Venture Philanthropy - Publications - Faculty & Research

Web

Leadership - Faculty & Research

Growth and Development Strategy ; Growth Management ; Rural Scope ; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving ; Equality and Inequality ; Education Industry ; Central Asia ; Kazakhstan Citation Educators Purchase Related Groysberg, Boris, and... View Details

2015
Working Paper

Wisdom or Madness? Comparing Crowds with Expert Evaluation in Funding the Arts

By: Ethan Mollick and Ramana Nanda

In fields as diverse as technology entrepreneurship and the arts, crowds of interested stakeholders are increasingly responsible for deciding which innovations to fund, a privilege that was previously reserved for a few experts, such as venture capitalists and... View Details

Keywords: Arts; Decision Choices and Conditions; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving

Citation

SSRN

Read Now

Web

Antitrust & Competition Policy - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

HBS ISC Research Areas Research Areas Antitrust & Competition Policy CEO Leadership Environmental Quality Innovation & Innovative Capacity Philanthropy Social Progress Index Antitrust & Competition ... Antitrust & Competition Policy... View Details

Web

Clubs & Consulting | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

recommendations for review. Projects run from October to April. If you think your organization could benefit from the services of our club, please complete the interest form by September 4. Created by Harbus News Corporation at HBS, the Harbus Foundation provides... View Details

F. Warren McFarlan

Professor McFarlan earned his AB from Harvard University in 1959, and his MBA and DBA from the Harvard Business School in 1961 and 1965 respectively. He has had a significant role in introducing materials on Management Information Systems to all major programs at... View Details

Keywords: communications; computer; e-commerce industry; health care; information; information technology industry; nonprofit industry

21 May 2024
News

A New Chapter

Joe Wolf (MBA 1999), cofounder and co-CEO of Imagine Worldwide, wants to provide educational opportunity where it is needed most. “In the next 30 years, half of the world’s youth will be sub-Saharan African,” says Wolf. “Right now, the World Bank reports that only one... View Details

Keywords: Catherine O’Neill Grace; photo by Cayce Clifford

Web

Globalization - Faculty & Research

of that firm's affiliate activity in their native countries. Ethnic innovators also appear to facilitate the disintegration of innovative activity across borders and to allow U.S. multinationals to form new affiliates abroad without the support of local joint View Details

09 Apr 2024
Cold Call Podcast

Sustaining a Legacy of Giving in Turkey

Keywords: Re: Christina R. Wing

19 May 2021
Op-Ed

Why America Needs a Better Bridge Between School and Career

change among training organizations, our research team at Harvard’s interdisciplinary Project on Workforce analyzed 316 applications to the Postsecondary Innovation for Equity initiative. The grant competition, launched by venture View Details

Keywords: by Joseph B. Fuller and Rachel Lipson

October 2023 (Revised January 2025)
Case

Ӧzyeğin Social Investments: A Legacy of Giving

By: Christina R. Wing, Zeshan Gondal and Brittany L. Logan

This case explores the work of Özyeğin Social Investments, founded by Hüsnü Özyeğin, one of Turkey's most successful entrepreneurs. With a focus on education, health, gender equality, rural development, and disaster relief in Turkey, Özyeğin Social Investments and the... View Details

Keywords: Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Family Business; Business Model; Social Entrepreneurship; Social Enterprise; Turkey

Citation

Educators

Purchase

Web

Industry Information - Alumni

Premium articles require a fee-based subscription. The Atlantic - Education Follow stories focused on current education events and issues. Chronicle of Philanthropy News publication that includes articles and data on donors, charities and... View Details

04 Feb 2022
Blog Post

Learning from the Entrepreneurs-in-Residence as a Harvard MS/MBA Student

positioned to tackle the challenges that come with building a company. During my conversation with Stacey Boyd I learned about the importance of storytelling. Olivela is a luxury brand that embodies philanthropy through every transaction... View Details

Web

2024 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

After the Boom and the Bust What’s Next for Venture Capital and Entrepreneurship? Professor Professor Josh Lerner (PMD 62) + More Info - Slides – Less Info - Slides Venture capital—and high-potential... View Details

Fast Answer

Social Entrepreneurship & Systems Change

Detailed information on company professionals including relationships among firms/organizations and executives Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation - a global venture philanthropy firm supporting... View Details

21 Apr 2011
Research & Ideas

Searching for Better Practices in Social Investing

Investing: Emerging Trends in a Changing Landscape," a recent panel discussion hosted by Harvard Business School's Social Enterprise Initiative. They also touched on growing trends including venture View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Financial Services

20 Aug 2013
First Look

First Look: August 20

mentors can―and should―play in cultivating and sharing juniors' career narratives. Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/search/413122-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 313-111 Venture Philanthropy: Its Evolution and Its Future This note... View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

Web

William H. Draper, III | Baker Library

Europe and Asia; a year later, he cofounded Draper Richards L.P. to bring attention to domestic technology companies. He is also a cofounder of Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation, a venture philanthropy group... View Details

01 Jan 2009
News

William K. Bowes Jr., MBA 1952

building companies such as Sun Microsystems, Callaway Golf, and Ross Stores. Bowes also played a key role at Amgen, serving as the first chairman and treasurer of what has become the world’s largest biotech company. Venture View Details

14 Sep 2015
News

Helping Investors Have an Impact

getting people to cross-connect and cross-pollinate our ideas. It enables philanthropic funders, whether they are philanthropists giving money or they are institutional investors who want to actually deploy their assets via venture View Details

24 Sep 2015
Blog Post

Why We Recruit: Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation

Nancy Huang (HBS ’96), Director of Outreach, Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation Describe your organization in three to five sentences. The Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation is a global venture philanthropy... View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit / Government

Publications