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24 May 2021
Op-Ed

Can Fabric Waste Become Fashion’s Resource?

COVID-19 has broken fashion’s supply chain. As a result, an already wasteful industry has become more wasteful. Even before the pandemic, the global apparel industry was producing about 92 million tons of textile waste a year. That’s about one garbage truck’s worth of... View Details

Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones and Shelly Xu; Fashion

01 Jun 2024
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Alumni Achievement Awards 2024

Photographed by Susan Young; Edited by Julia Hanna MORE ON THE RECIPIENTS Read more about the 2024 recipients, and learn about past recipients. ALUMNI ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS SITE MORE ON THE RECIPIENTS Read more about the 2024 recipients, and learn about past recipients.... View Details

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Funding Opportunities - Business & Environment

students may be eligible for project-related expenses during their second year of study. HBS Leadership Fellows (login required): Second-year students entering the nonprofit or public sectors may apply to the Leadership Fellows as a... View Details

April 2014 (Revised July 2017)
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The Tate's Digital Transformation

By: Jill Avery

John Stack was the visionary Head of Digital Transformation at the Tate, a collection of four major art galleries in the UK, including Tate Modern, the most visited gallery devoted to modern and contemporary art in the world. Stack was the architect of the Tate's... View Details

Keywords: Digital; Marketing Communication; Non-profit Management; Marketing; Marketing Strategy; Nonprofit Organizations; Social Media; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Tourism Industry; United Kingdom

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01 Jan 2013
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Roger W. Sant, MBA 1960

at DC's Community Foundation to support issues they believe in, primarily empowerment of women and girls, ocean conservation, and sustainable cities. Organizations that have benefited from their involvement include numerous Washington-based View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

22 Feb 2023
Blog Post

Meet the Disability Advocacy and Affinity Group (DAAG)

Rock, a Twin Cities based nonprofit focused on empowering young people through music education. Teresa Danso-Danquah (MBA 2024) - VP of Admissions and Administration I am a disability advocate, HR professional, and aspiring VC investor... View Details

07 Jul 2023
Blog Post

Harvard Innovation Labs: Where Passion and Purpose Meet

conversation, Segneri highlights the broadening of the initial i-lab model as an educational collaborative just for students into a three-lab ecosystem that also engages alumni and life sciences entrepreneurs; encourages the exploration of innovative ideas across... View Details

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Winners & Runners-Up | New Venture Competition

Co-Winner Reduce the burden of heart disease in China. Charitable Donations Group Social Enterprise Track Runner-Up Raise funds for nonprofits by helping them accept and liquidate real estate transactions. Business Track, 2006 8baorice... View Details

28 Jan 2020
Book

Advanced Leadership Requires More Than Outside-The-Box Thinking

principals didn’t return phone calls. There was suspicion by nonprofit leaders with similar-sounding missions. Was she poaching from their territories? Would she siphon off their donors? There was a refusal to budge, even on the part of... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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Cait Haught

for nonprofit leaders Cait did not want an MBA to serve as "career changer:" "I like finance, and I know I want to work with organizations doing good." Instead, she wanted a general management degree that would... View Details

Keywords: Financial Services

20 Feb 2020
Op-Ed

Love in the Office Is Wonderful. Except for CEOs.

other complaints about the company’s culture. "It's clear McDonald's culture is rotten from top to bottom,” she said. Perhaps the height of lack of disclosure was reached by a nonprofit CEO in Massachusetts, who boasted of his... View Details

Keywords: by Regina Herzlinger

20 May 2024
Blog Post

Get to Know Class Day Student Speaker Erik Roberts

Roberts went into consulting to dip his toes into the field of business and discover his passions. He worked in sectors such as economic development and climate and sustainability, founded a nonprofit academy to deliver capability... View Details

31 Aug 2021
Book

Feeling Powerless at Work? Time to Agitate, Innovate, and Orchestrate

lives, in part because they didn’t understand the nature of power, but many of them learned along the way,” says Battilana. "Having once been wary of power is no guarantee that you will be immune to abusing it." Brazilian doctor Vera Cordeiro, for instance, started a... View Details

Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald

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Doing Business in a Divided World - Alumni

to navigate this shifting and complex landscape. To mark the launch of BiGS, the School brought together senior executives in industry, academia, government, and the nonprofit sector for a day of discussion around current practices,... View Details

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Hiring at HBS: How Summer Interns Make an Impact at Emerson Collective - Recruiting

Insights & Advice 26 Jan 2024 Hiring at HBS: How Summer Interns Make an Impact at Emerson Collective Becca Carnahan Author HBS Team tag All Locations Company Perspectives Nonprofit / Government Summer Internships Why We Recruit Emerson... View Details

01 Jan 2004
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D. Ronald Daniel, MBA 1954

helping the nonprofit sector, he served as Harvard's treasurer from 1989 until last June, advising three presidents and watching over the University's resources. "It was one of the great privileges of my life," he says. In a commencement... View Details

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Eligibility | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

federal government agency of the United States (including military service). An approved government or nonprofit organization located outside of the United States, as permitted by U.S. law. An approved multi-lateral or international... View Details

01 Jun 2002
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Up to the Challenge: Ipsita Dasgupta - Global Perspective, Local Results

interact with different people and maintaining a strong knowledge of who you are.” Last year, in conjunction with the School's Nonprofit and Public Management Summer Fellowship Program, Dasgupta worked with Women's World Banking to design... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; development; leadership; social issues; management; technology; Finance; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

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Partners & Fellows | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Corps Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research Millennium Challenge Corporation New Profit New Sector Alliance NewSchools Venture Fund New York City Public Schools New York Public Radio Nonprofit Finance Fund OneTen Coalition,... View Details

31 Jan 2023
Research & Ideas

It’s Not All About Pay: College Grads Want Jobs That ‘Change the World’

imply the potential for social impact, the authors hand-coded 500 postings to yield 100 key phrases including “making a difference,” “giving back,” “positively impact,” “improving the lives,” and “people’s lives.” Listings included a wide range of employers from... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

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