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  • October 2014
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Making Charity Pay

By: Michael I. Norton and Jill Avery
Companies are increasingly experimenting with the use of philanthropy to enhance consumer loyalty, brand awareness, and sales. But even highly creative approaches that garner a lot of buzz often fall short of sales goals, leading many companies to conclude,... View Details
Keywords: Philanthropy; Charitable Giving; Charity; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Advertising; Marketing; Brands and Branding; Marketing Communications; Marketing Strategy; Consumer Products Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Retail Industry; United States
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Norton, Michael I., and Jill Avery. "Making Charity Pay." Harvard Business Review 92, no. 10 (October 2014).
  • Summer 2005
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The Ratings Game: Evaluating the Three Groups that Rate the Charities

By: Stephanie Lowell, Brian Trelstad and Bill Meehan
Keywords: Charity; Charity Navigator; Donors; UNICEF
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Lowell, Stephanie, Brian Trelstad, and Bill Meehan. "The Ratings Game: Evaluating the Three Groups that Rate the Charities." Stanford Social Innovation Review 3, no. 2 (Summer 2005): 39–45.
  • 01 Oct 2014
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Making Charity Pay

  • May 2018
  • Teaching Note

Charity or Bribery?

By: Eugene Soltes and Brian Tilley
Teaching Note for HBS No. 118-052. View Details
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Soltes, Eugene, and Brian Tilley. "Charity or Bribery?" Harvard Business School Teaching Note 118-112, May 2018.
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Charity and Competitiveness

By: John Quelch
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Quelch, John. "Charity and Competitiveness." Tax Journal, no. 509 (July 19, 1999): 14.
  • December 2017
  • Case

Charity or Bribery?

By: Eugene Soltes and Brian Tilley
Filip Kowalski, a senior manager at the pharmaceutical company Healthgen, leads sales for the firm’s Polish division. While pitching Healthgen’s products, he develops a relationship with a director of a regional health fund who also runs a private foundation. After a... View Details
Keywords: Bribery; Crime and Corruption; Law; Ethics; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; United States; Europe
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Soltes, Eugene, and Brian Tilley. "Charity or Bribery?" Harvard Business School Case 118-052, December 2017.
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Avoiding Overhead Aversion in Charity

By: Uri Gneezy, Elizabeth A. Keenan and Ayelet Gneezy
Donors tend to avoid charities that dedicate a high percentage of expenses to administrative and fundraising costs, limiting the ability of nonprofits to be effective. We propose a solution to this problem: Use donations from major philanthropists to cover overhead... View Details
Keywords: Marketing Strategy; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving
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Gneezy, Uri, Elizabeth A. Keenan, and Ayelet Gneezy. "Avoiding Overhead Aversion in Charity." Science 346, no. 6209 (October 31, 2014): 632–635.
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Faith, Secularism, and Charity

By: Arthur C. Brooks
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Brooks, Arthur C. "Faith, Secularism, and Charity." Faith & Economics 43 (Spring 2004): 1–8.
  • 02 Jun 2019
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Charity begins at work

  • 2017
  • Conference Presentation

The Ladder of Charity

By: J. De Freitas, P. DeScioli, K. Thomas and S. Pinker
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De Freitas, J., P. DeScioli, K. Thomas, and S. Pinker. "The Ladder of Charity." Paper presented at the 29th Human Behavior and Evolution Society Annual Conference, Boise, ID, United States, 2017.
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Buy Now, Pay Later: Credit and Charity

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
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Welfare Receipt and Private Charity

By: Arthur C. Brooks
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Brooks, Arthur C. "Welfare Receipt and Private Charity." Public Budgeting & Finance 22, no. 3 (Fall 2002): 101–114.
  • 01 Feb 1999
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Newman's Own Brand of Charity

lemonade, ice cream, and organic foods. By 1997, Newman's Own had reached $62.6 million in gross annual sales, producing a before-tax surplus of $8.5 million. The company had contributed over $90 million to charities since its inception,... View Details
  • February 2020
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Using Charity Performance Metrics as an Excuse Not to Give

By: Christine L. Exley
There is an increasing pressure to give more wisely and effectively. There is, relatedly, an increasing focus on charity performance metrics. Via a series of experiments, this paper provides a caution to such a focus. While information on charity performance metrics... View Details
Keywords: Charitable Giving; Prosocial Behavior; Altruism; Excuses; Self-serving Biases; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Performance; Measurement and Metrics; Behavior
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Exley, Christine L. "Using Charity Performance Metrics as an Excuse Not to Give." Management Science 66, no. 2 (February 2020): 553–563.
  • 23 Apr 2004
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Charities Surprise Donor Foundations With Bluntness

  • 31 Jan 2013
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Ex-Pimco CEO is an engine for charity

Keywords: Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services
  • 12 Apr 2008
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More than a helping hand for charities

  • 17 Feb 2025
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In National DEI Dismantle, Corporate Charity Efforts Could Be Next

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The Effects of Public Policy on Private Charity

By: Arthur C. Brooks
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Brooks, Arthur C. "The Effects of Public Policy on Private Charity." Administration & Society 36, no. 2 (May 2004): 166–185.
  • 11 Dec 2016
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The Mistakes We Make When Giving to Charity

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