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- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Point, Click, Give: Internet Fuels Philanthropic Fundraising Revolution
shopping mall GreaterGood.com, for example, uses traditional advertising to draw visitors to its site. Charity mall iGive.com, in contrast, relies on its nonprofits to publicize its fundraising opportunities. Most WEBSEs use some...
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- 01 Mar 2008
- News
An American Odyssey
Africa within the space of a couple of weeks, Richard America (MBA ’63) appears upbeat and none the worse for jet lag. Dressed in a crisp suit and tie, the tall and affable Georgetown University Business School professor chats easily...
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- 27 Jan 2023
- News
Turning Up the Volume
Goldman turned to Lex Suvanto (MBA 1999) for help. As CEO of a strategic communications unit within Edelman, the world’s largest public relations and marketing firm, Suvanto had teams and skills at hand that could support the kind of...
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Maureen Harmon
- 12 Dec 2018
- News
Lesson Plan
every decision. I don’t have to tell anyone here that we face an uphill battle in Scranton, but I have seen that with a collaborative effort, public officials can accomplish extraordinary things. It can’t happen overnight, and officials...
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- 18 May 2017
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Pioneer Spirit
liquid hydrogen rocket engine that was subsequently used in many of the major space exploration programs, and Fern taught in the first public high school in Palm Beach County to be integrated.” One of the...
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Constantine von Hoffman
- 30 Mar 2022
- News
Giving Hope and Comfort
the organization moved to a larger space and hired its first employee. A few years later, it moved to a still-larger location. In the early days of Hope and Comfort, Feingold sometimes struggled to explain the concept of hygiene...
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- 28 May 2019
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A More Perfect Union
and we consulted with academics to examine the state of our democracy and what reforms will matter most. We have a data scientist on staff who combines public sources of data across different types of organizations, which in the political...
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- 16 Sep 2015
- News
Built for Speed
know how to do stuff. I mean, they’re coming from farms. These are kids who are very practical,” says Nolan. In addition to tapping into the student population and hosting a thriving maker space downtown, Louisville has a long industrial...
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- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Lesson from the Fall
is unclear and the spirit of the law is open to interpretation. A close reading of the record suggests that much of Enron’s behavior fell into this penumbra. But that same record also suggests that Skilling lost his way in this shadowed View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
The Business Case (Or Not) for Sustainability
you’re in. Mike Toffel: And there’s a real limitation to thinking that win-win opportunities that provide both financial and environmental gains will get us where we need to go. In some domains—especially where the cause and result of the problem are very proximate in...
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- 01 Feb 2000
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
at 40 percent), proactively publicize the School's Web site and add new features that will attract more alumni to the site, and develop push technology allowing alumni to subscribe to specific online offerings. Last year, the committee...
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Edmund A. Hajim (MBA '64)
- 29 Apr 2022
- News
Clean Slate
percent of kids’ brains don’t develop to the full potential because of this. Thirty percent remain stunted and don’t grow to their full physical form because of this. So this is a big health issue and it needs resolution. I consulted friends who were much more engaged...
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- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Advancing Diagnostics that Can Save Lives
and commercialize medical diagnostic tools that will, ultimately, improve health outcomes. Lee’s DZD was one of the inaugural startups in 2016 at the Life Lab, a state-of-the-art wet lab and coworking space in Allston for Harvard...
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Susan Young
- 13 Jul 2020
- News
The First Five Years: Meaghan Fitzgerald (MBA 2016)
VR? “Now is the time! VR has hit an incredible inflection point in the last year or so, and there are more jobs and opportunities in the space than ever. We are particularly in need of people from diverse backgrounds, both demographically...
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- 23 Feb 2023
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In My Humble Opinion: Hometown Reboot
capital, has invested in the first five of an intended 30 portfolio companies, and is advancing the goal of growing the entrepreneurial ecosystem for Black and diverse founders. Another opportunity came out of a discussion with a group of corporate leaders in the city....
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April White
- 27 Mar 2019
- News
Fulfilling Their Promise
work interns from Eastern Michigan University, Wayne State and the University of Michigan; both part-time and contract staff; numerous volunteers; and 16 board members who do a lot of hands-on work. Today, Girls Group facilitates 15 weekly programs within the View Details
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
Reaching Out
HBS alumni often describe the MBA Program as a transformational experience. That observation especially rings true for students such as Meredith Weenick, Neera Nundy, Abdu Mukhtar, and Jonathan Hodgson who participate in the Nonprofit and View Details
- 11 Jun 2021
- News
The Power of Resilience
and more treatable stage. And so when I came across this company it just so personally resonated with me. And I pivoted my corporate career into the health care space and into genomic space, all inspired by this very personal journey. I...
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- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Back in Business
all the involved constituencies, with victims' families first and foremost, Whitehead says. "We will try to meld all those views together into a plan for the memorial site," he explains. "Some of the 25 million square feet of office space...
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- 25 Feb 2020
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Profits and Purpose
tackle. But the students said, “Whoa, how can we talk about the big problems of our time without thinking about inequality?” The students also pushed me to move beyond shared value. Of course, building the business models that create both View Details
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Jen McFarland Flint