Nonprofit Management - Publications - Faculty & Research

October 2010 (Revised July 2013)
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ActionAid International: Globalizing Governance, Localizing Accountability

By: Alnoor Ebrahim and Rachel Gordon

As a global NGO working in 45 countries, ActionAid International aims to eradicate poverty by addressing its underlying causes such as injustice and inequality. This case follows a series of radical transformations implemented by the organization's CEO, Ramesh Singh—a... View Details

Keywords: Local Range; Globalized Firms and Management; Corporate Accountability; Corporate Governance; Leading Change; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Structure; Nonprofit Organizations; Power and Influence; Johannesburg; London

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11 May 2017
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Going with the Flow

1971, JD/MBA 1978). Now Fisher is also on the board of Easterly Government Properties, and she’s launching two additional businesses: FitMoney, a nonprofit K–12 financial literacy program, and a health IT company that is still in the... View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley

05 Feb 2007
Research & Ideas

Business and the Global Poor

challenges, few BOP ventures can be expected to reach scale at the pace seen in their mainstream counterparts. Indeed, those BOP ventures that do quickly reach scale often credit some of their success to support from governments, multilateral donors, and View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

02 Nov 2020
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The First Five Years: Julianne White (MBA 2017)

enjoy that Some days I work with our CFO on food-spend projections, or help our COO build a multi-year strategic planning framework. Other days, I work with my team to coordinate food donations or manage inventory turns. Even though we... View Details

12 Jan 2015
Research & Ideas

Regulators Ease Up on Companies Generating Political Benefits

because of what they did, but because of what they are? That's the question that intrigued Jonas Heese, who recently joined Harvard Business School as an assistant professor in the Accounting and Management unit. While earning his PhD in... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

11 Mar 2001
Research & Ideas

Evolving for Success [Part Two]

a project to a small group of people who are amateurs, who do the project part-time and act as a committee. It doesn't demand management time and resources, and you haven't brought in new skills. This holds for hospitals, government... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

01 Feb 1999
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Fred Lazarus: Art Work at the Office

wasn't just a school - it was a business, where one could apply business concepts such as fiscal management and marketing strategies. However, he also had to remember that a nonprofit was a very different... View Details

Keywords: Jeffrey Lazar

25 Jan 2019
Blog Post

Not Waiting for Progress: Diversity and Inclusion in the Film Industry

the Cannes, Tribeca, Los Angeles, and Toronto international film festivals. The foundation has also established dynamic relationships with media companies such as NBCUniversal, WarnerMedia, Netflix, and HBO. Talented and Together Throughout his career, in a variety of... View Details

29 Jan 2019
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'Green Bonds' May Be Our Best Bet for Environmental Damage Control

truly qualify as green—as opposed to just greenwashing—wasn’t straightforward. “There isn’t a crisp definition about what is a green bond and what isn’t,” says Serafeim, a professor in the Accounting and Management Unit. “The test we used... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Energy; Utilities; Construction; Green Technology; Public Administration

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“It’s like a pie-eating contest” | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Fellowship, Josh has been promoted, first to Senior Manager of Strategy, then to Director of Strategy. “Opportunities abound,” Josh says. “There are endless possibilities for applying business skills. It’s like a pie-eating contest: it’s... View Details

01 Feb 2011
First Look

First Look: Feb. 1

clamor for accountability, it is tempting to accept the popular normative view that more accountability is better. But is it feasible, or even desirable, for nonprofit organizations to be accountable to everyone for everything? The... View Details

30 Sep 2014
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Life Lessons on the Open Seas

Paul Callahan (MBA 1992) is the captain of his own fate. A freak accident at age 21 left him a quadriplegic. That transformative moment led him, ultimately, to take the helm of Sail to Prevail, a nonprofit that helps disabled children and... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

01 Dec 2016
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Ask the Expert: Energy’s Next Era

that seeming progress, the nonpartisan, nonprofit Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) notes that wind and solar still only accounted for 2.9 percent and 0.7 percent, respectively, of total global power generation in 2014. How can we hasten the... View Details

April 2010 (Revised September 2011)
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Supply Chain Partners: Virginia Mason and Owens & Minor (A) (Abridged)

By: V.G. Narayanan and Lisa Brem

Owens & Minor (O&M) performed lean inventory services for Virginia Mason (VM) as its Alpha Vendor, but the outdated industry pricing model created perverse incentives and could not capture O&M's costs. Together, O&M and VM created an activity-based pricing model: Total... View Details

Keywords: Supply Chain Management; Partners and Partnerships; Activity Based Costing and Management; Business Model; Non-Governmental Organizations; Nonprofit Organizations; Motivation and Incentives; Asset Pricing; Cost Accounting; Fair Value Accounting; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry

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25 Apr 2000
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Adjusting the Fit for Government

Berlin-based nonprofit that supports "national integrity systems" to help curb corruption, Ezekwesili told the HBS audience that it's not enough for African governments to aspire to macro- and microeconomic stability. "We... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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Working with City Leadership to Leverage Technology | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

our private/public partnerships. It’s just been fantastic!” Henry Tsai, MBA 2017 Topics Nonprofit Strategy & Governance More Impact Stories A Pathway to Pursue Aspirations Mizuho Kanai 2018 While Mizuho Kanai (MBA 2018) was fulfilling her... View Details

01 Sep 2014
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Alumni Achievement Awards 2014

low-income youth and companies needing skilled labor. His yearlong training program offers 18 through 24-year-olds the technical, professional, and communications skills needed to transition into careers and college. The award-winning View Details

01 Mar 2013
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Commitment to Leadership

School's first program with a major e-learning component and to train one-on-one coaches to support a more individualized approach to learning. In my own research and writing, I am currently working on two topics: what it takes to lead and View Details

28 Apr 2020
Blog Post

The Importance of Coordination: Apoorva Pasricha Reflects on Crisis Leadership

pitches, and managing multiple stakeholders, has been a challenge Pasricha has welcomed. She says, “To close the digital divide in San Jose we’ve been running this collaborative effort between the public and private sectors that feels... View Details

01 Oct 1996
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Lasting Impressions

until many years later that I came to appreciate the dissenting view of the Vietnam War." Ed Mathias, now a managing director of the Carlyle Group, a merchant bank in Washington, D.C., came to HBS after serving as an officer in the Navy... View Details

Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg

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