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- 01 Feb 2018
- News
HBS Professor Emeritus Hugo Uyterhoeven Dies at 86
five grandchildren. A celebration of Uyterhoeven’s life will be held in Vero Beach on Tuesday, Feb. 6, at 10:30 a.m., in the John’s Island Golf Club Ballroom and at Harvard Business School on Saturday, May 5 at 10:30 a.m. in the Spangler Center. In lieu of flowers,... View Details
- 11 May 2017
- News
Going with the Flow
supply-demand issues—the need for donated bone marrow and stem cells that is so challenging for patients with diseases like leukemia—and that there were more people in need than there were in supply,” she says. “What was liquid gold, for... View Details
Keywords: Robert S. Benchley
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
Turning Point: Eternal Returns
Louisa Wong (MBA 1981) (Illustration by Gisela Goppel) Louisa Wong (MBA 1981) (Illustration by Gisela Goppel) I was born in the middle of Typhoon Gloria in 1957 and spent my early childhood in Kowloon’s Walled City, which at the time was an extremely poor and densely... View Details
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
William Jones: Builder with a Mission
a smile. Creatively using a combination of city and federal grants, HUD loans, private investments, and donations - and plenty of his own blood, sweat, and tears - Jones has slowly seen his dream, called the Urban Village, become a... View Details
Keywords: Thomas Frick
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Case Study: Declawing the Competition
company’s mission is social responsibility: A portion of the proceeds and products is donated to animal welfare organizations. KitNipBox regularly works with artisan suppliers who create handmade products and support animal welfare.... View Details
- 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
- 13 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: September 13
effective in publicly soliciting donations to a range of charities than confederates seated in a regular chair. In Experiment 2, whites changed their private attitudes more following face-to-face appeals from black than white... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 7, 2008
included Gap, Apple, Motorola, Armani, and American Express. The business model was structured to benefit partner companies by increasing consumer purchases—of (RED)-branded products such as red iPods and phones—while also resulting in increased View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 06 Jan 2012
- Op-Ed
Where Green Corporate Ratings Fail
News Corporation—a multinational media conglomerate that includes BSKYB, Dow Jones, Fox News, 20th Century Fox and Star, among other units—announced earlier this year that it has become climate neutral, meaning that its operations have no net impact on global climate... View Details
- 30 Apr 2025
- News
A Social Enterprise Talk in DC; Canadian Alumni Talk Trade; Meet the Leader: HBS Club of Colorado
DC Panel Looks at Social Enterprise in a New Government Landscape The HBS Club of Washington, DC teamed up with the HBS Social Enterprise Initiative (SEI) on April 2, to present an alumni panel discussion on social impact titled “New Perspectives in Social Enterprise,”... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 17 Dec 2024
- News
Solving the Underemployment Crisis
institution level, but for community colleges as well—is where some major employers have, in some cases donated equipment or donated staff time to be able to work with them to make sure that what they’re... View Details
- 11 Aug 2014
- HBS Case
The Business of Behavioral Economics
donations would be matched by the charity, but only if a certain percentage of contributors that day—either 25, 50, 75, or 100 percent—"upgraded" to a recurring monthly donation. They found that the contributors in the "75 percent"... 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
- 28 Aug 2012
- First Look
First Look: August 28
Publications Individuals' Decision to Co-Donate or Donate Alone: An Archival Study of Married Whole Body Donors in Hawaii Authors: Michel Anteby, Filiz Garip, Paul V. Martorana, and Scott Lozanoff Publication: PLoS ONE 7, no. 8: e42673... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Year in Review | Annual Report 2024
prizes, sponsors donated in-kind tools and services that will help the startups launch and grow. Since its inception in 1997, the competition has welcomed more than 6,300 participants and awarded $3,000,000 to students and alumni who are... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Bringing It Back Home
it is more important than ever. Nonprofits rely on corporations, foundations, philanthropists, and ordinary citizens for funding, all of whom have far less money for donations than they did prior to the financial meltdown. The donors... View Details
- 05 Jul 2016
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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