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- 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
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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
- Web
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
- Fast Answer
Field Course: Business of the Arts (BOTA)
Charity Navigator
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
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
Bernhardt, Arielle, Erica Field, Rohini Pande, Natalia Rigol, Simone Schaner, and Charity Troyer-Moore. "Male Social Status and Women's Work." AEA Papers and Proceedings 108 (May 2018): 363–367.
- Portrait Project
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