James E. Austin

Eliot I. Snider and Family Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus

Dr. Austin holds the Eliot I. Snider and Family Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus at the Harvard Business School. Previously he held the John G. McLean Professorship and the Richard P. Chapman Professorship. He has been a member of the Harvard University faculty since 1972. He was the Co-Founder and Chair of the HBS Social Enterprise Initiative. He held a joint appointment as a Lecturer in Nutrition Policy and Programs at the Harvard School of Public Health.

Educational Background: Doctor of Business Administration and Master of Business Administration from Harvard University with Distinction; Bachelor of Business Administration from The University of Michigan with High Distinction, elected to Beta Gamma Sigma. Associate in Arts from Flint Community Junior College with Distinction. Dean's Honor List.

Research Publications: He has been the author or editor of 27 books, 31 chapters, 75 articles, and over two hundred case studies and teaching notes. His most recent book (2014) is Creating Value in Nonprofit – Business Collaborations co-authored with M. May Seitanidi. In 2000 he authored The Collaboration Challenge: How Nonprofits and Businesses Succeed Through Strategic Alliances (Jossey-Bass Publishers) which was selected to be part of the Drucker Foundation Leader Book series and received one of the Independent Sector's research publication awards. His current research deals with social enterprises with emphasis on the creation, management, and governance of nonprofit organizations, and on the role of business leaders and corporations in the social sector. His prior research focused primarily on management problems in developing countries, agribusiness, and nutrition policy. His previous books include Managing in Developing Countries (The Free Press), Strategic Management in Developing Countries (The Free Press), and Agroindustrial Project Analysis (World Bank/Johns Hopkins Press).

Teaching Experience: Prof. Austin has taught courses in the following areas: Entrepreneurship in the Social Sector, Governance of Nonprofit Organizations, Management in Developing Countries, Agribusiness, Business Ethics, International Business, Business-Government Relations, Marketing, Nutrition Policy, and Case Method Teaching. In addition to Harvard, Dr. Austin has given seminars to managers, government officials, and graduate students in various institutions throughout the world.

Advisory Services: Dr. Austin has provided advisory services to private companies, governments, international development agencies, educational institutions, and nongovernmental organizations. He served as a Special Advisor to the White House.

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Awards & Honors

Recipient of the 2020 Herbert Simon Award from Rajk László College for Advanced Studies in Budapest, Hungary.

Named a Thought Leader in Social Partnerships by Annual Review of Social Partnerships (ARSP) in 2015.

Finalist for the 2014 Terry McAdam Book Award from the Alliance for Nonprofit Management for Creating Value in Nonprofit-Business Collaborations: New Thinking and Practice (Jossey-Bass, 2014) with M. May Seitanidi.

Winner of the 2012 Lifetime Achievement Award in Collaboration Research from the International Symposium in Cross Sector Social Interactions.

Recipient of the 2010 Social Enterprise Knowledge Network (SEKN) Leadership Award.

Named Profesor Honorario by the Universidad del Pacífico, Peru, in 2010

Received the 2008 Ashoka Award for Entrepreneurship Education from the Aspen Institute's Business and Society Program.

Recipient of the 2005 Galardón Isla del Coco Patrimonio Natural de la Humanidad (Natural Heritage of Humanity Award) in the category of Education and Communication from the Fundación Amigos de la Isla del Coco (FAICO).

Recipient of the 2003 Faculty Pioneer Award Winner for Institutional Leadership from Business and Society Program’s Center for Business Education at the Aspen Institute and World Resources Institute.

Awarded the 2001 Virginia A. Hodgkinson Research Prize by the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA) for The Collaboration Challenge: How Nonprofits and Businesses Succeed Through Strategic Alliances (Jossey-Bass, 2000).

Named a Harvard Business School Graduate Studies National Fellow, 1967–1968.

Named a Harvard Business School Graduate Studies Peace Corps Fellow, 1966–1967.

Inducted into Phi Kappa Phi Academic Honorary Society at University of Michigan in 1964.

Awarded Beta Gamma Sigma Student Leader of Year at University of Michigan in 1964.

Named a University Regent's Fellow at University of Michigan in 1964.

Inducted into Pi Alpha Academic Honorary Society at Flint Community Junior College in 1962.

Recipient of an Outstanding Freshman Scholarship Award at Flint Community Junior College in 1962.

Winner of Athlete of the Year at Flint Community Junior College in 1962.

Books

Austin, James E., and M. May Seitanidi. Creating Value in Nonprofit–Business Collaborations: New Thinking and Practice. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2014. View Details
Wei-Skillern, Jane, James Austin, Herman Leonard, and Howard Stevenson. Entrepreneurship in the Social Sector. SAGE Publications, 2007. View Details
Austin, James E., Roberto Gutierrez, Enrique Ogliastri, and Ezequiel Reficco. Effective Management of Social Enterprises: Lessons from Businesses and Civil Society Organizations in Iberoamerica. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2006. (Social Enterprise Knowledge Network (SEKN), Editorial Committee.) View Details
Austin, James E., Roberto Gutierrez, Enrique Ogliastri, and Ezequiel Reficco. Gestión efectiva de emprendimientos sociales. Washington, D.C.: Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo, 2006, Spanish ed. View Details
Austin, James E., Ezequiel Reficco, Gabriel Berger, Rosa Maria Fischer, Roberto Gutierrez, Mladen Koljatic, Gerardo Lozano, and Enrique Ogliastri. Social Partnering in Latin America. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2004. View Details
Austin, James E., and The Drucker Foundation. Meeting the Collaboration Challenge Workbook. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2002. View Details
Austin, James, Enrique Ogliastri, and Roberto Gutierrez. Dos Casos Colombianos de Gerencia Social: La Corporacion de Accion Solidaria Corposol y La Compania de Financiamiento Comercial Finansol. Vol. 55, Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Administración Monografías. Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Administración, 2001, Spanish ed. View Details
Austin, J. E. The Collaboration Challenge: How Nonprofits and Business Succeed through Strategic Alliances. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 2000. View Details
Austin, J. E. Agroindustrial Project Analysis: Critical Design Factors. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1992. View Details
Austin, J. E., and T. Kohn. Instructor's Manual for Strategic Management in Developing Countries. New York: Free Press, 1990. View Details
Austin, J. E., and T. Kohn. Strategic Management in Developing Countries. New York: Free Press, 1990. View Details
Austin, J. E. Managing in Developing Countries: Strategic Analysis and Operating Techniques. NY: Free Press, 1990. View Details
Austin, James E. and Gustavo Esteva, eds. Food Policy in Mexico: The Search for Self Sufficiency. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1987. View Details
Overholt, Catherine, Mary B. Anderson, Kathleen Cloud and James E. Austin, eds. Gender Roles in Development Projects: A Case Book.. View Details
Overholt, C., Mary B. Anderson, Kathleen Cloud and James E. Austin, eds. Gender Roles in Development Projects: A Case Book. West Hartford, CT. View Details
Austin, James E., Jean Pierre Habicht, Max Milner, Vernon Young, and Linda D. Myers. The Results and Interpretation of Three Field Trials of Lysine Fortification of Cereals. Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press, 1984. View Details
Austin, James E. Confronting Urban Malnutrition: the design of nutrition programs. World Bank Staff Occasional Papers. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1980. View Details
Austin, James E., and Christopher Hitt. Nutrition Intervention in the United States: Cases and Concepts. Cambridge, MA: Ballinger Publishing Company, 1979. View Details
Austin, James E., ed. Global Malnutrition and Cereal Fortification. Cambridge, MA: Ballinger Publishing Company, 1979. View Details
Austin, James E., Steven Tannenbaum and Daniel I. C. Wang, eds. Cell Protein II. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1977. View Details
Austin, James E. Food and Nutrition Policies in a Changing Environment. Vol. 25, World Review of Nutrition and Dietetics. Bazel: Karger, 1976. View Details
Goldberg, Ray A., Leonard M. Wilson, James E. Austin, and et al. Agribusiness Management for Developing Countries--Latin America. Cambridge, MA: Ballinger Publishing Company, 1974. View Details
Austin, James E. Agribusiness in Latin America: A Case Book on Agribusiness Management. Praeger, 1974. View Details

