nonprofit - Publications - Faculty & Research

20 Feb 2020
Op-Ed

Love in the Office Is Wonderful. Except for CEOs.

other complaints about the company’s culture. "It's clear McDonald's culture is rotten from top to bottom,” she said. Perhaps the height of lack of disclosure was reached by a nonprofit CEO in Massachusetts, who boasted of his... View Details

Keywords: by Regina Herzlinger

02 Feb 2022
Blog Post

How I Spent My HBS 2+2 Deferral: Nikki Philip

with the goal of working for an East Africa-based nonprofit organization after graduation. My plan was to work on the ground for a nonprofit and then pursue an MBA to combine business principals with social... View Details

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Strategy & IT - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

HBS ISC Strategy Strategy Strategy Explained Business Strategy Creating a Successful Strategy Corporate Strategy The Role of Leaders Related Topics Related Topics Related Topics Strategy & IT Strategy for Universities & Nonprofits... View Details

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Doing Business in a Divided World - Alumni

to navigate this shifting and complex landscape. To mark the launch of BiGS, the School brought together senior executives in industry, academia, government, and the nonprofit sector for a day of discussion around current practices,... View Details

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Criteria | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

evaluate that there is a practical approach to milestones and organizational outcome measurement, and a clear plan to deliver high performance and measurable social impact.] For founders (of nonprofit or for-profit social enterprises):... View Details

06 Jul 2020
Research & Ideas

The Right Way to Manage Customer Churn for Maximum Profit

they spend any more money or do any additional work. The only thing we are suggesting is that they change their algorithm.” About the Author Michael Blanding is a writer based in Boston. [Image: RyanJLane ] Related Reading The Profit Power of Corporate Culture How an... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Retail; Service; Financial Services

20 Aug 2008
Op-Ed

The Time is Right for Creative Capitalism

capitalism is "an approach where governments, businesses, and nonprofits work together to stretch the reach of market forces so that more people can make a profit, or gain recognition, doing work that eases the world's... View Details

Keywords: by Nancy Koehn

01 Jun 2023
News

From Big Pharma to Startup

pharmaceutical giant one day—not creating a company from scratch. But Goble was determined to explore the wide variety of opportunities available to him in his time at HBS, so when he read about a nonprofit life sciences entrepreneurship... View Details

Keywords: April White

20 Aug 2014
Research & Ideas

Why the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge is a Social Media Blockbuster

In 2009, technology researchers at Forrester published a report entitled We Are All Media Companies Now, that looked at how publishing firms were dealing with the shift from a distribution paradigm to one based on consumption. By 2014, the paradigm is being experienced... View Details

Keywords: by John Deighton

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Technology & Operations Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Levine Award for Best Conference Paper from the Public and NonProfit Division of the Academy of Management for "Coerced Confessions: How Regulatory Deterrence Drives Self-Policing" (with Jodi L. Short, Academy of Management Best Paper... View Details

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A Pathway to Pursue Aspirations | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Workshop using what I learned on previous jobs and at HBS. I hope to get know the organization – the people and what they do – more deeply. And I want to have one project I can own and see to its conclusion.” Mizuho Kanai, MBA 2018 Topics View Details

24 May 2017
News

John J. Brennan, MBA 1980

Pennsylvania and Boston, where Cathy runs a nonprofit mentoring program for inner-city high school students. “These are amazing kids who just need a chance,” says Jack, whose paternal grandfather labored as a janitor at Harvard to put his... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

29 Nov 2023
News

A Holiday Benefit Dinner in LA; Seattle Club Revival Underway

held at the California Club in Los Angeles, will feature a cocktail hour, formal dinner and dancing, and a silent auction. All net proceeds are benefitting the fund, which sends local MBA students and nonprofit leaders to HBS. HBSASC... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

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Tim Nicolette

and management skills in the service of nonprofits in the social sector. What influence did HBS have on your ambitions? I came to HBS for two reasons. First, in my nonprofit work, I noticed that effective... View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit; Nonprofit

05 Sep 2014
News

Keeping Education in Check

thinking. What the world will think in a given set of circumstances.” Berman feels so strongly about what the game can do for a child’s future that, in 2006, he founded Chess for Change, a nonprofit aimed at teaching chess in South... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

15 Jun 2021
News

Keeping Hourly Workers Focused on the Stock, Not the Clock

sector. He is also in the process of setting up the Center for Shared Ownership, which he has seeded with a $10 million donation. The nonprofit will develop best practices, set standards, and study the outcomes of equity grant programs as... View Details

Keywords: April White; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

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Peggy Mativo-Ochola

returned to Nairobi, Kenya where she founded and launched Pacemaker International, an educational nonprofit similar to Teach for America. "Kenya is short about 70,000 teachers," says Peggy. "The people most affected by the... View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit/Government/Education

09 Mar 2015
Research & Ideas

Why Entrepreneurs Should Go Work for Government

organization was not eligible to receive nonprofit status—which meant donations would not have been tax-deductible and likely caused many potential donors to not contribute. "The One Fund team made it known we would proceed without... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

15 Nov 2018
Book

Can the Global Food Industry Overcome Public Distrust?

JamesBrey Food is the largest segment of the global economy. It is also widely recognized as more critical for human health than any pharmaceutical drug on the planet. But significant changes in the industry are making people lose trust in many institutions involved in... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Agriculture & Agribusiness

04 May 2013
News

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

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