Provider Organizations - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jun 2007
News

Mission Possible

When Joseph said he felt the same, the two decided to figure out how they might do just that. The result was The Partners of ’63, a nonprofit organization composed of graduates from the HBS Class of 1963 that View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Margie Kelley; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance

14 Dec 2011
Research & Ideas

The New Measures for Improving Nonprofit Performance

For-profit businesses have a common goal: create value for owners or shareholders by creating value for customers. It's a focus that must seem enviably straightforward from the perspective of nonprofit organizations and social enterprises... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

04 Jul 2016
Research & Ideas

Is Your Org Chart Stuck in a Rut? Try a Scientific Experiment

provide the tool kit and get a community of support around it, maybe we could get more experiments done, and we could make more progress as a result.” To learn more about the o-Lab and the creation of business theories: The View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

01 Mar 2014
News

Social Enterprise Initiative Marks 20th Anniversary

Initiative (SEI), they did just that. "Even the funding broke new ground," notes former SEI director Laura Moon. "John Whitehead provided staged investments based on meeting certain milestones. We now call that venture philanthropy." The... View Details

Keywords: SEI

23 May 2019
Book

These Entrepreneurs Take a Pragmatic Approach to Solving Social Problems

career in venture capital private equity to launch a global movement that has brought together governments with service providers and has attracted private investment to pay for a variety of social programs. One such program in 2010... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Green Technology

03 Jun 2020
News

Keeping a Community Connected

Justin Pasquariello (MBA 2010) Justin Pasquariello (MBA 2010) At the end of most days, Justin Pasquariello (MBA 2010) feels like he hasn’t done enough. As executive director of East Boston Social Centers (EBSC), a century-old grassroots View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

Web

In The Community | About

to the local community. Harvard Innovation Labs MBA Talent for Local Organizations The School provides local non-profits and startups with affordable access to MBA talent through funding and connections to... View Details

15 Aug 2019
News

Finding a Fix for Food Allergies

accelerate discoveries. “We built an organization we would want to invest in ourselves,” observes Greg. “We need to broaden the net and provide incentives for scientists to work together within food... View Details

01 Jun 2001
News

Merrill Lynch's Stan O'Neal

and continuing to improve the quality of service provided. “We have a tremendously successful organization with a legacy of winning. The challenge is to continue to evolve and adapt to the new realities of the marketplace.” O’Neal cites... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young; Merrill Lynch; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations

18 Apr 2011
News

Capitalism Meets Conservation

provide Patagonia’s isolated inhabitants with English education, preventative medical care, conservation and conservation education, and sustainable economic development. The for-profit company also sells carbon offsets—reductions in... View Details

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

01 Apr 2002
News

"Rising to the Challenge" Program Addresses Post-9/11 Issues

"Rising to the Challenge" Program Addresses Post-9/11 Issues It was no doubt the first time in HBS history that those who gathered for a community event at Burden Auditorium were provided with lifesaving medical supplies. As they filed... View Details

Keywords: War on Terror; Ronald Levy; Health, Social Assistance

30 Jan 2019
What Do You Think?

Who Will Measure up to These Two Remarkable Leaders?

the structure of the industries in which their firms competed. Bogle and Kelleher died earlier this month, more than 40 years after each made their mark on the competitive landscape by leading organizations that View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Air Transportation; Financial Services

21 Nov 2005
Research & Ideas

The Geography of Corporate Giving

part of their research, they have interviewed more than fifty people in two cities and collected data on some 1,000 communities since the late 1980s. They observe that organizations in different cities seem to have different foci when it... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

24 Apr 2014
News

Helping smallholder farmers feed the world

Pierre Ferrari (MBA 1976) doesn’t want to just alleviate global hunger and poverty. He wants to eradicate these problems. That has been his focus since 2010, when he became president and CEO of Heifer International, the Little Rock, Arkansas-based nonprofit that View Details

25 Jun 2019
News

After the Storm

it.” It was a humbling reality check. Then Dyson met David Campbell, the founder of All Hands volunteers, an organization that enables volunteers to provide on-the-ground assistance following natural... View Details

Keywords: Paul Flannery

25 Apr 2014
News

Finding sustainable solutions for humanitarian crises

market-based solutions to difficult problems. "Business can be the greatest force for good on this planet," says Goodwin. Following the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, he led the establishment of a nationwide recycling program that currently View Details

01 Dec 2001
News

Reaching Out

him to take a well-deserved vacation, but the indefatigable Mukhtar found the opportunity to work at NKFS too good to pass up. "With its seventeen state-of-the-art dialysis centers, the organization is the largest nonprofit dialysis View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons and Julia Hanna; Health, Social Assistance

01 Mar 2004
Lessons from the Classroom

Mission to Mars: It Really Is Rocket Science

more effectively design and measure complex projects and organizations. Sean Silverthorne: What drew you to the NASA/JPL Mars program as potential case material? Alan MacCormack: First, it was an ideal context in which to explore one of my current research initiatives,... View Details