Journal Articles

Austin, James E., and V. Kasturi Rangan. "Reflections on 25 Years of Building Social Enterprise Education." Social Enterprise Journal 15, no. 1 (2019): 2–21. View Details
Austin, James E., and Herman B. "Dutch" Leonard. "Can the Virtuous Mouse and the Wealthy Elephant Live Happily Ever After?" California Management Review 51, no. 1 (Fall 2008): 77–102. View Details
Austin, James E., and Michael Chu. "Business and Low-Income Sectors: Finding a New Weapon to Attack Poverty." Art. 1. Social Enterprise: Making a Difference ReVista: Harvard Review of Latin America 6, no. 1 (fall 2006): 3–5. View Details
Austin, James E., Howard Stevenson, and Jane Wei-Skillern. "Social and Commercial Entrepreneurship: Same, Different, or Both?" Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice 30, no. 1 (January 2006). View Details
Austin, James E. "The Many Faces of Leadership." Special Issue on Shine a Light. Leader to Leader (June 2005): 27–30. View Details
Austin, James E., Gustavo Herrero, and Ezequiel Reficco. "La Nueva Ruta: alianzas sociales estrategicas (The New Path: Strategic Social Alliances)." Harvard Business Review América Latina 82, no. 12 (December 2004). View Details
Austin, James E. "A Few First Principles for a Booming Third Sector." Times Higher Education Supplement (May 2004). View Details
Quelch, John A., James E. Austin, and Nathalie Laidler-Kylander. "Mining Gold in Not-for-Profit Brands." Harvard Business Review 82, no. 4 (April 2004): 24. View Details
Austin, J. E. "Strategic Alliances: Managing the Collaboration Portfolio." Stanford Social Innovation Review 1, no. 2 (Summer 2003). View Details
Austin, James E. "Marketing's Role in Cross Sector Collaboration." Journal of Nonprofit & Public Sector Marketing 11, no. 1 (spring 2003). View Details
Austin, James, and Arthur McCaffrey. "Business Leadership Coalitions and Public-Private Partnerships in American Cities: A Business Perspective on Regime Theory." Journal of Urban Affairs 24, no. 1 (spring 2002): 35–54. View Details
Austin, James E. "Survivor: The Brave New World of E-Philanthropy." Leader to Leader, no. 24 (spring 2002): 39–43. View Details
Austin, James E. "Business Partnering Frontiers: Social Purpose Alliances." New Academy Review (February 2002). View Details
Austin, James E. "Giving it Away." Conference Board (July/August 2001). View Details
Austin, James. "The E-Philanthropy Revolution is Here to Stay." Chronicle of Philanthropy (March 2001). View Details
Austin, J. E. "The Age of Ethical Alliances." Inside Track. Financial Times (December 19, 2000). View Details
Austin, James E. "Principles for Partnership." Leader to Leader, no. 18 (October 2000): 44–50. View Details
Austin, J. E. "Business Leadership Coalitions." Business and Society Review 105, no. 3 (Fall 2000). View Details
Austin, J. E. "Strategic Collaboration between Nonprofits and Businesses." Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly 29, no. 1 (March 2000): 69–97. View Details
Austin, James E. "Strategic Alliances between Nonprofits and Businesses." Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly 29, no. 1 (March 2000): 69–97. View Details
Austin, James E. "Strategic Partnering." Strategic Partnering. Executive Update (2000). View Details
Austin, J. E. "Business Leadership Lessons from the Cleveland Turnaround." California Management Review 41, no. 1 (Fall 1998): 86–106. View Details
Austin, J. E. "Business Leaders and Nonprofits." Nonprofit Management & Leadership 9, no. 1 (Fall 1998): pp. 39–51. View Details
Austin, J. E. "The Invisible Side of Leadership." Leader to Leader 8 (spring 1998): 38–46. View Details
Austin, James E., W. Cohn, and J. Quelch. "Pathways to Business Success in Sub-Saharan Africa." Journal of African Finance and Economic Development 2, no. 1 (spring 1996): 57–76. View Details
Austin, J. E. "I's, C's, and T's: The Management of Change and Competitiveness." VenEconomy Monthly 13, no. 2 (November 1995): 3–7. View Details
Austin, J. E. "Managing in Developing Countries: Challenges for the 21st Century." Asian Manager (August–September 1995). View Details
Quelch, John A., and James E. Austin. "Should Multinationals Invest in Africa?" MIT Sloan Management Review 34, no. 3 (Spring 1993): 107–119. View Details
Austin, J. E. "The Boundaries of Business: The Developing-Country Difference." Harvard Business Review 69, no. 4 (July–August 1991). View Details
Austin, James E., and C. Overholt. "Nutrition Policy: Building the Bridge between Science and Politics." Annual Review of Nutrition 8 (July 1988): 1–20. View Details
Austin, James E. "La Geréncia del Futuro: Hacía el Año 2,000 y Mas Allá." Mercadotecnia, no. 79 (1988). View Details
Austin, James E., John F. Coburn, and Lawrence H. Wortzel. "Privatización de Empresas Estatales." Revista-INCAE II, no. 2 (Segundo Semestre 1988). View Details
Austin, James E., Lawrence H. Wortzel, and John F. Coburn. "Privatizing State-Owned Enterprises: Hopes and Realities." Columbia Journal of World Business (fall 1986). View Details
Austin, James E., and J.C. Ickis. "Management, Managers and Revolution." World Development 14, no. 7 (July 1986): 775–789. View Details
Austin, James E., and John C. Ickis. "Managing After the Revolutionaries Have Won." Harvard Business Review 64, no. 3 (May–June 1986). View Details
Austin, James E. "Book Review of No Free Lunch: Food and Revolution in Cuba Today, edited by Medea Benjamin, Joseph Collins, and Michael Scott in Calories Count in Cuba." Caribbean Review (spring 1986). View Details
Austin, James E., and Gustavo Esteva. "SAM is dead - long live SAM." Food Policy 10, no. 2 (May 1985). View Details
Austin, James E., Jonathan Abbott Fox, and Walter Kruger. "The Role of the Revolutionary State in the Nicaraguan Food System." World Development 13, no. 1 (January 1985): 15–40. View Details
Austin, James E. "Autonomy Revisited." Public Enterprise 5, no. 3 (1985). View Details
Berg, Alan, and James E. Austin. "Nutrition Policies and Programmes: A Decade of Redirection." Food Policy 9, no. 4 (November 1984): 304–412. View Details
Austin, James E., and David Yoffie. "Political Forecasting as a Management Tool." Journal of Forecasting 3, no. 4 (October–December 1984). View Details
Austin, James E., and Mitchel B. Wallerstein. "Reformulating U.S. Food Aid Policy for Development." World Development 7, no. 6 (June 1979): 635–646. View Details
Austin, James E., and J. A. Quelch. "US National Dietary Goals: Food Industry Threat or Opportunity?" Food Policy (May 1979). View Details
Austin, James E. "The Perilous Journey of Nutrition Evaluation." American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 31, no. 12 (December 1978). View Details
Austin, James E. "What Comes First in Feeding the Hungry?" Nutrition Today (November/December 1978). View Details
Austin, James E., and Mitchel B. Wallerstein. "World Food Council at Three Years--Global Food System Manager?" Food Policy 3, no. 3 (August 1978). View Details
Austin, James E. "Institutional Dimensions of the Malnutrition Problem." International Organization 32, no. 8 (summer 1978). View Details
Austin, James E. "Cereal Fortification Reconsidered." Cereal Foods World 23, no. 5 (May 1978). View Details
Austin, James E. "Marketing Nutrition." American Association of Cereal Chemists. Cereal Foods World 22, no. 11 (November 1977). View Details
Austin, James E. "Can Nutrition Sell?" Professional Nutritionist (August/September 1976). View Details
Austin, James E., and F. James Levinson. "Population and Nutrition: A Case for Integration." Milbank Memorial Fund Quarterly. Health and Society 52, no. 2 (Spring 1974): 169–184. View Details
Austin, James E. "The Management Bottleneck in Family Planning." Studies in Family Planning (December 1973). View Details

