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25 Aug 2017
Op-Ed

Op-Ed: After Charlottesville, Where Does a CEO's Responsibility Lie?

strongly pro-Trump Fox News) wrote to all employees that he was donating $1 million to the Anti-Defamation League in reaction to the president’s statements. This issue raises the question, where does a CEO's responsibility lie when... View Details

Keywords: by Gautam Mukunda

01 Dec 2015
Research & Ideas

What to Do When Your Organization Has Dueling Missions

social enterprise (WISE), a type of organization that helps people transition back into the labor market after long-term unemployment. It also exemplifies what organization theorists call a hybrid: Rather than depending on charitable View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

05 Apr 2022
Blog Post

The HBS New Venture Competition Turns 25: Celebrating A Quarter Century of Innovation and Entrepreneurship

$325,000 in cash prizes, sponsors have donated in-kind tools and services that will help the startups launch and grow. In-kind sponsors are AWS, Baker for Business, Bubble, CASE Smart Impact Capital, Foley Hoag, Harvard Innovation Labs,... View Details

10 Apr 2019
HBS Case

How Entrepreneurs Can Turn Lead Into Gold

leverage non-market, non-pecuniary resources,” Wu says. For example, a startup can benefit more from advice and mentorship from a successful person in their industry, or in-kind donations of legal or financial services, than they can from... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services

20 Oct 2014
Research & Ideas

Users Love Ello, But What’s the Business Model?

need to turn back to the users, like Wikipedia, and say "we need your help." You might be somewhere between an NPR model, where the service you're providing is good for the user and for society so people donate to keep it going,... View Details

Keywords: Re: John A. Deighton & Sunil Gupta; Publishing; Financial Services

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

10 Aug 2020
Blog Post

HBS Summer Fellows Focus on Racial Equity and Justice

Boston, initially stocked with 30 books each, and garner used and new book donations to promote a continual exchange of books. After establishing a process for exchanging books and knowledge on racial justice, I plan to test different... View Details

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2.3.1 Drug & Alcohol Policy | MBA

and served by Restaurant Associates (login required) . Additionally: Donated alcohol is not permitted. In accordance with the HBS liquor license, hard liquor may not be served or present at on-campus events. Alcohol is not permitted in... View Details

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Delving Deeper into Development with the Joint MBA/MPA-ID Program | MBA

fall into poverty because the outbreak was taking away lives, sources of income, foreign investment, and community stability. My short-term response to the outbreak was to coordinate donations in cash and volunteer hours to organizations... View Details

20 Feb 2014
News

Managing the World’s Trouble Spots

global emergencies. His work included the planning and delivery of humanitarian aid during the war in Afghanistan—an experience he found both powerful and frustrating. When a US town raised money to donate an ambulance to the Afghan... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

01 Jun 2025
News

Alumni Achievement Awards 2025

Edited by Julia Hanna; photographs by Susan Young Award Recipients Video MORE ON THE RECIPIENTS Read more about the 2025 recipients, and learn about past recipients. ALUMNI ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS SITE MORE ON THE RECIPIENTS Read more about the 2025 recipients, and learn... View Details

Keywords: leadership; Alumni Achievement Awards

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For Guests | Commencement 2025

guests to reduce bottled water plastic waste; donating leftover food to Food for Free ; providing waste sorting stations to divert usable resources from trash into the recycle and compost (which is anaerobically digested) streams; using... View Details

01 Sep 2011
News

Extraordinary People

focus has been eliminating disparities in education. His foundation’s multipronged approach includes serving students at every level, from preschool through university. Although he has donated hundreds of millions of dollars to help... View Details

Keywords: Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Finance; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

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

20 Feb 2018
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, February 20, 2018

develops a relationship with a director of a regional health fund who also runs a private foundation. After a natural disaster, Healthgen—at the request of the director—donated products to help during the crises. After Healthgen wins an important contract, the media... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Women's History Month | Baker Library

advocate, and role model for women in business. The Muriel Siebert papers, donated in 2020, include Siebert’s personal and professional records. View Collection Muriel Siebert at the New York Stock Exchange, 1960s. Muriel Siebert... View Details

10 Jan 2012
First Look

First Look: January 10

effect was mediated by self-reported feelings of moral purity. In Experiment 2, the same manipulation increased the amount of money participants donated to a good cause, and self-reported feelings of moral purity mediated this... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

28 Nov 2011
Research & Ideas

Rethinking the Fairness of Organ Transplants

typically need to be transplanted within 36 to 48 hours, otherwise they begin to deteriorate, so recipients who live close to the source of the donated organ often are logistically preferable. Another difficulty: waiting lists can be much... View Details

Keywords: by Dennis Fisher; Health

15 Jun 2021
News

Alumni Work to Reverse Bias Through Philanthropy

(MBA 2019) Kenneth Chenault (MBA 2019) Kevin Chenault (MBA 2021) Kevin Chenault (MBA 2021) To answer their question, the group inaugurated the ARF as a GoFundMe project that raised $40,000 within 12 hours. The fund has since evolved into a nonprofit that streamlines... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

27 Oct 2016
News

Paying It Forward

how fortunate I am, especially in light of my dad’s history. I’m also happy that my son Ricky has started taking an interest in helping too. For example, he led a workshop introducing the kids to Scratch programming, and donated his own... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

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