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16 Aug 2011
First Look

First Look: August 16

PublicationsThe World Bank and Democratic Accountability: The Role of Civil Society Authors:Alnoor Ebrahim and Steve Herz Publication:Chap. 3 in Building Global Democracy? Civil Society and Accountable Global Governance, edited by Jan... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Stamps Reading Room | About

gift from the charitable foundation of E. Roe Stamps IV (MBA 1974) and Penelope W. Stamps funded the meticulous restoration of Baker Library’s historic lobby and reading room during the building’s 2003–05 renovation. The gift also... View Details

01 Sep 2018
News

Remembering Dick Spangler

Carolina’s Board of Education from 1982 to 1986. As president of the University of North Carolina (based at its Chapel Hill campus) from 1986 to 1997, he increased enrollment and faculty funding while prioritizing educational quality and... View Details

25 Aug 2016
News

Announcing the Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative

File photo by Jon Chase - Harvard Staff Photographer File photo by Jon Chase - Harvard Staff Photographer Bloomberg Philanthropies and Harvard University have announced the launch of the Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative. View Details

Keywords: Government

10 Sep 2008
Research & Ideas

Long-Tail Economics? Give Me Blockbusters!

no promising blockbusters in the drug pipeline. In a globally integrated market, blockbuster brands that address common consumer needs are more important than ever. Consumers around the world are excited to share common experiences.... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch; Entertainment & Recreation; Pharmaceutical

01 Jun 2008
News

Watching the Brain Think and the Surprises of Science

unimaginable at the time they are made. Who would have predicted the changes in society that have come from classification of the elements into the periodic table, or from quantum mechanics, or the World Wide Web? Who would have guessed... View Details

Keywords: science; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Management; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

24 Apr 2014
News

Transforming the lives of the needy across Pakistan

talented professionals across the world to help evaluate and support these interventions. Over the past 10 years, ADP has funded more than 50 promising nonprofits to transform hundreds of thousands of lives... 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 View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance

01 Dec 2014
News

Innovation: The Fish-Farming Fix

Video Embed Cryoocyte’s home lab in action With ocean fisheries increasingly failing to meet global demands—about 85 percent of them are classified as depleted or worse, according to the World Bank—the future of the food supply will... View Details

Keywords: Francis Storrs; aquaculture; Fishing, Hunting and Trapping; Agriculture

01 Jun 2009
News

Social Innovation Goes Mainstream

Ten years ago, social enterprise pioneer Linda Rottenberg wasn’t taken seriously when she pitched established foundations to fund her upstart organization, Endeavor, a nonprofit dedicated to supporting high-impact entrepreneurs in... View Details

Keywords: Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services

01 Dec 2001
News

Reaching Out

donations, it raises more funds per capita than any other nonprofit in the world — one out of two Singaporeans contributes to NKFS." In part because it is already so successful with its marketing and... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons and Julia Hanna; Health, Social Assistance

07 Oct 2014
News

Network Effect

Henry McCance, founder (left), and Tim Armour, President & CEO, of Cure Alzheimer's Fund Twelve years ago, when Henry McCance (MBA 1966) and his wife initially faced her diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease, the couple consulted some of the... View Details

Keywords: Linda Kush

Portrait Project

Kristie Gan

that I live with to this day. I never knew what would trigger my next attack. The world was vast, yet suddenly dangerous. With the shadow of fear cast over me, I lost that childlike curiosity to discover the pirates hiding in my garden;... View Details

01 Sep 2014
News

The Changing Nature of Research

the globe. As a leader in management education, Harvard Business School has a strong commitment to improving the practice of management and to advancing a world that is more sustainable and inclusive, healthier, and better educated. As... View Details

31 Aug 2020
Research & Ideas

State and Local Governments Peer Into the Pandemic Abyss

Cities and states are feeling the financial pain of this recession more quickly than in past downturns after pandemic-induced lockdowns swiftly decimated sales tax revenue that helps fund their operations. In fact, new research finds that... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

06 Aug 2020
Blog Post

WHY WE STARTED THE HBS BLACK INVESTMENT CLUB

qualifications, technical skills, and networks required for the job. I thought to myself, “if students at Harvard Business School - one of the leading feeders for venture capital/private equity roles in the world - are facing this level... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

23 Apr 2018
News

Sowing the Seeds of Leadership

is one way they hope to bring the outside world closer. “We’ve recently tripled our digital bandwidth,” Condo says. Also on the table is the creation and funding of knowledge-sharing partnerships with... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

01 Dec 2017
News

In Service of Others

Mike Zak (MBA 1981) After studying engineering at Cornell and serving four years in the Marine Corps, Mike Zak (MBA 1981) arrived at HBS in 1979, one of only a handful of military veterans in his class. The transition was not easy. “I came from a View Details

30 May 2019
What Do You Think?

Is There a Distinctive West Coast Style of Management?

differentiate itself from the ‘stuffy, hierarchical’ East Coast. I see this today when I talk to entrepreneurs trying to raise money on both coasts. I hear again and again how fast things happen on the West Coast and how long it takes for NYC firms to View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Education

29 Jan 2019
Blog Post

Being a Mom and a Founder at HBS

supportive of founders working on businesses while in school from providing Summer Fellowships, coaches, mentors, and advisors to offering funding through the Rock Accelerator and Rock Incubator Programs. The View Details

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