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- 01 Nov 2012
- News
First and Goal
cheerleading team free of charge. “Not unlike a startup,” Swearengin says, “a new nonprofit uses a significant amount of duct tape to hold things together,” including, in the early days, stacking parents and children in an end zone to... View Details
- 01 Jan 2009
- News
Jorge Paulo Lemann, A.B. 1961; Carlos A. Sicupira, OPM 9, 1984; Marcel H. Telles, OPM 10, 1985
matched by his commitment to promoting education, government efficiency, and entrepreneurship in Brazil. He is the founder and a director of both Endeavor Brasil, a nonprofit that helps entrepreneurs in... View Details
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
To The Rescue
brought to bear on the problem back at home. “Rather than expecting the government to take the initiative, we could establish certain services in a few cities so that the citizens would come to appreciate the difference that it could... View Details
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Evolution of the Social Enterprise Conference | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
fairness for all. It's about actively reshaping the world to reflect the better angels of our nature. Adam Nathan, MBA 2015 Job Title Leader, 2014 Social Enterprise Conference (SECON) Location Boston, MA, USA Topics Nonprofit Strategy &... View Details
- 16 Dec 2015
- Research & Ideas
What Happens When Zambian Schoolgirls Receive Negotiation Training
policy nonprofit that focuses on solving global poverty problems, worked with 3,146 Zambian girls in the eighth grade across 41 schools in Lusaka to implement it. Schoolgirls in Zambia receive negotiation training through the “Girls... View Details
Keywords: Re: Kathleen L. McGinn
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Figuring Out Her Mission | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
ever decide to take the leap in that direction.” Ming Min Hui, MBA 2015 Topics Nonprofit Strategy & Governance More Impact Stories A Pathway to Pursue Aspirations Mizuho Kanai 2018 While Mizuho Kanai (MBA... View Details
- 01 Aug 2002
- News
Class Day & Commencement
to observe that at one time he had told his study group that he intended to live in Australia and, as a consultant, travel the world while learning about different business models. Instead, Brown said, “I'm going back to my hometown of Washington, D.C., to work for the... View Details
- December 2019 (Revised August 2022)
- Exercise
Janet Ames (B)
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; 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
Trelstad, Brian. "Janet Ames (B)." Harvard Business School Exercise 320-077, December 2019. (Revised August 2022.)
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Working with City Leadership to Leverage Technology | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
our private/public partnerships. It’s just been fantastic!” Henry Tsai, MBA 2017 Topics Nonprofit Strategy & Governance More Impact Stories A Pathway to Pursue Aspirations Mizuho Kanai 2018 While Mizuho... View Details
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Blending Traditional Models of Philanthropy with Business | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
Impact Nonprofit Strategy & Governance More Impact Stories A Pathway to Pursue Aspirations Mizuho Kanai 2018 While Mizuho Kanai (MBA 2018) was fulfilling her summer internship at NPR, her manager recommended... View Details
- September 1996 (Revised November 1999)
- Case
GLSTN 1996
By: James E. Austin, Willis M. Emmons III and David Maue
The Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Teachers Network (GLSTN), which aims to create respect for all within schools regardless of sexual orientation, faces significant challenges stemming from its rapid growth into a 30-chapter national organization. Issues include... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Culture; Problems and Challenges; Leadership; Networks; Policy; Change Management; Nonprofit Organizations; Leadership Development; Growth Management; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Education Industry
Austin, James E., Willis M. Emmons III, and David Maue. "GLSTN 1996." Harvard Business School Case 797-038, September 1996. (Revised November 1999.)
- 27 Jan 2016
- Research & Ideas
A Politician's Investment Portfolio Might Tip Off Corruption Potential
was roughly a 60-40 split, with 60 percent allocated in stocks and 40 percent in bonds. That’s a classic portfolio for investors of the same age, which Minor says helped confirm he was on the right track. The misconduct data took more effort to gather. He turned to a... View Details
Keywords: by Roberta Holland
- 12 Mar 2006
- Research & Ideas
Global Poverty Needs a Global Answer
to be published by Princeton University Press. In this recent interview conducted by e-mail, Lodge is hopeful that the World Development Corporation will be formed. He explains why nonprofits aren't the answer to ending poverty and asks... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
- April 1990
- Case
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
Greyser, Stephen A., and Norman Klein. Philip Morris Companies' ""Bill of Rights"" Sponsorship Program. Harvard Business School Case 590-108, April 1990.
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Model Patient
insurance (for such individuals, another function of the Connector is deciding “affordability,” that is, how much those individuals should be subsidized and how much they should pay out-of-pocket). This uninsured-care fund previously had been bankrolled by the state... View Details
- 19 May 2015
- First Look
First Look: May 19
http://www.amazon.com/Land-Bargains-Chinese-Capitalism-Politics/dp/1107539870/ May 2015 Journal of Economic Perspectives Bitcoin: Economics, Technology, and Governance By: Böhme, Rainer, Nicolas Christin, Benjamin Edelman, and Tyler Moore... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Dec 2012
- HBS Case
HBS Cases: Against the Grain
that economic tools of supply and demand can be applied to studying the phenomenon of corruption. On the demand side, it is true that corrupt government officials sometimes garner a degree of sympathy from the public, legitimizing their... View Details
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Archival Collections - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School
Home Site map Map / Directions Search: General Information HBS Home About Annual Report Campus Commencement Dean Nohria Employment Fifty Years of Women Give News New Construction Academic Programs Doctoral Programs Executive Education MBA... View Details
- 02 Oct 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, October 2, 2018
paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55030 Governance Through Shame and Aspiration: Index Creation and Corporate Behavior By: Chattopadhyay, Akash, Matthew D. Shaffer, and Charles C.Y. Wang Abstract—After decades of both... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Letters
but it has a detailed plan for public- and private- sector efforts to end extreme global poverty. Business alone cannot do the job because, as the IGD plan points out, it is necessary to invest in good governments as well as investing in... View Details