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19 Aug 2021
News

A Letter to My White Friends and Colleagues

also servants of other people and to help with the uplifting of them. DM: So there are four things in the book that you argue that white people can do to help the Black community. One of your suggestions is that people can donate to... View Details

15 Dec 2011
News

An HBS gift guide

water bottle that marries fashion and function.” The company donates 10% of sales to WaterAid, a 501(c)(3) organization that improves access to safe water, hygiene and sanitation in the world's poorest communities in Africa and Asia. Find... View Details

Keywords: Bulletin Staff; holiday; gift giving; Manufacturing; Retail Trade

01 Oct 2001
Research & Ideas

Connecting With Nonprofits

conceptualize these as the Cross-Sector Collaboration Continuum along which there are three types and stages of relationships (see Figure 1): Philanthropic Stage. This is the most common type of relationship between businesses and nonprofits. It largely consists of... View Details

Keywords: by James Austin

01 Oct 2024
Research & Ideas

How Politics Drives Business Decisions in a Polarized Nation

How politics cuts across business Written with Margarita Tsoutsoura, an associate professor of finance at Washington University in St. Louis, the analysis draws from data such as executive surveys, voter registration lists, campaign View Details

Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald

25 May 2015
Blog Post

RapidSOS Wins the HBS New Venture Competition

Innovation Lab and Rock Center for Entrepreneurship taught us how to build and organize an agile development team. Meanwhile, we reached out to countless alumni in the technology and telecom space. Again and again, we were blown away by the generosity of the HBS... View Details

16 Dec 2020
Blog Post

Alumni on the Black Lives Matter Movement

raised more than $300,000 in donations to support organizations fighting racism. JUNE 30 Cedric Bobo (MBA 2004) recently led an effort to save summer internships for Black and Hispanic youth. Bobo is CEO of Project Destined, a nonprofit... View Details

17 Feb 2015
News

The First Five Years: Justin Pasquariello (MBA 2010)

translate for us, willingness to donate isn’t so different—and so my strategy class has also been very helpful. I use accounting to evaluate finances and develop budget documents both here and in my role on the board of the organization I... View Details

Keywords: Health, Social Assistance

09 Oct 2019
Research & Ideas

For Better Ideas, Bring the Right People to the Brainstorm

map—including apps for donating food waste, sharing photos, sourcing wedding vendors, renting wedding dresses, and making creative wedding registries. Koning’s favorite out-of-the-box idea was an app to simplify divorce, which is... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

18 Jan 2012
Research & Ideas

Beyond Heroic Entrepreneurs

of applicants for 2006, 63.2 percent proposed business models based entirely on donations, 33 percent offered models based on a mix of donations and generated revenue, and 3.9 percent proposed models meant to run entirely on... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

17 Jun 2020
Blog Post

Black MBA Students Pen Letters to the HBS Community: Letter 2/5

proximate and donate Public outcry, demonstrations, and media coverage certainly play a role, but they do not touch the ugly, uncomfortable, and messy work that is required for meaningful transformation. That type of change will require... View Details

01 Jun 1996
News

Keepers of the Flame

and project management, Art Mosley (MBA '68), ACOG's director of venue acquisition, has seen his share of controversies surrounding property issues and negotiations. So it was with pleasant anticipation that he contemplated a major phase of his ACOG job description:... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

25 Sep 2017
Research & Ideas

Why Politics is Failing America, and What Business Can Do To Help

eliminating fundraising, they say ensuring that donations are fully transparent, closing fundraising loopholes, and encouraging small donors to participate can restore some balance and expand the rolls of those whose needs are heard.... View Details

Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette

21 Nov 2005
Research & Ideas

The Geography of Corporate Giving

the headquarters' community and that 80 percent of corporations claim that their largest single donation was within their community. Further, HBS professor Rosabeth Moss Kanter, in a study published in the late 1990s, showed that... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

21 Jul 2015
First Look

First Look: July 21, 2015

twice"), such as a charitable donation in the recipient's name, have become increasingly popular. Recipients generally enjoy these gifts, which not only benefit others in need but also make recipients feel good about themselves. But... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Jun 2025
News

Navigating Uncertainty: Dean Datar on HBS’s Path Forward

With Harvard navigating an array of pressures, Jana Kierstead, Executive Director of the MBA and Doctoral Programs and External Relations, spoke with Dean Srikant Datar about how HBS is responding to new challenges while maintaining its focus on strategic priorities.... View Details

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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 Aug 2012
First Look

First Look: August 7

parts. Implications for diversity research are discussed. Working PapersUnobserved State Fragility and the Political Transfer Problem Authors:Faisal Z. Ahmed and Eric Werker Abstract Autocrats experiencing a windfall in unearned income may find it optimal to View Details