Donation - Publications - Faculty & Research

18 Jun 2020
Research & Ideas

What Is an "Essential" Purchase for a Low-Income Family?

the satire publication The Onion headlined, "Woman A Leading Authority On What Shouldn't Be In Poor People's Grocery Carts." This study's results could have implications for everything from social and economic policymaking to charitable View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

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Baker Library / Bloomberg Center | About

building was extensively revitalized and expanded in 2003-2005, primarily with funds donated by generous HBS alumni. Special attention was given to updating and enhancing the building’s traditional functions while designing new spaces... View Details

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Morgan Hall | About

(1840-1931) donated the funds to build the original Harvard Business School campus in 1924, Dean Wallace B. Donham suggested that the main administration building should be named as Baker saw fit. Baker chose to honor his close friend... View Details

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Philanthropy - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

charity and strategy, corporations don’t only give money, they donate distinctive capabilities. And that can result in greater social good even as it strengthens a company’s competitive edge. Dec 2002 Harvard Business Review The... View Details

04 Apr 2024
News

The Making of a Medical Milestone

then to Harvard for your MBA. Was biotech always in your career plan? In college, I set up an ambulance service in Saint Lucia. Then, during medical school, I started an organization that recycled medical equipment and donated it to the... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

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Nonprofit Strategy & Governance | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Donation Experiment By: Katerina Linos, Laura Jakli & Melissa Carlson 2021 | American Political Science Review 115, no. 1 As government welfare programming contracts and NGOs increasingly assume core aid functions, they must address a... View Details

11 Jun 2018
Research & Ideas

Why South Korea's Samsung Built the Only Outdoor Skating Rink in Texas

verdict to be an unequivocal “yes.” “[TiVo] paid $10,000 to buy a champion steer during a local county fair, renaming the bull ‘TiVo' before donating it back” For cases that aren’t settled out of court, companies serving as defendants... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Legal Services

28 Sep 2023
News

Meet the New HBS Team Helping Alumni Clubs and Associations to Thrive

Clubs News Clubs News Guided by Harvard Business School’s mission to educate leaders who make a difference in the world, the HBS Global Alumni Clubs & Associations Network provides thousands of opportunities to create and strengthen connections among and between HBS... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; community service

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Cotting House | About

graduate of Harvard College, Cotting served on the HBS Visiting Committee from 1943 to 1966. In addition to donating the funds to construct Cotting House, he established a permanent charitable trust—one of the largest in the history of... View Details

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Winners & Runners-Up | New Venture Competition

China. Charitable Donations Group Social Enterprise Track Runner-Up Raise funds for nonprofits by helping them accept and liquidate real estate transactions. Business Track, 2006 8baorice Tingting Zhong Business Track Winner An Internet... View Details

28 Jan 2020
Book

Advanced Leadership Requires More Than Outside-The-Box Thinking

calls hadn’t been returned). It took specific demonstrations of intentions and opportunities to make her story credible: a $1,000 donation for bows for a school’s string orchestra. It maybe wasn’t the best use of her money, but it showed... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

02 Aug 2022
Research & Ideas

6 Strategies for Building Socially Responsible—and Profitable—Companies

A dozen years ago, Harvard Business School Professor George Serafeim wondered why some companies operated with an eye toward the greater good, while most did not. Back then, he always got the same response: Corporate leaders thought social and environmental practices... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert

05 Feb 2018
What Do You Think?

Should Companies Disclose Employee Compensation?

million fee. The situation came to light when the negotiation leaked. (The dispute was apparently resolved when Wahlberg agreed to donate his $1.5 million to Time’s Up Legal Defense Fund.) This Hollywood soap opera raises an interesting... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Financial Services

13 Mar 2005
Research & Ideas

The Tricky Business of Nonprofit Brands

the case of the Red Cross, the negative impact extended to other Red Cross organizations located in Europe that registered a decline in donations even though they had been in no way implicated. Q: You cite a study by Interbrand that found... View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls

21 Feb 2023
Research & Ideas

Are Your Employees Passing Up Incentives? Try Promoting the Programs More

Might Also Like: Latest Isn’t Always Greatest: Why Product Updates Capture Consumers Giving Back: Consumers Care More About How Companies Donate Than How Much A Penny for Your Thoughts? For Big-Picture Ideas, the Right Pay Structure... View Details

Keywords: by Scott Van Voorhis

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Dean’s House | About

1924 gift to the School was understood to be an endorsement of the need for professional management education. When Harvard Overseer Bishop William Lawrence approached him for a $1 million donation to help build the new campus, Baker... View Details

01 Jun 2011
News

Who Was George F. Baker?

Within that context, the Baker family recently donated a major collection of Baker’s papers and memorabilia to the library, archives that no doubt will help scholars and students take fuller measure of the “Sphinx of Wall Street.” View Details

Keywords: Finance

01 Jan 2012
News

Hiroshi Mikitani, MBA 1993

Valley, bringing his wife and two young children along with him. For Mikitani, the 2011 earthquake and subsequent tsunami in northeastern Japan brought back memories of the earlier disaster. This time, however, he was in a position to help. In addition to View Details

29 Oct 2020
Blog Post

Delving Deeper into Development with the MBA/MPA-ID Program – a Q+A with Zainab Raji (MBA/MPA-ID 2022)

outbreak was to coordinate donations in cash and volunteer hours to organizations involved in the Ebola relief effort. I realized my long-term response needed to help prevent communities in Nigeria and the rest of West Africa from falling... View Details

20 Aug 2014
Research & Ideas

Why the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge is a Social Media Blockbuster

million in donations compared to $1.9 million during the same time period (July 29 to August 20) last year. This remarkable increase in their fundraising potential is largely due to the snowball effect of cause marketing coupled with a... View Details

Keywords: by John Deighton

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