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- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Haven for the Homeless
Greg Harms (MBA 1989) served on the board of the Boulder (Colorado) Shelter for the Homeless for five years before he experienced a career-altering revelation. “One day, I realized that View Details
- 21 Aug 2019
- News
Analyzing Homelessness
responded to a homelessness activist’s challenge by volunteering in shelters and listening to residents’ and administrators’ stories. Along with crime, poverty, domestic abuse, and PTSD, Shumway says View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
HBS Vets Support Homeless Comrades
hours by AFAA members seeking to call attention to the plight of homeless veterans and to raise funds for a local shelter that assists them. “We thought this would be an effective way to raise awareness... View Details
Keywords: Health, Social Assistance
- 16 Sep 2015
- Research & Ideas
Can Applied Economics Save Homeless Puppies?
finding homes for dogs and vice versa. The Wagaroo website describes the company as “a team of fun humans with years of dog experience and a desire to create a healthier, happier marketplace for matching dogs and people.” “We can help them skip the View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
Tools and Training for a “Wicked Problem”
When Albuquerque Mayor Tim Keller (MBA 2005) outlined his citywide plan to address homelessness in September 2018, his approach included some time-tested best practices from cities with more experience grappling with the issue. Increasing... View Details
Keywords: homelessness
- November 2021 (Revised November 2023)
- Case
Hitting Home: Amazon and Mary's Place
By: Paul M. Healy, Debora L. Spar and Amy Klopfenstein
In 2020, Amazon, the $386 billion online retail behemoth, built an eight-story shelter for women and families experiencing homelessness on its expanding headquarters in Seattle, Washington. The shelter, operated in partnership with a non-profit organization known as... View Details
Keywords: Business Ethics; Homelessness; Business And Society; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Social Issues; Corporate Accountability; Urban Development; Society; Information Technology; Ethics; Technology Industry; Seattle; United States; North America
Healy, Paul M., Debora L. Spar, and Amy Klopfenstein. "Hitting Home: Amazon and Mary's Place." Harvard Business School Case 122-017, November 2021. (Revised November 2023.)
- 23 Apr 2024
- Cold Call Podcast
Amazon in Seattle: The Role of Business in Causing and Solving a Housing Crisis
- 23 Jun 2009
- News
How Boomers Can Change the World (Again)
- Portrait Project
Mike Laffin
“Uncle Paul is in heaven now.” He was an associate director at a homeless shelter in Hartford and had been murdered following a meal. At six years old, I couldn’t comprehend what this meant. He’d been a... View Details
- 14 Jun 2010
- Research & Ideas
The Hard Work of Measuring Social Impact
between cause and effect?" asks Ebrahim. "Some organizations have a focused theory of change, where the relationship between their actions and their impacts on society are linear and can be observed." The delivery of a basic service, such as View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 01 Jan 2012
- News
E. Roe Stamps IV, MBA 1974
Stampses have a dog and six or more cats—to business to social responsibility. Together Roe and Penny run the family foundation that is headquartered next to their Coconut Grove home and supports local animal shelters and botanic gardens... View Details
- 03 Apr 2019
- News
Finding Common Ground
nights in a shelter during a three-year period), Cicero data indicates that more than 70 percent of homeless people have spent fewer than 90 nights in a shelter over the last... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
Social Enterprise Conference Draws 800 Participants
1996 graduates of West Point. Proceeds from the annual event go to the New England Shelter for Homeless Veterans. The theme was “convergence,” and that’s precisely what some 800 students, business leaders,... View Details
- 10 Sep 2020
- News
The Business of Access
her business know-how—revenue generation and growth in the private sector—and apply it to nonprofits rooted in social services. She was brought aboard to assist San Mateo–based Shelter Network implement a merger with another View Details
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Armed Forces Alumni Association | MBA
Annual Events AFAA Career Fair Veteran's Day Ball Military Visit Day Campaign for the New England Shelter for Homeless Veterans Panels and Mentorship Opportunities for Interview, Resume and Career... View Details
- 15 Jan 2020
- News
The Business of Access
position at San Mateo–based Shelter Network, which needed her skills to research and implement its merger with another homelessness service provider, InnVision, in Santa Clara. InnVision’s business model was... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 05 Jun 2018
- News
Fueling the Future
of Covenant House, a shelter for homeless and trafficked youth in Manhattan, and volunteers at ESchool4Girls, teaching entrepreneurship to high school students. “I love the fact my background in science and... View Details
- Web
Members of the Military | MBA
promote camaraderie, and to raise awareness and support for the military on the Harvard Business School campus. Each year the AFAA hosts a number of events including the AFAA Career Fair, Veteran's Day Celebration, Campaign for the New England View Details
- 09 Nov 2022
- News
Public Good
of Chapman Partnership, an organization providing shelter to Miami-Dade’s unhoused population. “One person on the streets is one too many,” Hudson said in an HBS alumni profile earlier this year. United Way Miami supports more than 60... View Details