donations - Publications - Faculty & Research

17 Nov 2022
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Blockchain for Good

charity sector, volunteering for a national breast cancer foundation and within her local community, often with her son in tow. She returned to finance in 2015, but her heart wasn’t in it. That’s when businessman and philanthropist Robert F. Smith approached her about... View Details

Keywords: Ralph Ranalli

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... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

22 Feb 2022
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The Well-Healed Athlete

science, but there are tools out there that, if applied to this area of research, can lead to major breakthroughs.” That’s why she and her husband donated $220 million to launch the Wu Tsai Human Performance Alliance, a collaborative... View Details

Keywords: April White; Health and Personal Care Stores; Retail Trade

01 Sep 2003
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New York Club Honors Goldman Sachs CEO

donated by club members and sponsors. “This is the second year that the gala has supported Dallas Reads,” said Marla McDonald (MBA ’91), acting liaison between the club and the charity. “We selected Dallas Reads because individually we... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

19 Jul 2011
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Brightening the Future

Although Stiftung Solarenergie donated the first lanterns, Ayala, who identifies himself as a “social businessman,” said the plan is to tie the new power source to self-sustaining community development initiatives. “Even simple products... View Details

Keywords: Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services

01 Apr 2001
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Turnaround Situation

was homeless,” Cordova noted with a smile. When Cordova came to RS&VP in 1997, its operating budget was $30,000. Under his leadership, it has grown this year to $1.7 million, which helps provide housing, employment training, and legal services for some seventeen... View Details

Keywords: Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services

23 May 2019
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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... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

18 Apr 2022
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Book Smart

Risher’s story of the abandoned library in Guayaquil and donated 20 Kindles for the launch of Worldreader. After a beta test at an international school in Barcelona, where Risher was living at the time, he and cofounder Colin McElwee... View Details

14 Aug 2019
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Leading from Within

mentorship and financially or personally, to those in need or to groups and institutions whose missions they value. True to the values it teaches, the program donates all its profits to Thistle Farms, a social enterprise organization... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

01 Jun 2017
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Starting Lineup: Values Proposition

designed to be inexpensive and widely available. Saathi, the winner of the 2014 HBS New Venture Competition in the social enterprise track, began distribution in 2016 and launched its #OneMillionPads program to donate pads to the women of... View Details

21 Dec 2022
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HBS Community Comes Together in Wake of Ukraine Invasion

iStock MESSAGE FROM DEAN SRIKANT DATAR On February 27, Dean Srikant Datar sent a message to the HBS community regarding the invasion of Ukraine, noting the resources available to those looking to offer support and highlighting learning opportunities available at HBS.... View Details

01 Sep 2018
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New Spaces: Convening Power

large-scale conference center, a performance space, and an intimate community forum where HBS can harness the energy and creativity of the thousands of students, faculty, alumni, and leaders who will convene there each year. The building was made possible by a generous... View Details

01 Jun 2009
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Murray Named Class of ’08 Fellow

Collecting donations from 85 percent of its members, the Class of 2008 now holds the all-time participation record for a graduating class gift. Like their predecessors, the recent graduates chose to support fellowships. “There was a deep... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

01 Dec 2015
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Serving with Purpose and Pride

invaluable sense of community that helps to make HBS great. We are honored to be able to support the School, which has given so much to us. We are grateful to all of you who donate your time and provide funding to further the HBS mission. View Details

10 Aug 2015
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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... View Details

Keywords: 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... View Details

Keywords: ecommerce; Kathy Korman Frey; Telecommunications; Information; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information; Retail Trade

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... View Details

Keywords: Roger thompson

14 Oct 2020
News

Sewn with Love

first time Hanazawa has wrestled with the ways she could urge her industry to focus on social impact. In 2011, an earthquake and tsunami leveled towns and cities in her home country of Japan, and she struggled with how to help. She weighed her options: She could View Details