Book Chapters

Seitanidi, M. May, and James E. Austin. "Value Creation through Collaboration." In The Jossey-Bass Handbook of Nonprofit Leadership and Management. 4th edition, edited by David O. Renz and Robert D. Herman. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, 2016. View Details
Seitanidi, M., A. Ebrahim, and J. E. Austin. "Civil Society-Business Relations." In International Encyclopedia of Civil Society. Living edition, edited by Regina A. List, Helmut K. Anheier, and Stefan Toepler. Cham: Springer, 2020. Electronic. View Details
Austin, James E., M. H. Jaén, E. Reficco, and A. Vernis. "Responsible Leadership and Transformative Cross-sector Partnering." In Responsible Leadership. 2nd edition, edited by Nicola Pless and Thomas Maak. London: Routledge, 2022. View Details
Austin, James E., Megan Epler Woods, and Herman B. Leonard. "Key Success Factors in Environmental Entrepreneurship: The Case of Wilderness Safaris." Chap. 7 in World Scientific Encyclopedia of Business Sustainability, Ethics, and Entrepreneurship, Volume 1: Environmental and Social Entrepreneurship, edited by Peter Gianiodis, Maritza I. Espina, and William R. Meek, 175–196. World Scientific Publishing, 2022. View Details
Austin, James E., Gabriel Berger, Rosa Amelia González, Roberto Gutiérrez, Iván D. Lobo, and Alfred Vernis. "Generating Social Entrepreneurship Knowledge: International Research Collaboration on a Hemispheric Level." In Social Entrepreneurship. Vol. 5, edited by David Wasieleski and James Weber. Business and Society 360. Bingley, UK: Emerald Publishing Limited, 2021. View Details
Austin, James E., and Alnoor Ebrahim. "Civil Society - Business Relations." In International Encyclopedia of Civil Society, edited by Helmut K. Anheier and Stefan Toepler. New York: Springer, 2010. View Details
Austin, James E. "Sustainability through Partnering: Conceptualizing Partnerships between Businesses and NGOs." Chap. 3 in Partnerships, Governance and Sustainable Development: Reflections on Theory and Practice, edited by Pieter Glasbergen, Frank Biermann, and Arthur P.J. Mole. Cheltenham, U.K.: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2008. View Details
Leonard, Dutch, Ezequiel Reficco, Jane Wei-Skillern, and James E. Austin. "Social Entrepreneurship: It's for Corporations, Too." Chap. 8 in Social Entrepreneurship, edited by Johanna Mair, Jeffrey Robinson, and Kai Hockerts. Palgrave Macmillan, 2006. View Details
Austin, James E. "Three Avenues for Social Entrepreneurship Research." In Social Entrepreneurship, edited by Johanna Mair, Jeffrey Robinson, and Kai Hockerts. Palgrave Macmillan, 2006. View Details
Austin, James E. "Leadership Through Social Purpose Partnering." Chap. 13 in Responsible Leadership, edited by Thomas Maak and Nicola Pless, 202–212. London: Routledge, 2006. View Details
Austin, James E., Dutch Leonard, Ezequiel Reficco, and Jane Wei-Skillern. "Corporate Social Entrepreneurship: A New Vision for CSR." In The Accountable Corporation, Vol. 3: Corporate Social Responsibility, edited by Marc J. Epstein and Kirk O. Hanson. Praeger, 2006. View Details
Austin, James E. "Reflections on Leadership." Chap. 5 in Liderazgo, Lideranca, Leadership: Testimonios personales, 71. Costa Rica: VIVA Services Co., 2005, Spanish ed. View Details
Austin, James E. "Institutional Collaboration." Chap. 8 in Effective Economic Decision-Making by Nonprofit Organizations, edited by Dennis R. Young, pp. 149–166. New York: Foundation Center, 2003. View Details
Austin, James E., and Tomas Kohn. "Management in the Emerging Countries." In The International Encyclopedia of Business and Management. 2nd ed. 8 vols. Edited by Malcolm Warner. London: Thomson Learning, 2002. View Details
Barrett, Diana, James E. Austin, and Sheila McCarthy. "Cross Sector Collaboration: Lessons from the International Trachoma Initiative." In Public-Private Partnerships for Public Health, edited by Michael R. Reich.Harvard Series on Population and International Health. Harvard University Press, 2002. View Details
Austin, James E., and Tomas Kohn. "Management in Developing Countries." In International Encyclopedia of Business and Management, edited by J. Kotter. London: Routledge, 2001. View Details
Austin, James E., L. B. Barnes, C. R. Christiansen, and A. J. Hansen. "Communicating the Teacher's Wisdom." In Teaching and the Case Method: Text, Cases, and Readings. Harvard Business School Press, 1994. View Details
Austin, J. E. "Teaching Notes: Communicating the Teacher's Wisdom." In Teaching and the Case Method: Instructor's Guide. 3rd ed. Edited by Louis B. Barnes, C. Roland Christensen, and Abby J. Hansen. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press, 1994. View Details
Austin, J. E. "La estrategia empresarial y el entorno en los paises en desarrollo." In Estrategia: Diseño y ejecucion, edited by J. N. Marin and E. Montial. San Jose, Costa Rica: Asociación Libro Libre, 1992. View Details
Austin, J. E., A. Sweet, and C. Overholt. "To See Ourselves as Others See Us: The Rewards of Classroom Observation." In Education for Judgment: The Artistry of Discussion Leadership, edited by C. R. Christensen, David A. Garvin, and A. Sweet. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 1991. View Details
Austin, James E., and Kenneth L. Hoadley. "State Trading and the Futures Market." In U.S.-Mexico Relations: Agriculture and Rural Development, edited by Bruce F. Johnston, Cassio Luiselli, Roger Norton, and Celso Cartas Contreras. Stanford University Press, 1987. View Details
Austin, James E., and Michael J. Buckley. "Food Marketing Public Enterprises." In Marketing Perspectives of Public Enterprises in Developing Countries, edited by K.L.K. Rao.ICPE Monograph Series. Ljubljana, Yugoslavia: International Center for Public Enterprises in Developing Countries, 1986. View Details
Austin, James E., C. Overholt, Mary B. Anderson, and Kathleen Cloud. "Women in Development: A Framework for Project Analysis." In Gender Roles in Development Projects: A Case Book, edited by Catherine Overholt, Mary B. Anderson, Kathleen Cloud, and James E. Austin., 1985. View Details
Austin, James E., and Maryanne Dulansey. "Small-Scale Enterprise and Women." In Gender Roles in Development Projects: A Case Book, edited by Catherine Overholt, Mary B. Anderson, Kathleen Cloud, and James E. Austin., 1985. View Details
Austin, James E. "Food Policy." In Nicaragua: The First Five Years, edited by James E. Austin and Jonathan Abbott Fox. New York: Praeger, 1985. View Details
Austin, James E. "Strategies and Mechanisms for Urban and Rural Subsidization: The Case of CONASUPO." In Nutrition Policy Implementation, edited by N. Scrimshaw and M. Wallerstein. Plenum Press, 1982. View Details
Austin, James E. "Nutrition Intervention Programs: Scope and Limits." In Nutrition in Health and Disease and International Development: Symposia from the XII International Congress of Nutrition, edited by A. E. Harper and G. K. Daves. Alan R. Liss, Inc., 1982. View Details
Austin, James E., J. A. Quelch, Joe R. D'Cruz, and Edward T. Popper. "The Marketing Factor for Nonconventional-Protein Products." Chap. 9 in Protein Resources and Technology, edited by Max Milner, Nevin S. Scrimshaw, and Daniel I.C. Wang, 111–135. Westport, CT: AVI Publishing Company, 1978. View Details
Austin, James E., and Donald S. Snodgrass. "Cereal Fortification: Barriers to Implementation." In Improving the Nutrient Quality of Cereals II: Report on Second Workshop on Breeding and Fortification, edited by Harold Ludwig Wilcke. Washington, D.C.: AID, 1976. View Details
Austin, James E. "Attacking the Malnutrition Problem." In Food, Man, and Society, edited by Henry L. Barnett, Norman Kretchmer, and Dwain N. Walcher.International Organization for the Study of Human Development. New York: Plenum Press, 1976. View Details
Austin, James E. "Marketing in Nicaragua." In Worldwide Marketing, edited by Felikas Pububinskas. Technomic Publishing Co., 1974. View Details
Austin, James E. "At What Price Paternalism." In Comparative Management: Organizational and Cultural Perspectives.Stanley Davis Series. Prentice Hall, 1971. View Details

