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June 2023
Case

The Business of Campaigns

By: Vincent Pons and Mel Martin

In 2022, the U.S. Congress examined the Democracy Is Strengthened by Casting Light on Spending in Elections (DISCLOSE) Act, the latest in a long series of campaign finance reforms. According to its authors, the law would be the “most consequential overhaul of federal... View Details

Keywords: Political Elections; Government Legislation; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Business and Government Relations; United States

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13 Mar 2023
Research & Ideas

What Would It Take to Unlock Microfinance's Full Potential?

them beyond what’s done by traditional academic papers. This article originally appeared in the HBS Alumni Bulletin. You Might Also Like: How Social Entrepreneurs Can Increase Their Investment Impact 9 Tips from an Expert Fundraiser: Help View Details

Keywords: by Jen McFarland Flint; Financial Services

07 Jan 2002
Research & Ideas

How Marketing Can Reduce Worldwide Poverty

stamps. Somebody affords them healthcare. But money really comes from a third party though the services are delivered to these customers. Therefore, we don't talk to them because we make the mistake of assuming that the donors know what... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

13 Mar 2005
Research & Ideas

The Tricky Business of Nonprofit Brands

organization cohesion. The brand is the glue holding the components of the global organization together. Q: Some NGO brands, such as the Red Cross, are recognized worldwide. When a humanitarian crisis such as the recent Asian tsunami strikes, View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls

24 Sep 2018
Research & Ideas

How Cost Accounting is Improving Healthcare in Rural Haiti

change the way a charitable organization solicits donations. “Donors don’t just want to buy medical equipment and supplies. They want to buy outcomes” Rather than asking for funds toward a new building or a supply of medicine, Partners in Health can now tell potential... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Health

24 Jul 2017
Research & Ideas

People Have an Irrational Need to Complete 'Sets' of Things

things incomplete” Do you want customers to refer more of their friends to your company’s website? Ask them to refer friends in arbitrary “batches” of five at a time. Looking to increase charitable giving to your nonprofit organization? Ask potential View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

30 Jul 2007
Research & Ideas

Repugnant Markets and How They Get That Way

no opposition. But if instead of an exchange, we asked a potential donor ‘How about we pay you $25,000?' that would be against the law. "That's what caught my interest in repugnance: Here are two things that look similar. One is... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

21 Nov 2019
Research & Ideas

Do TV Debates Sway Voters?

from earlier debates this year have helped candidates inspire donors and gain media attention. While one of these candidates might square off with Trump at the podiums next year, the election’s winner will ultimately depend on a... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

18 Nov 2022
HBS Case

What Does It Take to Safeguard a Legacy in Asset Management?

root. An anonymous donor took note of his academic potential and put Brown through college. After a break to serve in the military, Brown went to business school and ultimately started his investment career at T. Rowe Price as the... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Financial Services

08 Sep 2008
HBS Case

The Value of Environmental Activists

There are many methods, most financial, to measure the success of companies in meeting goals. But the question becomes a lot harder at Harvard Business School when MBAs are challenged to measure the efforts of environmental organizations like Greenpeace and the World... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Energy; Utilities

29 Aug 2005
Research & Ideas

How Organizations Create Social Value

Focus. Nonprofits start with a sharp focus on a problem—a focus that over time broadens as related issues are addressed. (Sometimes a nonprofit's cause is broadened to appeal to a larger donor base.) By contrast, the focus of businesses... View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls

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

08 May 2020
In Practice

Nonprofits Hurt by COVID-19 Must Hoard Cash to Hold On

survey by the Charities Aid Foundation of America. A staggering 97 percent of respondents expect their funding to decline during the next 12 months as the struggling economy and social distancing hurts fundraising efforts. What can nonprofit leaders and View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

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... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Health

18 Mar 2014
First Look

First Look: March 18

Publications August 2013 Social Science & Medicine Who Donates Their Bodies to Science? The Combined Role of Gender and Migration Status Among California Whole-body Donors By: Asad, Asad L., Michel Anteby, and Filiz Garip... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

23 Jan 2008
First Look

First Look: January 23, 2008

donations. To assess their potential impact, an archival survey of voluntary, in-state whole-body donors to two programs procuring in the same U.S. state was conducted. The programs' specimen recipients were also analyzed. One program is... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

07 Jan 2008
Research & Ideas

Pursuing a Deadly Opportunity

something we like to see happen, but few really want to know how the cadaver was procured," he says. In "Entrepreneurial Ventures and Whole-Body Donations: A Regional Perspective from the United States," Anteby and research associate Mikell Hyman analyze... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Health

09 Jun 2003
Research & Ideas

The Challenge of the Multi-site Nonprofit

donor list and money raised? Is it the affiliate that actually raises the funds, or the national organization that provides the overall brand and direction? Are affiliates delivering the level of service defined by the national... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

25 Sep 2017
Research & Ideas

Why Politics is Failing America, and What Business Can Do To Help

disillusioned because while the names and faces changed, the partisan-driven gridlock in Washington and politicians’ focus on primary voters, special interests, and donors did not. “I was always looking for ‘who’s the right candidate?’”... View Details

Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette

09 Apr 2020
Research & Ideas

How Social Entrepreneurs Can Increase Their Investment Impact

would also exclude some of Husk Power’s most vulnerable customers, then a donor might discourage the move. However, an investor (who is by definition a partial owner of the firm) places higher value on Husk Power’s profits. The investor... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

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