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- 01 Dec 2020
- News
HBS Fund Chairs Reflect on the Past Five Years
the HBS Fund provide flexible funding that the School can use immediately to support core priorities like financial aid and faculty research, pursue new ideas and initiatives, and respond to unexpected opportunities and challenges. The... View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Julie Bishop (AMP 151, 1996)
live, study, and work in 38 countries in our region. It’s the first time we’ve had such an overseas study program run out of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.” Group effort: The innovationXchange, an international advisory group formed by Bishop to develop... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; photography by X99/Zuma
- 20 Aug 2014
- News
With No Time to Lose
the fact so many of them came to my aid is a testimonial to the rapport, humanity, and cohesiveness of the HBS community.” Professor Josh Margolis helped to write and now teaches a case on Prize4Life in his LEAD class, ensuring that... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Jan 2012
- News
Andrew H. Tisch, MBA 1977
four children were old enough to do basic math, Tisch set up a fund for each of them that was to be used for charity. “Rather than spend money on another iPod,” says Charlotte, 17, Tisch’s youngest daughter, “my sister and I support AIDS... View Details
- 17 Dec 2017
- News
How Music Forged a Fighter for Free Expression
experience that I had. Otherwise, you're just an aid tourist and, oftentimes, a draw on those organizations resources. The opportunity I found was setting up a job trading center at one of these IDP camps. While I was there, someone had... View Details
- 18 Feb 2014
- News
Stick with Plan A
world. Initially, Maddy pursued an early dream of working for the United Nations Development Program. "Soon, however, I became very disillusioned that economic aid was the path to economic development," she says. "I found that it actually... View Details
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Embracing Activism for Social Change
As she explains, “It’s an exciting time to work here and see how these funds can facilitate transformational projects and systems.” RALLYING STUDENTS TO AID SMALL BUSINESSES AND WORKERS Sarika Mendu (MBA 2020) has long been interested in... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Sizing Up Social Impact
the number of temporary housing units an organization has created in post-earthquake Haiti. But how does one measure the effectiveness of a training program in boosting farmer incomes in Ghana? This was the question facing the Millennium... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Seth Klarman
of his role in influencing markets. As Fed chairman, when he advised people not very many years ago to take out variable rate mortgages, he aided and abetted the housing market excesses. When he said there was irrational exuberance in the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Letters
that channel illicit money ultimately into Western economies. First and foremost, to reduce global poverty, clean up the global financial system. This is the most effective step we can take to assure that capitalism maximizes its... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Daniel Vasella
fundamental problem. The Medicare prescription drug program that went into effect last year bars the federal government from negotiating with drug companies over the prices seniors pay. The new Democratic majority in Congress has vowed to... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Mission Possible
best thinking to the task of building stronger and more effective nonprofit organizations,” says Tierney. “Think of it as a Bain & Company for the nonprofit sector.” Bridgespan’s services focus on three main objectives: to increase social... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
March 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books
Within and in Others By Dr. Srikanth Gaddam (OPM 43) Independently Published From vision setting and decision-making to creative thinking and risk-taking, you need to juggle numerous demands at once to become an effective and thriving... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Mara Aspinall
medical system, however, new science has to clear a high hurdle before it has an impact on practice. This caution is sensible in some arenas, but personalized medicine results in safer and more effective therapy choices, not higher risk.... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Putting Ghosts to Rest
access higher education, and have a steadier, more diversified diet, among other benefits. As I began to understand it, the gift of a cow could change lives, as it would work across families and help, in some small way, to aid in... View Details
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Profiles from the Class of 2005
of Severodvinsk, Russia, Natalia Mlotok has witnessed the stark effects of perestroika, Mikhail Gorbachev’s program of economic, political, and social restructuring. Located on the White Sea in northern Russia, Mlotok’s hometown was built... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
RX for Change
from the very beginning.” With the generous support of Howard Cox (MBA ’69), HBS offered matching scholarship funds and needs-based financial aid to broaden the program’s reach and impact. Once in the classroom, participants work their... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
Profiles from the Class of 2006
2003. The experience of starting two inner-city schools fueled Kennealey’s interest in applying to HBS, where he has focused on developing skills in finance, strategy, and operations. “I realized that the fastest, most effective way to... View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Down the Memory Chute
over and the graduate has embarked on his business career, no one will hand him a ‘case.’ ” Instead, Raymond argued, the graduate will have to go out and in effect put together his own case before he can use the skills learned at HBS. WAC... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Urban Evolution - HBS Research on the Inner City
such areas. "The corrosive effects of urban decay have pushed many cities into a devastating downward slide. Unless business leaders are centrally involved in generating solutions to the pressing urban problems, there will be no lasting... View Details