Working Papers

Austin, James E., and Ezequiel Reficco. "Corporate Social Entrepreneurship." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 09-101, March 2009. View Details
Austin, James E., and Herman B. Leonard. "Can the Virtuous Mouse and the Wealthy Elephant Live Happily Ever After?" Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 09-047, September 2008. View Details
Austin, James. "Sustainability through Partnering: Strategic Alliances between Businesses and NGOs." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 06-054, June 2006. View Details
Austin, James, Herman Leonard, Ezequiel Reficco, and Jane Wei-Skillern. "Social Enterprise Series No. 31--Corporate Social Entrepreneurship: A New Vision of CSR." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 05-021, October 2004. View Details
Austin, James, Howard H. Stevenson, and Jane Wei-Skillern. "Social Enterprise Series No. 28--Social Entrepreneurship and Commercial Entrepreneurship: Same, Different, or Both?" Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 04-029, November 2003. View Details
Austin, James E. "Social Enterprise Series No. 23: Survivor: The Brave New World of ePhilanthropy." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 02-066, March 2002. View Details
Austin, James E. "Social Enterprise Series No. 22: Marketing's Role in Cross-Sector Collaboration." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 01-087, June 2001. View Details
Austin, James E., and Arthur McCaffrey. "Social Enterprise Series No. 20: Business Leadership Coalitions and Public-Private Partnerships in American Cities: A Perspective on Regime Theory." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 01-080, May 2001. View Details
Austin, James E. "Social Enterprise Series No. 18: The e-Philanthropy Revolution." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 01-031, November 2000. View Details
Barrett, Diana, James E. Austin, and Sheila McCarthy. "Social Enterprise Series No. 16: Cross-Sector Collaboration: Lessons from the International Trachoma Initiative." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 00-091, June 2000. View Details
Austin, James E. "Social Enterprise Series No. 15: Private-Public Partnerships." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 00-072, April 2000. View Details
Austin, James E. "Social Enterprise Series No. 14: Business Leadership Coalitions." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 00-071, April 2000. View Details
Austin, James E. "Social Enterprise Series No. 6: The Collaboration Challenge: Making the Most of Strategic Alliances between Nonprofits and Corporations." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 99-063, December 1998. View Details
Austin, James E. "Social Enterprise Series No. 5: Partnering for Progress." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 99-051, October 1998. View Details
Austin, James E. "Social Enterprise Series No.4: Business Leadership Lessons from the Cleveland Turnaround." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 98-022, September 1997. View Details
Austin, James E. "Social Enterprise Series No.3: Corporate Community Service: Achieving Effective Engagement." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 98-021, September 1997. View Details
Austin, James E. "Social Enterprise Series No. 2: Making Business Sense of Community Service." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 98-020, September 1997. View Details
Austin, James E. "Social Enterprise Series No. 1: Business Leaders and Nonprofits." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 98-019, September 1997. View Details

