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- 02 Jun 2008
- Research & Ideas
Spending on Happiness
next? A: We are now actively looking to work with more companies that are willing to be creative with how they encourage their employees to spend their bonuses, and companies that are willing to be creative in how they engage in View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
- 13 Dec 2011
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 13
http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/12-039.pdf Charitable Giving When Altruism and Similarity Are Linked Authors:Julio J. Rotemberg Abstract This paper presents a model in which anonymous charitable View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Feb 2018
- News
Helping Startups Give Back
and exhilarating. “Everything was pro bono,” she shares. “I was point person for our legal team on charitable application documents, in charge of event planning, marketing, onboarding companies that pledged, and working with web... View Details
- 06 May 2013
- Research & Ideas
How Local Events Shake Up Corporate Philanthropy
the host city increased their overall charitable donations by an average 30 percent. Super Bowls corresponded with a 10 percent increase in donations. "If you're a philanthropic leader, the time to hit... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 15 Sep 2015
- News
Easing the Costs of Saving a Child
then-22-month-old Christina. Initially reluctant to begin the adoption process, Taylor recalls the experience as life changing. “We immediately fell in love with her, and when we brought her back we started donating to orphan-care... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 18 Sep 2000
- Research & Ideas
Getting It Done: Improving Nonprofit Performance
For many years, Americans have shown their generosity to myriad nonprofit organizations. And 1999 was no exception, as charitable giving in this country reached a record high of just over $190 billion. At the same time, however, there is... View Details
Keywords: by James E. Aisner
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Alumni Clubs Put Skills to Work
sponsoring nonprofit conferences, and organizing events that will raise money for HBS fellowships and scholarships as well as for local charitable organizations. Indeed, the Centennial has reinvigorated many clubs, with attendance at... View Details
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Blog | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
difference? An estimated $390 billion was donated to charitable cause... HBS’s Pursuit Of Public Service Is On The Rise Matt Segneri 15 Feb 2018 Scrolling through my newsfeed this week, I can’t help but... View Details
- 01 Apr 1997
- News
An Orchestral Startup
with Yoo hiring topflight young musicians and Lim handling the business end, Metamorphosen came to life with a startup budget of $75,000 raised from charitable donations (the orchestra is a tax-exempt... View Details
Keywords: Linda Goodspeed
- 01 Jan 2011
- News
Robert Kraft, MBA 1965
community is evident in the halls of medical, educational, and cultural institutions throughout the Boston area. The Kraft Family Blood Lab at Dana Farber Cancer Institute, for example, is one of the largest blood platelet centers in the world and through the New... View Details
- 23 Oct 2012
- First Look
First Look: October 23
Rotemberg Publication:Journal of Public Economics (forthcoming) Abstract This paper presents a model in which anonymous charitable donations are rationalized by two human tendencies drawn from the psychology... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Feb 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Most Important Management Trends of the (Still Young) Twenty-First Century
their products by donating a fixed percentage to charitable causes (think Newman's Own), newer models have amped up customer engagement. Take the recent Pepsi Refresh Project: Rather than donate, say, $.05... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Is Cash the Best Form of Charity?
(Illustration by Edmon de Haro) (Illustration by Edmon de Haro) When Michael Faye (PhDBE 2009) and his cofounders—including Harvard grad students Paul Niehaus and Rohit Wanchoo—first proposed the model for GiveDirectly in 2008, it was radical: The nonprofit would... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 11 Aug 2014
- HBS Case
The Business of Behavioral Economics
participation. Just setting that goal institutes a standard that other people will strive to match. Such goal setting could help companies push up participation rates in all manner of employee programs, from charitable View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Giving Advice
(courtesy of Susan Wolf Ditkoff) The philanthropy economy is booming. Last year, America’s charitable giving totaled $358.38 billion, equaling 2.1 percent of GDP—a number last attained in prerecession 2004. With that growth have come a... View Details
- 17 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
How ‘Hybrid’ Nonprofits Can Stay on Mission
charitable donations like a typical nonprofit would. Commercial microfinance organizations often adopt a hybrid model, for example: they provide business loans to poor people who wouldn't traditionally... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 01 Dec 2015
- Research & Ideas
What to Do When Your Organization Has Dueling Missions
social enterprise (WISE), a type of organization that helps people transition back into the labor market after long-term unemployment. It also exemplifies what organization theorists call a hybrid: Rather than depending on charitable... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Back in Business
generators were brought in, many donated by General Electric and its CEO, Jeffrey R. Immelt (MBA '82). Next on Lhota's agenda for the business community was getting the New York Stock Exchange - closed for four days - up and running. "We... View Details
- 07 Jul 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Organizational Model for Open Source
foundations have been successful in garnering donations of hardware and equipment when needed, but do not have vast reserves to support legal expenses, travel, or conferences. However, since these foundations are primarily electronically... View Details
Keywords: by Mallory Stark
- 01 Jan 2006
- News
Sir Ronald M. Cohen, MBA 1969
something they want to preserve for the future. That’s what happened in Northern Ireland, and I think the Middle East will go down that path some day, too.” Finally, Cohen heads a British government task force and charitable sector... View Details