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- 11 Aug 2014
- HBS Case
The Business of Behavioral Economics
gaining $100 is pleasurable, so that fear of losing money is actually a motivation," explains Norton. In some cases, users even commit to send the money to a charity they hate if they fail at their goal—providing extra incentive. "You...
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- 30 Mar 2022
- News
Giving Hope and Comfort
items—the soap and the shampoo—that were most prized by the organizations that received the donations. A social worker from Catholic Charities who called Feingold to thank him explained that few people think to donate such expensive...
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- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Is Cash the Best Form of Charity?
and deliver those dollars directly to people in need, no strings attached. The initial response to the idea was lukewarm. GiveDirectly and a handful of other groups experimenting with cash payments were a direct challenge to both the generally accepted wisdom of View Details
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April White
- 20 Jun 2016
- News
Having an Impact on Development and Poverty Issues
limited ability to scale up and have broad-based impact. Vikram Gandhi (MBA 1989) is working to change that by creating investments that can be self-sustaining. “India has 400 million people within the poverty line,” says Gandhi. “While the government and private View Details
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Constantine von Hoffman
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Former Bulletin Editor Remembered
James; and four grandchildren. A daughter, Victoria, predeceased him. Funeral services were held in December in Hawaii. The family has requested that memorial donations be made to a charity of one's choice.
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- 22 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 22
prosocial bonuses, a novel type of bonus spent on others rather than on oneself. In Experiment 1, we show that prosocial bonuses in the form of donations to charity lead to happier and more satisfied employees at an Australian bank. In...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Professorship Brings Brierley's HBS Connection Full Circle
Management. The company soon became one of the nation's foremost database marketing companies, helping hundreds of America's leading membership organizations and nonprofit groups with their fundraising and record-keeping efforts. "In helping View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
How Do I Get Your Job?
SK: In the beginning, I really wanted everyone to know about our charity partners and the water crisis. If you looked at one of our early websites, it would look like we were a nonprofit. Now I want customers to have an emotional...
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April White
- 01 Oct 2001
- Research & Ideas
Connecting With Nonprofits
or goods made in response to requests from nonprofits. The level of engagement and resources is relatively low, infrequent, simple, and nonstrategic. It is basically a check-writing relationship. The giver has a charity mindset and the...
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by James Austin
- Web
A Life’s Work | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
charity but on the reality that its participants are contributing meaningful skills in the workplace. “In my mind, the progress that we see today in social entrepreneurship is the next step in the civil rights movement,” Chertavian says....
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- 15 Sep 2015
- News
Easing the Costs of Saving a Child
were invaluable in helping Taylor sharpen his vision for the mission. “Lynda encouraged the idea of taking a public company like AmREIT and building an incubator charity alongside it. She felt an entrepreneurial, charitable initiative...
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Jill Radsken
- 23 Oct 2012
- First Look
First Look: October 23
while the second is the dependence of peoples' self-esteem on the extent to which they perceive that others agree with them. Government spending crowds out the charity that ensues from these forces only modestly. Moreover, people's...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
The New “In” Crowd
graduates develop new social ventures. The sum here is greater than the individual parts. Behind the numbers of conference attendees and fellowship recipients is a shift in attitude and understanding. Social enterprise isn’t about charity...
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- 09 Sep 2014
- First Look
First Look: September 9
define as the activities, structures, processes, and meanings by which organizations make sense of and combine multiple organizational forms. We propose that social enterprises that combine the organizational forms of both business and View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- Profile
Eryn Schultz
helped raise $24,000 for Habitat for Humanity in the Philippines; $4,000 more than our goal. More important to me is that we sold almost 90 tickets to our charity auction, which means we were able to get broad participation and buy-in –...
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Consulting
- 30 May 2016
- Blog Post
Meet the HBS Sound Society
Battle of the Bands event with MIT Sloan that will again feature COLDCALL against MIT’s band “The Rolling Sloans.” This event is particularly special because it is co-sponsored with the Student Association and is a charity event with...
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- 17 Nov 2022
- News
Blockchain for Good
As the Nigeria-Biafra war raged around them, Stella Dyer (MBA 1994), her mother, and her brother made a dangerous dash for a better life. Huddled in the belly of a Portuguese cargo plane returning from delivering arms to the Biafran forces, Dyer remembers Nigerian...
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Ralph Ranalli
- 22 Feb 2000
- Research & Ideas
Social Capital Markets: Creating Value in the Nonprofit World
are competitive enterprises — Rubicon produces high-qualitycakes, for example — that just happen to employ folksthat the rest of the labor market often won't hire," he says. "Wedon't operate on a charity basis because if you do...
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by Anne Kavanagh
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
Deep in the Heart of Texas
for charities in south Dallas, which is more of an inner-city area," he says. "Long-term goals include higher member participation and a higher club profile" -- goals that the presidents of both clubs share.
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Amy E. Dean
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
The Joy of Spending
who gave the money away felt happier. Forgoing that $5 cup of coffee every morning and donating the money to a charity of your choice—or treating your friend to lunch—will pay dividends in the long term. Norton will discuss his research...
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