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- 23 Apr 2012
- News
Report: Giving Time Can Give You Time
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Building a better India through business and philanthropy
the Piramal Group into one of India’s largest conglomerates and the country’s third-largest pharmaceutical company. “We have transformed ourselves from an India-centric business to a global business,” says Piramal. “Today, the majority of...
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- April 1996 (Revised May 1996)
- Background Note
The Social Enterprise Spectrum: Structuring Social-Purpose Ventures: From Philanthropy to Commerce
With the boundaries between philanthropy and commerce blurring, this note briefly gives nonprofit managers and social entrepreneurs a framework (the Social Enterprise Spectrum) for thinking creatively about structural options in the social sector.
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Social Entrepreneurship
Dees, J. Gregory. "The Social Enterprise Spectrum: Structuring Social-Purpose Ventures: From Philanthropy to Commerce." Harvard Business School Background Note 396-343, April 1996. (Revised May 1996.)
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
The Power of Philanthropy
When their son Joey died of cystic fibrosis in 1986 at age 12, Kathy and Joe O’Donnell (MBA 1971) vowed to fight the disease. O’Donnell, at the time the president of the Boston Concessions Group, joined with Vertex Pharmaceuticals View Details
- 24 Jan 2013
- Working Paper Summaries
Punctuated Generosity: How Mega-events and Natural Disasters Affect Corporate Philanthropy in US Communities
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by András Tilcsik & Christopher Marquis
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
An agent for change through investing and philanthropy
Jim Alexandre (MBA 1983), a private equity specialist, talks about how he is an agent for change through his investments and his personal philanthropy. (Published April 2014)
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- 2013
- Working Paper
Non-Standard Matches and Charitable Giving
By: Michael Sanders, Sarah Smith and Michael I. Norton
Many organisations, including corporations and governments, wish to encourage charitable giving, and offer incentives for their employees, customers and citizens to do so. The most common of these incentives is a match rate, where the organisation agrees to pay, for...
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Sanders, Michael, Sarah Smith, and Michael I. Norton. "Non-Standard Matches and Charitable Giving." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 13-094, May 2013.
- 1 Oct 2010
- Conference Presentation
I Give Therefore I Have: Charitable Giving and Subjective Wealth
By: Zoe Chance and Michael I. Norton
- 22 Oct 2009
- Conference Presentation
Charitable Giving and Subjective Wealth
By: Zoe Chance and Michael I. Norton
- 1 Oct 2011
- Conference Presentation
Giving Time Gives You Time
By: Zoe Chance, Cassie Mogilner and Michael I. Norton
Chance, Zoe, Cassie Mogilner, and Michael I. Norton. "Giving Time Gives You Time." Paper presented at the Association for Consumer Research Annual Conference, St. Louis, MO, October 1, 2011.
The Art of Giving and Receiving Advice
Seeking and giving advice are central to effective leadership and decision making, and they require emotional intelligence, self-awareness, restraint, diplomacy, and patience on both sides. But managers tend to view these competencies as “gifts” that one either has... View Details
- October–November 2003
- Article
Religious Faith and Charitable Giving
By: Arthur C. Brooks
Brooks, Arthur C. "Religious Faith and Charitable Giving." Policy Review 121 (October–November 2003): 39–50.
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Giving Advice
(courtesy of Susan Wolf Ditkoff) The philanthropy economy is booming. Last year, America’s charitable giving totaled $358.38 billion, equaling 2.1 percent of GDP—a number last attained in prerecession 2004....
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- 19 Dec 2023
- Research & Ideas
$15 Billion in Five Years: What Data Tells Us About MacKenzie Scott’s Philanthropy
of gifts over time. So many in the nonprofit and philanthropy world wondered how Scott’s nonconforming principles would be expressed in her actual giving. Scott, whose net worth has been estimated to top $40...
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- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Giving Together
creation of a fund in his name. The response shows the power of group giving with an impressive $1.3 million raised from 20 HBS classmates and friends toward the Robert E. Bennett Memorial Fellowship. Such a...
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- June 2014
- Technical Note
A Note on Seeking, Receiving, and Giving Advice
By: David A. Garvin and Joshua D. Margolis
This note examines the processes of seeking, receiving, and giving advice by drawing on both academic research and the lessons of skilled practitioners. It begins with a discussion of the potential benefits and costs of advice-seeking and advice-giving. The note then...
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Advice Taking;
Coaching;
Decision-making;
Leadership;
Interpersonal Communication;
Personal Development and Career;
Management Skills
Garvin, David A., and Joshua D. Margolis. "A Note on Seeking, Receiving, and Giving Advice." Harvard Business School Technical Note 314-071, June 2014.
- June 2013
- Background Note
Venture Philanthropy: Its Evolution and Its Future
By: Allen Grossman, Sarah Appleby and Caitlin Reimers
This note explores the current state of venture philanthropy in the U.S. and its future. Based on interviews with 28 practitioners in the field of philanthropy and a review of the literature since the publication of the article introducing the concept of venture...
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Philanthropy;
Nonprofit;
Social Institutions;
Nonprofit Organizations;
Social Entrepreneurship;
Civil Society or Community;
Philanthropy and Charitable Giving;
United States
Grossman, Allen, Sarah Appleby, and Caitlin Reimers. "Venture Philanthropy: Its Evolution and Its Future." Harvard Business School Background Note 313-111, June 2013.
- 13 May 2013
- News
Giving Together
In his first experience as a HBS volunteer, serving as a major gifts committee member for his 10th Reunion Campaign, DJ Haley felt strongly about establishing a fellowship fund to support HBS students with a military service background— – View Details
- January 13, 2003
- Other Article
The Pluses in Corporate Philanthropy
By: Michael E. Porter and Mark R. Kramer
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Strategy
Porter, Michael E., and Mark R. Kramer. "The Pluses in Corporate Philanthropy." Boston Globe (January 13, 2003).
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A Tradition of Philanthropy - Alumni
Giving A Tradition of Philanthropy Giving A Tradition of Philanthropy Investing in Leadership Donor support advances the School's mission...
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