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- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Local Hero
could tell right away if he had a couple of tickets for the Giants game on Saturday,” Baer recalls. “He’d give me a little nod, and I’d know — yes! — we would be going to Candlestick to watch Willie Mays...
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- 01 Jan 2006
- News
Sir Ronald M. Cohen, MBA 1969
venture capital and private equity. Last year, he stepped down from his management responsibilities to devote all his efforts to social investing in the United Kingdom and the Middle East. "Those who have...
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- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Robert Goodwin
relationships with the community. These investments can be modest. Just providing safe drinking water can lead to greater productivity and more profit, one of many instances where philanthropy makes good...
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Deborah Blagg;
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- 16 Dec 2020
- Blog Post
Alumni on the Black Lives Matter Movement
between the family foundation of philanthropist Len Blavatnik (MBA 1989) and WMG, was launched in June to support charitable causes related to the music industry, social justice, education, View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
An Investment in Tomorrow's Leaders
Understanding that for many prospective students the greatest barriers to attending graduate school are financial, HBS is taking proactive steps to make the MBA Program more affordable. The School has held tuition flat for the past five years, and in August 2022...
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Jennifer Gillespie
- 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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- 19 May 2021
- News
Alumni Convene to Support Nonprofit Boards; Seven Clubs Mix It Up Online
Executive Solutions, a firm that guides nonprofits through successful leadership transitions. “More and more, HBS alumni are engaged in philanthropy and the nonprofit world,...
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Margie Kelley
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Building Blocks
to be in property, and I’m going to do well enough to give you guys a job.’ My parents had no clue about what I was doing, and I really didn’t, either. I just knew that the...
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- 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...
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- 15 Jun 2020
- Research & Ideas
A Mass Crisis Can Overwhelm Health Care. Liberia Found a Solution.
proposal for a $23 million contract to help construct health care centers all over the country—an amount more than 10 times Last Mile Health’s 2014 budget and three times the $7 million in unrestricted View Details
- 26 May 2016
- News
Thomas J. Tierney, MBA 1980
Smart: Philanthropy That Gets Results Chairman and Cofounder, The Bridgespan Group When Tom Tierney announced that he intended to step down from the top spot at Bain & Company, several of his colleagues...
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Susan Young
- 07 Jul 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Organizational Model for Open Source
Programmers contribute to free software and open source projects for many reasons—some for the fun of it, some to improve their skills, others for a paycheck. Many people have wondered why these people give...
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by Mallory Stark
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Supplemental Financial Information - Financial Report 2018
distribution from the endowment). HBP, Executive Education, and philanthropy are sensitive to trends in the economy and the capital markets, which continued to perform well in...
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Podcast - Managing the Future of Work
particularly hard hit by Covid. In the midst of these challenges, Eastern Bank also became a public company as part of a growth and modernization strategy. How will that strategy and the bank’s corporate...
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- 11 Mar 2001
- Research & Ideas
Evolving for Success [Part Two]
on some old lessons about what builds loyalty and commitment in the workplace, but do it in a new way. In Evolve, I write about the "Three Ms" that build commitment in the Internet age, because people aren't loyal for life...
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- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Redefining Success: Women & Work.
much better job at work and probably always wonder if you aren't missing out on one of the great life experiences. You can decide to have kids and give up your career, View Details
- 16 Nov 2017
- News
The Business of Social Justice
University that provided 650 Boston teens with summer jobs and programs. Brooks then moved on to Citizens Bank as the senior vice president and director of charitable giving....
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Jennifer Myers
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Podcast - Managing the Future of Work
corporation was making a decision on behalf of all the employees. We went a few years without giving any donations. And then, when we started the program, we matched employees’ View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Mission Possible
young kids from difficult environments. Launched in 2001 with 25 classmates, the group has grown to 100 members who are involved in a selected set of projects, giving advice, sharing contacts, and providing...
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- 01 Dec 1996
- News
An Entrepreneurial Journey
ability to persevere when others might give up. Important, too, are a large measure of luck and some help from those who have already traveled the entrepreneurial road... The Stories Behind the Startups So...
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