Building a Nonprofit Marketplace System to Feed America

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Building a Nonprofit Marketplace System to Feed America

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Nov 19, 2018

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Feeding America is the third largest nonprofit in America, managing a network of more than 200 food banks nationwide. Harvard Business School professor Scott Duke Kominers and University of Chicago professor Canice Prendergast discuss how the organization designed a marketplace that was efficient and fair for all participants.

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Nov 19, 2018

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