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01 Sep 2023
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Global Outposts Expand HBS’s Intellectual Footprint

Since taking over as CEO of Tata Steel in 2013, T. V. Narendran had sought to transform India’s oldest steel manufacturing firm to ready it for a rapidly evolving business world. He instilled financial discipline, acquired new businesses, and launched digital... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

20 Aug 2014
Research & Ideas

Why the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge is a Social Media Blockbuster

In 2009, technology researchers at Forrester published a report entitled We Are All Media Companies Now, that looked at how publishing firms were dealing with the shift from a distribution paradigm to one based on consumption. By 2014, the paradigm is being experienced... View Details

Keywords: by John Deighton

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Marketing Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Contribution to Marketing Thought and Practice. V. Kasturi Rangan : "Putting the Brakes on Impact: A Contingency Framework for Measuring Social Performance" (with Alnoor Ebrahim) was runner-up for the 2010 Carlo Masini Award for Innovative Scholarship from the Public... View Details

24 May 2017
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John J. Brennan, MBA 1980

Pennsylvania and Boston, where Cathy runs a nonprofit mentoring program for inner-city high school students. “These are amazing kids who just need a chance,” says Jack, whose paternal grandfather labored as a janitor at Harvard to put his... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

04 May 2013
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James Dinan & Elizabeth Miller, both MBA 1985

former investment banker, a current full-time mother, and a member of numerous nonprofit boards, Miller sees their gift as a natural extension of the most important lessons they learned at HBS. “We both have strong feelings about where to... 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 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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Tim Nicolette

and management skills in the service of nonprofits in the social sector. What influence did HBS have on your ambitions? I came to HBS for two reasons. First, in my nonprofit work, I noticed that effective... View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit; Nonprofit

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

08 Feb 2024
Blog Post

African American Student Union Spotlight on Joint Degrees

have a career that spans the public, private, and nonprofit sectors. Through the joint degree program, I am building skills that will allow me to leverage the strengths of each sector to drive economic and social impact. How have you... View Details

15 Jun 2021
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Keeping Hourly Workers Focused on the Stock, Not the Clock

sector. He is also in the process of setting up the Center for Shared Ownership, which he has seeded with a $10 million donation. The nonprofit will develop best practices, set standards, and study the outcomes of equity grant programs as... View Details

Keywords: April White; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

22 Sep 2021
Blog Post

Meet LASO: The HBS Latino Student Organization

MBA students at HBS through MLT (Management Leadership for Tomorrow), a nonprofit dedicated to growing the network of diverse leaders. When I visited for Admitted Students Weekend, I was welcomed by the Latino student community and walked... View Details

31 Mar 2023
Research & Ideas

Can a ‘Basic Bundle’ of Health Insurance Cure Coverage Gaps and Spur Innovation?

automatically covers all residents in its National Health Service, a public system with no out-of-pocket costs, and Germany and Israel have systems of coverage through competing nonprofit plans. Like programs in other countries, the... View Details

Keywords: by Kasandra Brabaw; Insurance; Health

03 Oct 2007
Research & Ideas

Dealing with the ‘Irrational’ Negotiator

consortium of nonprofit organizations whose mission it was to lobby for an increase in food aid to disadvantaged countries! What explains such seemingly irrational and self-defeating behavior? Why would this group oppose legislation that... View Details

Keywords: by Deepak Malhotra & Max H. Bazerman

10 Feb 2023
Research & Ideas

COVID-19 Lessons: Social Media Can Nudge More People to Get Vaccinated

results are important for health agencies as well, in that they show online platforms provide another tool for public health officials and nonprofit leaders to use in their messaging campaigns. “Social media can be a cost-effective way to... View Details

Keywords: by Scott Van Voorhis; Health; Technology

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Case Studies - Social Impact Collaboratory

investors as well as trustees of leading nonprofits had expressed uncertainty about whether MRIs were compatible with a board’s fiduciary duties. Darren wondered if his board held the same view. This case will explore the process and... View Details

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Strategy & IT - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

HBS ISC Strategy Strategy Strategy Explained Business Strategy Creating a Successful Strategy Corporate Strategy The Role of Leaders Related Topics Related Topics Related Topics Strategy & IT Strategy for Universities & Nonprofits... View Details

01 Oct 1999
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Eight Among Many: Peter G. Harf

nonprofit organization, DKMS German Bone Marrow Donor Database, that currently has 650,000 registered potential donors, the largest bone marrow donor bank in the world. While Harf's wife did not survive, thousands of others have, thanks... View Details