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Larry Braithwaite

venture, Larry is collaborating with a partner to "develop residential real estate in low-income areas in Philadelphia. We want to prove a point – that underserved inner-city communities can provide... View Details

01 Sep 2017
News

Case Study: Confidence Builder

will have a better chance of trying to partner with them to capture as much of that revenue as possible. However, if Confi can work with students, it may be able to indirectly influence the schools to increase their annual budgets to... View Details

Keywords: April White; Confi; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Dec 2016
News

HBS Alumni Contribute to Business and Society

over $10 trillion. Board Service HBS Community Partners of Northern California alumni volunteers participate in a brainstorming session with leaders of a nonprofit organization that helps low-income youth in... View Details

November 2005 (Revised May 2007)
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HP Nanotech: Partnership with CNSI

Stan Williams, leading nanotech researcher at Hewlett Packard Laboratories, must decide whether to renew the firm's sponsorship of California NanoSystems Institute, spend the funds on internal R&D, or fund foreign universities. Illustrates the challenge of managing... View Details

Keywords: Information Technology; Partners and Partnerships; Investment; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Business and Community Relations; Financial Strategy; Technology Industry; California

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22 Dec 2016
Op-Ed

The Small Business Administration is a Model for How to Drive Economic Growth

restaurants, dry cleaners, and local grocery stores—form the backbone of communities across America and they are responsible for about 40 million jobs. And, as Mercedes Delgado and I show in research released earlier this year, small... View Details

Keywords: by Karen Mills

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Ravi Belani

Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ), a leading venture capital firm that has backed some of the most successful start-ups in the Internet era. Discovering a fresh environment for growth “To be honest,” Ravi says, “the partners [at DFJ] pushed me to... View Details

24 Apr 2014
News

Crowdfunding capital for small business

James ("Brad") McGee (MBA 1987) cofounded iCrowd to bring entrepreneurs together in online communities to network and to help provide the financial and commercial resources businesses need to thrive. He launched the crowdfunding website... View Details

06 Jul 2020
Blog Post

A Letter from the Women in Investing Club

To our Women in Investing Community and Supporters, When we initially outlined our commitments for 2019-2020 as Women in Investing (WII) Co-Presidents, we centered the upcoming year around three key ideas: growing the club’s presence on... View Details

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LatAm Club | MBA

and engaging community of Harvard Business School students and partners that share an interest in Latin America. The club aims to represent Latin America region on campus, promote Latin American business and... View Details

27 Mar 2019
News

German Family to Give $11M After Learning Extent of Nazi Past

After an internal investigation revealed his company’s historic ties to Nazi Germany, JAB Holdings’ managing partner Peter Harf (MBA 1974) announced that the company intends to donate 10 million euros to a yet-to-be-determined charity.... View Details

10 May 2019
News

Bringing Art to the People It Depicts

Kasseem Dean (OPM 50, 2017), known in the music world as Swizz Beatz, was used to seeing Gordon Parks’ photographs in meetings with business partners and at the homes of friends who were not African American. It was far more unusual to... View Details

Keywords: photography; Gordon Parks; Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions; Arts, Entertainment

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Retail & Luxury Goods Club | MBA

educate its members and the entire HBS community about retail and luxury goods concepts, challenges, and opportunities in the industry. The club also helps with career planning, recruiting and networking both within the field and with... View Details

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Partners’ Club | MBA

a unique and independent community for the significant others of Harvard Business School students. The Club hopes to acclimate new partners to HBS life and broaden its members' experiences through a variety... View Details

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Elaine MacDonald Archives | Social Enterprise

Impact: HBS Alumni and the City of San Francisco Elaine MacDonald 11 Aug 2017 For 30 years, HBS Association of Northern California’s Community Partners has mobilized more than... INITIATIVES focus on... View Details

14 Feb 2023
Blog Post

Recruiting During Uncertainty: How to Meet Students Where They Are

scaling back or pausing hiring for an indefinite amount of time. In this time of uncertainty, what can recruiting partners do to effectively attract and hire talent while also building a strong and lasting brand on campus? Our team in... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

01 Oct 2001
Research & Ideas

Five Questions for James Austin

within both the business and the nonprofit. Q: Integrative collaboration would seem a lofty goal for most companies, as this level of collaboration requires a true meshing of business goals with those of the partnering nonprofit. How do... View Details

Keywords: by Carla Tishler

25 Aug 2014
News

Gerald Chertavian, MBA 1992

Founder and CEO, Year Up Download Gerald Chertavian profile Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page TIMELINE 1965 Born, Lowell, Massachusetts 1987 Earns BA, Economics, Bowdoin College 1987 Joins Chemical Bank 1992 Earns MBA 1993 Cofounds Conduit View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

Portrait Project

Kaelin Goulet

moment of extreme income inequality, when the "have-nots" suffered disproportionately because of the actions of the "haves." Maybe it was working to develop savings instruments for lower-income communities during an... View Details

01 Dec 2010
News

The Transformers

Whitehead (MBA ’47) two years ago. (Under Dean John McArthur, the initiative was launched in 1993 with initial support from Whitehead.) The links to HBS run in both directions. Today, 11 of Bridgespan’s 27 partners have degrees from HBS.... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

14 Oct 2020
News

Sewn with Love

Girls for Humanity (FGFH), the mission of which was to provide humanitarian services and funding to communities in need across the world. Hanazawa mobilized the global fashion industry by soliciting excess merchandise from luxury brands... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

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