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- 01 Mar 2014
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Generation Next
corollary are the US industrialists of the 19th century, who built legacy charities and cultural institutions alongside their business empires. Outside work, Nisa supports Dasra, an Indian social enterprise fund. Girls' education is a... View Details
- 01 Jun 2024
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Alumni and Faculty Books
doesn’t have to die and can, in fact, be saved with blockchain networks. He separates this movement, which aims to provide a solid foundation for everything from social networks to artificial intelligence to virtual worlds, from... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
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Step Change
adds, big acquisitions and IPOs started happening in the MENA region, catalyzing a virtuous cycle of entrepreneurial activity and investment: Amazon acquired Souq for $580 million in 2017 and Uber purchased Careem for $3.1 billion in... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
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Up on the Corner
through foreclosure. (Dlodlo plans to export this bipartite model to Africa to help prevent families there from suffering the fate that befell her own family after her father died.) From the outset, Dlodlo was committed to pursuing a View Details
- 23 Jun 2023
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Highlights from the Spring 2023 Alumni Board Meeting
Executive Education degrees and accreditations, and a range of sectors, demographics, and experiences. Board members are drawn from a pool of active alumni volunteers. The current board president is Andreas Stavropoulos (MBA 1997). On... View Details
- 11 Dec 2019
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A Righteous Path
“Today is a pretty exciting day here,” Safe Passage Project executive director Rich Leimsider (MBA 2003) says as soon as he picks up the phone in late October 2019. “As of today, we are representing 1,001 children who the US government is View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
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One Man Crime Wave
languages. To many writers, critics, and fans, “JDM” lives on as an underappreciated master, a born storyteller who served up riveting, best-selling adventure tales that feature penetrating social commentary and sharp insights into human... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
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Breaking the cycle of poverty in urban areas
Silbert. “It seems counterintuitive, but it’s possible to be undernourished and overweight.” She adds: “If we all work together and commit resources, we can break the cycle of intergenerational poverty in urban America.” During her student days at HBS, Silbert joined... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Mission Possible
opportunity to create and spread innovative solutions to some of society’s most pressing problems. In doing so, they joined a groundswell of interest in social entrepreneurship. Just as entrepreneurs spot missed opportunities in business... View Details
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
Fıelds of Gold
and climate of bordering Iran, is capable of producing saffron that bests the benchmark in color, taste, and aroma, says the cofounder of the new social enterprise company Earth2Globe. The still-small 1,700 acres of Afghanistan’s saffron... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Putting Ghosts to Rest
who reflects on his experiences in Rwanda and how unfamiliar environments abroad can lead to reevaluating traditional notions of business risk and social return. It was late at night, and I was tired. Perfect timing for my inner... View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Prognosis
active community spread. We’re doing everything we can to try to minimize the impact, but I also think it’s incumbent upon us to do everything we can to address those social determinants as aggressively as... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Rescue & Recovery
consider,” she adds. Sucher’s book builds on 18 years of teaching the EC course The Moral Leader. Somewhere along that journey she arrived at an important framing: The opposite of moral leadership is not immoral leadership, she says. “It’s when you could have... View Details
- 01 Mar 2015
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What Is Harvard’s Impact in the World?
who have founded firms and social enterprises. With the support of Harvard President Drew Gilpin Faust, HBS professor Josh Lerner will survey the entire active alumni community for whom the University has... View Details
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
Reaching Out
on a problem." The burst of entrepreneurial activity that occurred throughout the 1990s has also stimulated innovation in the social sector, she notes, and unprecedented wealth creation has forced people to... View Details
- 17 Feb 2015
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The First Five Years: Justin Pasquariello (MBA 2010)
them came in having already done that. “I was an older student than many. I was married and had lived in the area. I went in knowing I wanted to work in the social sector, wanted to stay in Boston, and wanted to have a balanced life while... View Details
Keywords: Health, Social Assistance
- 01 Jun 2007
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Tribute to Fellowships
seventh annual Fellowship Dinner on April 11. The dinner culminated a day of campus activities for 150 alumni who sponsor fellowships and some 300 students who directly benefit from them. In his after-dinner remarks, Dean Jay Light noted... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
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Health Care a Top Priority at HBS
The HBS Healthcare Initiative is one of five interdisciplinary areas of interest that is a priority of the School (along with the Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Social Enterprise, and Global initiatives). Its director, Cara Sterling, who... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Daniel Vasella
get into the generics business? PROFITABLE YEAR: Speaking at a January 18, 2007, press conference in Basel, Switzerland, Vasella announced that Novartis's 2006 net income rose 17 percent to $7.2 billion. We have been active in generics... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
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The Plight of the Global Poor
ability to generate profit. There is no contradiction between social impact and good profitability; in fact, profitability is central to that social impact.” Eliminating, or even alleviating, global poverty... View Details