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- 08 Nov 2018
- News
Harvard Medical School Advances Research with $200 Million Gift
- 2018
- Book
The Gift of Global Talent: How Migration Shapes Business, Economy & Society
By: William R. Kerr
The global race for talent is on, with countries and businesses competing for the best and brightest. Foreign talent has transformed U.S. science and engineering, reshaped the economy, and influenced society at large. But America is bogged down in thorny debates on... View Details
Kerr, William R. The Gift of Global Talent: How Migration Shapes Business, Economy & Society. Stanford, CA: Stanford Business Books, 2018.
- 03 Feb 2022
- News
Historic Gift Allows HGSE to Expand Scholarship Aid for Teachers
- February 2014
- Teaching Note
Advising Families on Estate Planning
By: Robert C. Pozen
Sean Warrick is an estate planning adviser at Hellwig & Macon. He is preparing for meetings with two clients. His first clients are Peggy and David Bartley, a professional married couple of moderate wealth. His second clients are Ray and Michelle Polanski, a couple... View Details
- 15 Apr 2014
- News
Bertarelli Foundation Gift Names Deans' Health & Life Sciences Challenge Prize
Dean Nitin Nohria has announced that the Bertarelli Foundation of Switzerland, cochaired by Ernesto Bertarelli (MBA 1993), has established the Bertarelli Foundation Health & Life Sciences Entrepreneurship Fund with a generous gift to... View Details
- 16 Mar 2018
- News
Giving Back to Help The Next Generation
I am happy to give back,” she explains. “It was a nice surprise to me to learn that, as a younger alumna, I could create a named fellowship fund with a lower minimum gift and use my company match to help... View Details
- 24 Oct 2013
- Working Paper Summaries
When $3+$1 > $4: The Effect of Gift Salience on Employee Effort in an Online Labor Market
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Chinese Executives Give IXP Program a Boost
The Chinese have a long tradition of gift giving, so it wasn’t a complete surprise when the seventeen executives who completed Executive Education’s 2010 Global CEO Program for China decided to show appreciation for their experience. They... View Details
- 05 Aug 2022
- Research & Ideas
Why People Crave Feedback—and Why We’re Afraid to Give It
Abi-Esber says. After all, there are few greater gifts a person can give someone than showing them that you are paying attention to what they are doing, and helping them to do it more successfully, Gino... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- Article
The Multidimensional Effects of a Small Gift:: Evidence from a Natural Field Experiment
By: Ellen Garbarino, Robert Slonim and Carmen Wang
Using a large natural field experiment, we demonstrate that a small unconditional gift (pen) more than doubled both small (survey) and large (blood donation) responses. We find no evidence that the opportunity for a small response crowded out the larger response;... View Details
Keywords: Reciprocity; Gift Exchange; Blood Donation; Charitable Behavior; Field Experiment; Behavior; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving
Garbarino, Ellen, Robert Slonim, and Carmen Wang. "The Multidimensional Effects of a Small Gift: Evidence from a Natural Field Experiment." Economics Letters 120, no. 1 (July 2013): 83–61.
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Joining Together for HBS
Innovation Lab, the MBA FIELD course, the W50 Summit, and HBX, the School's emerging online learning platform. We recently designated our gift to the HBS Fund for Leadership and Innovation because the fund is designed specifically to... View Details
- Web
The Gift - A Concrete Symbol: The Building of Harvard Business School 1908-1927 – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections
The Competition McKim, Mead & White The Campus Emerges Concrete Symbols The Dedication Building the Campus Research Links Bibliography Archival Collections Digital Resources Site Credits The Gift “My life has been given to business, and I... View Details
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HBS Fund
- 2025
- Working Paper
How Do Nonprofits Use Cash Windfalls? Evidence from $5B in Unrestricted Donations
By: Jennifer Walsh
How do nonprofits use unrestricted gifts? Donations to 501(c)(3)'s are increasingly given unrestricted due to concerns that restrictions on use unduly constrain nonprofits. I study the effect of such funding on recipients using a $5B sample of MacKenzie Scott's gifts... View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit Organizations; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Budgets and Budgeting; Compensation and Benefits
Walsh, Jennifer. "How Do Nonprofits Use Cash Windfalls? Evidence from $5B in Unrestricted Donations." SSRN Working Paper Series, March 2025.