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- 14 Jan 2022
- Blog Post
Embracing Activism for Social Change
chronic problems. “The goal is to help first responders better assess situations and connect at-risk individuals with support services as needed,” Mendu says. A third component of the initiative pairs mental View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Letters to the Editor
Angie’s List is missing is a service that includes reviews and ratings of customers who fall into the category of slow-pay, no-pay, or threaten-not-to-pay; who threaten to sue; who ask for much more far outside the contract; and who are... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
The Best-Laid Plans
210 is Jess Bloomgarden (MBA 2012), with classmates Alex Stratoudakis and Emma Taylor. In fifteen minutes they present their plan for AfterSteps, a Web-based end-of-life planning service that offers advice and secure storage for legal,... View Details
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Faculty Books
including start-up, funding, growth, alliances and collaboration, and performance measurement — to help readers gain an in-depth understanding of the distinctive characteristics of the social enterprise context and organizations. Who Killed View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2020
application to the U.S. National Park Service (NPS). The framework covers many benefits provided by NPS units and programs, including on-site visitation, carbon sequestration, and intellectual property such as in education curricula and... View Details
- November 2024
- Background Note
Social Enterprise in the MENA Region
By: Brian Trelstad and Ahmed Dahawy
This research note provides an overview of the socio-economic landscape of social enterprise in the Middle East and North Africa. It highlights the diversity of players in the region including social enterprise organizations (in their many forms) and supporting... View Details
Keywords: MENA; Non-Governmental Organizations; Nonprofit Organizations; Civil Society or Community; Social Issues; Diasporas; Social Entrepreneurship; Cultural Entrepreneurship; Environmental Sustainability; Geographic Scope; Health Care and Treatment; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Business and Community Relations; Business and Government Relations; Social and Collaborative Networks; Demographics; Health Industry; Health Industry; Health Industry; Egypt; Morocco; North Africa; Tunisia; Jordan; Lebanon; Saudi Arabia; United Arab Emirates; Dubai; Middle East
- Profile
Alice Yang
in numerous public service initiatives, including leading an adult ESL program that served six-hundred people in Boston’s Chinatown. In her senior year, Alice was inspired by a guest speaker in a health care... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
New York Club Honors Goldman Sachs CEO
evening’s other honoree was Donna E. Shalala, president of the University of Miami and secretary of health and human services during the Clinton administration. The club presented her with its 2003... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Entrepreneur’s Rwandan Start-Up Gets HBS Support
SCHARPF: Seeking cost-effective raw materials in Rwanda. Elizabeth Scharpf (MBA ’07) is on a roll. Determined to put her MBA skills to work addressing socioeconomic and public health problems in developing nations, she has launched a... View Details
- August 2013 (Revised October 2013)
- Case
MedImmune Ventures
By: Richard G. Hamermesh and David Lane
Ron Laufer is the new Senior Managing Director of MedImmune Ventures, the corporate venture capital arm of AstraZeneca, a leading pharmaceuticals firm. Laufer has to decide whether to pursue a high-potential, but very risky, early-stage investment. The decision Laufer... View Details
Keywords: MedImmune; MedImmune Ventures; AstraZeneca; NeuProtect; Corporate Venturing; Biotechnology; Venture Investing; Venture Capital; Health Care and Treatment; Financial Services Industry; Financial Services Industry; Financial Services Industry; United States; Australia; Europe; London
Hamermesh, Richard G., and David Lane. "MedImmune Ventures." Harvard Business School Case 814-023, August 2013. (Revised October 2013.)
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Carla Small
counselor at a children's center confirmed her interest in family care but also made her realize that she preferred to approach the field "from a business angle." In 1988, she left Leo Burnett to follow her heart. Small soon discovered the fast-growing field of... View Details
Keywords: Linda Goodspeed
- Web
Student Handbook | MBA
in extraordinary circumstances to protect the health and safety of the Harvard community, secure educational opportunities for Harvard students, and otherwise protect Harvard's dual mission of teaching and research against significant... View Details
- 26 Apr 2011
- News
BioMine Strikes Gold
alumni from fields such as venture capital, consulting, law, accounting, life sciences, and technology. Legal services were sponsored by Cooley, LLP. LifeQube’s mobile clinic management system, MobiQube, creates and manages shared... View Details
- November 2009 (Revised August 2010)
- Case
NovoCure Ltd.
By: William A. Sahlman and Sarah Flaherty
Venture capitalist William Doyle must raise $35 million for a portfolio company with a promising, novel cancer therapy, just as global capital markets are imploding in the fall of 2008. NovoCure, Ltd., has developed an electrical-field-based therapy, called Tumor... View Details
Keywords: Financial Crisis; Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Investment; Health Care and Treatment; Health Testing and Trials; Technological Innovation; Financial Services Industry
Sahlman, William A., and Sarah Flaherty. "NovoCure Ltd." Harvard Business School Case 810-045, November 2009. (Revised August 2010.)
- Profile
David Gellis
mission'," David says. "I found that the things I liked about journalism and a hunger for the larger issues were all in health care. I could have the satisfaction of making a difference in individual lives while looking at... View Details
- 13 Jul 2022
- Book
Reimagining the Economy: What Would It Take to Put People First?
toxic many of the cleaning products she was using were to her health and to the environment. So, when she heard about Vida Verde, a worker cooperative organized by Brazilian women immigrants, which sells housecleaning View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
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Derek Soled Archives | Social Enterprise
Impact Measurement Inclusive Finance International Development K-12 Education Leadership Fellows Leadership in Challenging Times MBA Programs Microfinance New Venture Competition Non Profit Management Nonprofit Supportive Services Public... View Details
- 22 Feb 2016
- Research & Ideas
The ‘Mother of Fair Trade’ was an Unabashed Price Protectionist
framework” Pharmacists would pressure manufacturers to enforce fair trade sales contracts that followed set price schedules and service guarantees. In turn, retailers would police one another and report violators to their local... View Details
- 08 Mar 2017
- News
A Steady Voice in Difficult Times
school were probably the courses that focused on managing people. So when I left the business school and ended up in the financial services business, and was managing people, one of the things that I tried very hard to do was to really... View Details