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- 12 Aug 2013
- Research & Ideas
‘Hybrid’ Organizations a Difficult Bet for Entrepreneurs
Consider two organizations with the same noble purpose: to solve the problem of poor eyesight in developing countries. The first, the Centre for Vision in the Developing World, follows a traditional nonprofit model, soliciting donations... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 06 May 2014
- First Look
First Look: May 6
http://www.cambridge.org/US/academic/subjects/economics/economics-general-interest/democracy-and-its-elected-enemies-american-political-capture-and-economic-decline August 2013 Journal of Marketing Research Contingent Match Incentives Increase View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Sep 2009
- What Do You Think?
Are Retention Bonuses Worth the Investment?
organizations known for their prowess in developing their employees have to bear? What do you think? Original Article Last March 25, Jake DeSantis, then an executive vice president with American International Group, published his resignation letter in The New York... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 12 May 2008
- Research & Ideas
Accounting Information as Political Currency
Corporate donations to political campaigns reveal a lot about mutual back-scratching in the political and business arenas. Now new research from Harvard Business School reveals that corporate giving may consist of more than monetary... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 23 Jul 2024
- Research & Ideas
Forgiving Medical Debt Won't Make Everyone Happier
donations to relieve medical debt. Because so little medical debt sent to collections is ever repaid, it can be purchased for pennies on the dollar. The organization has relieved more than $11 billion of debt to date. Kluender says he and... View Details
- 09 Jul 2014
- Research & Ideas
How Business Leaders Can Strengthen American Schools
point to some form of business engagement in their districts. But on closer examination, much of that engagement can be characterized as "checkbook philanthropy" in the form of donated money, goods, and scholarships. "These... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- Research & Ideas
Connecting With Nonprofits
conceptualize these as the Cross-Sector Collaboration Continuum along which there are three types and stages of relationships (see Figure 1): Philanthropic Stage. This is the most common type of relationship between businesses and nonprofits. It largely consists of... View Details
Keywords: by James Austin
- 01 Oct 2024
- Research & Ideas
How Politics Drives Business Decisions in a Polarized Nation
How politics cuts across business Written with Margarita Tsoutsoura, an associate professor of finance at Washington University in St. Louis, the analysis draws from data such as executive surveys, voter registration lists, campaign View Details
Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald
- 15 Oct 2024
- Research & Ideas
We Have Better Ways to Break Habits Than Willpower. Why Don't We Use Them?
repercussions for failing to achieve a goal, such as committing to donating to a charity—perhaps even a cause the person disagrees with. “The idea is that to be self-controlled, you have to put aside activities you’d rather be doing,... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 09 Oct 2019
- Research & Ideas
For Better Ideas, Bring the Right People to the Brainstorm
map—including apps for donating food waste, sharing photos, sourcing wedding vendors, renting wedding dresses, and making creative wedding registries. Koning’s favorite out-of-the-box idea was an app to simplify divorce, which is... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 18 Jan 2012
- Research & Ideas
Beyond Heroic Entrepreneurs
of applicants for 2006, 63.2 percent proposed business models based entirely on donations, 33 percent offered models based on a mix of donations and generated revenue, and 3.9 percent proposed models meant to run entirely on... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 13 Apr 2020
- Research & Ideas
Small Businesses Are Worse Off Than We Thought
Luca, whose past research has focused on platform design. For example, Luca and his colleagues reached out to online rating app Yelp several weeks ago to explore ways the company might help small businesses dealing with the crisis. Among other initiatives, he pointed... View Details
- 17 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
How ‘Hybrid’ Nonprofits Can Stay on Mission
curing societal ills. In reality, though, the line between the two is growing blurrier. "In the not-for-profit sector, a number of organizations are trying to be less dependent on donations and grants," says Julie Battilana, an associate... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 28 Feb 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Importance of ‘Don’t’ in Inducing Ethical Employee Behavior
different set of students, but then they added a wrinkle: After rewarding themselves from the envelopes on their desks, the students had the opportunity to donate some of their winnings to National Public Radio. Tracking Moral And Immoral... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 07 Jul 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Organizational Model for Open Source
foundations have been successful in garnering donations of hardware and equipment when needed, but do not have vast reserves to support legal expenses, travel, or conferences. However, since these foundations are primarily electronically... View Details
Keywords: by Mallory Stark
- 21 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
Fighting the COVID Blues: Advice from Business Research
that, donating a portion of their stimulus checks to food banks or to friends who are out of work. Some are helping others in non-financial ways, including recovered coronavirus patients donating plasma to... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman and Danielle Kost
- 14 Dec 1999
- Research & Ideas
From Spare Change to Real Change: The Social Sector as a Beta Site for Business Innovation
to government and nonprofit agencies. Businesses have little involvement in how these donations are used. In fact, this model actively discourages companies from taking an interest in results. Companies receive their benefits up-front... View Details
Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter
- 18 Mar 2014
- First Look
First Look: March 18
Publications August 2013 Social Science & Medicine Who Donates Their Bodies to Science? The Combined Role of Gender and Migration Status Among California Whole-body Donors By: Asad, Asad L., Michel Anteby, and Filiz Garip... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 May 2020
- In Practice
Nonprofits Hurt by COVID-19 Must Hoard Cash to Hold On
L. Arbuckle Professor of Business Administration. F. Warren McFarlan: Donations matter more than ever This is the time when tangible support really matters as the funding sources are drying up for so many social enterprises. Your... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 29 May 2020
- Op-Ed
How Leaders Are Fighting Food Insecurity on Three Continents
COVID-19 is creating unprecedented strains on food security worldwide. The United Nations' World Food Programme warns that the pandemic could almost double the number of people facing food crises in low- and middle-income populations to 265 million by the end of 2020.... View Details