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- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Young Alums Honored for Social Enterprise
organization to be named a semifinalist in the annual HBS Business Plan Contest, leading to the formation of a separate social enterprise track in the contest. In 2004, with a grant from the Bill & Melinda View Details
- Profile
Ruth Cenat
significantly. At that point, college was a figment of my imagination, but through the kindness of my second-grade teacher and the help of a Bill Gates Millennium scholarship, I stood a chance. The idea that... View Details
- 23 Jul 2013
- News
Building Great Schools around Great Teachers
of advanced learning in other professions, I was shocked to learn that nothing exists in the United States for similarly positioned teachers," Klemmer said. Two years of research led him to open the National Academy of Advanced Teacher Education (NAATE) in 2011, aided... View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Core Values Keep Airline Flying High
Airline Industry Program at MIT, an initiative examining how major commercial airline carriers are facing the challenges of their rapidly changing industry. Staying on top of an industry facing more regulation (including the Airline Passenger View Details
- 01 Jan 2006
- News
Sir Ronald M. Cohen, MBA 1969
regenerating our deprived communities, improving financial inclusion, and realizing the potential of our disadvantaged youth.” Described by The Economist as “the compassionate capitalist,” Cohen is happy to say he’s not alone. “Just consider the donations View Details
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Mallika Ahluwalia
value chain, from large hospital systems to medical device companies and retail pharmacies, on strategy and operations. Recently, she returned to her hometown, Delhi, as a Program Officer at the Bill and Melinda View Details
- Web
Field Course: Climate Solutions Lab - Course Catalog
deploy the tools we already have, like solar and wind, faster and smarter. And finally, we need to create and roll out breakthrough technologies that can take us the rest of the way.” Bill Gates in “How to... View Details
- 25 Sep 2017
- Blog Post
Michael Schrader (MBA 2012) on Finding Entrepreneurial Success with HBS Resources
is unique in that only $4.6 million came from investors, with the remainder coming from nonprofit foundations and grants, including $6 million from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. "They see the... View Details
- 13 Dec 2011
- News
Harvard Business School Launches US Competitiveness Project
Charnovitz, George Washington University; Stacey M. Childress, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; Mihir A. Desai, HBS; Daniel C. Esty, Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection and Yale Law... View Details
- 16 Dec 2008
- First Look
First Look: December 16, 2008
Economic Leaders, Simon & Schuster, 2008 Abstract Bill Gates is more than the world's most successful capitalist; he's also the world's biggest philanthropist. Gates has... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Jul 2015
- Blog Post
From Teach for America – to HBS – and Back Again
A native Miamian, HBS alum Maxeme Tuchman (MBA 2012) spent the early part of her career working as a Teach for America corps member in her hometown. Maxeme later went on to work in the New York City Mayor’s Office and the Bill and Melinda... View Details
- 22 Nov 2011
- News
A Storybook Beginning
our ‘customers’ — kids who otherwise wouldn’t get to read Robinson Crusoe or his own childhood favorite Half Magic.” Creating Worldreader has also allowed for personal growth, says Risher, who was recently honored with a Microsoft Integral Fellow award from View Details
- 05 Sep 2000
- What Do You Think?
Whither the Information Economy?
'75)Mercer Management Consulting As if that wasn't enough, he asserted that information, in part because of these characteristics, is diffusive and hard to contain, especially that containing high proprietary value. Any number of people from President Clinton to View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
The Way You See It
single individual has achieved so much in such a short time," with "Microsoft's technology accelerating the world economy." Most influential business leader Bill Gates Jack Welch Henry Ford Alfred P. Sloan... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Fast Forward
New York tech firms and medical centers. Public Education An HBS team led by Professor Jan Rivkin has partnered with The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation on three reports... View Details
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Sheila Lirio Marcelo
When most entrepreneurs are seeking inspiration, they study Steve Jobs or Bill Gates or Mark Zuckerberg. Sheila Lirio Marcelo, founder, chairwoman and CEO of Care.com and a self-proclaimed lover of... View Details
- 09 Apr 2020
- Research & Ideas
How Social Entrepreneurs Can Increase Their Investment Impact
Both impact investing and traditional philanthropy are on the rise after the decade-long economic boom following the Great Recession. But when does an impact investment make a bigger difference than a grant? The question is far more complicated than simply evaluating... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Throwing Your Opponent: Strategies for the Internet Age
saw opportunity in the fact that the new browser ran only on the just released Windows 95 and that Microsoft servers ran only on Windows NT. With Microsoft heavily invested in persuading Windows users to upgrade to the newest versions of Windows, Netscape concluded... View Details
Keywords: by Daniel Penrice
- 20 May 2008
- First Look
First Look: May 20, 2008
the implementation of the CRC 6S management system in all of CRC's 19 profit centers. Purchase this supplement: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=107015 'Doer's Profile' Bill View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
One-on-One with Carter Roberts
Nations, that focuses exclusively on environmental issues? Yes, there is. We have the World Health Organization and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation that focus on global health issues. We have political... View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson