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- 28 May 2019
- News
INK: Maker’s Manual
and the larger world. A culmination of four years of extensive research, this book (excerpted below) chronicles some of the myriad ways alumni are living the mission through social impact. “It is impressive and inspiring to see the... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 May 2013
- News
Robert F. Higgins, MBA 1970
Harvard, including in his teaching the course Entrepreneurship and Innovation in the Private and Social Sectors at the Kennedy School. In addition, Higgins and his wife, Kristine, support fellowships for... View Details
- 09 Sep 2016
- News
MaiTai Global and Kiteboarding
just to make shark fin soup. White: Bill, with so many of the projects you do-- with MaiTai, with the Extreme Tech Challenge-- you've described it as trying to create communities of interest. And I'm curious, why this real-world community building in the tech View Details
- 09 Mar 2021
- News
Bridging the Gap
Illustration by Chris Gash Long before “COVID-19” became a household word with grave implications, the education sector faced enormous challenges. Opportunity and achievement gaps marginalizing students of color and those from low-income... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Jeffrey Dunn (MBA 1981)
building effective executive teams, developing and implementing a sound strategy and performance management. Interested in staying up-to-date with news about issues and trends impacting the nonprofit sector but not sure where to start?... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
New Senior Executive Programme Strengthens African Managerial Leadership
One key to becoming more integrated into the global marketplace will be southern Africa's ability to respond to the radical economic and social changes taking place in its own backyard. "This not only poses complex challenges for... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
A Safer—and Speedier—Way to Name Your Startup
what’s out there to avoid any unpleasant surprises.” Besides similarity of name, search results incorporate information on industry sectors and trademark classes. “What trademark is about is the likelihood of confusion, so the system... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Measuring Impact
Nearly 40 percent of Harvard alumni from across all schools have founded for-profit and nonprofit organizations—launching more than 146,000 active ventures with an estimated $3.9 trillion in annual revenues and creating 20.4 million jobs across all View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
2017 in Finance: Helping Consumers Improve Their Financial Life
their financial lives, high tech is not enough. In our business, we also have to be high touch. Consumers love the convenience of a digital platform, but there will always be circumstances in the financial services sector when the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Bringing It Back Home
conjunction with the Social Enterprise Initiative, gives nonprofit leaders the tools to look at their operations from a strategic level. The giving goes both ways, however. The faculty—including Alnoor Ebraham, Allen Grossman, Janice... View Details
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Meeting the Challenges of Third-World Development
improve the economic and social well-being of low-income people by helping them create sustainable businesses. The diverse microenterprises she worked with included oil seed extraction, a sewing school, farming activities, dairy... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Faculty Books
Accelerating Energy Innovation: Insights from Multiple Sectors edited by Rebecca M. Henderson and Richard G. Newell (University of Chicago Press for the National Bureau of Economic Research) Studies have suggested that significantly... View Details
Keywords: Utilities
- 02 Jun 2011
- News
Serious Fun
innovation approach to developing these games,” he says, noting that representatives from academia and the private sector (including companies such as Zynga and Harmonix) serve an advisory role in creating the games. “We don’t assume that... View Details
- 19 Jan 2024
- News
Blockchain for Good
sharp declines in cash use and other major disruptions to small businesses and personal livelihoods. Enter Millicent, the blockchain-based digital financial venture Dyer cofounded a year ago. Both a financial network and a social impact... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Preparing Global Leaders
and long-term value creation. In addition to this, he is cofounder and chairman of Voxtra, a social impact investment firm that focuses on improving the livelihoods of those in the agriculture sector in East... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
HBS Global Forum Set for June
THE BUILDING MUSEUM: Site of a GLF "State Dinner" Upcoming midterm elections and ongoing political scandals provide a timely backdrop to the 2006 HBS Global Leadership Forum, titled The Private Sector and the Public Interest, slated for... View Details
- 08 Jan 2016
- News
Investing in Sustainability
new—and increasingly popular—model for doing good and making money. As a venture capitalist nonprofit, Sustainable America is funding entrepreneurs who will make the food and fuel sectors more sustainable and anticipating returns that... View Details
- 01 Jan 2002
- News
Raymond V. Gilmartin (MBA '68)
Curriculum. "The private sector is increasingly welcome in fields that were long considered the provenance of government and social service organizations, and that is exciting news for the next generation of... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
This Is What I Do
Bailey notes. “New energy technologies will always penetrate the private sector at the point of greatest weakness: where energy is most expensive.” Â Bailey’s green centerpiece to date is the InterContinental Bora Bora Resort & Thalasso... 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