Charity - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Mar 2013
News

To the Rescue

assesses the cost-benefit ratio of antipoverty programs and funds only the most effective. Compassion and charity can be married to intellectual rigor, she told Voice of America (December 12, 2012). "We look at the entire landscape and... View Details

24 Apr 2014
News

The path to philanthropic entrepreneurship

Internet, information services, and education. “What I learned from HBS is that you can be a philanthropic entrepreneur as well. I love that part.” Coutu spends two or three days a week in the philanthropic world giving back and creating businesses and View Details

25 Apr 2014
News

Disrupting criminal enterprises that prey on children

with vulnerable children. Recently, Brochu assumed a new position as the head of human trafficking programs for Geneva Global, a leading social enterprise that implements philanthropists' humanitarian goals at the grassroots level around the world. In this role, she... View Details

11 Jun 2014
News

Improving conditions for climbers' guides in Nepal

Action Nepal, a charity benefitting the people of Nepal, who are some of the poorest in the world. In reaching Everest's summit just before his 40th birthday, Petzel committed to raising nearly $17,000—20 percent of the cost of a planned... View Details

04 Jan 2016
Blog Post

5 Ways to Motivate Employees After the Holiday Season

meeting after the holidays, have a PowerPoint collage of pictures showcasing the highlights of team members’ time off, and have everyone share their favorite memory. 5) Sponsor a Volunteer Day: Give the office a day or half-day to volunteer at their View Details

Keywords: All Industries

06 Sep 2022
Research & Ideas

Curbing an Unlikely Culprit of Rising Drug Prices: Pharmaceutical Donations

reaching $1.85 billion in 2018, says the paper. Most of that money came from drugmakers. "Patient assistance programs likely harm a range of stakeholders, including the patients these charities are ostensibly designed to help." “This is a... View Details

Keywords: by Ben Rand; Insurance; Health; Pharmaceutical

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Jan Petzel

acquainted with Community Action Nepal, a charity benefitting the people of Nepal, who are some of the poorest in the world. In reaching Everest's summit just before his 40th birthday, Petzel committed to raising nearly $17,000—20 percent... View Details

Keywords: Other Financial Services

12 May 2016
News

Drawing Connections Between Business and Art

works a year from emerging Japanese artists and then displays them in galleries and the company’s offices before selling them at a charity auction, where the artists and buyers can meet. The money raised goes to scholarship funds for... View Details

01 Jun 2000
News

Carnival Queen

than the Zulu Queen at the Big Easy's celebration of Mardi Gras. The Zulu Queen presides for one year over the Zulu Organization, a New Orleans nonprofit that supports charities throughout the city. Rogers's reign is in honor of her late... View Details

25 Aug 2016
News

Having an Impact on Development and Poverty Issues

lot of charity programs and philanthropy, there is no way that is going to solve the problem. Bringing business principles to solve that issue is a very interesting and exciting thing to do.” Gandhi’s approach to microfinancing is to help... View Details

13 Dec 2011
First Look

First Look: Dec. 13

help those they agree with while the second is the dependence of peoples' self-esteem on the extent to which they perceive that others agree with them. Government spending crowds out the charity that ensues from these forces only... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

10 Feb 2016
News

Investing in Sustainability

that will make the organization sustainable. “I believe charities should be investing in ways that align with their mission,” says Tiller. “In that way, they can get both good returns and further their goals.” (Published February 2016) View Details

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Buy Now, Pay Later: Imagining Pre-Industrial Credit

HBS Quick Links MBA Executive Education Doctoral Programs Faculty and Research Alumni HBS Publishing Site Index HBS Home Contact Us Map/Directions Introduction Credit in Pre-Industrial Society Imagining Pre-Industrial Credit Credit and View Details

19 Jan 2024
News

Blockchain for Good

After immigrating to the United Kingdom in the late 1960s to escape the Nigeria-Biafra civil war, Stella Dyer (MBA 1994) and her family lived in public housing and had very little money. “But we still had more than our friends and relatives back home,” she recalls. “My... View Details

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Field Course: Business of the Arts (BOTA)

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Ratings of nonprofits based on their Accountability & Transparency and Financial Health. Advisory Board for the Arts Global network-based learning organization in the cultural sector. Statistics... View Details

01 Sep 2014
News

Kresge’s Afterlife

Formerly used to store utensils and cookware, the racks now store the club’s arts-and-crafts supplies. Kitchen equipment Haiti and Jamaica Various charities More than three truckloads of pots and pans, ladles, spoons, china, and rolling... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

21 Jan 2020
Blog Post

Meet the AFAA Club

members and the HBS community at-large, such as a Veterans Day ceremony and local charity events to support veterans in need. This year, the club was especially honored to be part of the Soldiers Fund Gala, an event which included former... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

May 2018
Article

Male Social Status and Women's Work

By: Arielle Bernhardt, Erica Field, Rohini Pande, Natalia Rigol, Simone Schaner and Charity Troyer-Moore

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Joshua Jarrett

will I do with this knowledge? Give away my salary to charity or dedicate my life to social equity? Probably not. Respect others and find opportunities to positively impact my community? Most likely. Be thankful for my blessings and... View Details

10 Aug 2015
News

Leveraging Veterans’ Competitive Advantage

that veterans didn’t know they had. “We work for employers who hire veterans as a way to gain competitive advantage,” he notes. “We’re a for-profit company; there’s no charity here. Veterans make great employees.” (Published August 2015) View Details

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