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- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Baker Bell Dedication Rings in HBS Centennial
antireligious Stalinist regime. The Moscow City Council priced them as scrap metal, and Crane donated the set to Harvard University. Seventeen were hung in the tower of Lowell House, a Harvard undergraduate residence. One came to HBS,...
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- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Funding His Purpose
through its lending platform and fund management, and the consulting firm has influenced the allocation of more than $6 billion in assets. Letelier was expecting to grow “the usual 30 percent” in 2020 when the pandemic hit. With the infrastructure in place to...
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- 01 Dec 2016
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Is Cash the Best Form of Charity?
(Illustration by Edmon de Haro) (Illustration by Edmon de Haro) When Michael Faye (PhDBE 2009) and his cofounders—including Harvard grad students Paul Niehaus and Rohit Wanchoo—first proposed the model for GiveDirectly in 2008, it was radical: The nonprofit would...
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- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Preparing Our Students for a Changing World
take on contacting emergency first responders—have been able to use the i-lab as a base to grow, taking advantage of its facilities, programs, and connections. “Again and again, we were blown away by the generosity of the HBS community, as people View Details
- 01 Feb 1999
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Newman's Own Brand of Charity
We're on their radar now, so in order to survive with the bigger brands, we need to grow." In the interest of survival, Newman is a recent - albeit reluctant - convert to the concept of "noisy philanthropy." Research has indicated that most consumers are unaware that...
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- 01 Sep 2010
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You’ve Been YouTubed
to replace the guitar and $1,200 in flight vouchers; when Carroll asked that his compensation be given to another, similarly affected customer, United chose instead to donate $3,000 to a music school. Throughout the fracas, United used...
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- 01 Jun 2016
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Prima Datarina
Ming Min Hui (MBA 2015) that revealed retention, and engagement with Boston Ballet outside of classes, was not as high as expected. In fact, about half of adult students attended one or two classes and didn’t return, and only about 15 percent of adult students were...
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Julia Hanna
- 23 May 2019
- News
Michael R. Bloomberg, MBA 1966
enough to be able to make a gift for their endowment, so they can accept qualified students without regard to the size of their pocketbooks.” Five years ago he returned to the helm of Bloomberg LP. He donates all profits from his share of...
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Susan Young
- 10 Aug 2015
- News
A Talent Pipeline for Society’s Challenges
fellows at Year Up in Washington, DC. Siddharth Yog (MBA 2004), who teaches business administration at HBS, was one of the organization’s earliest supporters, along with 20 other HBS classmates who donate annually. The funding helps to...
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Jill Radsken
- 01 Mar 2014
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Case Study: Gazelle's New Predators
allow it to offer better (higher) prices to consumers on its buy side and so on in a virtuous cycle." —Associate Professor Andrei Hagiu "[I suggest] a modified TOMS Shoes model. From the customer/end-user side: When they want to sell their device, they'll also have the...
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- 01 Jun 2011
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Where Conservation Means Business
reputed to be one of the richest men of his era, donated $5 million to Harvard University in 1924 to fund the construction of the new HBS campus. Among the artifacts is a finely crafted cherry wood “Resolutions” chest containing...
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- 01 Jan 2002
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Raymond V. Gilmartin (MBA '68)
The blind man depicted in the sculpture suffers from river blindness, a disease that ravaged countless lives in the developing world until Merck researchers discovered the breakthrough drug Mectizan. The company's decision to donate the...
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- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Rediscovering America
possible for organizations and individuals to donate unused computer time for use in AIDS and cancer research, which requires huge amounts of data-processing capacity. What is the difference between the “no child left behind” approach to...
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- 20 Feb 2014
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Managing the World’s Trouble Spots
global emergencies. His work included the planning and delivery of humanitarian aid during the war in Afghanistan—an experience he found both powerful and frustrating. When a US town raised money to donate an ambulance to the Afghan...
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Jill Radsken
- 16 May 2018
- News
ALUMNI NVC Finals and Regional Roundup
and applicability, with great potential for the healthcare market. Latino Alumni annual banquet draws record crowd, donations More than 120 HBS alumni, as well as current and prospective students, attended the 14th Annual Banquet of the...
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Margie Kelley
- 13 Jan 2021
- News
Silicon Valley’s “Detroit Moment”
quite a lot. People donate a lot. There's just this energy of helping each other and Mapan, for example, embraced that energy so that we can deliver products. And that will create the value that then eventually creates profits. I do...
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- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Opening Doors: Inside the World of Museum Management
around common objectives." The Met's admissions policy is unusual: The museum, as Deborah Winshel puts it, "relies on the good grace of the visitor" for admissions revenue, with a suggested donation of $10 for adults. "We are a tremendous...
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