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- May 2003 (Revised March 2004)
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Harlem Children's Zone, The: Driving Performance with Measurement and Evaluation
By: Allen S. Grossman and Daniel F. Curran
Geoffrey Canada, CEO of the Harlem Children's Zone, wanted his organization to grow dramatically to reach thousands of poor and underserved children in Harlem. The agency ran a variety of successful social service programs throughout New York City that were separately...
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Leadership;
Goals and Objectives;
Measurement and Metrics;
Organizational Structure;
Performance Evaluation;
Strategic Planning;
Problems and Challenges;
Nonprofit Organizations;
Expansion;
Valuation
Grossman, Allen S., and Daniel F. Curran. "Harlem Children's Zone, The: Driving Performance with Measurement and Evaluation." Harvard Business School Case 303-109, May 2003. (Revised March 2004.)
- 09 Nov 2022
- In Practice
COP27: What Can Business Leaders Do to Fight Climate Change Now?
The US government’s newly passed Inflation Reduction Act will direct $370 billion toward advancing renewal energy and reducing greenhouse gas emissions—the country's largest investment in fighting climate change so far. As business and government leaders around the...
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by Lynn Schenk and Danielle Kost
- Web
Resources for New Alumni - Alumni
can apply to the HBS Social Enterprise Loan Repayment Assistance Program , which is managed by the Social Enterprise Initiative. The deadline for...
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- 10 Aug 2023
- News
Kraft’s Foundation to Combat Antisemitism Appoints Alumna as President
The Foundation to Combat Antisemitism (FCAS) recently announced that Tara Levine (MBA 2001) will serve as its first president. Founded in 2019 by Robert Kraft (MBA 1965), chairman and CEO of the Kraft Group, FCAS addresses the rise in antisemitism in the United States...
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- March 2023 (Revised September 2023)
- Case
Patagonia: 'Earth Is Now Our Only Shareholder'
By: Brian Trelstad, Nien-hê Hsieh, Michael Norris and Susan Pinckney
In September 2022, Yvon Chouinard, the iconoclastic founder of outdoor apparel company Patagonia, announced a new ownership model for his company. Chouinard and his family had held complete control of the company's voting and non-voting stock since its founding 50...
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Trusts;
Business Ventures;
Business Organization;
Family Business;
Restructuring;
Change;
Disruption;
Transition;
Decision Making;
Ethics;
Values and Beliefs;
Finance;
Financial Management;
Governance;
Corporate Governance;
Investment Activism;
Leadership;
Labor;
Law;
Common Law;
Management;
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Organizations;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
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Family Ownership;
Private Ownership;
Social Enterprise;
Nonprofit Organizations;
Society;
Social Issues;
Wealth and Poverty;
Value;
Value Creation;
Apparel and Accessories Industry;
United States
Trelstad, Brian, Nien-hê Hsieh, Michael Norris, and Susan Pinckney. "Patagonia: 'Earth Is Now Our Only Shareholder'." Harvard Business School Case 323-057, March 2023. (Revised September 2023.)
- February 2021 (Revised March 2022)
- Case
TikTok in 2020: Super App or Supernova?
By: Jeffrey F. Rayport, Dan Maher and Dan O'Brien
TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, was launched in 2012 around a simple idea – helping users entertain themselves on their smartphones while on the Beijing Subway. In less than a decade, it had become one of the world’s most valuable private companies, with investors...
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Business Model;
Business Startups;
Business Organization;
Change Management;
Disruption;
Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues;
Global Strategy;
Health Pandemics;
Innovation Strategy;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Growth Management;
Brands and Branding;
Marketing Strategy;
Marketing Channels;
Network Effects;
Digital Platforms;
Product Design;
Product Development;
Partners and Partnerships;
Opportunities;
Social Issues;
Mobile and Wireless Technology;
Internet and the Web;
Value Creation;
United States;
China
Rayport, Jeffrey F., Dan Maher, and Dan O'Brien. "TikTok in 2020: Super App or Supernova?" Harvard Business School Case 821-087, February 2021. (Revised March 2022.)
- Web
HBS Section I Celebrates Parents, Mentors, and Partners Day - MBA
Sciences Partners & Families Peek SVMP Social Enterprise Student Life Student Loans Student Profile Sustainability Video Blog Industries Industries Architecture Construction Consulting Consumer Packaged...
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Team - Case Method Project
volunteered with a variety of institutions supporting course formation, curriculum development, and professional development workshops for social sciences educators. In her spare time, Lisa can be found...
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- 13 Mar 2023
- Research & Ideas
What Would It Take to Unlock Microfinance's Full Potential?
In the 50 years since modern microfinance was introduced as a tool to fight poverty, institutions have distributed hundreds of millions of loans to people in developing countries. Such loans are repaid at rates often as high as 98...
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Advisory Board - Entrepreneurship
company Excara and switched to selling enterprise software for managing product content. In 2002, he started two nonprofits in response to the sexual abuse crisis in the Catholic Church. He is currently acting VP of Product Strategy for...
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- 29 Aug 2022
- News
Harvard Business School Announces 2022 Goldsmith Fellows
- 07 Jul 2021
- Book
Good News for Disgraced Companies: You Can Regain Trust
new book The Power of Trust: How Companies Build It, Lose It, Regain It, Sucher and her coauthor, HBS research associate Shalene Gupta, highlight those social media examples along with a global list of companies that have either...
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by Lane Lambert
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The U.S. Job Search for International Students - MBA
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- 13 Mar 2007
- First Look
First Look: March 13, 2007
Working PapersInitiating Divergent Organizational Change: The Enabling Role of Actors' Social Position Author:Julie Battilana Abstract This study addresses the paradox of embedded human agency, or the contradiction between actors'...
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Martha Lagace
- 29 Nov 2022
- Research & Ideas
How Much More Would Holiday Shoppers Pay to Wear Something Rare?
the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Robert Schultz of the University of Michigan, the paper uses the quirks of an online auction to quantify just how much social influence matters when it comes to...
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Getting a Peek Into the HBS Experience - MBA
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- 09 Oct 2001
- Research & Ideas
Driven: How Human Nature Shapes Organizations
personal lives, but they often need the help of well-managed social institutions to succeed. Leaders have several structural devices they can use to promote this balance. For example, they can balance...
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by Paul Lawrence & Nitin Nohria
- Web
Past Issues - Alumni
what a chorus of critics claim is badly broken? And where does that leave HBS? Complete Table of Contents June 2008 Kash Rangan Cofounder of the HBS Social Enterprise Initiative, Director of Research Team...
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- 12 Apr 2022
- Research & Ideas
Swiping Right: How Data Helped This Online Dating Site Make More Matches
some estimates, with players such as Bumble, Tinder, and OKCupid vying to help people find love. While McFowland is not a dating expert, his work in machine learning and social sciences examines the efficacy of how people interact in...
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by Kara Baskin
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Taking the Risk to Start a Company at Business School - MBA
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