Cases and Teaching Materials

Austin, James E., Megan Epler Wood, and Herman B. "Dutch" Leonard. "Wilderness Safaris: Responses to the COVID-19 Crisis." Harvard Business School Case 321-077, November 2020. View Details
Austin, James E., Megan Epler Wood, and Herman B. "Dutch" Leonard. "Wilderness Safaris: Impact Investing and Ecotourism Conservation in Africa." Harvard Business School Case 321-020, October 2020. (Revised November 2020.) View Details
Austin, James, James Heskett, and Christopher Bartlett. "Key Elements for Excellence in Classroom Cases and Teaching Notes." Harvard Business School Background Note 915-417, April 2015. View Details
Austin, James E. "Ben & Jerry's: Preserving Mission & Brand within Unilever (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 309-051, September 2008. View Details
Austin, James E., and Reed Martin. "Organics: Coming Center Stage? (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 907-408, March 2007. View Details
Austin, James E., and James Quinn. "Ben & Jerry's: Preserving Mission & Brand within Unilever." Harvard Business School Case 306-037, December 2005. (Revised January 2007.) View Details
Austin, James E., and Reed Martin. "Organics: Coming Center Stage?" Harvard Business School Case 907-405, November 2006. View Details
Austin, James E., and Ezequiel Reficco. "Forest Stewardship Council (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 306-114, May 2006. View Details
Austin, James E., and Ezequiel Reficco. "Forest Stewardship Council." Harvard Business School Case 303-047, November 2002. (Revised May 2006.) View Details
Austin, James E., Herman B. Leonard, and James Quinn. "Timberland: Commerce and Justice (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 306-089, February 2006. View Details
Austin, James E., Allen S. Grossman, Robert B. Schwartz, and Jennifer Suesse. "Managing at Scale in the Long Beach Unified School District." Harvard Business School Publishing Case, 2006. View Details
Austin, James E., Allen Grossman, and Jennifer Suesse. "Managing at Scale in the Long Beach Unified School District, Teaching Note." Harvard Business School Publishing Teaching Note, 2006. View Details
Austin, James E., and James Quinn. "Timberland and Community Involvement (Abridged Version)." Harvard Business School Case 304-086, January 2004. (Revised February 2005.) View Details
Austin, James E., Herman B. Leonard, and James Quinn. "Timberland: Commerce and Justice." Harvard Business School Case 305-002, July 2004. (Revised December 2004.) View Details
Austin, James E., Jane Wei-Skillern, and Alison Berkley Wagonfeld. "Peninsula Community Foundation." Harvard Business School Case 304-015, August 2003. (Revised December 2004.) View Details
Austin, James E., and Tomas Otto Kohn. "Nestle Alimentana S.A. -- Infant Formula (Abridged) TN." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 590-120, June 1990. (Revised June 2004.) View Details
Austin, James E., and Diana Barrett. "Monsanto: Technology Cooperation and Small Holder Farmer Projects (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 304-108, May 2004. View Details
Austin, James E., and Cate Reavis. "Starbucks and Conservation International." Harvard Business School Case 303-055, October 2002. (Revised May 2004.) View Details
Austin, James E., Jane Wei-Skillern, and Alexis Lefort. "Peninsula Community Foundation (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 304-103, April 2004. View Details
Austin, James E., Jane Wei-Skillern, and Alexis Lefort. "Starbucks and Conservation International." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 304-100, March 2004. View Details
Austin, James E., Michael Chu, and Cate Reavis. "FIRA: Confronting the Mexican Agricultural Crisis." Harvard Business School Case 304-032, December 2003. (Revised March 2004.) View Details
Austin, James. "Strategic Alliances: The Power of Partnering Between Nonprofits and Businesses." Boston: Harvard Business School Publishing Class Lecture, 2004. Electronic. (Faculty Lecture: HBSP Product Number 9-830-4C.) View Details
Austin, James E., Stacey M. Childress, and Cate Reavis. "Harvard Business School Social Enterprise Initiative at the Ten-Year Mark, The." Harvard Business School Case 304-042, August 2003. (Revised October 2003.) View Details
Barrett, Diana, James E. Austin, and Sheila McCarthy. "International Trachoma Initiative." Harvard Business School Case 302-009, August 2001. (Revised April 2003.) View Details
Austin, James E. "Starbucks and Conservation International." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 303-808, April 2003. View Details
Austin, James E. "KaBOOM!" Harvard Business School Teaching Note 303-105, February 2003. View Details
Austin, James E., and Linda Carrigan. "Harbus Foundation, The." Harvard Business School Case 399-031, August 1998. (Revised October 2002.) View Details
Austin, James E., and Jose Miguel Porraz. "KaBOOM!" Harvard Business School Case 303-025, September 2002. View Details
Austin, James E., and Allen S. Grossman. "Pura Vida Coffee." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Case 303-051, September 2002. View Details
Austin, James E., Diana Barrett, and Stephanie Oestreich. "Monsanto: Technology Cooperation and Small Holder Farmer Projects." Harvard Business School Case 302-068, December 2001. (Revised June 2002.) View Details
Austin, James E. "AOL, Cisco, Yahoo!: Building the Internet Commons." Harvard Business School Case 302-088, March 2002. View Details
Austin, James E., and Elaine V. Backman. "Overview of the Nonprofit Sector." Harvard Business School Background Note 399-027, August 1998. (Revised March 2002.) View Details
Austin, James E. "Aaron Lieberman" School/Success.Net. Harvard Business School Video Supplement 302-808, November 2001. View Details
Austin, James E., and Arthur McCaffrey. "SchoolSuccess.net." Harvard Business School Case 302-008, October 2001. View Details
Austin, James E., and Elizabeth Kind. "Charitableway." Harvard Business School Case 302-003, September 2001. View Details
Austin, James E. "Timberland and Community Involvement TN." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 398-165, May 1998. (Revised August 2001.) View Details
Austin, James E., and Jaan Elias. "Timberland and Community Involvement." Harvard Business School Case 796-156, May 1996. (Revised August 2001.) View Details
Austin, James E., and Kim Slack. "Local Initiatives Support Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 301-124, January 2001. (Revised June 2001.) View Details
Austin, James E., and Catherine Overholt. "Cantuga Farmworkers Clinic (A)." Harvard Business School Case 797-041, October 1996. (Revised May 2001.) View Details
Austin, James E. "Corposol (Abridged Version)." Harvard Business School Case 398-123, March 1998. (Revised April 2001.) View Details
Austin, James E., Diana Barrett, and James Weber. "Merck Global Health Initiatives (A)." Harvard Business School Case 301-088, January 2001. View Details
Austin, James E., Diana Barrett, and James Weber. "Merck Global Health Initiatives (B): Botswana." Harvard Business School Case 301-089, January 2001. View Details
Austin, James E., and Susan Hamerling. "Women's World Banking: Catalytic Change Through Networks." Harvard Business School Case 300-050, October 1999. (Revised October 2000.) View Details
Austin, James E. "Mexican Foundation For Rural Development." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 300-104, January 2000. View Details
Austin, James E., and Gerardo Lozano. "Mexican Foundation for Rural Development." Harvard Business School Case 300-082, November 1999. (Revised January 2000.) View Details
Grossman, Allen S., James E. Austin, Myra M. Hart, and Sharon Peyus. "Explore, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 300-011, September 1999. (Revised November 1999.) View Details
Austin, James E., Willis M. Emmons III, and David Maue. "GLSTN 1996." Harvard Business School Case 797-038, September 1996. (Revised November 1999.) View Details
Austin, James E., Wendy Bermudez, and Gustavo Escobar. "IPODERAC." Harvard Business School Case 399-016, July 1998. (Revised October 1999.) View Details
Austin, James E. "Harbus Foundation, The TN." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 399-144, March 1999. View Details
Austin, James E. "Community Wealth Ventures, Inc. TN." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 399-133, March 1999. View Details
Austin, James E. "IPODERAC TN." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 399-141, March 1999. View Details
Austin, James E. "Newman's Own, Inc. TN." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 399-142, March 1999. View Details
Austin, James E. "NAACP, The TN." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 399-143, March 1999. View Details
Austin, James E. "Newman's Own, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 399-052, October 1998. (Revised November 1998.) View Details
Austin, James E., and Meredith D. Pearson. "Community Wealth Ventures, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 399-023, July 1998. (Revised August 1998.) View Details
Austin, James E., and Rosabeth M. Kanter. "Cleveland Tomorrow, Video." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 399-507, August 1998. View Details
