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- 01 Sep 2003
- News
New York Club Honors Goldman Sachs CEO
who has demonstrated outstanding leadership in the public or private sector and has made lasting contributions to the Atlanta community. The recipient need not be an HBS graduate. The Leadership Dinner also raises funds for full scholarships for senior personnel of... View Details
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On Course | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
were incorporated into a report presented by Ebrahim as part of his work for the G8 Social Impact Investment Taskforce. In her current role through the HBS Leadership Fellows Program , So is serving as strategic advisor in the executive office of the View Details
- 19 Mar 2019
- News
Mission Critical
Janice Whaley (GMP 15, 2013) is Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of LifeShare of Oklahoma, an affiliate of a national, nonprofit organ procurement organization. In this video, she talks... View Details
Keywords: Health, Social Assistance
- May 2019 (Revised February 2020)
- Case
Bill Cummings: The Cummings Way
By: Christina R. Wing, Robert F. White and Michael Norris
In 2019, Bill Cummings, founder of Cummings Properties and Cummings Foundation and billionaire signer of the Giving Pledge, is winding down his roles at his company and foundation. How should the management move the company forward? View Details
Keywords: Real Estate Development; Philanthropy; Family Business; Nonprofit Organizations; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Management Succession; Real Estate Industry; United States; Boston
Wing, Christina R., Robert F. White, and Michael Norris. "Bill Cummings: The Cummings Way." Harvard Business School Case 619-038, May 2019. (Revised February 2020.)
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
What’s Next for You?
At a fall reunion session titled “Downshifting Your Career or Just Changing Direction?” panelist Michael Jeans shared a startling World Health Organization prediction: In the United States today, those who are healthy when they reach age... View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Start Me Up
business or a social enterprise track, the fledgling companies pitched everything from early-stage Alzheimer's diagnosis technology to environmentally friendly lodging. Below, the four that the competition's alumni judges—plucked from the start-up and View Details
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Activating a Legion of People | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
result in a quantitative impact. It's a mindset that is pretty applicable to a lot of nonprofit organizations these days, and WCS is no exception. Volunteer engagement is another area where I hope to make a... View Details
- 25 Apr 2014
- News
A defining global experience before college can unlock a lifetime of potential
Believing in the importance of a global experience for young people, Abby Falik (MBA 2008) created Global Citizen Year, a nonprofit social enterprise that is forging a new educational pathway for America’s emerging leaders. By immersing a... View Details
- 23 May 2019
- Book
These Entrepreneurs Take a Pragmatic Approach to Solving Social Problems
In 1908, Harvard Business School’s first dean, Edwin Francis Gay, welcomed the School’s inaugural class of 59 students by saying that HBS was challenged with encouraging its students to have the “intellectual respect for business as a profession, with the social... View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
alumni who are working to make a successful transition. The second program, Strengthening Your Role as a Nonprofit Board Leader, was available to all returning classes, and we believe it could become de rigueur for our graduates who are... View Details
- December 2001 (Revised June 2002)
- Case
Monsanto: Technology Cooperation and Small Holder Farmer Projects
By: James E. Austin, Diana Barrett and Stephanie Oestreich
As the leading plant technology company in the global food system, how can Monsanto share this technology with small-sale producers and not-for-profit researchers and institutions? View Details
Keywords: Food; Globalized Markets and Industries; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Nonprofit Organizations; Society; Technology; Biotechnology Industry
Austin, James E., Diana Barrett, and Stephanie Oestreich. "Monsanto: Technology Cooperation and Small Holder Farmer Projects." Harvard Business School Case 302-068, December 2001. (Revised June 2002.)
- 02 Apr 2015
- Research & Ideas
Digital Initiative Summit: The Business of Crowdsourcing
example. Many nonprofits and other organizations can't afford to hire data scientists, so DrivenData taps into college students and professionals who are looking to work with real-world data sets. For... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Building business for a better Brazil
education. In 1991, with Sicupira and Telles, Lemann cofounded Fundação Estudar, a nonprofit organization supporting talented young Brazilians who show potential for contributing to Brazil’s development. At... View Details
- 18 Nov 2014
- News
Providing relief when disaster strikes
Erik Dyson (MBA 1999) uses the management skills he learned at HBS to lead All Hands Volunteers, a nonprofit that coordinates volunteers around the world to help communities affected by natural disasters. (Published November 2014) View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
KPMG for Mayor!
and graft means that citizens are cheated out of a fair government that operates efficiently and in the public interest. It’s time to consider a radical idea: Corporations and nonprofit groups, in addition to individuals, should be... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Reaching New Heights
nonprofit to help build schools and libraries in Nepal and supply them with books, the Harbus reported. With expansion into Southeast Asia and soon into Latin America and Africa, Wood’s Room to Read has established 3,600 libraries, built... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Teresa Clarke: An Advocate for Education in South Africa
before deciding to devote more time and energy to raising money for the Student Sponsorship ProgrammeSouth Africa (SSP-SA). With Nyagaka Ongeri (MBA 1997), Clarke cofounded SSP-SA in 1999. “We have a chance now to become a major player in the View Details
- 12 Apr 2010
- Research & Ideas
One Report: Better Strategy through Integrated Reporting
the organization to support One Report in terms of measurement methodologies, processes, policies, structure, compensation, internal reporting, and external reporting. Excerpt From One Report: Integrated Reporting For A Sustainable... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 02 Jun 2011
- News
Serious Fun
Doorway to Dreams (D2D), a Boston-based nonprofit founded in 2000 by HBS finance professor Peter Tufano, where one of Maynard’s many tasks involves leading the organization’s financial literacy video game initiative. Devoted to... View Details
- 05 Nov 2013
- News
Start-Ups Get a Start in New Orleans
Everyone had to open up shop again," he says. He soon became an entrepreneur-in-residence at Idea Village, a nonprofit organization dedicated to keeping entrepreneurs in New Orleans by supplying them with... View Details