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- October 1987 (Revised September 1992)
- Case
Hurricane Island Outward Bound School
Hurricane Island Outward Bound, a small, nonprofit school that helped pioneer experiential education in the United States, has recently recovered from a financial crisis. Students take the role of the school's new marketing manager, who is preparing his first marketing...
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Demand and Consumers;
Nonprofit Organizations;
Marketing Strategy;
Education;
Education Industry;
United States
Bonoma, Thomas V. "Hurricane Island Outward Bound School." Harvard Business School Case 588-019, October 1987. (Revised September 1992.)
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Offshore Learning
you can catch and hold one of the briny little creatures in your own two hands. As president and CEO of the Thompson Island Outward Bound Education Center in Boston, Arthur Pearson (MBA 1991) is working with...
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- 01 Jun 2003
- News
John Read
With a background in government service, truck-parts manufacturing, and private equity, John C. Read (MBA ’71) might seem an unlikely person to run the world’s largest adventure-based educational organization. But about a decade ago, Read signed up for a weeklong View Details
- 23 Sep 2016
- News
Innovating childhood education for America's future growth
- Career Coach
Ellen Harris
Ellen (HGSE ’86) is the Director of Outward Bound Professional/Facilitator at Thompson Island Outward Bound Professional where she is responsible...
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Consulting;
Consumer Products;
Education;
Hospitality;
Manufacturing;
Retail;
Social Enterprise
- 10 Dec 2010
- News
Not for Profits
Allen S. Grossman
Allen Grossman was appointed a Harvard Business School Professor of Management Practice in July 2000. He joined the Business School faculty in July 1998, with a concurrent appointment as a Visiting Scholar at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE). He... View Details
- Web
Events - Business History
May 13 13 May 2022 Virtual Workshop "Forms of Capitalism" May 13, 12:00 to 4:00 (East Coast US Time) Sophus Reinert (HBS), Introduction Marlous van Waijenburg (HBS), Chair Sebouh Aslanian (UCLA), "'Taking Risks Beyond the Bounds of Common...
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- 01 Dec 1998
- News
A Journey to Leadership: Luke O'Neill
assist the city's children. It was during this time that he became involved with the Outward Bound USA organization, which he saw as an educational resource for the Boys and Girls Clubs. After participating...
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Deborah Blagg
- 16 Sep 2016
- News
Offshore Learning
“Our classroom is a 204-acre island in Boston Harbor with two salt marshes, a fresh-water marsh, an inner tidal zone, meadows, and forests,” says Arthur Pearson (MBA 1991), president and CEO of Boston’s Thompson Island Outward View Details
- 09 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Challenge of the Multi-site Nonprofit
value proposition created by a national organization with local units is lost. Instead, the debate should be reframed with autonomy and affiliation as the key dimensions. In their research, Grossman and Rangan looked at the system behaviors of five nonprofits: View Details
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
Orientation Teamwork
activities, led by facilitators from Outward Bound Professional, was designed to give students comprising 152 newly formed Learning Teams a chance to get to know each other while introducing them to...
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- 22 Feb 2000
- Research & Ideas
Social Capital Markets: Creating Value in the Nonprofit World
himself during his six years as president andCEO of Outward Bound, plunging him into the Social Capital Markets arena.When Outward Bound received an $8-million grant for a new...
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by Anne Kavanagh
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Social Capital Markets: Creating Value in the Nonprofit World
of dollars and asking, 'Is it working in an optimum fashion?' " Grossman, the former CEO of Outward Bound USA, wrote (with Christine W. Letts (MBA '76) and William P. Ryan) the pathbreaking 1997 Harvard...
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Anne Kavanagh
- 24 Jul 2007
- First Look
First Look: July 24, 2007
a firm practicing by-product synergy is that quantities of the primary product and by-product are linked, with production of the primary product defining the upper bound of the quantity of the by-product. Optimization of a by-product...
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Martha Lagace
- Web
Print View - Course Catalog
selection and commitment. It examines the stress of maintaining outward positivity in the face of constant adversity and uncertainty, and how important it is to display commitment. FOUNDING TEAM explores the importance of hiring right,...
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