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Investing in Change | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
Investing in Change Chuck Recorr Job Title Philanthropist Location Raleigh, NC Topics Nonprofit Strategy & Governance More Impact Stories A Pathway to Pursue Aspirations Mizuho Kanai 2018 While Mizuho Kanai (MBA 2018) was fulfilling her... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Two Decades of Social Progress
The Social Enterprise Initiative began in 1993 with a pioneering mission: develop new insights and innovative approaches to contribute to the well-being of society. Driven by the vision of John Whitehead (MBA 1947) and the leadership of... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Making Change
that the affordable housing buzz started in India, along with the Indian president's call for a "slum-free India." Apprehensive about both government and real-estate developers, my husband, an architect from Italy, and I moved to Delhi... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
From Das’s Desk
In previous columns, I have talked about our ongoing efforts to pilot lifelong learning opportunities for our alumni. Now I would like to report on some initial outcomes. In June, 73 members of the MBA Classes of 1995 to 2005 came to... View Details
Keywords: Das Narayandas
- 22 Feb 2016
- Research & Ideas
The ‘Mother of Fair Trade’ was an Unabashed Price Protectionist
was trying to fix prices. This is antithetical to how most Americans think of the US market operating,” says Sawyer, an assistant professor in the Business, Government and the International Economy unit who previously held the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Make Plans for Washington GLF
behalf. A great place to start is the HBS Global Leadership Forum held last June 21–23 in London. It was the latest in a series of global events initiated more than a decade ago by the Alumni Board and was View Details
- 20 Oct 2009
- First Look
First Look: October 20
cost, but is also a function of the competitiveness of the upstream economy. Moreover, the presence of a gray market competitor may cause unintended social welfare consequences when domestic governments mandate the use of arm's length... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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Gabriel Handel | About
include strategic and financial planning, technology planning, capital projects, design and use of the campus, major events and convening initiatives (e.g., Commencement, DIALOGUE), community engagement, neighborhood and civic affairs,... View Details
- 05 Mar 2024
- Blog Post
IFC India: Our Godrej Site Visit
one thing we hope for more of in the future is a government or nonprofit-led initiative to coordinate various mangrove conservation and restoration initiatives across India.... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Letters
Washington, D.C. Business Alone Can’t End Poverty The cover of your March 2007 issue asks the question “Can business end global poverty?” Perhaps you are unaware of the Initiative for Global Development (IGD), a business orga-nization... View Details
- 02 Dec 2009
- What Do You Think?
Should Immigration Policies Be More Welcoming to Low-Skilled Workers?
and importing unskilled workers to keep costs low takes away the initiative for technological advances ." And Sam Heffner, invoking the noted economist, Milton Friedman, pointed out that "before he died, the great Dr. Friedman... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 31 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
Why These Business School Professors Oppose Trump's Executive Order on Immigration
Business School professors who have signed the petition, and asked them to share why they openly oppose the Executive Order. Here are their initial responses. David B. Yoffie, Max & Doris Starr Professor of International Business... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
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Partners - Managing the Future of Work
works and lives. For more information, please visit their website . Grads of Life Grads of Life is a national initiative that catalyzes market demand for Opportunity Youth by transforming employer perceptions and hiring practices. Their... View Details
- 09 Mar 2009
- Research & Ideas
How to Revive Health-Care Innovation
value network, compared to the reactive posture they have taken in the past. Finally, we have seen a pervasive pattern in every industry that has been transformed through disruption. This same pattern characterizes what has happened to date with disruptive View Details
- 03 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 3, 2006
Working PapersRacial Diversity Initiatives in Professional Service Firms: What Factors Differentiate Successful from Unsuccessful Initiatives? Authors:Modupe Akinola and David A. Thomas Abstract Diversity continues to be a key focus for... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 May 2019
- Research & Ideas
Consumers Blame Business for Global Health Problems. Can Business Become the Solution?
long used corporate social responsibility initiatives and philanthropy to improve their standing with consumers. Now there is a new crop of companies that are making health and wellness a business imperative, not just because it is “the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Building a Social Network
Piskorski, senior lecturer John Macomber, and research associate David Chen examines what happens when YPO launches a Networks Initiative focused on linking members through shared interests in particular industries, activities, and social... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
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Past Projects | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
City released the 'New' New York Plan focused on transforming the city's job centers to support the ways people will live and work in the future. A set of initiatives emerged to serve as a roadmap to make New York City the best place to... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Water for Life
Issue Focus: Business and the Environment Zobel de Ayala Photographs by Tom Epperson Issue Focus The Business and Environment Initiative at HBS The City Solution Green Day Related Links Watch Ayala discuss sustainability Sixteen years... View Details
- 16 Jul 2008
- Op-Ed
What Should Employers Do about Health Care?
ignored health care altogether, leaving it to government or dutifully paying their mandated health contributions. Many U.S. employers are dropping health benefits or hoping for reforms that will transfer responsibility for health... View Details