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analyze companies from the major types, including those owned by: Charities (e.g., Rolex, Tata) Employees (e.g., John Lewis Partnership, Mondragon) Families (e.g., New Balance, Wegmans) Founders (e.g., Dell) Governments (e.g., Tribal...
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- 07 Oct 2008
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First Look: October 7, 2008
paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-049.pdf Cases & Course MaterialsAbsolute Return for Kids Harvard Business School Case 309-036 Absolute Return for Kids [ARK] is a charity with strong financial support—what are the...
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Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Giving Advice
about choosing a cause if there are many things you’re passionate about? There’s a lot written about choosing specific projects or charities within a cause, but what if you’re interested in doing good, and there are many causes that speak...
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- 21 Jan 2014
- News
Climbing to New Heights
appreciative of warmth, shelter, a shower—all those things you generally take for granted." But, Petzel adds, he also feels an obligation to give back. Based in London, where he works for Goldman Sachs, he became acquainted with Community Action Nepal (CAN), a View Details
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Robert S. Benchley
- 06 May 2013
- Research & Ideas
How Local Events Shake Up Corporate Philanthropy
giving patterns in the years leading up to the event, the year of the event, and the years after. All the events had definite effects on giving patterns, but the magnitude of the event determined the magnitude of the charity spike. For...
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by Carmen Nobel
- 29 May 2001
- Research & Ideas
Good News, Not Blues, For the Inner City
becoming more competitive and moving up. "We can't expect government to be on the front line," he stated. "We have to step up and demonstrate the power of the market system." Businesspeople should be thinking about the inner city as a place to do...
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by Martha Lagace
- 29 Apr 2013
- Research & Ideas
Are First-Time Buyers Left Out of Real Estate’s Rebound?
deductions and just submit your income on the back of a postcard. All this was met with a barrage of criticisms, primarily from two groups: charities concerned that it would undermine giving, and Realtors, home builders, and mortgage...
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- 13 Feb 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 13, 2018
accruing earnings for a charity instead of themselves, more targeting behavior and a more sluggish response to incentives should result. Results from an additional experiment add support to this explanation. When individuals select into...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Mar 2006
- Research & Ideas
Global Poverty Needs a Global Answer
sustainable—engines of change were in fact corporations. In the province next to Veraguas, for example, the Nestlé company's dairy operation had a very similar effect to that of the bishop's movement. The big difference was that it made a profit. There isn't enough...
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by Cynthia Churchwell
- 10 Dec 2012
- Research & Ideas
Why We Blab Our Intimate Secrets on Facebook
to fill out a brief questionnaire, choosing to answer a personal question about either a desirable behavior (such as charity work) or an undesirable behavior (such as cheating). The students could respond to only one of the questions,...
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by Carmen Nobel
- 20 Jan 2015
- First Look
First Look: January 20
higher charity care and medical education. After observing regulator leniency, beneficent hospitals demonstrate higher upcoding. Our results suggest that lenient enforcement assists beneficent nonprofits to obtain higher revenues in...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Sep 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Coming Transformation of Social Enterprise
Professor Kash Rangan is one of the pioneers of Harvard Business School's Social Enterprise Initiative, now 15 years old. Back in 1993, most people took a "spray and pray" approach to philanthropy—writing checks to charities and...
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by Roger Thompson
- 13 Sep 2011
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First Look: September 13
effective in publicly soliciting donations to a range of charities than confederates seated in a regular chair. In Experiment 2, whites changed their private attitudes more following face-to-face appeals from black than white...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Sep 2014
- First Look
First Look: September 23
that pursue a social mission through the use of market mechanisms. These hybrid organizations, often referred to as social enterprises, combine aspects of both charity and business at their core. In this paper we distinguish between two...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Oct 2010
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First Look: October 19, 2010
PublicationsFeeling Good about Giving: The Benefits (and Costs) of Self-interested Charitable Behavior Authors:L. Anik, L. B. Aknin, M. I. Norton, and E. W. Dunn Publication:In The Science of Giving: Experimental Approaches to the Study of View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
September 11: A Community Reflects
sent support. "In cooperation with the American embassy in Kuwait, we opened a new charity account to receive donations from those who believe in the power of altruism and contribution." Kamran Kashani (DBA '74), from Lausanne,...
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Susan Young;Deborah Blagg
- 12 Aug 2002
- Op-Ed
Using Big Business to Fight Poverty
the long run. This last element is critical, for there is not enough charity or taxpayer money to make a sustainable difference; only the profit motive can do that. Earning And Learning Rather than merely applying superficial aid, the...
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by George C. Lodge
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Annual Report FY20 | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
culture doesn't stop with the HBS Community. Every year, Knowledge & Library Services staff give back to the local community through our Community Service Day, monthly charity drives, and other activities. FY20 BY THE NUMBERS 81,000+...
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- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Redefining Success: Women & Work.
package and used her time to get involved in various volunteer and charity activities while remaining active in her industry. After teaching a course at the annual cable television marketing convention, she founded Allen Strategies, a...
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