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- 17 Feb 2022
- Blog Post
The Fifth Year of Short Intensive Programs (SIPs) at HBS
Debora Spar (formerly of Barnard College and currently senior associate dean for business and global society at HBS) and Larry Summers (Harvard); to leaders in the ed-tech and venture fields such as Ryan Craig of Achieve Partners and...
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- 10 Oct 2000
- Research & Ideas
Cross-Sector Collaboration: Lessons from the International Trachoma Initiative
collaboration with Clark, both in the initial studies and the Moroccan Pilot. These interactions built understanding and trust, which are important building blocks for strategic alliances. Ongoing management of an effective alliance or collaborative View Details
- 13 Oct 2016
- News
Adding Muscle to the Fight Against Disease
where he endowed the Blum Family Venture Philanthropy Fund to promote discoveries with potential to benefit the Israeli life-sciences economy. Closer to home, Blum established the Tikkun Olam Youth Science...
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Deborah Blagg
- Profile
John Rogers
Why was earning your MBA at HBS important to you? As a non-business person by prior education and work experience and as someone with a specific career interest, I wanted to join a program that would significantly stretch my understanding of business in the classroom...
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- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2019
co-founder of the investment firm Blackstone, has written an empowering, entertaining, and informative guide for anyone striving for greater personal impact. From deal making to investing, leadership to entrepreneurship, philanthropy to...
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- 12 Mar 2006
- Research & Ideas
Global Poverty Needs a Global Answer
to be published by Princeton University Press. In this recent interview conducted by e-mail, Lodge is hopeful that the World Development Corporation will be formed. He explains why nonprofits aren't the answer to ending poverty and asks that executives look beyond...
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by Cynthia Churchwell
- 06 Apr 2017
- Blog Post
3 Lessons I Learned as a Social Enterprise Summer Fellow
Foundation (DRK) – a venture philanthropy firm. The Initiative also partially funded my internship through its Summer Fellows Program, a sponsorship designed to help students explore career opportunities in...
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Nonprofit / Government
- April 2000 (Revised August 2005)
- Background Note
Charitable Lead & Remainder Trusts
By: Henry B. Reiling and Catherine M. Conneely
Discusses the concept of charitable lead and charitable remainder trusts, some of their mechanics, and typical circumstances in which they are used.
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- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Lesson Plans
uses a venture philanthropy model that makes early- and growth-stage investments in NGOs focused on high-quality, affordable schools; human capital development; technology in education; and school...
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- 14 Oct 2014
- First Look
First Look: October 14
Review Making Charity Pay By: Norton, Michael I., and Jill Avery Abstract—Companies are increasingly experimenting with the use of philanthropy to enhance consumer loyalty, brand awareness, and sales. But even highly creative approaches...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Aug 2017
- News
Unlocking Potential
numbers all day?’” Anderson recalls. She switched her focus to social entrepreneurship, working as an associate and then a project manager at New Profit, Inc., a Boston-based nonprofit, venture philanthropy...
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- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Everything Old Is a New Opportunity
infancy. That, in turn, led to an experience working with a wealthy family in medical philanthropy searching for a cure for a rare dementia, and the idea for Aging2.0. "This combined my interest in trends with a desire to do something...
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- December 2006 (Revised February 2007)
- Case
Opportunity International: Measurement and Mission
By: Herman B. Leonard, Marc J. Epstein and Melissa Tritter
After a "first career" in business, HBS graduate Christopher Crane becomes CEO of a worldwide microfinance network. The organization's twin challenges are: 1) developing metrics to give it an accurate picture of its situation and impacts, and 2) generating rapid...
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Microfinance;
Measurement and Metrics;
Problems and Challenges;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Business and Stakeholder Relations;
Business Model;
Nonprofit Organizations;
Philanthropy and Charitable Giving;
Financial Services Industry
Leonard, Herman B., Marc J. Epstein, and Melissa Tritter. "Opportunity International: Measurement and Mission." Harvard Business School Case 307-067, December 2006. (Revised February 2007.)
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
An Entrepreneurial Journey
ventures they began, from the 1950s through the 1970s. Of those, take one area for closer inspection in search of the HBS imprint - broadcast and cable television. In the mid-1950s, Thomas S. Murphy (MBA '49) found himself managing an...
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- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Mission Possible
similarly affected by the disease — Jeff Morby (MBA ’61) from Pittsburgh and Phyllis Rappaport from Boston. McCance, who has been at Greylock for nearly forty years, says the Cure Alzheimer’s Fund is applying a venture-capital approach to nonprofit View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Can Business Smarts Save the Charter School Revolution?
setup, Hall explains, is much like a venture capital fund. "We basically seek the highest-performing charter school organizations, and give them philanthropic funds to help them build a long-term sustainable model," he says. CSGF has seen...
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- 22 Feb 2022
- News
March 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books
Corp. cofounders Abrams and Hodgson crystallize their hard-won advice into a single how-to guide for small business owners. In Level Up, they share behind-the-scenes stories of building their own businesses, as well as actionable, get-it-done principles for founders...
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Annual Report 2019 - Annual Report 2019
about the exhibit HBX, the School’s digital learning platform, was rebranded as Harvard Business School Online to help raise awareness of its offerings. New course offerings included Strategy Execution (HBX Live; Bharat Anand and Larry Culp), Scaling View Details
- 17 Apr 2012
- First Look
First Look: April 17
theatre and coordinate the independent efforts from across the three theatres. Our perspective is a marked departure from the Shared Value framework, in that we embrace the inherent value of corporate philanthropy (theatre 1) on one end...
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Carmen Nobel
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Lasting Impressions
manage middle-market companies in the building and auto parts industries. "Some of our investors are HBS classmates," Benton notes, "and I value those relationships." Mike Feeley has been involved in several entrepreneurial ventures since...
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Deborah E. Blagg