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- 15 Nov 2020
- News
Fostering Innovation in Social Enterprise Across Harvard
nonprofit, for-profit, and hybrid business plans. “The SEI aims to educate, inspire, and support leaders across all sectors to tackle society’s toughest challenges and make a difference in the world,” explains Director Rob Zeaske (MBA... View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Building a Network for Social Enterprise in Latin America
Ezequiel Reficco, a postdoctoral fellow in the HBS Social Enterprise Group. “We believe that societies don't reach their full potential unless they have a socially committed private sector and a strong View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
John Mulroney: Center Stage at the Opera
undertaking," he remarks. "I remember wondering, 'How in the name of God do they put this whole thing together?'" As executive director of the nonprofit Opera Company of Philadelphia, Mulroney is now responsible for doing just that. In... View Details
- 26 May 2016
- News
Thomas J. Tierney, MBA 1980
his focus to the nonprofit world and launched Bridgespan, an organization dedicated to helping address society’s most complex problems. Tierney has a knack for making it seem like his success is accidental. As a high-school student when... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 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... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Making a Difference
seventy HBS students who participated in the HBS Social Enterprise Summer Fellowship Program, which gives financial support to MBA students who choose to work in the public and nonprofit sectors during the... View Details
- 01 Aug 2001
- News
Amy Schiffman Langer (MBA '77)
Langer joined Kuhn Loeb & Co. shortly before its merger with Lehman Brothers. Wall Street, she says, prepared her well for what she does today. "It's important for nonprofits to assume more business-like behavior," she notes. "While the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Making a Difference
Bridgespan Group — Jeff Bradach (PhDOB ’92) and Tom Tierney (MBA ’80) — pioneers in the application of data-driven strategy and consulting services to enhance the effectiveness of nonprofits and foundations. Founded a decade ago,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Feedback
alumni.hbs.edu Freedom Farmer Re: Pierre Ferrari (MBA 1976) The development sector is hugely important. Thanks, Pierre, for bringing your leadership and skills to improve the lives of so many. —Christian C. Johnson (MBA 1993) via... View Details
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
All in a Day's Work
variable in the equation. “More methodological measurements are coming into use, but the nonprofit sector is still at the front end of understanding how to quantify its results.” After the meeting, Oakes... View Details
- 17 Feb 2015
- News
The First Five Years: Justin Pasquariello (MBA 2010)
that I had come in from a nonprofit). I have been able to work in the nonprofit sector since graduation because of HBS’s generous Loan Reduction program. So beyond what I learned, HBS and our generous alumni... View Details
Keywords: Health, Social Assistance
- 27 Jan 2023
- News
Turning Up the Volume
every sector and every community,” says Goldman. While LEDA has been successful finding and developing leaders, the nonprofit is also still relatively young. Launched in 2003 by Gary Simons, founder of New... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 08 Dec 2017
- News
Harvard Business Grads Are Putting Politics Above Profits
of management practice Mitchell Weiss (MBA 2004) told the Journal. Before joining the HBS faculty, Weiss was chief of staff to former Boston Mayor Thomas Menino. Weiss notes that more than 70 students registered for his course on entrepreneurship in the public View Details
Keywords: politics
- 06 Nov 2020
- News
Signal Boost
In her role as executive director of the Lakeshore Ethnic Diversity Alliance (LEDA), Gloria Lara (MBA 1983) focuses on a big question: Once a community, business, or organization becomes more diverse, what happens next? LEDA, a nonprofit... View Details
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
A Community Investment
the HBS Initiative on Social Enterprise, which focuses its teaching, research, and collaborative efforts on nonprofit organizations, other private social-purpose enterprises, and the role of business leadership in the social sector. In... View Details
- 17 Dec 2024
- News
Solving the Underemployment Crisis
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, it’s Dan. Today, we are sharing a brief excerpt from Managing the Future of Work, the critically-acclaimed podcast from my colleagues at Harvard Business School. Each episode, HBS professors Bill Kerr... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
Tech for the People
San José Mayor Sam Liccardo Henry Tsai and San José Mayor Sam Liccardo That chance had come by way of a fellowship offered through HBS’s Social Enterprise Initiative that provides competitive salaries to graduating MBAs who work for a year in View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Embracing Activism for Social Change
for the Detroit effort, which was an honor for me.” Enabling Career Exploration Each year, the HBS Leadership Fellows Program gives a select group of graduating MBAs the financial flexibility to explore careers in high-impact nonprofit or... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Made, Not Born: HBS Courses and Entrepreneurial Management
provide us only with high valuation." Entrepreneurial Finance is currently taught by Professors Howard Stevenson and Jay Light, and Senior Lecturers Joe Lassiter and Ed Zschau. Entrepreneurship in the Social Sector Funding cutbacks,... View Details
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
Newman's Own Brand of Charity
Whitehead (MBA 11/ '47), Paul Volcker, David Rockefeller, and Ben Cohen of Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream, to create a nonprofit center to promote corporate philanthropy. "Government has become less involved in its social responsibilities, and... View Details