Austin, James E., and Rosabeth M. Kanter. "New York City Investment Fund, Video." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 399-508, August 1998. View Details
Austin, James E. "Oxfam America TN." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 398-167, June 1998. View Details
Austin, James E., and Andrea L Strimling. "Cleveland Turnaround (B), The: Building on Progress (1989-1996)." Harvard Business School Case 796-152, April 1996. (Revised April 1998.) View Details
Austin, James E., Roberto Gutierrez, Marc Labie, and Enrique Ogliastri. "Finansol." Harvard Business School Case 398-071, November 1997. (Revised February 1998.) View Details
Austin, James E., Roberto Gutierrez, Marc Labie, and Enrique Ogliastri. "Finansol: Financiera para Microempresas (Spanish Version)." Harvard Business School Case 398-073, November 1997. (Revised February 1998.) View Details
Austin, James E., and James Kondo. "Oxfam America." Harvard Business School Case 798-036, October 1997. (Revised January 1998.) View Details
Austin, James E., and Catherine Overholt. "Cantuga Farmworkers Clinic (B)." Harvard Business School Case 797-042, October 1996. (Revised November 1997.) View Details
Austin, James E. "Cleveland Turnaround, The: Case and Video TN." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 798-029, September 1997. (Revised November 1997.) View Details
Austin, James E., Paul Barese, Stephanie L. Woerner, and Elaine V. Backman. "NAACP, The ." Harvard Business School Case 398-039, October 1997. (Revised November 1997.) View Details
Austin, James E., and Enrique Ogliastri. "Corposol." Harvard Business School Case 796-142, April 1996. (Revised November 1997.) View Details
Austin, James E. "MAVESA." Harvard Business School Case 391-164, April 1991. (Revised February 1997.) View Details
Austin, James E., Jaan Elias, and Andrea L Strimling. "Cleveland Turnaround: Leadership in Action." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 797-501, December 1996. View Details
Austin, James E., and Andrea L Strimling. "Cleveland Turnaround (A, The: Responding to the Crisis (1978-1988)." Harvard Business School Case 796-151, April 1996. (Revised November 1996.) View Details
Austin, James E., and Jaan Elias. "Supermarkets in Inner Cities." Harvard Business School Case 796-145, March 1996. (Revised November 1996.) View Details
Austin, James E., and Catherine Overholt. "Cantuga Farmworkers Clinic (C)." Harvard Business School Case 797-043, October 1996. View Details
Austin, James E., and Jaan Elias. "Cleveland Turnaround (C), The: Facts and Figures." Harvard Business School Background Note 796-153, April 1996. (Revised June 1996.) View Details
Austin, James E., and Jaan Elias. "Cleveland Turnaround (D), The: Challenges for the Future." Harvard Business School Case 796-154, April 1996. (Revised June 1996.) View Details
Austin, James E., and Francisco Roman. "San Miguel Corporation: Facing the 1990s." Harvard Business School Case 793-129, April 1993. (Revised November 1995.) View Details
Austin, James E., and Tomas Otto Kohn. "Bribery and Extortion in International Business TN." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 395-009, September 1994. View Details
Austin, James E. "Nicaragua: Political Background." Harvard Business School Background Note 391-100, October 1990. (Revised June 1994.) View Details
Austin, James E. "Grappling with Garbage: The Bandung Municipal Cleansing Enterprise, P.D. Kerbersihan." Harvard Business School Case 392-124, April 1992. (Revised June 1994.) View Details
Austin, James E. "KIMBACO Ltd." Harvard Business School Case 794-124, April 1994. (Revised May 1994.) View Details
Austin, James E. "Standard Fruit Co. in Nicaragua (A) (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 390-105, April 1990. (Revised February 1994.) View Details
Austin, James E. "Grupo Entreposto." Harvard Business School Case 792-057, January 1992. (Revised February 1994.) View Details
Austin, James E., and Michael Grossman. "East Africa Industries Limited." Harvard Business School Case 793-121, February 1993. (Revised November 1993.) View Details
Austin, James E. "NIKE in China (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 390-092, April 1990. (Revised August 1993.) View Details
Austin, James E. "Leather Industry in India (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 390-107, April 1990. (Revised August 1993.) View Details
Austin, James E. "Clipper Ventures, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 392-111, April 1992. (Revised August 1993.) View Details
Austin, James E. "Where Did All the Elephants Go?" Harvard Business School Case 793-131, April 1993. (Revised July 1993.) View Details
Austin, James E., and Helen Shapiro. "Lada do Brasil." Harvard Business School Case 392-122, March 1992. (Revised June 1993.) View Details
Austin, James E. "Teaching Notes: Communicating the Teacher's Wisdom." Harvard Business School Background Note 793-105, February 1993. View Details
Austin, James E. "Enterprise Development, Inc. (A) (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 390-102, April 1990. (Revised December 1992.) View Details
Austin, James E. "Cut Flower Industry in Colombia (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 390-109, April 1990. (Revised December 1992.) View Details
Austin, James E. "Daidong Mould & Injection Co. (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 390-110, April 1990. (Revised December 1992.) View Details
Austin, James E. "Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica S.A. (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 390-128, April 1990. (Revised December 1992.) View Details
Austin, James E. "Hitchiner Manufacturing Co., Inc. (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 390-101, April 1990. (Revised December 1992.) View Details
Austin, James E. "Packages Ltd. (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 390-095, April 1990. (Revised November 1992.) View Details
Austin, James E. "Sabritas (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 390-108, April 1990. (Revised November 1992.) View Details
Austin, James E. "Turrialba Mining Co. (A) (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 390-099, April 1990. (Revised November 1992.) View Details
Austin, James E. "Population Services International: The Social Marketing Project in Bangladesh (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 590-061, April 1990. (Revised November 1992.) View Details
Austin, James E., and Ashish Nanda. "The House of Tata." Harvard Business School Case 792-065, February 1992. (Revised September 2019.) View Details
Austin, James E. "Muszertechnika Rt.: Hungarian Telecommunications." Harvard Business School Case 393-028, August 1992. View Details
Austin, James E. "South Africa: Whither Black Enterprise?" Harvard Business School Case 391-194, April 1991. (Revised July 1991.) View Details
Austin, James E., and Tomas Otto Kohn. "John Deere, S.A. (Mexico) (Abridged), Teaching Note." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 590-117, June 1991. View Details
Austin, James E. "Women's World Banking." Harvard Business School Case 391-163, February 1991. (Revised March 1991.) View Details
Austin, James E., and Tomas Otto Kohn. "Thai Farmers Bank (A) (Abridged), Teaching Note." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 190-201, June 1990. (Revised February 1991.) View Details
Austin, James E. "Hunger in the Sudan, Teaching Note." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 391-087, October 1990. View Details
Austin, James E., and Tomas Otto Kohn. "International Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Abridged), Teaching Note." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 290-060, June 1990. View Details
Austin, James E., and Tomas Otto Kohn. "Countertrade and Merban Corp. (Abridged), Teaching Note." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 390-194, June 1990. View Details
Austin, James E., and Tomas Otto Kohn. "Sabritas (Abridged), Teaching Note." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 390-202, June 1990. View Details
Austin, James E., and Tomas Otto Kohn. "Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica S.A. (Abridged), Teaching Note." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 390-205, June 1990. View Details
Austin, James E., and Tomas Otto Kohn. "Ashamu Holdings Ltd. (B) (Abridged), Teaching Note." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 590-119, June 1990. View Details
Austin, James E., and Tomas Otto Kohn. "Evans Food Corp. (Abridged), Teaching Note." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 690-036, June 1990. View Details
Austin, James E., and Tomas Otto Kohn. "Standard Fruit Co. in Nicaragua (A) (Abridged), Teaching Note." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 390-199, June 1990. View Details
Austin, James E., and Tomas Otto Kohn. "Pandol Brothers, Inc. and Nicaragua (Abridged), Teaching Note." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 390-200, June 1990. View Details
Austin, James E., and Tomas Otto Kohn. "Leather Industry in India (Abridged), Teaching Note." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 390-201, June 1990. View Details
