Filter Results:
(658)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(658)
- People (1)
- News (296)
- Research (280)
- Multimedia (4)
- Faculty Publications (113)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(658)
- People (1)
- News (296)
- Research (280)
- Multimedia (4)
- Faculty Publications (113)
- 02 Apr 2013
- First Look
First Look: April 2
Impact Investment Omidyar Network (ON), having deployed over $500 million in ways ranging from donations to commercial equity capital, must decide whether to back Anudip, an Indian organization dedicated to rural employment. The social... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Nov 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Business of Babies
yet donors are paid according to the desirability of their physical and mental qualities—at least $2,500, but sometimes much more. Spar showed an ad that appeared in Ivy League campus newspapers that offered $50,000 to women who were at least 5' 10" with 1400 SAT... View Details
- 14 Oct 2020
- News
Sewn with Love
first time Hanazawa has wrestled with the ways she could urge her industry to focus on social impact. In 2011, an earthquake and tsunami leveled towns and cities in her home country of Japan, and she struggled with how to help. She weighed her options: She could View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 26 May 2015
- First Look
First Look: May 26
2015, Chris Godfrey, founder and CEO of Bloodbuy, has to consider the best path to growth for his young company, which is attempting to disrupt the blood donation industry. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Entering the Age of Alliances
positively by Visa cardholders became the basis for a cause-related marketing collaboration in which Visa donates to RIF a percentage of charges during certain periods when the reading program is promoted. Another unexpected fit is that... View Details
Keywords: by James Austin
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
David Horgan: Iraqi Briefing, 21st November, 2003
create only the illusion of transparency - while delaying work. Donations yield reduced value because of inefficiency and security costs. A worse problem surrounds Madrid pledges. Pledges are not the same as cash, as Afghans found.... View Details
- 25 Jul 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas: July 25, 2017
global poverty; their target is to donate 10% of their profits, but as a new capital-intensive business they give 2% of their revenue. Their income streams are mainly direct-to-consumer sales along with corporate sales and a special... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- Web
Supplemental Financial Information - Financial Report 2015
well as unrestricted and restricted current use gifts— increased to $190 million, or 27 percent of total revenue, from $188 million in fiscal 2014. In contrast, revenue from the endowment comprised 35 percent, and annual donations for... View Details
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books The Boxer of Quirinal By John Barr (MBA 1972) Red Hen Press All animals struggle to survive. In John Barr’s poems, the success of the heron hunting, the albatross breeding, the inchworm spinning give proof of life. But for us that... 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
- 15 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 15
control condition, and this 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... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Jan 2015
- Research & Ideas
Thriving in the Turbulence of Emerging Markets
only working for our interests. We need to change this perception," he said. The same commitment to society was manifested by the Sabancı family in Turkey. The Sabanci Foundation, which was set up with Güler Sabancı's grandmother donating... View Details
- 02 Mar 2016
- News
On Credit
future historians, as few of those reports survive. In 1933, the firm merged with its closest competitor, J.M. Bradstreet & Co., to become Dun & Bradstreet. Dun & Bradstreet donated the credit volumes to Baker in 1962. “They say they will... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
New Ventures New Gains
insignificant, faculty and student organizers emphasize that the contest’s value lies well beyond such monetary rewards and services, which are donated by corporate sponsors and the HBS Entrepreneurship Program. “The measure of success is... 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
- 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
- 28 Sep 2010
- First Look
First Look: September 28, 2010
3) disseminating knowledge created by socially relevant design throughout the profession. As a central actor and change agent in the profession, Public Architecture created The 1% Program, a national network of architecture and design firms that have publicly pledged... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 May 2009
- First Look
First Look: May 12, 2009
this situation, donations are likely to decline, investment surplus has declined and biotech partners are challenged to finance joint projects as well as their own operations. Beall is striving to find a cure for cystic fibrosis while... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace