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Jonathan Bailey

two years at McKinsey & Co. in London, where Jonathan had a chance to "build core skills in business and management" and work on the firm's Climate Change Special Initiative, he worked with Tony Blair in establishing the former Prime Minister's Africa... View Details

22 Apr 2020
Research Event

How Investors Are Sizing Up Climate Change’s Risks—and Opportunities

Until a few years ago, climate change’s potential impact seemed abstract for many investors. Now, as sea levels rise, hurricanes intensify, and droughts threaten food supplies, many investors are confronting its financial realities. But it’s not a simple calculation.... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Financial Services

01 Mar 2019
News

Tools and Training for a “Wicked Problem”

wicked problem.” Launched in 2017 and funded by Michael Bloomberg’s (MBA 1966) Bloomberg Philanthropies, the initiative aims to inspire and strengthen city leaders by giving them the necessary tools to lead high-performing, innovative... View Details

Keywords: homelessness

01 Sep 2007
News

To The Rescue

brought to bear on the problem back at home. “Rather than expecting the government to take the initiative, we could establish certain services in a few cities so that the citizens would come to appreciate the difference that it could... View Details

Keywords: Garrett M. Graff; emergency response networks; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance; Telecommunications; Information

06 Apr 2020
Research & Ideas

Where Do Workers Go When the Robots Arrive?

the economy at large absorb adverse economic shocks? Or does the local population decline, stuck in economic decay? The answers to those questions are vital for economists, policymakers, and local governments to decide as new waves of... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Manufacturing

13 Dec 2022
News

The First Five Years: Christine Keung and Reggie Smith

'ship captains' to help over 200 of our classmates make it onto the Nantucket Ferry and arrive on the island. We knew each other from that point on, but we didn't become close friends until a year later, when we visited West Virginia as part of a leadership View Details

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Danelle Radney

Minnesota Christian groups “into one organization with centralized governance so that we could leverage our resources together.” She had already turned a summer merchandising internship at Target – “where I was the youngest intern, at... View Details

16 Jul 2024
Blog Post

Advancing Health Equity: Social Enterprise Summer Fellow Simona Stancov (MBA 2025)

are working around the world to develop skills and knowledge while having significant responsibility and high impact. What are you working on this summer? As an intern at the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI), I am spending the... View Details

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Chris Hurst

patriotism.” Motivated by his family’s heritage and his experiences as captain of his high-school wrestling and cross-country teams, Chris “wanted to explore leadership development – and saw West Point and the Army as a great way to do that.” After View Details

03 Nov 2022
Blog Post

Introducing the Creating Emerging Markets Sustainability Series

Introducing the Creating Emerging Markets Sustainability Series Cover image features Prof. Geoffrey Jones (left) and Prof. Tarun Khanna (right). The Business and Environment Initiative is excited to bring our readers the sustainability... View Details

05 Oct 2010
First Look

First Look: October 5, 2010

Describes the addition of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance indicators to the Bloomberg terminal. The initiative grew out of Bloomberg's broader sustainability View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Mo Fong

Google, Mo worked at PayPal in risk management and was the Executive Director of the Stanford Educational Leadership Initiative (https://seli.stanford.edu/). She started her career as a high school math and chemistry teacher and... View Details

Keywords: Government; Government; Government; Government; Government; Government; Government; Government

13 Nov 2018
Blog Post

Leadership Fellow Henry Tsai: Working with City Leadership to Leverage Technology

partnership Henry led with Airbnb that will provide standby housing for local residents in the event of a natural disaster. To encourage deeper community engagement, Henry has led a number of initiatives that bring citizens and city hall... View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit / Government; Nonprofit / Government

12 Apr 2023
News

Step Change

working as an economist in the Egyptian Ministry of Finance when the Arab Spring swept through Cairo in 2011. When we met, she was executive director of the Egyptian American Enterprise Fund, a $300 million investment initiative between... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; entrepreneurship; women; venture capital; Egypt; developing economies; Finance

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Policy - Business & Environment

Confronting Climate Change Policy From obstruction to leadership For much of the last 50 years, powerful segments of the business community have opposed government action on climate change. The fossil fuel industry in particular, seeing... View Details

25 Nov 2014
First Look

First Look: November 25

Sweden, Canada, and the U.S. obtain the highest management scores closely followed by Germany, with a gap to Italy, Brazil, and then finally India. We also show that autonomous government schools (i.e., View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

12 Mar 2006
Research & Ideas

Global Poverty Needs a Global Answer

must be profitable to be sustainable. Second, the WDC would take the initiative to target projects in countries that have a good chance of success, where the government is hospitable, the local business... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

20 Jan 2015
News

Patient Medical Records, Pocket-sized

by federal law, in order to receive government reimbursements. “As a provider with limited resources and tremendous pressure to decrease cost, we can only focus on so many initiatives at once,” notes Kevin... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Myers; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance

01 Oct 1998
News

A Community Investment

the HBS Initiative on Social Enterprise, which focuses its teaching, research, and collaborative efforts on nonprofit organizations, other private social-purpose enterprises, and the role of business leadership in the social sector. In... View Details

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Alumni Career Journey: Margot Zuckerman (MBA 2024) – Integrating Climate into Business (and Government) Priorities - Blog - Business & Environment

Blog Blog Filter Results Arrow Down Arrow Up Read posts from Author Alumni Author HBS Faculty Author HBS Staff Author Staff Author Students Topics Topics Accelerating Climate Solutions Conference 2023 Alumni Alumni Programs Alumni in Climate Networking Series Business... View Details

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