Voluntary Contributions To Public Goods - Publications - Faculty & Research

30 Sep 2019
Book

6 Steps to Building a Better Workplace for Black Employees

companies, and, more often than not, business leaders remain silent on the issue. That cloak of silence from the top tends to enfold all employees. Ellis Cose, an author of several books about race and View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

20 Aug 2014
News

With No Time to Lose

“At first it was just some of us from our Section I. Then it was other students and professors. If you knew Avi—he is so inspiring, no one says ‘no’ to him.” Indeed, dozens of HBS students, alumni, staff, and past and present faculty... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

30 Sep 2021
Blog Post

Driving Social Impact Through Consumer Behavior: Nonprofit to Finance to Retail with Nicole Krantz (MBA 2022)

consumer-related paths in her RC year and connected with Career Coaches to discuss consulting, retail, and consumer goods. Top of mind was finding a summer internship in which she could contribute View Details

Keywords: Retail

05 Sep 2018
Research & Ideas

The Hidden Benefit of Giving Back to Open Source Software

Contributing: Gaining Competitive Advantage Through Contribution to Crowdsourced Public Goods, published in the journal Organization Science, Nagle interviewed technology... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Computer

09 Nov 2023
HBS Case

What Will It Take to Confront the Invisible Mental Health Crisis in Business?

that this is something that needs to be tackled, but also worrisome and scary in some ways, because you see just how many blind spots we have and the magnitude of the problem. Baskin: What is the magnitude of the problem? Cohen: There is... View Details

Keywords: by Kara Baskin; Health

10 Jan 2005
Research & Ideas

How to Put Meaning Back into Leading

we believe can be quite important to the long-term survival of organizations and the contribution they make to society at large. As organizational scholarship and management... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

19 Jan 2022
In Practice

7 Trends to Watch in 2022

expenditures? Expectations for business leadership will be greater than ever. For example, real estate developers will be expected to not just comply with building codes but actively contribute View Details

Keywords: by HBS News

01 Mar 2023
News

Enabling Students to Pursue Their Passions

2024) and Tristan Bagala (MBA 2023), who are set on a path to pursue personally meaningful work that contributes to the greater good of society.... View Details

Keywords: April White

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Why You Might Want to Say Goodbye to the Annual Performance Review | Working Knowledge

employees seeking advancement by moving to new organizations rather than climbing the internal ladder. Over the last decade, the annual quit rate—a key indicator of voluntary turnover—has steadily increased,... View Details

02 Nov 2015
News

Making Higher Ed Accessible to Africans

material wealth, but we believe it also leads to a powerful contribution to familial wealth, country wealth, and ultimately, wealth for the continent,” says Royster, cofounder... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

01 Apr 1996
News

Wake-Up Call: Farewell to the American Dream?

University's Wagner School of Public Policy. In The End of Affluence, you write that since 1870, America's productivity - the output of goods and services per hour of work - grew at an average annual rate of... View Details

2005
Book

Gifts of Time and Money: The Role of Charity in America's Communities

By: Arthur C. Brooks

Policymakers, civic leaders, and scholars have increasingly focused their attention over the last decade-and-a-half on the importance of voluntary participation in civil society. From George H. W. Bush's Thousand Points of Light to Bill Clinton's AmeriCorps to George... View Details

Keywords: Volunteering; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Society; United States

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31 Aug 2021
Book

Feeling Powerless at Work? Time to Agitate, Innovate, and Orchestrate

pernicious effects that power has." Sharing some of their power with their employees, for example by giving them more autonomy or allowing them to contribute to the... View Details

Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald

10 Oct 2023
Blog Post

Policy Drivers for Environmental Justice: What Businesses Need to Know

level-setting on terminology and definitions; major policy drivers and incentives in the US; and examples of EJ being applied by businesses, including areas where policy has resulted in action by businesses, and areas where action is lacking. We are grateful for Skye’s... View Details

12 May 2011
Research & Ideas

The Difficult Transition from For-Profit to Nonprofit Boards

schools and why, appropriately socialized, those with for-profit backgrounds can contribute so much to the nonprofit world. Repeatedly we have seen new trustees and ineffective boards try View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

03 Feb 2018
Op-Ed

How to Heed BlackRock's Call for Corporate Social Responsibility

do so, investment funds will need to collect new data. The good news is that over the past decades, many initiatives have contributed to... View Details

Keywords: by Julie Battilana

26 Feb 2019
Blog Post

Forget Cash. Here Are Better Ways to Motivate Employees

workplace event to hand out checks, and invite the employees’ peers. Perhaps add a certificate of appreciation along with the check. “People are more likely to contribute posts... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

12 Nov 2014
Op-Ed

A Challenge to the New Congress: Pass Housing Finance Reform

contribute to a plunge in the nation's economy. But, like Alice's Cheshire Cat, we recognized that to get "there," we had first to... View Details

Keywords: by Nicolas Retsinas & Rob Couch; Construction; Real Estate

20 Nov 2019
News

HBS Examines Alumni Social Impact in the World

08 May 2020
In Practice

Nonprofits Hurt by COVID-19 Must Hoard Cash to Hold On

sales. If the economy remains shut for more than a couple of months, the enterprise will not survive. A creative donor rushing in with debt at low rates and a grace period may decide the future access of the majority of Mexicans to View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

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