Nonprofit - Publications - Faculty & Research

21 Apr 2014
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Matching nonprofits with companies that can help

Robert Goodwin (GMP 3, 2007), CEO of Executives Without Borders, talks about helping match nonprofits with socially responsible companies. (Published April 2014) View Details

1999
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Effective Oversight: A Guide for Nonprofit Directors?

By: R. E. Herzlinger

Keywords: Nonprofit Organizations; Management Skills; Management Practices and Processes

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April 2014
Teaching Note

Teach For China and the Chinese Nonprofit Sector

By: William C. Kirby and Erica M. Zendell

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1994
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Financial Accounting and Managerial Control for Nonprofit Organizations

By: R. E. Herzlinger and D. Nitterhouse

Keywords: Nonprofit Organizations

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January–February 2013
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Golfing Alone? Corporations, Elites and Nonprofit Growth in 100 American Communities

By: Christopher Marquis, Gerald F. Davis and Mary Ann Glynn

We examine the link between corporations and community by showing how corporate density interacts with the local social and cultural infrastructure to affect the growth and decline of the number of local nonprofits between 1987 and 2002. We focus on two sub-populations... View Details

Keywords: Business and Community Relations; Civil Society or Community; Business Model; For-Profit Firms; Business Growth and Maturation; Profit; Local Range; Welfare or Wellbeing; Business Processes; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Trends; Management Practices and Processes; United States

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25 Jan 2018
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Investing in India’s Nonprofits to Overcome Poverty Sustainably

Khushboo Maheshwari (MBA 2012) is new initiatives leader of The/Nudge Foundation and director and head of N/Core, which support nonprofits working on problems related to poverty in India. In this interview, she describes N/Core’s mission... View Details

September 30, 2020
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How Nonprofit Foundations Can Sustainably Fund Disease Research

By: Richard G. Hamermesh and Kathy Giusti

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20 Jul 2013
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Executive Education program helps build nonprofit management skills

07 Aug 2014
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Collaboration is Key for New Nonprofit Global Act

24 Apr 2014
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Managing the challenges faced by a local nonprofit

Norm Merritt (MBA 1988) talks about using his management expertise to assist his local Audubon Society solve some complex operational issues. (Published April 2014) View Details

17 Sep 2020
Blog Post

HBS Grads Launch Cybersecurity Nonprofit to Fight Infodemic

co-founder. Once the team was formed, we shifted our focus to grant-raising which was when we discovered the many resources that HBS provides for this. To start, we applied and received grants from Harvard Social Impact Fund, a fund dedicated to View Details

1999
Chapter

Can Public Trust in Nonprofits and Governments Be Restored?

By: R. E. Herzlinger

Keywords: Trust; Nonprofit Organizations; Government and Politics

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20 Apr 2020
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Introducing LivelyHood, A Volunteer Nonprofit Founded in Response to COVID-19

Justin Crist Lee (MBA 2021) is working to help launch LivelyHood, a COVID-19 volunteer response effort. LivelyHood is a platform that connects healthy, young volunteers with the elderly and immunocompromised in their local community for contactless deliveries. The... View Details

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Building and Valuing Brands in the Nonprofit Sector

By: Nathalie Laidler-Kylander, John A. Quelch and Bernard L. Simonin

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30 Sep 2020
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How Nonprofit Foundations Can Sustainably Fund Disease Research

01 Mar 2008
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Community Partners Program Honored for Service to Nonprofits

The HBS clubs' Community Partners program, which provides free consulting services to nonprofits, has received the Volunteer Service Award from the President’s Council on Service and Civic Participation. Several clubs have strong Community Partners programs, including... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

24 Apr 2014
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Transforming nonprofits with business-oriented insights that scale impact

Tom Tierney (MBA 1980) is working to empower social entrepreneurs, mission-driven organizations, and philanthropists to build a better world. The Bridgespan Group, the professional services firm he cofounded with Jeff Bradach (PhDOB 1992) in 1999, collaborates with... View Details

September 2016 (Revised October 2017)
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KaBOOM!: Play at Scale (Abridged)

By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Sarah Appleby

A case on scaling social impact for nonprofits. Founded in 1995, KaBOOM! quickly became a nationally recognized nonprofit in building playgrounds with strong corporate partnerships and volunteer-organizing capabilities. Over the years, KaBOOM! developed new programs,... View Details

Keywords: Scaling Social Enterprise; Scaling Social Impact; Nonprofit Scaling; Nonprofit; Nonprofit Organizations; Social Enterprise; Social Entrepreneurship; Growth and Development Strategy; United States

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