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01 Dec 2018
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Turning Point: Crossover

school, and as a volunteer coach for the Bay Area Warriors, a nonprofit I cofounded that draws inner-city players like those I had in Chicago. Many of the challenges are the same too: In 2010, one of our players was shot and killed on a... View Details

01 Dec 2013
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Alumni News | Book Briefs

while open-spirited, curiosity-driven, person-to-person connections lead to discovery, growth, and often amazing results. Through personal stories, innovative suggestions, and inspiring examples, they show nonprofit leaders how to build a... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information; Professional Services; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

23 Feb 2004
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How Corporate Responsibility is Changing in Asia

ever when deciding where to source their goods and invest. The countries that can offer the best deal in terms of infrastructure and government stability—not just low wages—will come out ahead, she added. Lessons From Nike As director of Press for Change, a View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

02 Jun 2023
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Cassidy Wald Wins Dean's Award for Service to the School and Society

national nonprofit focused on improving the educational experiences and outcomes of neurodiverse youth, and later helped to found a disability affinity group at Bain Consulting. At HBS, she again saw opportunities for cultural and... View Details

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Jewish American Heritage Month | Baker Library

Jewish American Heritage Month Discover Baker Library resources with a connection to Jewish Americans and business. Want to stay up-to-date on relevant topics? Consider subscribing to our monthly Inclusion & Belonging Newsletter . Quick Research Resources Use GuideStar... View Details

14 Oct 2020
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Sewn with Love

Home, a nonprofit established to mobilize the American workforce quarantined at home, and began offering their MadeByUS kits that include everything—from assembly instructions to precut gown panels—for anyone with a sewing machine and... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

01 Dec 2016
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Ask the Expert: Energy’s Next Era

that seeming progress, the nonpartisan, nonprofit Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) notes that wind and solar still only accounted for 2.9 percent and 0.7 percent, respectively, of total global power generation in 2014. How can we hasten the... View Details

01 Jan 2011
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Peter Harf, MBA 1974

high-performance, nonprofit company driven by an impossible dream and a strong culture," says Harf. Today, DKMS has more than 2.8 million registered bone marrow donors worldwide and has facilitated some 26,000 transplants. "So many people... View Details

20 Mar 2000
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No Place Like Home: America’s Housing Crisis and Its Impact on Business

CEO of the Enterprise Foundation, a nationwide housing and community development nonprofit organization. Harvey explains that exorbitant housing costs encourage young, professional workers to look elsewhere for jobs, threatening the... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons; Construction; Real Estate

20 Feb 2014
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Managing the World’s Trouble Spots

long-term solutions to fundamental problems. In Haiti, a recycling program built to reduce flooding from clogged canals has helped to reduce cholera transmissions and create sustainable jobs. In Brazil, a business consortium is providing a group of proven View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

21 Jan 2013
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Altruistic Capital: Harnessing Your Employees’ Intrinsic Goodwill

economist, Ashraf developed the idea of altruistic capital while conducting experimental field research for various global nonprofit organizations. But she believes that her findings on the subject will yield important lessons for the... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

08 Nov 2024
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Latino Alumni Banquet Marks 20th Year, Atlanta Club Celebrates 90 Years of Connection

dinner, dancing, and an awards ceremony. Proceeds from the evening will benefit the HBSCA Social Enterprise Initiative (SEI) Scholarships, which provide funding for local nonprofit leaders to attend SEI courses at HBS. The evening kicked... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

March 2022 (Revised July 2022)
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Nexleaf Analytics: Saving the World Using the Internet of Things

By: Frank Nagle

In 2019, a decade after co-founding Nexleaf Analytics, CEO Nithya Ramanathan faced an important decision that would impact the ability of the small, but growing, not-for-profit organization to thrive for another decade. Their sensor technologies and big data analytics... View Details

Keywords: Corporate Strategy; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Technological Innovation; Nonprofit Organizations; Competitive Strategy; Patents; Expansion; Information Technology; Health Industry; Information Industry; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; Technology Industry

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top-down. Companies that truly manage to their creeds can withstand crises.” In the summer, Jenny will try something entirely new, “an operations position with McMaster-Carr, an industrial parts supplier.” Jenny is still weighing her career options, “but I know that I... View Details

18 Apr 2023
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HBS Students and Alumni Fostering a Supportive Community

After graduating from Cornell University, where he majored in policy analysis, Joshua Mbanusi (MBA 2021) spent seven years working in education and for a nonprofit that advances equity and economic mobility in the southern United States.... View Details

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LGBTQ+ Pride Month | Baker Library

as LGBTQ. Go Markets > Market Maps Use GuideStar Pro to locate nonprofit organizations who list LGBTQ people and intersex people as populations they serve. View Mintel 's report on "Marketing to LGBTQ+ Communities – US – 2025" Read... View Details

06 Dec 2021
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Turning Point: Makeover

rebuilt our team, held space for my people during a wave of AAPI hate, and tripled our growth rate. I will never again doubt my ability to lead and am committed to helping others see themselves clearly too. Vicky Tsai is the founder of Tatcha and a global board member... View Details

Keywords: entrepreneurship; leadership; purpose; Asian American; beauty industry; Miscellaneous Manufacturing; Manufacturing

01 Oct 2021
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Marking 10-Year Connection with Japanese Earthquake Region

chance for students to test their management skills and pitch in on disaster clean-up—to both learn and grow as human beings.” — Hirotaka Takeuchi Professor of Management Practice Since the Japan IFC started, more than 300 students have volunteered in the area (with... View Details

01 Oct 2021
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No Time Like the Present

and cofounder of Cleanacwa, a nonprofit that works on water and sanitation in his homeland. Consistent with his focus on helping Africa manage its challenges and capitalize on its strengths, Delle is also supporting HBS’s Global... View Details

01 Sep 2018
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Your Keyboard Is Listening

want to know if I have one of these diseases?’” “Researchers think there are subtle signs that precede the known symptoms of diseases like Huntington’s and Alzheimer’s,” explains Robi Blumenstein (MBA 1984), president of the CHDI Foundation, a View Details

Keywords: April White

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