Austin, James E., and Tomas Otto Kohn. "Cut Flower Industry in Colombia (Abridged), Teaching Note." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 390-203, June 1990. View Details
Austin, James E., and Tomas Otto Kohn. "Daidong Mould & Injection Co. (Abridged), Teaching Note." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 390-204, June 1990. View Details
Austin, James E., and Tomas Otto Kohn. "Colgate-Palmolive in Mexico (Abridged), Teaching Note." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 390-190, June 1990. View Details
Austin, James E., and Tomas Otto Kohn. "Compania Telefonica Mexicana S.A. (CTM) (Abridged), Teaching Note." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 390-191, June 1990. View Details
Austin, James E., and Tomas Otto Kohn. "Citibank in Zaire (Abridged), Teaching Note." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 390-192, June 1990. View Details
Austin, James E., and Tomas Otto Kohn. "Population Services International: The Social Marketing Project in Bangladesh (Abridged), Teaching Note." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 590-118, June 1990. View Details
Austin, James E., and Tomas Otto Kohn. "Rio Bravo Electricos, General Motors Corp. (Abridged), Teaching Note." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 690-082, June 1990. View Details
Austin, James E., and Tomas Otto Kohn. "Mexico and the Microcomputers (A) (Abridged), Teaching Note." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 390-187, June 1990. View Details
Austin, James E., and Tomas Otto Kohn. "Dow Indonesia (A) (Abridged), Teaching Note." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 390-188, June 1990. View Details
Austin, James E., and Tomas Otto Kohn. "Packages Ltd. (Abridged), Teaching Note." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 390-189, June 1990. View Details
Austin, James E., and Tomas Otto Kohn. "State Timber Corp. of Sri Lanka (A) (Abridged), Teaching Note." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 390-198, June 1990. View Details
Austin, James E., and Tomas Otto Kohn. "NIKE in China (Abridged), Teaching Note." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 390-186, June 1990. View Details
Austin, James E., and Tomas Otto Kohn. "Hitchiner Manufacturing Co., Inc. (Abridged), Teaching Note." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 390-195, June 1990. View Details
Austin, James E., and Tomas Otto Kohn. "Enterprise Development, Inc. (A) (Abridged), Teaching Note." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 390-196, June 1990. View Details
Austin, James E., and Tomas Otto Kohn. "Industrias del Maiz S.A. (Abridged), Teaching Note." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 390-197, June 1990. View Details
Austin, James E. "Hunger in the Sudan." Harvard Business School Case 389-202, April 1989. (Revised April 1990.) View Details
Austin, James E. "International Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 290-015, April 1990. View Details
Austin, James E. "State Timber Corp. of Sri Lanka (A) (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 390-104, April 1990. View Details
Austin, James E. "Industrias del Maiz S.A. (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 390-103, April 1990. View Details
Austin, James E. "Pandol Brothers, Inc. and Nicaragua (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 390-106, April 1990. View Details
Austin, James E. "Mexico and the Microcomputers (A) (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 390-093, April 1990. View Details
Austin, James E. "Countertrade and Merban Corp. (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 390-153, April 1990. View Details
Austin, James E. "Dow Indonesia (A) (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 390-094, April 1990. View Details
Austin, James E. "Nestle Alimentana S.A. -- Infant Formula (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 590-070, April 1990. View Details
Austin, James E., Dennis J. Encarnation III, and Louis T. Wells Jr. "Dow Indonesia (B2)." Harvard Business School Case 386-033, July 1985. (Revised January 1990.) View Details
Austin, James E. "Rio Bravo Electricos, General Motors Corp. (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 690-041, January 1990. View Details
Austin, James E. "Citibank in Zaire (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 390-098, January 1990. View Details
Austin, James E. "Country Analysis Framework." Harvard Business School Background Note 389-080, December 1988. (Revised December 1989.) View Details
Austin, James E. "World Food System Graphics." Harvard Business School Background Note 389-203, April 1989. View Details
Austin, James E., and Francis Aguilar. "NIKE in China." Harvard Business School Case 386-065, September 1985. (Revised October 1988.) View Details
Austin, James E. "Note on World Food System." Harvard Business School Background Note 388-136, April 1988. View Details
Austin, James E. "State Timber Corp. of Sri Lanka (A)." Harvard Business School Case 382-018, August 1981. (Revised March 1987.) View Details
Austin, James E. "CONASUPO Mexico." Harvard Business School Case 375-357, April 1975. (Revised October 1986.) View Details
Austin, James E. "Sabritas S.A. de C.V." Harvard Business School Case 381-096, January 1981. (Revised October 1986.) View Details
Austin, James E. "Enterprise Development, Inc. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 381-152, March 1981. (Revised October 1986.) View Details
Austin, James E. "Thing the Professor Forgot (A)." Harvard Business School Case 577-119, February 1977. (Revised September 1986.) View Details
Austin, James E. "Thing the Professor Forgot (B)." Harvard Business School Case 577-120, February 1977. (Revised September 1986.) View Details
Austin, James E., and Louis T. Wells Jr. "Dow Indonesia (A), Software Case." Harvard Business School Case 386-142, August 1986. View Details
Austin, James E. "Nicaragua and the U.S. Trade Embargo." Harvard Business School Case 387-027, July 1986. View Details
Austin, James E., and Dennis J. Encarnation III. "Mexico and the Microcomputers (A)." Harvard Business School Case 386-182, April 1986. (Revised June 1986.) View Details
Austin, James E., and Dennis J. Encarnation III. "Mexico and the Microcomputers (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 386-183, April 1986. (Revised June 1986.) View Details
Austin, James E., and Dennis J. Encarnation III. "Mexico and the Microcomputers (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 386-184, April 1986. (Revised June 1986.) View Details
Austin, James E. "Mexico: Development Strategies and Performance." Harvard Business School Case 379-173, April 1979. (Revised April 1986.) View Details
Austin, James E. "Standard Fruit Co. in Nicaragua (B)." Harvard Business School Case 382-149, April 1982. (Revised March 1986.) View Details
Austin, James E. "Leather Industry in India." Harvard Business School Case 384-157, November 1983. (Revised March 1986.) View Details
Austin, James E., Dennis J. Encarnation III, and Louis T. Wells Jr. "Dow Indonesia (B1)." Harvard Business School Case 386-032, July 1985. (Revised February 1986.) View Details
Austin, James E., Dennis J. Encarnation III, and Louis T. Wells Jr. "Dow Indonesia (A)." Harvard Business School Case 386-031, July 1985. (Revised February 1986.) View Details
Austin, James E. "Unicap Ltd. (B)." Harvard Business School Case 379-160, March 1979. (Revised January 1986.) View Details
Austin, James E. "Cummins Engine Co. in India." Harvard Business School Case 379-072, December 1978. (Revised December 1985.) View Details
Austin, James E. "Citibank in Zaire." Harvard Business School Case 379-077, December 1978. (Revised December 1985.) View Details
Austin, James E. "Economic Cost-Benefit Analysis." Harvard Business School Background Note 379-073, December 1978. (Revised November 1985.) View Details
Austin, James E. "Unicap Ltd. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 379-076, December 1978. (Revised January 1985.) View Details
Austin, James E. "Management Issues in State-Owned Enterprises." Harvard Business School Background Note 383-103, December 1982. (Revised April 1983.) View Details
Austin, James E. "Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica S.A. (EMBRAER)." Harvard Business School Case 383-090, November 1982. View Details
Austin, James E. "Cut Flower Industry in Colombia." Harvard Business School Case 379-071, December 1978. (Revised September 1982.) View Details
Austin, James E. "Enterprise Development, Inc. (B)." Harvard Business School Case 382-135, April 1982. View Details
Austin, James E. "People's Republic of China: Development Strategies and Performance." Harvard Business School Case 381-111, January 1981. (Revised February 1982.) View Details
Austin, James E. "Mexican Rural Development: SAM and PIDER." Harvard Business School Case 581-139, April 1981. View Details
Austin, James E. "State Timber Corp. of Sri Lanka (B)." Harvard Business School Case 382-019, March 1981. View Details
Austin, James E. "CONASUPO--1976." Harvard Business School Case 378-243, April 1978. (Revised May 1979.) View Details
Austin, James E. "Food Marketing: What Role for Nutrition?" Harvard Business School Background Note 577-126, February 1977. View Details

