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- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Prof’s Dream Comes True
Tufano Tax refunds can now be channeled into the purchase of U.S. Savings Bonds, a policy victory for HBS professor Peter Tufano (left), founder and president of the nonprofit Doorway to Dreams Fund (D2D) that has worked for years to... View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Student Conferences, at a Glance
governance in Asia, and measuring performance in nonprofit organizations. As always, there was ample opportunity for networking and socializing with participants and speakers from across the Harvard... View Details
- 04 Nov 2016
- News
The Competitiveness of Lost Causes
organizations with expertise in economic cluster development. The nonprofit NGO has ties to 9,000 practitioners in development agencies, government departments, cluster organizations, academic institutions,... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Summer Fellowship Recipient is a Changemaker in Tanzania
alone do not account for these outcomes of the country’s public health system. There are also disparities in how effectively resources are allocated and managed, says Simon DeBere (MBA/MPA-ID 2022), a 2021 HBS Social Enterprise Summer Fellow. In Tanzania, the View Details
Keywords: April White
- 13 Apr 2022
- News
New School
In late February 2020, the Japanese government announced it would close every school in that country to prevent the spread of COVID-19. On the other side of the world, in his Billerica, Massachusetts, office, Rob Waldron (MBA 1992) saw... View Details
- 21 Oct 2020
- News
Cold Calculations
the Arctic ice to slow the effects of climate change. Leslie Field, who holds a PhD in electrical engineering and 58 patents, founded the nonprofit (formerly known as Ice911 Research) to develop the necessary technology. Field approached... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 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
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Summit Sound Bites
is, ‘What is your strategy for going global?’ ” —Robert Higgins (MBA ’70), Senior Lecturer, HBS; Founder, Highland Capital Partners “Advice, help, experience — you have it to give. You don’t have to have money to be involved in the View Details
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
All in a Day's Work
Fellow, Oakes and nine other alumni from the Class of 2002 receive a one-year subsidy from the School to supplement the lower salaries typically paid at nonprofit and government organizations. All fellows... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Karmic Kickstart
a handful of wealthy families. That change gave me an extraordinary level of freedom to take part in our daughters’ early lives and to spend time on a number of nonprofit projects, some in Southeast Asia. Then fate intervened again: In... View Details
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
HBS Honored for Addressing Business and Societal Issues
Nonprofit Management and Governing for Nonprofit Excellence: Critical Issues for Board Leadership. The two entities that issued Beyond Grey Pinstripes, the World Resources... View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
The Long View
in the academic literature, social scientists should focus their research on larger public problems. "That resonated with me," says Moss, who in 2005 founded the Tobin Project in collaboration with Poorvu Family Professor of Management Practice Arthur Segel. An... View Details
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
To The Rescue
brought to bear on the problem back at home. “Rather than expecting the government to take the initiative, we could establish certain services in a few cities so that the citizens would come to appreciate the difference that it could... View Details
- 01 Jan 2004
- News
Barbara Hackman Franklin, MBA 1964
had been suspended for several years. One of the first women to graduate from HBS, Franklin is used to breaking down barriers. She has worked with five Presidents of the United States, founded an international trade consulting and investment firm, and earned kudos as a... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Porter Directs New Institute at HBS
the institute will work closely with other academic institutions and nonprofit organizations. Some of the ISC's major projects include Baltic Rim Competitiveness, the Innovation Index, the Global Competitiveness Report, Environmental... View Details
- 05 Feb 2019
- News
Protecting the Power Grid
feared—but Japanese emergency crews were able to replenish the spent-fuel pool water in the nick of time, preventing massive evacuation of Tokyo. US regulators took notice. In 2012, Popik and Mott cofounded the nonprofit Foundation for... View Details
- 16 Apr 2013
- News
A Walkabout to the Ocean
settles in Washington, D.C., for his new role as president and CEO of the nonprofit Ocean Conservancy, Merkl is eager to bring his formidable experience to bear on several major global initiatives. "Ocean Conservancy has had a series of... View Details
- 09 Mar 2021
- News
Addressing Education Inequities Exacerbated by the Pandemic
digital divide brought to light by the rapid transformation of the classroom experience from in-person to remote learning. ASHISH DHAWAN (MBA 1997) Founder and chairperson of Central Square Foundation, a nonprofit working to transform... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
"Governing for Nonprofit Excellence: Critical Issues for Board Leadership." This was a terrific opportunity to sample one of the short program offerings of Executive Education. As with so many HBS experiences, I came away with a wealth of... View Details
- 11 Oct 2022
- News
On Balance
Wooldridge’s career in nonprofits and politics, including 13 years in the Parliament of Victoria, with three years as minister for women’s affairs and two years as shadow minister for jobs, innovation, and trade. After retiring in 2020,... View Details
Keywords: April White