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- 23 May 2019
- Book
These Entrepreneurs Take a Pragmatic Approach to Solving Social Problems
three boxes for us. The following week he had six. It grew organically from there.” Today, the nonprofit receives surplus food from more than 1,200 outlets across the continent. Coles, one of Australia’s largest supermarket chains, makes food View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
These Are the Good Old Days
fashion closet, thousands of books, original artwork for magazine covers — “and it was the sale of the century,” says Moore with pride. “It was also a wonderful redistribution of the wealth within the building.” In addition, the sale raised $10,000, which was View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Money (Actually) Can Buy Happiness
found that when you get a $25 bonus for yourself, not much happens. But if you get $25 to spend on a teammate, it makes you happier, and in some cases, it can also improve the coordination of the team. On the customer side, we’ve done experiments where a company gives... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 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
- 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
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
The Baby Business
market. As an individual, you don’t want to stand out on a street corner and tap people on the shoulder and ask them if they’d like to donate their eggs or their sperm to you. You want an arm’s-length transaction. That creates a nice... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
One-on-One with Edwin Reed
affordable-housing development, and commercial revitalization. Total revenues for Allen will soon top $25 million per year, with about half coming from donations to the church (the cathedral’s average weekly collection is $235,000) and... View Details
- 12 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 12, 2007
that only large enterprises could attempt. IBM, for instance, has created a nonprofit partnership, World Community Grid, through which any organization or individual can donate unused computing power to research projects and see what is... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 25 Jan 2011
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 25
Living Kidney Donation Authors:Ruthanne L. Hanto, Alvin E. Roth, M. Utku Ünver, and Francis L. Delmonico Publication:Chap. 8 in Kidney Transplantation: A Guide to the Care of Transplant Recipients, edited by D. McKay and S. Steinberg,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Yoga Inc.
the Lululemons, YogaWorks, Wanderlusts, and donation models such as Vaccaro’s can coexist and thrive, says Deshpandé, all proliferating into increasingly narrow segments of a seemingly limitless market. In the end, maybe that’s the real... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Halber
- 01 Jun 2025
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards 2025
Edited by Julia Hanna; photographs by Susan Young 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 about past recipients.... View Details
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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
- 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
- 02 Jan 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 3, 2018
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53646 January–February 2018 Harvard Business Review The New CEO Activists By: Chatterji, Aaron K., and Michael W. Toffel Abstract—Though corporations have been lobbying the government and making campaign View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Mar 2007
- First Look
First Look: March 13, 2007
Enterprise Capital Markets Harvard Business School Case 307-078 Seeking to impact global poverty and philanthropy, eBay founder Pierre Omidyar donates $100 million to Tufts University for a trust restricted to investment in microfinance.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace