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- 01 Oct 2000
- News
The Class of 1975 in Review
on the board to illustrate human interactions. Hunt Greene's high bet wasn't looking too promising until Lawrence, bewildered by Hunt's off-the-wall comments, offered him the chalk to illustrate his theory. Much to the amusement of the... View Details
Keywords: J. Hans Stumm
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Social Enterprise Celebrates Tenth Year, Looks Ahead
seven social-enterprise electives in 2003Ã2004. In its first ten years, the HBS Social Enterprise Initiative (SEI) developed executive education programs attended by over 2,500 nonprofit leaders, published more than 200 cases, and... View Details
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Life Lessons
Photography by Webb Chappell HBS students are already exceptionally skilled and accomplished people when they arrive at Soldiers Field. But perhaps their education here truly begins when they first understand — and are humbled View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
HBS Vets Support Homeless Comrades
Vets helping vets: Dann Angeloff, Rob Kaderavek (HBS '03) beside their thought-provoking bivouac. (photos by John Chase) Vets helping vets: Dann Angeloff, Rob Kaderavek (HBS... View Details
Keywords: Health, Social Assistance
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Ink: Comfort in Discomfort
their must-read recommendations for your consideration. That’s easy: Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking, by Susan Cain. Rob Biederman (MBA 2014) told me about this book while... View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Building a Network for Social Enterprise in Latin America
Angela Serino, manager of corporate responsibility for Natura, a Brazilian cosmetics company, and Maria de Graça Fernandes Branco, principal of Matilde Elementary and High School. The pair are subjects of a case produced by the SEKN that... View Details
- 20 Dec 2018
- News
Baker Library Webinar Features Resources for Alumni
for Business (B4B), research consultations, and how to use select eBaker resources,” says Austin Haley, an Information Research Specialist at Baker, who produced and presented the session with colleague Kathryn FitzGerald, also an... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Innovation: Revenge of the Nerds
students spend 15 weeks and $5,000 launching a business. Patrick Petitti (MBA 2014), Rob Biederman (MBA 2014), and their teammates started with some zany ideas—manufacturing knitted nose warmers, for instance—before settling on the model... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
Newman's Own Brand of Charity
Newman's Own, Inc., lunched with Dean Kim B. Clark, and fielded students' questions at an informal hour-long gathering sponsored by the Social Enterprise Club. The case, written by Initiative on Social... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Finance and the Economic Recovery
Illustration by Michael Austin A pandemic that has caused public health and economic crises also has afforded business leaders the opportunity to better understand and lead through disruptions affecting... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Social Enterprise Visionary
to prepare leaders for the nonprofit sector. Approaching then-Dean John McArthur, he offered to fund an initiative focused on research, teaching, and programs related to nonprofit management. “John Whitehead’s vision for what would become the Social Enterprise... View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Kresge’s Afterlife
Illustration by David Plunkert Alumni looking to reminisce about Kresge Hall might want to book a trip to Jamaica. That was one of the destinations for the 50 truckloads of household and office goods that HBS donated to non-profits as... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
High Adventure
right now I’m looking out the window at my nine-year-old daughter feeding a baby deer,” says Beilharz in a phone interview. “That’s a huge change from the affluent neighborhood in Austin where we once lived.” Indeed, life was, for many... View Details
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Short Takes
Who Does Good and Why While it's common knowledge that business leaders often serve on nonprofit boards, there has been little formal information about the characteristics and motivations of such individuals. In a 1997 working paper series on social enterprise,* HBS... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 11 Dec 2019
- News
A Righteous Path
University of Texas at Austin before arriving at HBS. “My early career experiences really convinced me that so much of success in the social sector requires not only understanding problems at the grassroots level, but also having really... View Details
- 14 Oct 2021
- News
Disney’s Alan Horn to Retire
Longtime Disney studio head Alan Horn (MBA 1971) announced this week that he is set to retire at the end of this year. Holding the official title chief creative officer of Disney Studios Content, his deep impact on the company was highlighted View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Case Study: Your Call Is Important to Us
If you’ve ever tried to call an airline or almost any service business of a certain size, you’re probably familiar with the problem: After navigating a seemingly endless set of options, you’re asked by an automated message to share... View Details
- 26 May 2016
- News
Alan F. Horn, MBA 1971
Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts from Union College 2012 Named Chairman, The Walt Disney Studios Chairman, The Walt Disney Studios After two years working on the Ivory Soap account at Procter & Gamble, Alan Horn was approached by Hollywood... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 20 Dec 2024
- News
Clubs Open HBS Doors for Local Leaders; Meet the Club Leaders: HBS PRIDE; Favorite Reads of 2024
To Boost Communities, Alumni Clubs Send Nonprofit Leaders to HBS For one week every summer, nonprofit leaders from across the globe convene on the HBS campus to sharpen their leadership skills and expand their impact through the Strategic Perspectives in Nonprofit... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Find Your Maximum Sustainable Goodness
Edited by Julia Hanna and Jen McFarland Flint; illustrations by Rose Wong In every life there is room to improve—particularly if we redirect our efforts in the direction of greater good for all beings.... View Details