Enterprise - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Aug 2002
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For Alumni Only: Breakthrough Insights Program Debuts

Spar also turned to history for context. Advancing themes from her book Ruling the Waves, Spar illustrated how recent revolutionary technological developments in fact can be seen as replays of past situations where pioneers of free View Details

Keywords: Laura Singleton

01 Jun 2004
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Strengthening Ties with Executive Education Graduates

entire spectrum of manufacturing and service enterprises in the United States and upward of 100 other nations. Executive Education alumni are different from MBA alumni in important ways. Unlike the MBA Program, Executive Education... View Details

Keywords: Ted Fischer; Alumni Association Board of Directors; committee; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Sep 2009
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Letters to the Editor

findings, which substantiated my insight about Soviet decision-making, were published in Behind the Factory Walls: Decision Making in Soviet and U.S. Enterprises (Harvard Business Press, 1990) and simultaneously in Russia by our Soviet... View Details

01 Jun 2004
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At Work in the Fields with the Lord

In California’s Coachella Valley, Sister Marsha Allen (MBA 1976) is spearheading a coalition of nonprofits and charitable organizations in an effort to build a tent city for the 20,000 migrant farmworkers and their children who come to the valley every year to harvest... View Details

Keywords: Agriculture

01 Oct 2001
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Industry-Related Clubs Offer Alumni a New Resource

Association, a number of other HBS alumni associations exist. These include the African-American Alumni Association, the Association of Gay and Lesbian Alumni, the Christian Fellowship Alumni Association, the Supply Chain Management Alumni Association, the Social View Details

Keywords: Health, Social Assistance; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Dec 2002
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Think Globally, Teach Locally

the international realm. Teaching Teachers: CPCL Energizes the Classroom Porter Course Goes Abroad What You Know Depends on Where You Go: Developing An International Perspective on Research Building a Network for Social Enterprise in... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

15 Jan 2019
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Working to Improve the End of Life

Laurie Leonard (MBA 1977) is executive director of End of Life Choices New York, a nonprofit advocacy, counseling, and educational organization. In the following interview, she discusses the group’s mission and her reasons for serving. “When I got to be in my 40s, I... View Details

Keywords: Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance

01 Sep 2009
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Heroines and Helping Hands

WuDunn Photo Courtesy Sheryl WuDunn Girls matter — we take that for granted here in the developed nations, and we all expect our daughters, sisters, and wives to make a difference in the world. But take a moment to think about another kind of girl, one who might live... View Details

Keywords: Sheryl WuDunn; Arts, Sports, Language, Driving, and Other Schools; Educational Services; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services

01 Dec 2011
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Faculty Research Online

HBS Cases: Lady Gaga What goes into creating the world’s largest pop star? Before her fame hit, Lady Gaga’s manager faced decisions that could have derailed the performer’s career. A new case by Associate Professor Anita Elberse examines the strategic marketing choices... View Details

Keywords: Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Hospitals; Health, Social Assistance

07 Oct 2021
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Bringing Light to the Fight

Justine Smyth (PMD 77, 2002) remembers a time when no one in New Zealand talked about breast cancer. It was 1980, and her mother, just 45 years old, had been diagnosed. Her mother underwent a mastectomy and survived, but “we weren’t allowed to tell anyone,” Smyth... View Details

01 Dec 2019
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Turning Point: Living History

Mallika Ahluwalia (MBA/MPA 2011) (illustration by Gisela Goppel) Mallika Ahluwalia (MBA/MPA-ID 2011) (illustration by Gisela Goppel) I’d never thought of myself as someone who would work in a museum. I’ve always been a very mission-motivated person; for most of my... View Details

Keywords: museums; India; nonprofits; career paths; leadership; Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions; Arts, Entertainment

09 Apr 2019
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Finding a Fix for Food Allergies

photo by Stu Rosner Food allergies affect 30 million Americans and one in 12 children, sometimes triggering life-threatening reactions. Yet there are no approved FDA treatments or cures. These sobering facts became alarmingly real to Elise and Greg Bates (both MBA... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

20 Nov 2015
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Room to Grow

Despite New England’s long traditions of farming and fishing, only an estimated 5–10 percent of the food consumed in the region is actually produced there. That’s a fact Andrew Kendall (MBA 1988) is working hard to change. “At least 50 percent of our food could... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Apr 2001
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Beyond Accommodation

It was in grade school that James D. Gibbons (MBA 1994) first began to lose his sight, a process he retraces in terms of his ability to cope at school. “I started moving up to the front of the class but not because I was smart,” laughs Gibbons, a tall, affable Indiana... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; AT&T; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services

01 Mar 2005
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One-on-One with Edwin Reed

Reed Edwin C. Reed (MBA ’79) spends Saturdays with his family, but on Sundays, you’ll always find him at the office. Reed is the CFO of the Allen African Methodist Episcopal Church in Jamaica, Queens — a powerhouse religious institution and one of the nation’s leading... View Details

Keywords: Mary Ellen Gardner; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services

01 Sep 2012
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Rebel with a Cause

As a junior Episcopal minister, Bob Massie (DBA 1989) infuriated church leaders by revealing to his congregation that its $9 million endowment was secretly invested in a number of unchurchly entities, including military contractors, casinos, and countries led by... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne; social activism; Health, Social Assistance; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services

25 Apr 2014
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Applying business practices to nonprofits to strengthen impact

explains Bradach, who also served on HBS's faculty from 1992 to 1998. He and the firm continue to have close ties to the School, and, through the years, Bridgespan has assisted HBS professors in writing several social enterprise cases.... View Details

16 Apr 2013
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A Walkabout to the Ocean

Merkl: Managing water resources for a sustainable future. Photo Courtesy of Andreas Merkl They say all rivers lead to the sea. If that is true, then it's only fitting that Andreas Merkl (MBA 1989) should find himself today at the helm of Ocean Conservancy... View Details

Keywords: Ocean; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance; Administration of Environmental Quality Programs; Government

01 Jun 2012
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Plan B: The Brick Bank

“Expect the unexpected” could have been the tagline for FIELD 2, the global component of the new required course Field Immersion Experiences for Leadership Development (FIELD). In January, first-year student Christina Adams (HBS 2013) traveled to Ho Chi Minh City with... View Details