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For Guests - Commencement 2025
water stations for guests to reduce bottled water plastic waste; donate leftover food to Food for Free ; provide waste sorting stations to divert usable resources from trash into the recycle and compost (which is anaerobically digested)... View Details
- 13 Feb 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 13, 2018
February 2018 Journal of Public Economics The Impact of a Surprise Donation Ask By: Exley, Christine L., and Ragan Petrie Abstract—Individuals frequently exploit "flexibility" built into decision environments to give less. They... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
market value rather than let his heirs unknowingly commit the collection’s disposal to their next garage sale or as a donation to Goodwill. If you’re in a similar situation, you’ll want to know this story. This book includes many color... View Details
- 05 Feb 2019
- News
Protecting the Power Grid
chairman and president; sectionmate Paul Schwarzbaum (MBA 1988) agreed to serve as a director. “We aim to protect industrialized societies against the long-term collapse of infrastructure through technical and regulatory solutions,” says Popik, who View Details
- 02 Aug 2021
- Blog Post
ALUMNI WORK TO REVERSE BIAS THROUGH PHILANTHROPY
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 donations to a dynamic portfolio of organizations and develops partnerships across the... View Details
- 09 Nov 2010
- First Look
First Look: November 9, 2010
Thomas J. SteenburghHarvard Business School Case 511-057 Better World Books, a young start-up, provides a socially conscious alternative to Amazon, collecting and selling used books to keep them out of the waste stream, while donating a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Sep 2014
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First Look: September 2
resulting from an active choice frame. In addition, individuals are more likely to support donating the organs of a deceased who did not opt-in than one who said "no" in an active choice frame. Download working paper:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 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
- 18 Nov 2021
- Op-Ed
5 Principles for Scaling Change from IBM’s High School Innovation
into any other state or geography that implemented P-TECH. So, you got the key players not just to donate something, but to be part of the decision-making process. The new principal of the first P-TECH school went door to door in the... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- Profile
Arthur Rock
all about,” Rock said. “It’s about building companies. Success for me is helping to build great companies. That’s how I get my kicks.” For the past half-century, Rock has certainly gotten his kicks. He has been an active champion of entrepreneurism in American business... View Details
- 05 Jul 2016
- First Look
July 5, 2016
Petrie Abstract—A growing body of empirical evidence documents a reluctance to make charitable gifts. Individuals avoid donation asks, and when asked, give less by viewing factors—such as ambiguity or risk—in a self-serving manner.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Oct 2000
- Research & Ideas
Building a Powerful Prestige Brand
consideration to your product." Estée set out to prove him wrong, telling Fiske that she would demonstrate Saks customers' interest in her products at a charity luncheon at which she was speaking. The event was held at the Starlight Roof of the Waldorf-Astoria... View Details
- 19 Mar 2019
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New Research and Ideas, March 19, 2019
inequality affects behaviour towards the rich and poor. In Experiment 1, participants who became aware that wealthy individuals donated a smaller percentage of their income switched from rewarding the wealthy to rewarding the poor. In... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 18 Dec 2018
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New Research and Ideas, December 18, 2018
GoFundMe is the world’s largest social fundraising platform. Gross donation volume is growing rapidly, yet the number of monthly campaign starts is relatively flat. The CEO contemplates a variety of growth initiatives. Purchase this... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 19 Sep 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 19
illustrate the process and power of market design through three examples: the design of medical residency matching programs, a scrip system to allocate food donations to food banks, and the recent “Incentive Auction” that reallocated... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Oct 2015
- First Look
October 13, 2015
Boudreau, Kevin J., Lars Bo Jeppesen, Toke Reichstein, and Francisco Rullani Abstract—For a wide class of crowdfunding approaches, we argue that the reward structure (for funders) is closer to that of charitable donations to public goods... View Details
- 12 Dec 2018
- News
Lesson Plan
motion to disqualify a firm that inaccurately stated it had not contributed to current school board members’ election campaigns—yet had incorporated two PACS donating $3,000 to the sitting school board president’s campaign—did not pass.... View Details
- 07 Feb 2012
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First Look: February 7
of those children. Using data from an online charity that solicits donations for school projects, we found that proposals accompanied by images of older African American students (Grades 6-12) led to fewer View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Supplemental Financial Information | Annual Report 2024
Business in Global Society (BiGS), and the School’s need-based fellowship program. Revenue from unrestricted current use gifts remained constant at $44 million in fiscal 2024. Maintaining consistent support for unrestricted current use View Details
- 14 Nov 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas: November 14, 2017
through three examples: the design of medical residency matching programs, a scrip system to allocate food donations to food banks, and the recent "Incentive Auction" that reallocated wireless spectrum from television broadcasters to... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel