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- Portrait Project
Raamin Mostaghimi
for in full with a year in poverty in a camp in southwestern Pakistan, with a night huddled under a blanket in the bed of a Toyota Hilux fleeing from the bullets of the Iranian border patrol, and with four years sewing baby clothes and... View Details
- Portrait Project
Harman Kochar
If life could be planned I would have already – Eradicated Poverty from the World Controlled Global Warming Established World Peace Cured all Diseases Discovered the fountain of youth and last but not the least.... Built my mansion on... View Details
- 10 Oct 2018
- News
Working with a Giver’s Spirit
Manny Ayala (MBA 1992) is managing director of Endeavor Philippines, a branch of the global Endeavor organization, which fights poverty by finding and supporting high-impact entrepreneurs. “Our mission statement is to create an economic... View Details
- 25 Apr 2014
- News
A defining global experience before college can unlock a lifetime of potential
and unleashing the potential of our next generation as social innovators and global citizens. Participants, she says, "will reflect the diversity of our country, and bring the insight, conviction, and humility needed to address poverty... View Details
- 28 Jun 2004
- Research & Ideas
Microfinance: A Way Out for the Poor
It's a pittance in the West. A loan of only $500 to $1,200, however, can make all the difference for a man or woman eking out a living in the developing world. Just that much—the typical range of microfinance loans, according to Michael Chu, a View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- Portrait Project
Kasia Biezychudek
might have choices of my own. I wish that I may help others find their stage and inspire them to act. Over and over again, my travels remind me that not all parents can do as mine. And despite tireless efforts, the troubles of our world persist. People live in View Details
- July 2009
- Article
The Abundance Effect: Unethical Behavior in the Presence of Wealth
By: F. Gino and L. Pierce
Gino, F., and L. Pierce. "The Abundance Effect: Unethical Behavior in the Presence of Wealth." Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes 109, no. 2 (July 2009): 142–155.
- February 9, 2016
- Article
How a 10-Year-Old Boy Gave 13,000 Young Adults the Chance to Get Ahead
Keywords: Opportunities; Nonprofit Organizations; Poverty; Equality and Inequality; Competency and Skills; Income
Chertavian, Gerald. "How a 10-Year-Old Boy Gave 13,000 Young Adults the Chance to Get Ahead." Forbes Grads of Life (February 9, 2016).
- March 2008
- Teaching Note
Brazil Under Lula: Off the Yellow BRIC Road (TN)
By: Aldo Musacchio
Teaching Note for [707031]. View Details
- Portrait Project
Kevin Omwega
people in Kenya face every day. I want to be there for them like Eric was for me. I want to help the single mother who works twenty hours a day to provide her family with basic needs, such as food and water. I want to help her children who are forced to beg for money... View Details
- 22 Apr 2014
- News
Being 'helpful' has mutual benefits
Catherine Bouvier d'Yvoire (MBA 1982), director of the Global Strategy Advisory of Citi, sees her role is being "helpful" to the governments and societies in which she works. (Published April 2014) View Details
- April 2000 (Revised August 2002)
- Case
The Holland House
By: William J. Poorvu and Michael A. Everett-Lane
In November 1993, Edward Geffner, executive director of Project Renewal, Inc. (PRI), is proposing that his not-for-profit firm develop Holland House at 351 West 42nd Street in New York City into a single- room occupancy hotel for homeless people. He has put together a... View Details
Keywords: Buildings and Facilities; Nonprofit Organizations; Social Entrepreneurship; Welfare; Construction; Poverty; Property; Real Estate Industry; Construction Industry; New York (city, NY)
Poorvu, William J., and Michael A. Everett-Lane. "The Holland House." Harvard Business School Case 800-362, April 2000. (Revised August 2002.)
- 10 AM – 11 AM EDT, 22 Oct 2015
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Collective Impact: An Innovative Approach to Improving Public Education
In this webinar, Professor Grossman will describe an innovative approach to improving public education Collective Impact and how you can get involved to help transform public education in the communities you care about. View Details
- October 2021
- Teaching Note
BRAC in 2020
By: Tarun Khanna and Shreya Ramachandran
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 721-416. View Details
- Portrait Project
Sue Yang
untold opportunity in a new country. It was the 1990s, and my parents had just emigrated from Shanghai, with me in tow. Shanghai had afforded them rare passage from poverty and illiteracy to higher education, and rarer still, to America.... View Details
- June 2011
- Article
Segmenting the Base of the Pyramid
By: V. Kasturi Rangan, Michael Chu and Djorjiji Petkoski
The bottom of the economic pyramid is a risky place for business, but decent profits can be made there if companies link their financial success with their constituencies' well-being. To do that effectively, you must understand the nuances of people's daily lives, say... View Details
Keywords: International Finance; Risk and Uncertainty; Value Creation; Human Needs; Income; Poverty; Profit; Relationships; Economics; Segmentation
Rangan, V. Kasturi, Michael Chu, and Djorjiji Petkoski. "Segmenting the Base of the Pyramid." Harvard Business Review 89, no. 6 (June 2011).
- June 2011
- Article
Truth in Giving: Experimental Evidence on the Welfare Effects of Informed Giving to the Poor
By: Christina Fong and Felix Oberholzer-Gee
It is often difficult for donors to predict the value of charitable giving because they know little about the persons who receive their help. This concern is particularly acute when making contributions to organizations that serve heterogeneous populations. While we... View Details
Keywords: Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Policy; Information; Knowledge Acquisition; Game Theory; Prejudice and Bias; Poverty; Welfare
Fong, Christina, and Felix Oberholzer-Gee. "Truth in Giving: Experimental Evidence on the Welfare Effects of Informed Giving to the Poor." Special Issue on Charitable Giving and Fundraising Journal of Public Economics 95, nos. 5-6 (June 2011): 436–444.
- Article
The Not-So-Common-Wealth of Australia: Evidence for a Cross-Cultural Desire for a More Equal Distribution of Wealth.
By: Michael I. Norton, David T. Neal, Cassandra L. Govan, Dan Ariely and Elise Holland
Recent evidence suggests that Americans underestimate wealth inequality in the United States and favor a more equal wealth distribution (Norton & Ariely, 2011). Does this pattern reflect ideological dynamics unique to the United States, or is the phenomenon evident in... View Details
Norton, Michael I., David T. Neal, Cassandra L. Govan, Dan Ariely, and Elise Holland. "The Not-So-Common-Wealth of Australia: Evidence for a Cross-Cultural Desire for a More Equal Distribution of Wealth." Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy 14, no. 1 (December 2014): 339–351.
- 14 Sep 2015
- News
Helping Investors Have an Impact
make a difference and give back to society. And that in itself was highly rewarding and fulfilling for me. “When I grew up in the Philippines, I experienced a contrast between poverty and material wealth. And throughout my years in the... View Details