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Influencing Practice | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Education Courses Driving Nonprofit Performance and Innovation (DNPI) Strategic Perspectives in Nonprofit Management (SPNM) Public Education Leadership Project (PELP) Summer Institute PELP Accelerating Board... View Details

07 Oct 2024
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Four Ways to Make The Most of Your Company Events

doing their initial research. We encourage you to share details about your company and hiring process before the event takes place. Quick Tips: You can attach slides, sample project outlines, details about your interview process, and... View Details

11 Jan 2019
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The ABCs of Recruiting at HBS

Conversations as Coffee Chats at other MBA schools. These 1:1 or small group meetings are a great way to connect with companies and get to know them on a personal level. Company Conversations can be... View Details

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Caitlin Reimers Brumme Archives | Social Enterprise

Impact Measurement Inclusive Finance International Development K-12 Education Leadership Fellows Leadership in Challenging Times MBA Programs Microfinance Non Profit Management Nonprofit Supportive Services Public Sector Public-Private... View Details

21 Aug 2019
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Leveraging Academic Opportunities to Attain My Post-HBS Job

leverage two opportunities during my final semester. One was an Independent Project (IP), and the other was the final project for the Scaling Technology Ventures course. Career Exploration Using... View Details

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Juan Eyzaguirre

and relevant conversation at the sinks. But the capacity to see beyond ordinary restrictions became much more important during an extraordinary crisis: Chile's 2010 earthquake. "It was really shocking," Juan says of his first... View Details

Keywords: Financial Services; Nonprofit/Government/Education

04 May 2017
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How Sheryl Sandberg’s Sharing Manifesto Drives Facebook

initial public offering, she admitted to a reporter that she regularly left work at 5:30. The revelation blared across multiple news outlets. Sandberg was worried that she would be lectured or fired. Instead, her brazenness was heralded... View Details

11 Jun 2020
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Know Your Audience - Recruiting HBS Students for Venture Capital

formal recruiting process. Instead, many rely on student outreach to initiate a series of conversations rather than traditional interviews. Students respect this process and are very willing to put in the effort to connect and be... View Details

Keywords: Venture Capital / Private Equity

31 Mar 2020
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Know Your Audience – Recruiting HBS Students for Investment Management

relationships with interested students. In addition, Company Conversations are particularly effective for firms looking to hire one or two students as they provide a very targeted approach and ample time for developing 1:1 connections... View Details

Keywords: Investment Management / Hedge Fund

23 Jun 2003
Research & Ideas

Psychology, Pathology, and the CEO

Each of these executives restored their people's confidence in themselves and in one another—a necessary antecedent to restoring investor or public confidence. They inspired and empowered their organizations to take new actions that could... View Details

Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter

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Lily Wu

to gain from your internship experience? A broad hands-on understanding of museum administration and operations. I'm intrigued by the complexity and nuances of running a public serving non-profit cultural organization with mixed income... View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit / Government

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Terrance McGuire

In the mid-1980s, when McGuire arrived on campus, the Boston area was abuzz with conversations about innovation and technology. The minicomputer era was fueling the local economy and the Rte. 128 high tech region felt rife with... View Details

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Impact Measurement Inclusive Finance International Development K-12 Education Leadership Fellows Leadership in Challenging Times MBA Programs Microfinance Non Profit Management Nonprofit Supportive Services Public Sector Public-Private... View Details

Mar 2012
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Macroeconomic Policy and U.S. Competitiveness

The United States is on a glide path to fiscal disaster, with experts projecting that the federal government will take in far less money than it spends--indefinitely. Our current fiscal policy is eroding competitiveness in several ways,... View Details

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2021 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

strikingly come to the fore this past year, here in the US and across the world. We have been alternately devastated and heartened by what we’ve seen: civil protests over the repeated, now increasingly publicized police killings of Black... View Details

15 Nov 2012
Research & Ideas

Funding the Design of Livable Cities

innovative design in the built environment. To create an environmentally sustainable built environment, design that focuses on maximizing natural resource efficiency, planning that fosters public health, business models that attract the... View Details

Keywords: by Lisa Chase; Construction; Real Estate; Energy; Utilities

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Grant Donnelly & Michael Norton

new project. Grant took some casual conversations about whether we could get people to “trade in their trash” into a full-blown research project that will turn into an interesting paper —... View Details

21 Sep 2016
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Fashion’s Transparent Translator

conversation and reactions,” Amed told The Sunday Times. “We’re proud of talking about the taboo topics. There are already enough publications out there that cover fashion from a sycophantic point of view.”... View Details

24 Sep 2024
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Climate Finance in Africa: Health, Self-Interest, Avoided Future Cost

private money from insurance companies, pension funds, endowments, sovereign funds, and high net worth individuals currently invested in global fixed income securities, mostly earning near zero real yields. How can this capital find bankable View Details

09 Jun 2023
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How to Communicate your Organizations’ People-Centered Values

important to share findings accurately and acknowledge past errors. “This is not a conversation around public relations; organizations should be transparent and authentic and not overemphasize the diversity... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

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