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- April 1996 (Revised June 1996)
- Case
City Year Enterprise
City Year, a national, nonprofit, youth-service corps, decided to diversify its funding base by seeking opportunities to gain "earned income." In 1995, the initiative, dubbed "City Year Enterprise," had already launched its first project, a collaboration with the...
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Keywords:
Nonprofit Organizations;
Partners and Partnerships;
Joint Ventures;
Social Entrepreneurship;
Apparel and Accessories Industry;
United States
Dees, J. Gregory, and Jaan Elias. "City Year Enterprise." Harvard Business School Case 396-196, April 1996. (Revised June 1996.)
- July 2005 (Revised September 2016)
- Case
24 Hour Fitness (A): The Rise, 1983–2004
By: John R. Wells, Elizabeth A. Raabe and Gabriel Ellsworth
In October 2004, Mark S. Mastrov, CEO of 24 Hour Fitness, reflected on how far his company had come in just over 20 years. From humble beginnings in 1983 in San Leandro, California, 24 Hour Fitness had grown to become the largest privately-owned health-club chain in...
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Keywords:
24 Hour Fitness;
Mark Mastrov;
Health Clubs;
Fitness;
Gyms;
Chain;
Weight Loss;
Exercise;
Personal Training;
Retention;
Sales Force Compensation;
Incentive Systems;
Buildings and Facilities;
Business Growth and Maturation;
Business Model;
For-Profit Firms;
Customers;
Customer Focus and Relationships;
Customer Satisfaction;
Private Equity;
Revenue;
Geographic Scope;
Multinational Firms and Management;
Nutrition;
Business History;
Employees;
Recruitment;
Selection and Staffing;
Human Capital;
Business or Company Management;
Goals and Objectives;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Marketing;
Operations;
Service Operations;
Private Ownership;
Problems and Challenges;
Sales;
Salesforce Management;
Sports;
Strategy;
Business Strategy;
Competition;
Competitive Advantage;
Competitive Strategy;
Corporate Strategy;
Expansion;
Segmentation;
Information Technology;
Internet;
Technology Platform;
Web;
Web Sites;
Capital Structure;
Performance;
Organizational Structure;
Organizational Culture;
Health Industry;
United States;
California;
San Francisco
Wells, John R., Elizabeth A. Raabe, and Gabriel Ellsworth. "24 Hour Fitness (A): The Rise, 1983–2004." Harvard Business School Case 706-404, July 2005. (Revised September 2016.)
Luis M. Viceira
Luis M. Viceira is the George E. Bates Professor in the Finance Unit and a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. His research, course development, and teaching focus on the areas of investment management... View Details
- September 2002
- Case
Seattle Public Schools, 1995-2002 (A): The Freedom Agenda
Describes efforts in Seattle Public Schools, under the leadership of Superintendent Joseph Olchefske, to replace the district's centralized budgeting process with school-level budgets. Olchefske's decentralization effort, referred to locally as the Freedom Agenda,...
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Keywords:
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Management Practices and Processes;
Operations;
Education;
Education Industry;
Seattle
Leschly, Stig. "Seattle Public Schools, 1995-2002 (A): The Freedom Agenda." Harvard Business School Case 803-037, September 2002.
- 2024
- Working Paper
Employer-Based Short-Term Savings Accounts
By: Sarah Holmes Berk, John Beshears, Jay Garg, James J. Choi and David Laibson
We study the introduction of a choice architecture design intended to increase short-term savings among employees at five U.K. firms. Employees were offered the opportunity to opt into a payroll deduction program that auto-deposits funds from each paycheck into a...
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Berk, Sarah Holmes, John Beshears, Jay Garg, James J. Choi, and David Laibson. "Employer-Based Short-Term Savings Accounts." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 32074, January 2024.
- 02 Dec 2014
- Working Paper Summaries
International Trade, Multinational Activity, and Corporate Finance
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by C. Fritz Foley & Kalina Manova
- June 2024
- Supplement
Heritage Holding (A)
By: Richard S. Ruback and Royce Yudkoff
Pre-Abstract: Instructors should consider the timing of making videos available to students, as they may reveal key case details.
