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The Competitive Advantage of Corporate Philanthropy
Competitive strategy Magazine ArticleMost companies feel compelled to give to charity. Few have figured out how to do it well. -
New Corporate Philanthropy
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleForced to explain why businesses should continue to give money away while laying off workers, contributions managers in hundreds of companies have come... -
Philanthropy’s New Agenda: Creating Value
Corporate social responsibility Magazine ArticleSatisfied with doing good, too few foundations work strategically to do better. -
Bringing Global Philanthropy Closer to Home
Corporate social responsibility Digital ArticleIn developing economies, local philanthropists are acting more like investors. -
Tulsa’s Big Bet on Remote Workers
Remote work Digital ArticleA program paid workers $10,000 to relocate to Tulsa. And two recent studies suggest the investment was worth it. -
How Wise Crowds Can Advance Philanthropy
Marketing Magazine ArticleMidsize nonprofits in the United States offer some of the most innovative solutions to our most pressing problems, but they are starved for growth funding because no efficient market mechanism exists to guide capital to them. In the absence of reliable information about the relative performance of nonprofits, billions of philanthropic dollars annually are distributed […] -
Multiplication Philanthropy
Philanthropy Digital ArticleLeverage is the mantra of the times in philanthropy, and rightly so. People want to know that the charities they support are using donations as effectively as possible. Donors and institutional funders are more demanding, more discerning, and less detached. They’re no longer content with writing a check and securing their place in heaven. They […] -
Three Cases of Better Corporate Philanthropy
Organizational Development Digital ArticleThis season of giving often brings a focus on corporate philanthropy - on giving. But it's hard to do well. If you wanted to design a corporate philanthropy... -
Why Shuttering AmazonSmile Was a Mistake
Organizational Development Digital ArticleResearch shows that the charitable benefits of such "giving-by-proxy" programs can extend beyond their direct impact. -
An Apollo Program for American Philanthropy and the Nonprofit Sector
Philanthropy Digital ArticleIt’s time. -
How Philanthropists Can Diversify Their Grantmaking Portfolios
Investment management Digital ArticleIt’s about creating a balance of grant types, categorized by operations, growth, and risk. -
When Corporate Philanthropy Makes the Recipient Look Bad
Leadership & Managing People ResearchA study of theaters and their artistic reputations. -
A New Type of Philanthropy: Donating Data
Corporate social responsibility Digital ArticleInformation is a public good. -
Competitive Advantage of Corporate Philanthropy (HBR OnPoint Enhanced Edition)
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleWhen it comes to philanthropy, executives increasingly see themselves as caught between critics demanding ever higher levels of "corporate social responsibility"... -
How a New Generation of Business Leaders Views Philanthropy
Corporate social responsibility Digital ArticleThey’re taking multiple routes to social good. -
How Texting is Changing Philanthropy
International business Digital ArticleWithin philanthropy circles, one of the major subtexts of the earthquake in Haiti was the phenomenal success of text-message fundraising appeals. Nonprofits are abuzz about it. The Red Cross alone raised more than $30 million via text donations by the middle of February, more than 10% of the total funds raised. This form of communication […] -
Avoiding the Madonna Effect in Philanthropy
Communication Digital ArticleThe collapse of Madonna's high-profile effort to build a school for impoverished girls in Malawi has made headlines around the world. The singer's celebrity... -
Sharing Data Is a Form of Corporate Philanthropy
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleAcademics, government, and civic groups can all benefit from greater access. -
The Problem with "Color-Blind" Philanthropy
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleYou simply can't ignore the implications of race. -
Lincoln Center CEO Henry Timms on New Models for Effective Leadership
Business and society Digital Article“New power” is about circulating new ideas for anyone and everyone to interpret and build on – rather than being controlled by a centralized organization.
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Ensuring Your Family's Future: The Alagil Family Office
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Muhammad Alagil was a second-generation leader in the well-known Alagil Family Group of businesses in Saudi Arabia and co-founder and chairman of its... -
George Soros: A Life in Full
30.00View Details A compelling new picture of one of the most important, complex, and misunderstood figures of our time. The name George Soros is recognized around the... -
Paul Polman
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details Over his 40-year career, Paul Polman had led some of the world's largest consumer goods companies, making his biggest mark as CEO of Unilever-a multi-national... -
Philanthropy Industry Note Part (A): Landscape of Philanthropy in the U.S.
