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- 13 Jul 2020
- News
Locally Grown
socially responsible investing was in its infancy; the now-common phrase impact investing had been coined just a few months earlier. For the first eight years of the fund’s existence, Fenwick-Smith was... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Jan 2005
- News
Nancy M. Barry, MBA 1975
fruits, which she then sells at the local market. "The impact of these loans is extraordinary," says Barry. "Poor women have shown that they are the world's best customers, repaying their loans and using their increased income to feed,... View Details
- 20 Dec 2022
- News
Singing to the Corn
sustainable agricultural practices like no-till farming and polyculture—in other words, the same practices used by indigenous cultures and promoted by Sacred Seed through gardens like the one at the Tri-Faith Initiative. Growing food on a smaller, more sustainable... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
September 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books
reducing the impact of climate change. She also covers green finance and the financial structure for sustainability, inclusive growth, green jobs, and the critical role of women in social transformation.... View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Former Bulletin Editor Remembered
the impact of the political and social upheaval triggered by U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War. "For half a century," he wrote, "the attitudes and objectives of students and faculty at HBS had been fairly... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Alumni Clubs Put Skills to Work
Nearly half of HBS’s 82 clubs and associations sponsor social enterprise programs that put alumni management and leadership skills to work on behalf of local communities and the School, according to a recent survey. Club activities fall... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2017
weapon called life experience. Just Change: How to Collaborate for Lasting Impact by Tynesia Boyea-Robinson (MBA 2005) (Advantage Media Group) Equal access to opportunities for all citizens is the key to a sustainable national economy. To... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Beyond Accommodation
thought it would allow me to have a direct impact for a while.” The interesting business model that attracted Gibbons to NIB was also the organization’s weak point only a few years earlier. As a nonprofit organization established by the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Clearing the Air
officer at CarbonCapture Inc. “The impact of the Inflation Reduction Act is enormous. I think it really hasn’t hit home yet,” says Jonas Lee (MBA 1993), chief commercial officer at CarbonCapture Inc., which is planning a carbon capture... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Beyond the Rim: New Paths to Success in Asia
Businesses in the Asia-Pacific region today are caught up in a dizzying swirl of economic, cultural, political, technological, and social change. Enormous opportunities await managers who can harness these powerful currents to drive their... View Details
- 20 Nov 2019
- News
Lifting Fallen Families
the number of people the organization is able to find and assist. The initial $20,000 investment now allows the Kims, 17 years later, to see how the Children of Fallen Patriots has made an impact on families, and sometimes they get to see... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Saving Grace
underestimates the scale of the problem because those are only the ones we know about,” Savova says. The situation will be exacerbated by job losses associated with the COVID crisis this year, leading to more than 20 million abandoned... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
The School that Donham Built
Donham, Faust noted, wanted students to grasp “the relationship between their particular interests and broader social and economic structures.” He decided courses should be organized around functions—such as finance, marketing, and... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
Bridging the Success Gap
they never knew they could become.” Navarro knows firsthand some of the challenges his students face. The Pomona, California, native went to a high school where the Bloods and the Crips gangs were prevalent. His experiences there, and later a six-month trip to Mexico... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2018
Happens: Why Some Social Movements Succeed While Others Don’t by Leslie R. Crutchfield (MBA 2001) Wiley Why do some changes occur, and others don’t? What are the factors that drive successful social and... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
HBS Faculty Approves Curriculum Innovations
MBA Program. Moon, the Donald K. David Professor of Business Administration, characterized the FIELD course as a “step change” that builds on experiences first-year students already get on a smaller scale and in a variety of ways.... View Details
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Microfinance's Big Payoff: Michael Chu and ACCION International
its pragmatic use of the profit motive and market mechanisms to make a sustainable, self-perpetuating, and effective impact on the lives of poor people. When the ACCION opportunity came along, it forced me to confront those late-night... View Details
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
Short Takes
Ownership Matters: Bringing Owners on Board In his working paper, "The Impact of Ownership Type on Performance in Public Corporations: A Study of the U.S. Textile Industry 1983-1992," HBS assistant professor David L. Kang demonstrates... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
What’s the Big Idea?
Issue Focus: Ideas & Impact Illustration by Timothy Cook An Intellectual Capital: Some Influential HBS Ideas, at a Glance Pleasure in Progress Teresa Amabile It sounds so obvious: Employees who make meaningful progress in their work enjoy... View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Meal Plan
Holdings, a $300 million fund with investments in several restaurant concepts including Tatte Bakery, CAVA, Life Alive, BJ’s Restaurants and Clover Food Labs. Christian, can you walk me through how the management team at Inspire Brands has responded to the View Details