 1989, Philip Morris Companies (PM) became the first cosponsor of the bicentennial commemoration of the Bill of Rights, and used... View Details

Keywords: Policy; Brands and Branding; Decisions; Advertising; Marketing Strategy; Risk and Uncertainty; Financing and Loans; Reputation; Nonprofit Organizations