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  • June 2017
  • Technical Note

Issues in Non-Profit Governance

By: F. Warren McFarlan
Non-profit governance at its core is very different from for-profit governance. Certain aspects of non-profit governance are widely pervasive across all non-profits, while all others are idiosyncratic to specific sub-groups of non-profits. After identifying these... View Details
Keywords: Governance; Nonprofit Organizations
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McFarlan, F. Warren. "Issues in Non-Profit Governance." Harvard Business School Technical Note 917-413, June 2017.
  • 21 Jul 2011
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Strategy for Non-Profits

By: Michael E. Porter
Strategy for Non-Profits: HBS Club of New York View Details
Keywords: Strategy; United States
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Porter, Michael E. "Strategy for Non-Profits." Harvard Business School Club of New York, New York City, NY, July 21, 2011.
  • September 2024
  • Module Note

Governance for Non-Profit Social Enterprises

By: Brian Trelstad, Gerald Chertavian and Alexis Lefort
An overview of the various roles a non-profit board of directors plays, including the board’s principal responsibilities and how those evolve as organizations grow and scale. Looks closely at the overall role in setting the mission of the organization; supervising and... View Details
Keywords: Governing and Advisory Boards; Nonprofit Organizations; Growth Management; Mission and Purpose; United States
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Trelstad, Brian, Gerald Chertavian, and Alexis Lefort. "Governance for Non-Profit Social Enterprises." Harvard Business School Module Note 325-002, September 2024.
  • 2008
  • Chapter

Philanthropy and the Non-profit Sector

By: Arthur C. Brooks
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Brooks, Arthur C. "Philanthropy and the Non-profit Sector." In Understanding America: The Anatomy of an Exceptional Nation, edited by Peter Schuck and James Q. Wilson, 539–562. New York: PublicAffairs, 2008.
  • 12 Jan 2009
  • News

Business ideas don't all profit non-profits

  • Awards

Non-Profit Leadership Symposium Lifetime Achievement Award

By: Rosabeth M. Kanter
Received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2022 Squire Patton Boggs Nonprofit Leadership Symposium. View Details
  • 28 Jan 2020
  • News

Non-profit group feeds hungry and is fodder for MBA minds

  • 13 Sep 2019
  • Blog Post

An Uncommon Summer: Project Management at an Education Non-Profit

me to explore a career in social impact consulting, where I can continue to help non-profits scale their impact. I’m grateful to Education Pioneers for their matching placement, and recommend anyone interested in the education space or... View Details
  • 1999
  • Working Paper

Social Enterprise Series No.11 - Strategic Performance Measurement in Non-Profit and Governmental Organizations

By: Robert S. Kaplan
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Kaplan, Robert S. "Social Enterprise Series No.11 - Strategic Performance Measurement in Non-Profit and Governmental Organizations." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 99-103, March 1999.
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An Uncommon Summer: Project Management at an Education Non-Profit | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

  • 1979
  • Working Paper

Formal Systems of Appraisal of Individual Performance: Some Considerations, Critical Issues, and Applications to Non-Profit Organizations

By: R. M. Kanter and D. Brinkerhoff
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Kanter, R. M., and D. Brinkerhoff. "Formal Systems of Appraisal of Individual Performance: Some Considerations, Critical Issues, and Applications to Non-Profit Organizations." PONPO Working Paper, No. 10, September 1979. (Yale University, Program on Non-Profit Organizations (PONPO), Institution for Social and Policy Studies.)
  • 1979
  • Working Paper

The Measurement of Organizational Effectiveness, Productivity, Performance, and Success: Issues and Dilemmas in Service and Non-Profit Organizations

By: R. M. Kanter
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Kanter, R. M. "The Measurement of Organizational Effectiveness, Productivity, Performance, and Success: Issues and Dilemmas in Service and Non-Profit Organizations." PONPO Working Paper, No. 9, September 1979.
  • 09 Dec 2011
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Doing Well By Doing Good

Keywords: non-profits; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services; Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution; Utilities
  • January 2022
  • Case

VidyaGyan: Bridging the Rural Urban Divide

By: Prithwiraj Choudhury, Rachna Chawla, Kairavi Dey and Anjali Raina
Set up in 2008, VidyaGyan was a residential school for children in grades 6-12 from low-income rural families in Uttar Pradesh in northern India. It was the brainchild of Shiv Nadar and Cabinet Secretary T.S.R. Subramanian, who recognized the enormous potential hidden... View Details
Keywords: Non-profit; Education; Social Enterprise; Non-Governmental Organizations; Nonprofit Organizations; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Wealth and Poverty; Demographics; Equality and Inequality; Performance Evaluation; Opportunities; Education Industry; South Asia; India
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Choudhury, Prithwiraj, Rachna Chawla, Kairavi Dey, and Anjali Raina. "VidyaGyan: Bridging the Rural Urban Divide." Harvard Business School Case 622-077, January 2022.
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Leading for Impact: Navigating the Reality of Non-Profit Leadership in a Post-Pandemic World | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