Abstract: The summer of 2022 marked a crucial period for Heritage Holding co-founders, Alex de Pfyffer and Ross Porter. The... View Details
Abstract: The summer of 2022 marked a crucial period for Heritage Holding co-founders, Alex de Pfyffer and Ross Porter. The... View Details
Keywords:
Acquisition;
Small Business;
Cost vs Benefits;
Decisions;
Business Education;
Corporate Entrepreneurship;
Leadership Style;
Leading Change;
Business or Company Management;
Problems and Challenges;
Private Equity;
North America
Ruback, Richard S., and Royce Yudkoff. "Heritage Holding (A)." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Supplement 224-723, June 2024.
- February 2010 (Revised September 2011)
- Case
Local Motors: Designed by the Crowd, Built by the Customer
By: Michael I. Norton and Jeremy Dann
In the wake of the meltdown among U.S. auto manufacturers in 2009, Jay Rogers, CEO of Local Motors, has a new approach for the automotive industry: decide which models are produced through online design competitions, and then allow customers to "build their own cars"...
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Keywords:
Business Startups;
Customer Focus and Relationships;
Collaborative Innovation and Invention;
Product Design;
Product Development;
Creativity;
Social and Collaborative Networks;
Customization and Personalization;
Auto Industry;
Manufacturing Industry;
United States
Norton, Michael I., and Jeremy Dann. "Local Motors: Designed by the Crowd, Built by the Customer." Harvard Business School Case 510-062, February 2010. (Revised September 2011.)
- 2025
- Chapter
Employer-Based Short-Term Savings Accounts
By: Sarah Holmes Berk, John Beshears, Jay Garg, James J. Choi and David Laibson
We study the introduction of a choice architecture design intended to increase short-term savings among employees at five U.K. firms. Employees were offered the opportunity to opt into a payroll deduction program that auto-deposits funds from each paycheck into a...
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Keywords:
Personal Finance;
Compensation and Benefits;
Well-being;
Behavior;
Investment Funds;
Employees;
United Kingdom
Berk, Sarah Holmes, John Beshears, Jay Garg, James J. Choi, and David Laibson. "Employer-Based Short-Term Savings Accounts." In The Elgar Companion to Consumer Behaviour and the UN Sustainable Development Goals, edited by Lucia A. Reisch and Cass R. Sunstein. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, forthcoming.
- March 2014 (Revised September 2015)
- Case
ACA and the Union Bank Acquisition
By: Josh Lerner and Nathaniel Burbank
Okey Enelamah is the CEO of the African Capital Alliance (ACA), a private equity firm based in Nigeria. ACA has spent more than a year arranging a $500 million consortium bid to acquire and recapitalize Union Bank, Nigeria's sixth largest bank. Several weeks before the...
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Keywords:
Nigeria;
African Capital Alliance;
Africa;
Bank Capital;
ACA;
Union Bank;
Development Finance Institutions;
Capital Alliance Private Equity;
Private Equity;
Central Banking;
Banking Industry;
Financial Services Industry;
Nigeria;
Africa
Lerner, Josh, and Nathaniel Burbank. "ACA and the Union Bank Acquisition." Harvard Business School Case 814-080, March 2014. (Revised September 2015.)
- November 2018
- Case
Goldman Sachs: The 10,000 Small Businesses Program
By: Leonard A. Schlesinger and Aldo Sesia
In 2008, Goldman Sachs started the 10,000 Small Businesses program to help small businesses in the United States by providing education and a network of support—at no cost —and access to capital. It required the firm to create a new business ecosystem with a wide...
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Keywords:
Ecosystem;
Public/private Partnership;
Small Business;
Programs;
Education;
Partners and Partnerships;
Philanthropy and Charitable Giving;
United States
Schlesinger, Leonard A., and Aldo Sesia. "Goldman Sachs: The 10,000 Small Businesses Program." Harvard Business School Case 319-005, November 2018.
- September 2006 (Revised July 2012)
- Case
PSI India—Will Balbir Pasha Help Fight AIDS? (A)
By: Elie Ofek and Peter Wickersham
In 2002, Population Services International (PSI) was committed to curbing the growing HIV/AIDS epidemic in India. Sanjay Chaganti, program director of HIV/AIDS at PSI India, has to decide on the best communication strategy to achieve this goal. Up to this date most...
