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- 08 May 2020
- In Practice
Nonprofits Hurt by COVID-19 Must Hoard Cash to Hold On
survey by the Charities Aid Foundation of America. A staggering 97 percent of respondents expect their funding to decline during the next 12 months as the struggling economy and social distancing hurts fundraising efforts. What can...
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by Danielle Kost
- 09 Sep 2016
- News
MaiTai Global and Kiteboarding
100 entrepreneurs show up in Cabarete, to share ideas and work on some things. We have components of what we do, that our charity environmentally-based and technology-based. One of the projects I'm trying to put together for August, we're...
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- 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
- 16 Apr 2013
- First Look
First Look: April 16
countries that differ greatly in terms of wealth (Canada, Uganda, and India). Finally, in Study 3, participants in Canada and South Africa randomly assigned to buy items for charity reported higher levels of positive affect than...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Feb 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, February 20, 2018
new fund. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/317036-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 118-052 Charity or Bribery? Filip Kowalski, a senior manager at the pharmaceutical company Healthgen, leads sales for the...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Jun 2013
- First Look
First Look: June 4
spending) are unleashed when givers are aware of their positive impact. In Study 1, an experiment using real charitable appeals, giving more money to charity led to higher levels of happiness only when participants gave to causes that...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Oct 2010
- First Look
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
- Web
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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- 07 Feb 2012
- First Look
First Look: February 7
of those children. Using data from an online charity that solicits donations for school projects, we found that proposals accompanied by images of older African American students (Grades 6-12) led to fewer donations than proposals with...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Back in Business
aside $10,000 to be matched with alumni donations, the club also distributed $20,000 to three local charities assisting families of WTC victims; in addition, it set up a speakers' program featuring individuals involved in the city's...
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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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- 18 Aug 2021
- News
Alumni on the Black Lives Matter Movement
on racial equity and social justice matters. As reported in the Boston Globe, the group wants to support the “chronically underfunded Black and brown-led nonprofits” and “drive a sea change in how money is doled out,” making the work “less about View Details
- 10 Jan 2005
- Research & Ideas
Motivation and the Cross-Sector Alliance
Altruism and solidarity were also significant drivers in the private sector, resulting in large part from the long-standing tradition of charity and civil commitment derived from the region's powerful Catholic background.2 For some...
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- 16 Dec 2020
- Blog Post
Alumni on the Black Lives Matter Movement
money is doled out,” making the work “less about charity and more about creating systemic change.” Having seeded their fund with $20 million in their first three weeks, they have a goal of raising at least $100 million. According to a...
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are not widely held public companies, and most of them will compete against such companies. Students will gain exposure to the range of ownership models and the ways in which they differ from each other. We will analyze companies from the major types, including those...
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