  • August 2024 (Revised February 2025)
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Novo Nordisk Foundation

By: Debora L. Spar and Julia M. Comeau
In 2024, Novo Nordisk A/S was one of the most profitable firms in the world, thanks largely to just two GLP-1-based drugs, Ozempic and Wegovy. Unusually, this incredibly profitable firm was controlled not by individual private shareholders, but by a non-profit... View Details
Keywords: Pharmaceutical Companies; Diabetes; Obesity; Foundation; Non-profit Management; Profit; Corporate Governance; Business or Company Management; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Expansion; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Nonprofit Organizations; Pharmaceutical Industry; Denmark; Europe
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Spar, Debora L., and Julia M. Comeau. "Novo Nordisk Foundation." Harvard Business School Case 325-031, August 2024. (Revised February 2025.)
  • July 2020
  • Case

Super 30: Educating the Elite Poor

By: Prithwiraj Choudhury, Tarun Khanna and Shreya Ramachandran
In the summer of 2019 in New Delhi, S K Shahi and his daughter, Meenakshi, faced a difficult problem. India had 19 centers of their non-profit, the Center for Social Responsibility and Leadership. Also called the 'Super 30' program, this offered free training for... View Details
Keywords: Non-profit; Inclusive Growth; Education; Higher Education; Diversity; Nonprofit Organizations; Operations; Expansion; Geographic Location; Strategy; Decision Making; India
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Choudhury, Prithwiraj, Tarun Khanna, and Shreya Ramachandran. "Super 30: Educating the Elite Poor." Harvard Business School Case 621-004, July 2020.
  • July 2021
  • Teaching Plan

Shorefast: A Strange and Familiar Way to Reimagine Capitalism

By: Brian Trelstad, Wendy Smith and Natalie Slawinski
Teaching Plan for HBS Case No. 320-098. In 2006, Zita Cobb and two of her brothers, Alan Cobb and Tony Cobb, native Newfoundlanders, launched Shorefast to help grow another leg of Fogo Island’s economy. Like so many rural communities, Fogo Island’s fate was tied... View Details
Keywords: Place Making; Non-profit; Hotel; Economic Development; Tourism; Social Entrepreneurship; Nonprofit Organizations; Development Economics; Economic Systems; Tourism Industry; Canada
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Trelstad, Brian, Wendy Smith, and Natalie Slawinski. "Shorefast: A Strange and Familiar Way to Reimagine Capitalism." Harvard Business School Teaching Plan 322-001, July 2021.
  • April 2020 (Revised June 2020)
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Shorefast: A Strange and Familiar Way to Reimagine Capitalism

By: Brian Trelstad, Wendy Smith and Natalie Slawinski
In 2006, Zita Cobb and two of her brothers, Alan Cobb and Tony Cobb, native Newfoundlanders, launched Shorefast to help grow another leg of Fogo Island’s economy. Like so many rural communities, Fogo Island’s fate was tied directly to one primary resource—in this case... View Details
Keywords: Place Making; Non-profit; Hotel; Economic Development; Tourism; Social Entrepreneurship; Nonprofit Organizations; Development Economics; Economic Systems; Tourism Industry; Canada
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Trelstad, Brian, Wendy Smith, and Natalie Slawinski. "Shorefast: A Strange and Familiar Way to Reimagine Capitalism." Harvard Business School Case 320-098, April 2020. (Revised June 2020.)
  • April 2014 (Revised July 2017)
  • Case

The Tate's Digital Transformation

By: Jill Avery
John Stack was the visionary Head of Digital Transformation at the Tate, a collection of four major art galleries in the UK, including Tate Modern, the most visited gallery devoted to modern and contemporary art in the world. Stack was the architect of the Tate's... View Details
Keywords: Digital; Marketing Communication; Non-profit Management; Marketing; Marketing Strategy; Nonprofit Organizations; Social Media; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Tourism Industry; United Kingdom
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Avery, Jill. "The Tate's Digital Transformation." Harvard Business School Case 314-122, April 2014. (Revised July 2017.)
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