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Keywords:
Advertising Campaigns;
Communication Strategy;
Health Disorders;
Marketing Communications;
Social Marketing;
Social Enterprise;
India
Ofek, Elie, and Peter Wickersham. "PSI India—Will Balbir Pasha Help Fight AIDS? (A)." Harvard Business School Case 507-032, September 2006. (Revised July 2012.)
- July 2014
- Case
Paramount Equipment, Inc.
By: Carliss Y. Baldwin and Wei Wang
Paramount Equipment, Inc., based in Fort Wayne, Indiana, is a large manufacturer of cranes and compact construction equipment, aerial work platforms, and food service equipment. Founded in 1987, Paramount now had manufacturing operations in 24 countries. However, it...
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Baldwin, Carliss Y., and Wei Wang. "Paramount Equipment, Inc." Harvard Business School Brief Case 914-557, July 2014.
- April 2015 (Revised April 2015)
- Case
Yale University Investments Office: February 2015
By: Josh Lerner
David Swensen and the Investments Office staff must decide whether to continue to allocate the bulk of the university's endowment to illiquid investments—hedge funds, private equity, real estate—given the impact of the recent market turmoil. The case explores the risks...
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Keywords:
Asset Management;
Resource Allocation;
Investment;
Venture Capital;
Investment Funds;
Property;
Private Equity
Lerner, Josh. "Yale University Investments Office: February 2015." Harvard Business School Case 815-124, April 2015. (Revised April 2015.)
- Research Summary
Overview
Professor Keenan studies barriers to and motivators of prosocial behavior, using a combination of field, laboratory, and online experimental methods. Her recent work investigates donors’ aversion to overhead spending by nonprofits, including its negative effects on the...
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- March 2020 (Revised August 2020)
- Case
Last Mile Health (A)
By: Brian Trelstad and V. Kasturi Rangan
As the Ebola outbreak threatens the fragile health system of Liberia, Raj Panjabi, the founder of Last Mile Health, faces a dilemma: should he expand beyond the organizaton's core mission to help the country build emergency health care capacity, or should he stick to...
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Keywords:
Healthcare;
Ebola;
Nonprofit Organizations;
Health Care and Treatment;
Rural Scope;
Health Pandemics;
Growth and Development;
Decisions;
Health Industry;
Africa
Trelstad, Brian, and V. Kasturi Rangan. "Last Mile Health (A)." Harvard Business School Case 320-027, March 2020. (Revised August 2020.)
- September 2010 (Revised May 2012)
- Case
Windward Investment Management
By: Luis M. Viceira and Ricardo Alberto De Armas
Windward Investment Management has experienced rapid growth in assets under management in just ten years, from under $30 million at year-end 1999 to $3.6 billion in 2010. Windward is one of the leading firms in the Registered Investment Advisor (RIA) industry that...
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Keywords:
Asset Management;
Valuation;
Investment;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Financial Services Industry
Viceira, Luis M., and Ricardo Alberto De Armas. "Windward Investment Management." Harvard Business School Case 211-005, September 2010. (Revised May 2012.)
- April 2004 (Revised December 2004)
- Case
Jazztel
By: Marc L. Bertoneche, Laurent Jacque, Kenneth Hynes and Jennifer Woolman
Jazztel--an upstart Spanish telecom--is considering an IPO on the NASDAQ (rather than the Madrid Bolsa) for funding its ambitious capital expenditure program estimated at $750 million over the next 10 years. The alternative would be another round of high-yield debt....
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Keywords:
History;
Initial Public Offering;
Valuation;
Privatization;
Financing and Loans;
Financial Strategy;
Telecommunications Industry;
Spain
Bertoneche, Marc L., Laurent Jacque, Kenneth Hynes, and Jennifer Woolman. "Jazztel." Harvard Business School Case 204-047, April 2004. (Revised December 2004.)
- Career Coach
Juan Leung Li
While it takes introspection, Juan believes in the meaningful differences (finding purpose!) these efforts have in career searches. While at HBS, Juan considered a diverse set of opportunities such as brand management, consulting, PE,...
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