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- 01 Mar 2024
- News
The War Within
separation of families, social dislocation, social disruption, forced migration, and more.” The World Health Organization and the Ukrainian Ministry of Health estimate 10 to 15 million of the country’s... View Details
- 18 Jul 2023
- News
The First Five Years: Brooke Biederman (MBA 2019)
social needs in a profitable way. While corporate social responsibility is often written off as a cost center, shared value instead creates new business opportunities by... View Details
Keywords: Robert Bochnak
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
Solving for Z
With nearly 20 years of experience as a senior human resources executive, Matthew Breitfelder (MBA 2002) has seen a lot of change in the corporate talent space. But what’s happening now looks like a tectonic generational shift. From his perch as global head of human... View Details
- 01 Jan 2011
- News
Seth Klarman, MBA 1982
"We care about the urgent needs of our local community." The foundation bearing the family name, run by Beth, has supported medical, educational, religious, and social service organizations, including McLean and Beth Israel Deaconess... View Details
- 20 Dec 2023
- News
New School
and children drew him to the company in 2008. Waldron had spent most of his career in the education sector, working for both for-profit and nonprofit organizations, in mission-driven and profit-driven settings. His experiences had convinced him that View Details
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
That Was Then, This Is Now
It started with a question. But before that, it started in the classroom. Tony Deifell (MBA 2002) loved the discussions in his LEAD course, taught by Professor (and now former Dean) Nitin Nohria; wanting to make them more tangible, Deifell adapted the idea of... View Details
- 01 Jan 2007
- News
Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala, MBA 1987
you can create the right environment for a group to address issues together." ADVICE TO STUDENTS "Never underestimate the importance of the 'softer' management lessons you learn at HBS—the ones that revolve around working with and leading others. As your View Details
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
A Continuum of Innovation
Social Purpose of the Firm is a three-day course developed by HBS’s Institute for the Study of Business in Global Society that examines, among other topics, economic development, responsible AI, climate... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 19 Apr 2023
- News
A Kick Start for Latin American Startups
to try to help much. At MAYA, this is completely different. Our investing team is responsible not only for finding new, great opportunities for investment but also for following these companies after that investment. We hold monthly calls... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 23 May 2019
- News
Tracy P. Palandjian, MBA 1997
Parthenon Group 2008 Named Managing Director, Parthenon Group 2011 Cofounds Social Finance 2011 Named Board Chair, Facing History and Ourselves 2013 Social Finance launches first View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
End Game
Illustration by James Steinberg In the 1960s and 1970s, as the environmental movement dawned in the United States, a new generation of activist-minded entrepreneurs appeared. Among them were companies like Body Shop, Aveda, Tom’s of Maine, and Whole Foods—all founded... View Details
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Cultivating Prosperity in Afghanistan
West Point days, entered the military, “it was because we wanted to be part of something greater than ourselves,” says Jung, who was a member of a unit responsible for clearing bombs while deployed in Afghanistan. She explains that she... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 31 Jan 2014
- News
Body, Heal Thyself
molecules responsible for transporting DNA code from a cell's nucleus to the ribosomes that create proteins. mRNA Therapeutics, as the company calls this new drug application, gives patients' cells the code they need to begin creating... View Details
- 16 May 2024
- News
On the Job
my first earnings and open a checking account, by myself, in fourth grade. So I started doing that and then my parents, especially my dad, but my mom was into it too, made sure I had amazing summer jobs. Clearly there was quite a tailwind behind me and I was given a... View Details
Keywords: first job; leadership; life experience; career lessons; Finance; Oil and Gas Extraction; Mining; Retail Trade
- 31 Oct 2023
- News
Securing a Resilient Future for Senegal
changed rapidly. “When I decided to take on that role, the world looked very different than it did later that spring,” recalls Diagne. “I had no idea that job would turn into pandemic response and economic recovery.” Worldwide, crisis... View Details
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
Global Outposts Expand HBS’s Intellectual Footprint
for faculty members or help them pursue a particular avenue of inquiry across regions. More recently, the responsibilities of HBS global outposts have expanded to include helping to facilitate student immersions in a variety of markets... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Banking on Success
probably as busy and involved today as he was when he ran the firm. He's made philanthropy and involvement in social enterprise a full-time job. What was your first job? When I was about ten, I started giving puppet shows at neighborhood... View Details
Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg
- 02 Mar 2016
- News
David Moss is Rewriting History
Photographed by Webb Chappell In March 2010, the 1787 drafting of the United States Constitution became breaking news. The members of the Texas State Board of Education had convened in Austin to review the state’s history and other social... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 05 Sep 2014
- News
Keeping Education in Check
theory is that, as chess players increase their skills, they increase the use of their frontal lobes—the part of the brain responsible for memory and determining consequences of actions. Chess, according to Berman, teaches children to... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 10 Jan 2022
- News