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- 18 May 2021
- Book
Launching a Career in the COVID Economy? Here Are 5 Tips.
Volunteer for work: New projects are opportunities to show your competence and your commitment. But be careful not to over-commit. Volunteer only if you have the time to follow through. 5. Claim an... View Details
Keywords: by Carolyn DiPaolo
- 29 Jan 2014
- Research & Ideas
Super Bowl Ads for Multitaskers
uses volunteers to analyze what users do online—what websites they visit, how long they stay there, and, for the top 100 e-commerce sites, what specific products they purchase. By putting together the two databases—combining more than... View Details
- 14 Nov 2011
- Research & Ideas
Creating a Global Business Code
discussing doing something empirical to test this notion of an ethical gap," Deshpandé says. The team developed 62 questions based on the principles in their newly created codex, and then pilot-tested their survey with volunteers... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 05 Jun 2013
- Op-Ed
Corporate Leaders Need to Step Up on Climate Change
Green initiatives are ubiquitous these days, implemented with zeal at companies like Dupont, IBM, Walmart, and Walt Disney. The programs being rolled out—lighting retrofits, zero-waste factories, and carpool incentives—save money and provide a green glow. Most large... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Toffel & Auden Schendler
- 31 May 2016
- First Look
May 31, 2016
working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51050 Wage Elasticities in Working and Volunteering: The Role of Reference Points in a Laboratory Study By: Exley, Christine L., and Stephen J. Terry Abstract—Volunteers provide a large source of labor in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Apr 2021
- Blog Post
Leadership In Challenging Times: Thierry Ibri (MBA 1997)
kitchen volunteers staying home, how could we feed our clients?’ It was going to be an investment, and yet another new service line, but our CEO agreed we should do this. Nine months in, Minnesota Central Kitchen has served more than one... View Details
- 12 Feb 2016
- News
Creating Common Ground in Communities of Conflict
people he wanted to hurt, or why he must hurt them,” she recalls. That moment in December 2007 set in motion Mendhro’s vision for the Dreamfly, a global initiative designed to educate, expose, and empower people living in communities of conflict. A View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 30 Sep 2014
- News
Life Lessons on the Open Seas
achieve goals together.” Every sail is remarkable, but one stands out for Callahan as particularly extraordinary. It was an occasion when a highly functioning autistic child volunteered to steer the boat with him. “A few minutes later, a... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Professorship Brings Brierley's HBS Connection Full Circle
writing finance cases, Brierley also volunteered to help his college fraternity find a vendor to automate its 150,000 membership records. Failing to find a specialist in the membership record-keeping arena, and recognizing an opportunity,... View Details
- Web
Africa - Global Activities 2021
foreign investment, and community stability,” explains Raji, who was born in Nigeria. “My short-term response to the outbreak was to coordinate donations in cash and volunteer hours to organizations involved in the Ebola relief effort.... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Closing the 'Network Gap'
and Schrier’s successful volunteer effort evolved into a vision for a sustainable for-profit, social-impact company during HBS Startup Bootcamp in the winter of 2021. “We started with an idea for a solution, but we hadn’t had the... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 20 Apr 2016
- News
Steps to Success
those classes,” she says. A return to consulting, for marketing firm Mavens & Moguls—run by her sister-in-law, Paige Arnof-Fenn (MBA 1991)—led Ruhr to join the volunteer board of the American Refugee Committee (ARC). Eventually she became... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 19 Mar 2021
- Blog Post
Celebrating Black History: Elevating the Voices of Our Student and Alumni Communities
and is the current head of athlete content strategy at CAA Sports. Learn more about Melcolm's story here and here. Camille McGirt, MPH (MBA 2021) Founder of Healthy Girls Save the World, Inc. | 2020 HKS Cheng Fellow Inspired by her experience View Details
- 19 Jun 2014
- News
Turning "Black Gold" to Green
manager in Silicon Valley for a few years before his green impulse kicked in again. In 2001, California was in the middle of a full-blown energy crisis, complete with 800 percent wholesale price spikes and rolling blackouts, so Dawe View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President’s Report
director of HBS Alumni Communications, to develop an in-depth, informative, and lively CD-ROM presentation about HBS that can be delivered effectively by alumni volunteers through the club system. Two other significant committee... View Details
- 13 Dec 2022
- News
The First Five Years: Christine Keung and Reggie Smith
Christine Keung (at podium) and Reginald Smith (both MBA 2020) present recommendations for economic development to the West Virginia State Senate in May 2022. How did you meet? Reggie Smith: "We first met before classes started RC year at a big social event in... View Details
- 16 Jul 2020
- Blog Post
How Gender Stereotypes Kill a Woman’s Self-Confidence
volunteer and are recognized for their contributions, despite gender stereotypes,” the paper says. It’s also important for managers to be aware of how confidence gaps may impact the workplace, particularly in professions long dominated by... View Details
- 29 Nov 2018
- Blog Post
The HBS Community - Student Initiatives
our community even closer. Traditionally, MyTakes were only done within each section: students would volunteer to tell a personal story or discuss a topic about which they were passionate. The Community MyTakes initiative broadens this... View Details
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An Educated Investment | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
volunteers between the ages of 16 and 25—to boost enrollment, retention, and learning outcomes for all girls. Since its launch, Educate Girls has expanded to 4,600 villages with 8,500 schools and has impacted 2.8 million children in... View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
HBS Cyberposium Brings Online Future into Focus
student volunteers from the Communications, Media, and Computing Ventures Club who organized seven provocative panel discussions and a number of leading-edge product demonstrations and entrepreneurial workshops. The two-day event... View Details
Keywords: Meg Gardner