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- 15 Jun 2007
- Research & Ideas
Remembering Alfred Chandler
longer visited HBS with regularity as he was retired from a long life as a prolific academic and professor. I had the privilege of being present at a ceremony honoring Al Chandler after he donated his personal papers to Baker Library. It... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
The Unexpected Link Between Cadavers and Careers
jointly decide to donate their bodies to science after they die. In Individuals' Decision to Co-Donate or Donate Alone: An Archival Study of Married Whole Body Donors in Hawaii, published online by the... View Details
- 19 Oct 2017
- Research & Ideas
How Charitable Organizations Can Thwart Excuses for Not Giving
describes in a new working paper, The Better Is the Enemy of the Good. In fact, Exley argues that based on her research, people look for any excuse to avoid giving a donation and then rationalize their skinflint behavior to avoid feeling... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 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 donations are rationalized by two human... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Oct 2017
- Research & Ideas
Fearing Fox News, Democratic-leaning Companies Delayed Negative Announcements
where FNC was available. Before the passage of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002, which put a cap on soft money donations to national political parties, firms were allowed to make large donations to... View Details
- 09 Aug 2011
- First Look
First Look: August 9
http://www.mdpi.com/2073-4336/2/3/257/pdf Organ Allocation Policy and the Decision to Donate Authors:Judd B. Kessler and Alvin E. Roth Publication:American Economic Review (forthcoming) Abstract Organ View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Jan 2008
- First Look
First Look: January 23, 2008
Authors:Michel Anteby and Mikell Hyman Periodical:Social Science & Medicine (forthcoming) Abstract Human cadavers are crucial to medical science. While the debate on how to secure sufficient cadavers has focused primarily on donors' behaviors, procuring... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 18 Jan 2021
- Book
How Thinking Like a Startup Helps Governments Solve More Problems
by the way, and I think eventually he did, too.) An idea was forming in my head, though. And in his, and in a few others’. And the idea was that we needed to set up a brand-new fund to collect and distribute donations that were going to... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Jul 2013
- Research & Ideas
Crowdfunding a Poor Investment?
money to invest. Associate Professor Ramana Nanda further differentiates between crowdfunding through donations or lending and equity crowdfunding. In the case of donations, which is currently much more common, funders expect little if... View Details
- 07 Jan 2008
- Research & Ideas
Pursuing a Deadly Opportunity
market for human eggs, sperm, and various infertility treatments, is another example, he adds. Anatomy Of A Study Anteby and Hyman compared 80 voluntary donations and 120 specimen shipping invoices from a pair of Maryland-based... View Details
- 15 Nov 2017
- Research & Ideas
How Does a Social Startup Decide to Commercialize? It May Depend on the Founder's Gender
donations or grants, hybrid organizations generate their own commercial revenues that sustain their pursuit of a social mission. While hybrid models can enhance financial sustainability, they also pose new challenges for entrepreneurs.... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 13 Apr 2020
- Research & Ideas
Small Businesses Are Worse Off Than We Thought
Luca, whose past research has focused on platform design. For example, Luca and his colleagues reached out to online rating app Yelp several weeks ago to explore ways the company might help small businesses dealing with the crisis. Among other initiatives, he pointed... View Details
- 17 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
How ‘Hybrid’ Nonprofits Can Stay on Mission
curing societal ills. In reality, though, the line between the two is growing blurrier. "In the not-for-profit sector, a number of organizations are trying to be less dependent on donations and grants," says Julie Battilana, an associate... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 28 Feb 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Importance of ‘Don’t’ in Inducing Ethical Employee Behavior
different set of students, but then they added a wrinkle: After rewarding themselves from the envelopes on their desks, the students had the opportunity to donate some of their winnings to National Public Radio. Tracking Moral And Immoral... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 14 Dec 1999
- Research & Ideas
From Spare Change to Real Change: The Social Sector as a Beta Site for Business Innovation
to government and nonprofit agencies. Businesses have little involvement in how these donations are used. In fact, this model actively discourages companies from taking an interest in results. Companies receive their benefits up-front... View Details
Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter
- 08 May 2020
- In Practice
Nonprofits Hurt by COVID-19 Must Hoard Cash to Hold On
L. Arbuckle Professor of Business Administration. F. Warren McFarlan: Donations matter more than ever This is the time when tangible support really matters as the funding sources are drying up for so many social enterprises. Your... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 18 Mar 2014
- First Look
First Look: March 18
Publications August 2013 Social Science & Medicine Who Donates Their Bodies to Science? The Combined Role of Gender and Migration Status Among California Whole-body Donors By: Asad, Asad L., Michel Anteby, and Filiz Garip... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Oct 2016
- HBS Case
Business Solutions That Help Cut Food Waste
the food that supermarkets and manufacturers and farmers can’t sell, recover it, and give it to people who could use a donation or reduced price meal. We are also trying to reverse decades of misguided thinking about what constitutes... View Details
- 22 Feb 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Most Important Management Trends of the (Still Young) Twenty-First Century
the last decade is the dramatic increase in the number of companies concerned with corporate social responsibility, and the resultant rise in the range and variety that such efforts have taken. From "old" models in which companies either View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Aug 2014
- HBS Case
The Business of Behavioral Economics
donations would be matched by the charity, but only if a certain percentage of contributors that day—either 25, 50, 75, or 100 percent—"upgraded" to a recurring monthly donation. They found that the contributors in the "75 percent"... View Details