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22 Sep 2021
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Meet LASO: The HBS Latino Student Organization

MBA students at HBS through MLT (Management Leadership for Tomorrow), a nonprofit dedicated to growing the network of diverse leaders. When I visited for Admitted Students Weekend, I was welcomed by the Latino student community and walked... View Details

03 Oct 2007
Research & Ideas

Dealing with the ‘Irrational’ Negotiator

consortium of nonprofit organizations whose mission it was to lobby for an increase in food aid to disadvantaged countries! What explains such seemingly irrational and self-defeating behavior? Why would this group oppose legislation that... View Details

Keywords: by Deepak Malhotra & Max H. Bazerman

25 Jan 2017
HBS Case

How Should Advertisers Respond to Consumer Demand for Whiter Skin?

explains, the prejudice seems to have a deeper impact on women, whose worth is more often judged by society on their appearance. (This is obvious from matrimonial ads that seek brides who are “fair and beautiful.”) Founders of Women of Worth (WOW), a View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Beauty & Cosmetics

10 Feb 2023
Research & Ideas

COVID-19 Lessons: Social Media Can Nudge More People to Get Vaccinated

results are important for health agencies as well, in that they show online platforms provide another tool for public health officials and nonprofit leaders to use in their messaging campaigns. “Social media can be a cost-effective way to... View Details

Keywords: by Scott Van Voorhis; Health; Technology

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Case Studies - Social Impact Collaboratory

investors as well as trustees of leading nonprofits had expressed uncertainty about whether MRIs were compatible with a board’s fiduciary duties. Darren wondered if his board held the same view. This case will explore the process and... View Details

01 Sep 2023
News

Global Outposts Expand HBS’s Intellectual Footprint

HBS European Alumni Summit in Paris last fall attended by 250 participants, including Senior Lecturer Brian Trelstad and Professor Gunnar Trumbull. The conference, titled “Re.Invent: Leadership for a Sustainable Future,” featured leaders and experts from industry,... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

25 Apr 2024
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Origin Stories

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Where we come from and how we were raised has a profound effect on who we become. The recipients of this year’s Alumni Achievement Award grew up... View Details

27 Feb 2017
Research & Ideas

Reputation is Vital to Survival in Turbulent Markets

organizations? Khanna: Leaders interviewed for the Emerging Markets project are generally considered to be iconic stewards of their society. They may be great business people, they may be prominent regulators, they may be people who built important View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

04 May 2013
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James Dinan & Elizabeth Miller, both MBA 1985

former investment banker, a current full-time mother, and a member of numerous nonprofit boards, Miller sees their gift as a natural extension of the most important lessons they learned at HBS. “We both have strong feelings about where to... View Details

22 Apr 2002
Research & Ideas

Does Spirituality Drive Success?

in the Boston-Cambridge area, but was financing over 50 percent of AIDS housing, Glassman said. In addition to outreach and socially responsible investing, the bank offers online donation functionality to any nonprofit that is a bank... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace, Sean Silverthorne & Wendy Guild

11 Mar 2019
Research & Ideas

Branding Sells Cereal, Handbags, and Vacations. Can It Sell a Country?

again a magnet for companies. With its targeting capabilities, relatively low cost, and vast reach, social media has become an essential marketing channel, especially for those trying to reach young consumers. The Israeli nonprofit Vibe... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Tourism

08 Feb 2024
Blog Post

African American Student Union Spotlight on Joint Degrees

have a career that spans the public, private, and nonprofit sectors. Through the joint degree program, I am building skills that will allow me to leverage the strengths of each sector to drive economic and social impact. How have you... View Details

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Artful Leadership | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Artful Leadership When she arrived at HBS, Meredith “Max” Hodges (MBA 2010) already knew that she wanted to be the director of a nonprofit cultural organization. “I think that was the first line of my application essay,” she says, adding,... View Details

July 2013 (Revised May 2024)
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BMVSS: Changing Lives, One Jaipur Limb at a Time

By: Srikant Datar and Saloni Chaturvedi

Bhagwan Mahaveer Viklang Sahayata Samiti (BMVSS) is an Indian not-for-profit organization engaged in assisting differently-abled persons by providing them with the legendary low-cost prosthesis, the Jaipur Foot, and other mobility-assisting devices, free of cost. Known... View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit Organizations; Financial Condition; Health Care and Treatment; Diversity; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Growth and Development Strategy; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; Health Industry; India; Asia

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Brandon Lovell

"I found myself hanging with not necessarily the right crowd," Brandon says. After graduating from high school and spending a couple years searching for a purpose, Brandon was introduced to Year Up, a nonprofit program founded... View Details

Keywords: Tech; Financial Services

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Marketing Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

the Brakes on Impact: A Contingency Framework for Measuring Social Performance" (with Alnoor Ebrahim) was runner-up for the 2010 Carlo Masini Award for Innovative Scholarship from the Public and Nonprofit Division of the Academy of... View Details

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Strategy for Health Care Delivery - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

Clinic) as part of their business model Senior executives from nonprofit organizations that deliver health care services Executives from health care insurance companies, government entities that pay for health care, or other payor... View Details

29 Aug 2005
Research & Ideas

How Organizations Create Social Value

organizations wanting to create social value. The researchers stressed the importance of synergies between Economic Value (EV) and Social Value (SV), calling them "two sides of the same coin." By aligning EV and SV, both View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls

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Executive compensation

report reviews key employee compensation practices at charitable nonprofit organizations based on data derived from the GuideStar database of digitized Form IRS 990 and 990-EZ information. View Details

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Mission-Driven Governance

By: Raymond Fisman, Rakesh Khurana and Edward Martenson

The purpose of this paper is to provide a useful, easily applied theory of governance performance. The existing model is fundamentally adversarial, rooted in the paradigm of principal-agent conflict. At its base is an image of governance as a never-ending struggle... View Details

Keywords: Corporate Governance; Governing and Advisory Boards; Knowledge Management; Standards; Mission and Purpose; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Performance Effectiveness; Performance Evaluation