Presentations

Austin, James E. "Nutrition Intervention: Scope and Limits." Lecture at the International Congress of Nutrition, New York, January 01, 1981. View Details
Austin, James E. "Evaluation Research Priorities for Federal Nutrition Programs." Paper presented at the National Food and Agriculture Outlook Conference, Washington, DC, November 15, 1978. View Details
Austin, James E. "La Modernizacion de la Produccion y los Ajustes en el Sistema de Mercadea: El Caso de la Industria Arrocera Nicaraguense." Paper presented at the International Center for Tropical Agriculture Seminar on Latin American Rice Policies, October 01, 1971. View Details

Other Publications and Materials

Austin, James E., George Th. Kastner, and Maria Teresa Tello. "La Venezuela Agrícola: Mitos Y Realidades." Papeles de trabajo IESA, Instituto de Estudios Superiores de Administración (IESA), Caracas, January 1985. View Details

Research Summary

Corporate Social Entrepreneurship

This research is examining the process by which companies engage in strategic corporate social responsibility as an integral part of their enterprise strategy and operations. The research has conceptualized this process as entreprenurial in nature and defined it as Corporate Social Entrepreneurship. The initial publications emerging from this on-going work is 'Corporate Social Entrepreneurship: The New Frontier' (with H.Leonard, E. Reficco, J. Wei-Skillern, forthcoming in The Accountable Corporation: Corporate Social Responsibility)

Cross-Sector Partnering

This on-going research project is examining the motivations, dynamics, and effectiveness determinants of partnering between nonprofit organizations, businesses, and government entities. The first major output of the research focusing on nonprofits and businesses was the book The Collaboration Challenge: How Nonprofits and Businesses Succeed Through Strategic Alliances (Jossey-Bass, 2000)and the article Strategic Alliances Between Nonprofits and Corporations (Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, 2000). A second major research effort was undertaken by the Social Enterprise Knowledge Network (SEKN), a research collaborative of leading business schools in Ibero-America, resulting in the publication in 2004 of Social Partnering in Latin America (Harvard University Press). Other publications include 'Business Partnering Frontiers: Social Purpose Alliances.' (New Academy Review); 'Cross Sector Collaboration: Lessons from the International Trachoma Initiative' with D. Barrett and S. McCarthy (in Public-Private Partnerships for Public Health); 'The Age of Ethical Alliances' (Financial Times); 'Principles for Partnership' (Leader to Leader); 'Strategic Alliances between Nonprofits and Businesses.' (Nonprofit & Voluntary tor Quarterly) . Continuing research is looking at other partnering configurations.

Business Leadership Coalitions

This multiyear research project has been studying the creation and functioning of the organizations business leaders have created in order to mobilize their collective capabilities to address significant issues and problems facing them and their communities. These Business Leadership Coalitions (BLCs) have a strong social purpose but also create value to the businesses by strengthening their communities. The research has studied the evolution of BLCs in several major U.S. cities. Several publications have emerged: 'Business Leadership Lessons from the Cleveland Turnaround' (California Management Review; 'Business Leadership Coalitions' (Business & Society); Austin, James, and Arthur McCaffrey. 'Business Leadership Coalitions and Public-Private Partnerships in American Cities: A Business Perspective on Regime Theory.' (Journal of Urban Affairs).

Business Leaders and the Social Sector

This research involed a multifaceted, multi-year study of corporate and business leader involvement in the social sector. This examined: the extent and nature of, and motivation for, Harvard Business School graduates' involvement with nonprofit and social-sector organizations; corporate approaches towards engagement with nonprofits and attitudes towards managers' pro bono work in the social sector; the challenges facing business leaders who serve on the boards of nonprofits. This has led to publication in the journals Leader to Leader, 'The Invisible Side of Leadership,' and Nonprofit Management & Leadership, 'Business Leaders and Nonprofits.'

Nonprofits and the Net

This research examined the strategic use of the internet by existing nonprofit organizations and the creation of new internet based organizations that are operating in the social sector, particularly in the philanthropic segment. Resulting publications: 'The E-Philanthropy Revolution is Here to Stay' (The Chronicle of Philanthropy) and Survivor: The Brave New World of ePhilanthropy (Leader to Leader).

Awards & Honors