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- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Career Transitions, Continuing Education Focus of Washington, D.C., Club
to five local nonprofit groups, including the National Capital Chapter of the American Red Cross. CSI also plans to organize weekend volunteer projects in order to offer club members a variety of options for giving back to the community.... 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
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
Shareholders' Value?
others in the corporate drama—boards, customers, employees, lenders, regulators, nonprofit groups—to enable those actors to take on some of the burden of providing money, information, and especially discipline. This is stakeholder... View Details
- 12 Jan 2015
- Research & Ideas
Regulators Ease Up on Companies Generating Political Benefits
serious diagnosis that would be reimbursed at a higher rate. The problem is a huge drain on taxpayers, costing an estimated $44 billion in 2012, a full 10 percent of Medicare's payments. At the same time, hospitals, especially nonprofit... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 11 Mar 2001
- Research & Ideas
Evolving for Success [Part Two]
in small, nonprofit organizations that say, "What we do is human service. This technology has no relevance for us." They are afraid that if people can make charitable contributions over the Web, they won't pay attention to the... View Details
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- 01 Feb 1999
- News
Fred Lazarus: Art Work at the Office
the 1960s, he felt himself drawn toward nonprofit activities. Upon graduating from HBS, Lazarus took the advice of a classmate and joined the Peace Corps in Panama, where he worked to develop a business training and education program at a... View Details
Keywords: Jeffrey Lazar
- July 2002 (Revised August 2002)
- Case
Washington Hospital Center (C): Progress and Prospects, 1995-2001
By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Michelle Heskett
Dr. Craig Feied and Dr. Mark Smith have already transformed a "worst-in-area" emergency medicine department into the best in the area. Industry-wide and hospital system-specific challenges remain, including their newest project of national importance--creating an... View Details
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2+2 Application Process | MBA
position in the public, private, or nonprofit sector before enrolling at HBS. 2+2 Brochure (PDF) 2+2 Application Guide (PDF) Eligibility If you are in your final year of study, you are eligible to apply in the current application cycle... View Details
- 01 Oct 2021
- News
New Biotech Joint Degree Program Kicks Off
innovative life-sciences companies, bring life sciences expertise to venture capital firms, help nonprofits provide essential medicines to poor and developing countries, and lead regulatory agencies. “We want our alums to change the world... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Shaping Leaders Who Understand Business and the Environment
mitigating risks, pursuing new opportunities, and participating in the policy arena,” says Michael Toffel, the Senator John Heinz Professor of Environmental Management and chair of the HBS Business and Environment Initiative. “You don’t have to work for an... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 28 May 2019
- News
Research Brief: Field Research
philanthropist to give us $1 million to start a nonprofit to design, evaluate, and scale this service.” In 2015, Cole and Kremer launched Precision Agriculture for Development, together with Dan Björkegren of Brown University and Heiner... View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
In My Humble Opinion: The Business of Burning Man
Beach in 1986—where a few dozen people watched an 8-foot high wooden man burn—Burning Man, now a nonprofit with a $36 million budget (and over 400 pieces of large-scale art to boot), saw some 70,000 Burners come together this year, united... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Back to School
D.C., to work at a nonprofit education-reform group. Then, as now, I feel the future of any society depends on its ability to educate and prepare the next generation to take its turn at the wheel. For a time, I rejoined the for-profit... View Details
- 24 Oct 2013
- News
Engineering a More Secure World
sales, Anthony Curry Harris, and his director of international sales, Damaune Journey (MBA 2005)—are hoping to buy CSECO. Harris says that would certainly give him more time to serve on boards, such as the nonprofit SFJazz, which recently... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
DonorsChoose: Teaming Up with Teachers
demonstrating the power of microfunding via the Internet. The concept packed such appeal that 150 requests from across the country poured in to expand Donors-Choose beyond its New York City base. Now what? The first order of business, says Goldman, is to figure out how... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Ann M. Fudge
the Corporate Women's Network, the National Coalition of 100 Black Women, and the YWCA. She has generously shared her talents with numerous nonprofit organizations, most notably the Boys & Girls Clubs of America. In late 1999, Fudge... View Details
- 02 Jun 2011
- News
Serious Fun
Doorway to Dreams (D2D), a Boston-based nonprofit founded in 2000 by HBS finance professor Peter Tufano, where one of Maynard’s many tasks involves leading the organization’s financial literacy video game initiative. Devoted to... View Details
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Alexandra Stanek
McKinsey. I found the problem-solving aspect of consulting very interesting, and tried to get assignments, unsuccessfully, in Africa. After McKinsey, I joined TechnoServe, a nonprofit that uses business as a tool to affect poverty. In the... View Details
Keywords: Consulting
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Steve Alden
shaped, and continue to shape, his ambitions. "Here, we get a philosophical perspective that emphasizes our responsibilities to business and society," Steve says. "It's not just about making a lot of money. Maybe it's about increasing the pie for... View Details
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Kine Seck Mercier
questions. It was a great opportunity to correct misconceptions people might have.” As part of her plan to leverage her HBS education to explore new directions, Kiné is using her summer internship to work with Education Pioneers, a View Details