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details This series of contextual essays provides an overview of the history and status of philanthropic giving in the United States. Drawing on federal tax-based... -
The Ford Foundation: Reimagining Philanthropy to Build a More Just and Fair World
Management Case Study8.95View Details This case profiles Ford Foundation president Darren Walker and his goal of reimagining philanthropy in order to build a more just and fair world. Specifically,... -
Janet Ames (C), Spanish Version
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details The series of Janet Ames cases follow a fictional alumna of Harvard Business School into her consulting career in Boston. Over the series of cases, Ames... -
George Soros: The Stateless Statesman
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details This case traces the business career and philanthropic activities of George Soros. The Hungarian-born Soros made a fortune as a hedge fund investor after... -
Philanthropy Industry Note Part (D): Corporate Philanthropy
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study5.00View Details This series of contextual essays provides an overview of the history and status of philanthropic giving in the United States. Drawing on federal tax-based... -
Janet Ames (B)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details The series of Janet Ames cases follow a fictional alumna of Harvard Business School into her consulting career in Boston. Over the series of cases, Ames... -
ERKE: Consumption Binge Caused by Donations
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Hongxing ERKE Industrial Co., Ltd. (ERKE), founded in 2000, was the first large Chinese sportswear company to list overseas. Despite the difficulties... -
Janet Ames (A)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details The series of Janet Ames cases follow a fictional alumna of Harvard Business School into her consulting career in Boston. Over the series of cases, Ames... -
Blue Meridian Partners (B): Pivoting in a Crisis
Sales & Marketing Case Study5.00View Details The (B) case situated in 2020 describes the many quick decisions taken by the fund in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the calls for social justice,... -
The Saboo Foundation Model of Philanthropy: How a Self-Made Man Created Thousands More
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Anand Saboo Foundation (ASF) is a philanthropic organization set up by an industrialist, Anand Saboo, with the aim of transforming poor people into entrepreneurs.... -
Sun Hing: Keeping the Family Together through Philanthropy - an Update in 2020
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details Supplement for #ST17. -
Zhang Xin and the Emergence of Chinese Philanthropy
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details This case examines the recent emergence of Chinese business philanthropy through the case of the SOHO China Foundation established by the wife and husband... -
Community Solutions
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Community Solutions was an anti-homelessness nonprofit founded in 2011 after protagonist Rosanne Haggerty grew frustrated with the limited impact of traditional... -
An Heir with No Spare: The Deitch Family Office
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details Joe and Matt Deitch, father and son, knew it was time to start their own family office. Matthew had recently joined his father at the family's three enterprises,... -
Google.org: For-Profit Philanthropy
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details The Google.org: For-Profit Philanthropy case introduces a distinct social enterprise structure, a combination of a philanthropic division of a for-profit... -
The Incentive for Legacy: Tsinghua University Education Foundation
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Vivian Yuan seeks to bolster the Tsinghua University Education Foundation's fundraising efforts and investment goals in a new era of Chinese higher education.... -
Richard Lund: Personal Wealth and Philanthropy
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details Richard Lund had reached an important crossroads in his life. At age 65, Lund had had a great deal of success-and amassed much wealth-but he needed to...
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The Competitive Advantage of Corporate Philanthropy
Competitive strategy Magazine ArticleMost companies feel compelled to give to charity. Few have figured out how to do it well. -
New Corporate Philanthropy
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleForced to explain why businesses should continue to give money away while laying off workers, contributions managers in hundreds of companies have come... -
Philanthropy’s New Agenda: Creating Value
Corporate social responsibility Magazine ArticleSatisfied with doing good, too few foundations work strategically to do better. -
Bringing Global Philanthropy Closer to Home
Corporate social responsibility Digital ArticleIn developing economies, local philanthropists are acting more like investors. -
Ensuring Your Family's Future: The Alagil Family Office
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Muhammad Alagil was a second-generation leader in the well-known Alagil Family Group of businesses in Saudi Arabia and co-founder and chairman of its... -
Tulsa’s Big Bet on Remote Workers
Remote work Digital ArticleA program paid workers $10,000 to relocate to Tulsa. And two recent studies suggest the investment was worth it. -
How Wise Crowds Can Advance Philanthropy
Marketing Magazine ArticleMidsize nonprofits in the United States offer some of the most innovative solutions to our most pressing problems, but they are starved for growth funding because no efficient market mechanism exists to guide capital to them. In the absence of reliable information about the relative performance of nonprofits, billions of philanthropic dollars annually are distributed […] -
Multiplication Philanthropy
Philanthropy Digital ArticleLeverage is the mantra of the times in philanthropy, and rightly so. People want to know that the charities they support are using donations as effectively as possible. Donors and institutional funders are more demanding, more discerning, and less detached. They’re no longer content with writing a check and securing their place in heaven. They […] -
Three Cases of Better Corporate Philanthropy
Organizational Development Digital ArticleThis season of giving often brings a focus on corporate philanthropy - on giving. But it's hard to do well. If you wanted to design a corporate philanthropy... -
Why Shuttering AmazonSmile Was a Mistake
Organizational Development Digital ArticleResearch shows that the charitable benefits of such "giving-by-proxy" programs can extend beyond their direct impact.