education - Publications - Faculty & Research

January 2021 (Revised May 2023)
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Pearson: Efficacy 2.0

By: Elie Ofek, Marco Bertini, Oded Koenigsberg and James Weber

Pearson, which billed itself as the "world's learning company," faced a host of critical decisions in mid-2020. Several years prior, it had embarked on a new path that put the learner at the heart of the business and committed to a new strategic orientation. The new... View Details

Keywords: Efficacy; Learning; Outcome or Result; Measurement and Metrics; Brands and Branding; Marketing Communications; Strategic Planning; Education Industry

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United Breaks Guitars

Marketing Strategy and multiple Executive Education programs, the case depicts a new media era in which increasing numbers of people are spending as much time online as they are in front of the television and where one person can get the... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

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Topics - HBS Working Knowledge

(93) Budgets and Budgeting (4) Buildings and Facilities (4) Business Conglomerates (1) Business Cycles (6) Business Divisions (7) Business Earnings (5) Business Education (24) Business Exit or Shutdown (1) Business Growth and Maturation... View Details

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Nayely Martinez

“Paso a paso,” my Mom happily said as we stared at my first Kindergarten report card, the first step towards our theory that education would be the way up and out of poverty. “Paso a paso,” my Dad quietly reminded us, as we stepped into a... View Details

04 Sep 2001
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Is Government Just Stupid? How Bad Decisions Are Made

medical care, defense, education and so on guarantees that fewer taxpayer dollars and government resources will be available for other initiatives. It may also mean that the national debt will increase, imposing a heavy burden on future... View Details

Keywords: by Max H. Bazerman, Jonathan Baron & Katherine Shonk

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For MBA Students - Entrepreneurship

collaboration and education space designed to foster entrepreneurship and innovation across Harvard. Loan Reduction Access a needs based loan reduction for graduating HBS students who have founded a for-profit new venture and are pursuing... View Details

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Impact | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

stories and insights on the Social Enterprise Initiative (SEI) and leading social change for 25 years. Catalyzing Action Influencing Practice One of the primary interfaces between the Social Enterprise Initiative and practitioners is through the SEI portfolio of... View Details

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The Canton Trade and The Hong Merchants System - A Chronicle of the China Trade

Home Site map Map / Directions Search: General Information HBS Home About Annual Report Campus Commencement Dean Nohria Employment Give News New Construction Academic Programs Doctoral Programs Executive Education MBA Summer Venture in... View Details

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Faculty & Research - Health Care

Blavatnik Fellowship in Life Science Entrepreneurship Led by Peter Barrett and provides a select group of alumni with the opportunity to work with Harvard inventors to promote the commercialization of life science technologies with significant market potential. GENiE... View Details

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Accounting & Management Curriculum - Faculty & Research

associated with this unit can be found on the doctoral programs website: PhD in Business Administration, Accounting & Management PhD in Business Economics Executive Education View Details

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Nikita Ramanujam

watched her courageous smile during recess, forming meaningful connections with her classmates. And I watched her eagerly teach younger students anytime she could help. I saw her brilliance. I’ll continue to seek out the brilliance in those that are doubted, and fight... View Details

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Impact Investing | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Youth in Kazakhstan By: Boris Groysberg and Maxim Pike Harrell May 2025 | Faculty Research In June 2025, IQanat CEO Aliya Salikova considered scaling opportunities for the foundation, which provided educational opportunities for children... View Details

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Human Behavior & Decision-Making - Faculty & Research

and Purpose ; Decisions ; Marketing Strategy ; Organizational Structure ; Banking Industry ; United States Citation Educators Related Riley, James, and Bernal Cortés. "Greenwood Online: A Fin-Tech Service for Culture and Community (B)."... View Details

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About - Race, Gender & Equity

methods and executive education courses designed specifically for women leaders. She served for six years as senior associate dean for culture and community. Lakshmi Ramarajan Initiative Co-Chair, Diane Doerge Wilson Professor of Business... View Details

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Skydeck - Alumni

to Egypt five years ago, investor Amal Enan (MBA 2014) embraced the chaos—and found a path to impact her country's future How Can We Solve the Teacher Shortage Crisis? In this excerpt from Managing the Future of Work , Mallory Dwinal-Palisch (MBA 2015) offers a lesson... View Details

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Courses | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Gerald Chertavian; Senior Lecturer Brian Trelstad Sustainable Investing (Spring Q4) Professor Shawn Cole Transforming Education through Social Entrepreneurship (Spring Q3Q4) Senior Lecturer John J-H Kim Full Course Catalog Other Resources... View Details

June 2025
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TagHive: Edtech Pricing and Distributor Decisions

By: Isamar Troncoso, Frank V. Cespedes and Stacy Straaberg

Education technology (edtech) company TagHive, founded in 2017, used a direct sales team and third-party distributors to sell its Class Saathi hardware and software solution to 300 clients, mainly primary and secondary schools in India. The product aimed to improve... View Details

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Accelerating Solutions - Business & Environment

does society need to finance a decarbonized future? Investors weigh in. Highlights Video Full Panel Video Collaboration, Living Wages, Trade-focused Education to Drive a Climate Workforce Building a climate workforce requires herculean... View Details

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Joy Chen

As a very young child, Joy Chen lived with her parents in the small corner of a chemistry lab building where the roof often collapsed when it rained. Determined to do better, she forced her way into the provincial office of education and... View Details

September 2022 (Revised June 2025)
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York Capital CLOs and WorldStrides International

By: Victoria Ivashina and William Vrattos

The case follows the debt restructuring of WorldStrides International, a travel program provider in the education market, after the onset of COVID-19. The pandemic severely impacted the travel industry, creating challenges for many companies like WorldStrides, which... View Details