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- 01 Sep 2004
- News
HBS Clubs and Associations
Buffalo, New York, granted its first two executive education scholarships this year. “This program is really great because it benefits the local community,” says Richard (“Bing”) Sherrill (MBA ’62), treasurer of the Buffalo club. The HBS... View Details
- 19 Dec 2008
- News
WHBS, 820 on Your Dial
engineering. After an initial grant of $350 from the Student Association, the station paid its operating expenses through advertising. Besides providing business and technical experience, WHBS’s stated goals were to give students... View Details
- 16 Nov 2017
- News
The Business of Social Justice
through grants and advocacy. The organization seeks to end the school-to-prison pipeline through disciplinary reform and ensure that schools with high needs receive the necessary resources and funding to achieve their goals. “There is... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Underwater Options May Not Sink Incentives
During the bull market of the 1990s, stock grants and options formed increasingly large components of executive compensation. Now, however, with many options "underwater" as share values have declined well below the strike price, boards... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Over the Top
annual, nonbinding votes by shareholders on executive compensation — so-called say on pay; grants substantial shareholders a new right to have their director candidates’ names included on the ballots sent out by the company (dissident... View Details
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Group Therapy: The Role of Business Groups in Emerging Economies
despite the fact that they are often composed of diverse units; and the role families play in these organizations. “It is important to recognize that emerging economies, unlike those of developed nations, typically lack many of the essential supporting institutions we... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Executive Pay: Onward & Upward
companies to expense (count as a cost) the value of employee stock option grants beginning the following year. 2006 The SEC increases pay disclosure requirements in an attempt to increase transparency. Related Links Over the Top A Student... View Details
- 29 Jul 2021
- News
A Clean Start
and bactericides to tires and textiles—or for storing intermittent renewable energy until it is ready to be used, by converting it back into hydrogen or electricity. With two recent grants worth $2.8 million from the US Department of... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Ask the Expert: Human Intelligence
Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies to better understand the issues. + ONLINE web-only content Do you see AI replacing the need for humans completely as it’s applied in certain value chain roles in the future? —Ian Grant Smith... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Alumni Books
Forces for Good: The Six Practices of High-Impact Nonprofits by Leslie R. Crutchfield (MBA ’01) and Heather McLeod Grant (Jossey-Bass) What makes nonprofits great? The authors studied twelve nonprofits that have extraordinary influence —... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Capitalizing the Corner Shop
inventory, meet payroll, or make some improvements to your business,” says Kehinde. “So all the data points we collect are around that, the team we hired are experts in that, and the technology we built is based on that.” Lidya has View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 05 Oct 2016
- News
Harvard to Open Life Sciences Lab
research directly to the community. To that end, the Life Lab has pledged to provide a one-time grant totaling over $60,000 to fully fund the purchase of Chromebook laptops to provide every Allston-Brighton public school student access to... View Details
- 02 Jun 2021
- News
On the Road Less Traveled
high odds, which Ed chronicles in his recent book On the Road Less Traveled: An Unlikely Journey from the Orphanage to the Boardroom. READ MORE Courtesy Ed Hajim Courtesy Ed Hajim In 1939 Ed Hajim's parents divorced and his mother was View Details
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
No Bull — Nancy E. Havens-Hasty (MBA 1971)
before being asked to head the company's bankruptcy department in 1987. In 1991, she was granted responsibility for the high-yield department as well, and in 1992 became the first female employee elected to the Bear Stearns board of... View Details
Keywords: Linda Goodspeed
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Campaign Passes Goal, Continues
the average grant to fellowship students will only be about 25 percent of their total, two-year expenditure. “Long term, raising money to increase fellowship support will continue to be important.” Another goal is enlarging the number of... View Details
- 20 Nov 2015
- News
Room to Grow
created a bold and provocative vision—‘50 by 60’—that says that [New England] can produce 50 percent of our food locally by 2060. This is the organizing principle in what is a systems-wide approach to solving a problem.” Since 2011, the Kendall Foundation has View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Embracing Activism for Social Change
housing department and helping to set up the deployment of Detroit’s $28 million share from the American Rescue Plan. Although the fellowship grant that augments her salary has ended, Mendu has extended her stint with the city to be... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
The View from the Pit
and was recently appointed to chair the HBS Doctoral Programs. Never expecting to stand in front of a classroom herself, she remembers taking for granted her professors' skills in leading discussions. "Much to my chagrin later on, I did... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
The Transformers
can’t possibly build, the capacity to directly serve even a significant portion of them. So what to do? With a $5 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Bridgespan has launched a “Great Giving” initiative that will build... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Family Matters
ease that burden, HBS made an investment in Thompson-Woode. Alongside traditional financial aid, which included fellowships and loans, Thompson-Woode was awarded the Forward Fellowship, a $30,000, two-year grant designed to assist... View Details
Keywords: April White