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- November 2013
- Case
Canyon-Agassi Investing in Charter Schools
By: Nicolas P. Retsinas, Nicole Shomair, Vernon Beckford and Lisa Strope
After an unusual round of doubles in May 2011, real estate investor Bobby Turner, Managing Partner, Canyon-Agassi Charter School Facilities Fund (CACSFF) and Chairman, CEO, and Co-Founder of Canyon Capital Realty Advisors, found himself at a loss for words. Turner was... View Details
Keywords: Charter Schools; Real Estate; Fund Raising; Social Entrepreneurship; Education; Real Estate Industry; United States
Retsinas, Nicolas P., Nicole Shomair, Vernon Beckford, and Lisa Strope. "Canyon-Agassi Investing in Charter Schools." Harvard Business School Case 214-033, November 2013.
- 30 Oct 2019
- Research & Ideas
How to Recover Gracefully After Shutting Down Your Startup
by moving on to their next job, rather than scrambling to bail out a sinking ship. Leaders may be isolated. In a perfect world, an entrepreneur could seek counsel from investors, colleagues, or the company’s board about whether to pull... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 16 Aug 2018
- News
Working with a Giver’s Spirit
small robotic aircraft to deliver essential medical products, first asked Ayala to help her assemble and vet the board for Endeavor Philippines, and he happily agreed. “That then turned into, ‘Well, can you help me find somebody to run... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 31 Mar 2023
- Research & Ideas
Can a ‘Basic Bundle’ of Health Insurance Cure Coverage Gaps and Spur Innovation?
team says. Deciding who makes decisions So, who gets to make those choices? One possibility would be to set broad guidelines via legislation and empower a medical board or government agency to define the details, the researchers argue.... View Details
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Trading Up — Kenneth D. Brody (MBA 1971)
Winslow Partners L.L.C., whose purpose is to make private equity investments in the United States and the Czech Republic. In his spare time, Brody serves on the boards of the American Red Cross, St. John's College in Annapolis, Maryland,... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- Web
Frequently Asked Questions | HBS Online
documentation. Please refer to our Payment & Financial Aid page. Will my performance in CORe factor in to my admission to HBS? Successful completion of CORe will help you prepare for an MBA program. While applicants to the MBA Program at HBS will have an opportunity to... View Details
- Web
Rare Disease Day – Small Numbers, Big Challenges… and Big Opportunities - Blog: Health Supplement
trajectory, but my motivation to make a difference as a patient has grown. I joined the Cure HHT board of directors in 2020 inspired by the challenge and vision to find a cure. As I became more involved with Cure HHT this past year,... View Details
- 28 Jun 2022
- Book
The Moral Enterprise: How Two Companies Profit with Purpose
How can government and business work together in this fractious political moment, when finding solutions to pressing problems like inequality and climate change are more urgent than ever? Rebecca Henderson, Harvard University’s John and Natty McArthur University... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
- 15 Jun 2009
- Research & Ideas
GM: What Went Wrong and What’s Next
bankruptcy poses several questions. How did the board and management of a great company ever allow this extraordinary situation to develop? It is easy to point to the labor agreements from the 1950's, and the slow response to the superior... View Details
- June 2017 (Revised September 2021)
- Case
Sales Misconduct at Wells Fargo Community Bank
Set in early 2017, this case examines widespread sales misconduct at Wells Fargo Community Bank. Wells Fargo's governance and controls are described in the lead up to the September 2016 announcement that Wells Fargo had settled with regulators for $185 million in... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Governance; Governance Controls; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Governing and Advisory Boards; Executive Compensation; Lawsuits and Litigation; Crisis Management; Mission and Purpose; Organizational Design; Business and Community Relations; Business and Government Relations; Crime and Corruption; Business Organization; Business Model; Ethics; Corporate Accountability; Governance Compliance; Policy; Compensation and Benefits; Resignation and Termination; Laws and Statutes; Legal Liability; Business or Company Management; Risk Management; Business Processes; Organizational Culture; Organizational Structure; Failure; Agency Theory; Business and Shareholder Relations; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Risk and Uncertainty; Salesforce Management; Public Opinion; Banking Industry; North and Central America
Srinivasan, Suraj, Dennis W. Campbell, Susanna Gallani, and Amram Migdal. "Sales Misconduct at Wells Fargo Community Bank." Harvard Business School Case 118-009, June 2017. (Revised September 2021.)
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Ellen Mahoney | About
resources professionals from business schools across the US and Europe. Ellen serves on a variety of non-profit boards including the Soldier’s Field Park Children’s Center Board of Directors and Friends of... View Details
- Web
Charts & Statistics - Leadership
walks on the moon Color TV market grows Microchips expand possibilities in electronics industry Integrated circuit boards replace transistor technology First ATM installed Influence: Medium 70 1970 s 19 Beginning of biotech industry... View Details
- 24 Oct 2019
- Blog Post
Harvard’s JD/MBA: Viroopa Volla (JD/MBA 2021) Answers Your Questions
at HBS. The third and fourth years are elective years in which students take courses at both schools just like their peers. JD/MBAs have been known to pursue a variety of additional pursuits related to their personal interests. At the law school, JD/MBAs are Harvard... View Details
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Frist Faculty Commons | About
organizations, as well as the Frist Center for the Visual Arts in Nashville, TN. The Frists have three children: Trisha, Thomas III (MBA 1997), and William (MBA 2001). Tommy III and Billy, are managing members of Frist Capital, LLC. Tommy and his wife, Julie Damgard... View Details
- 14 Jun 2010
- Research & Ideas
The Hard Work of Measuring Social Impact
professor Herman "Dutch" Leonard), for nonprofit board members, in November. In two working papers that break down what makes social impact easier or more difficult to measure (one coauthored with HBS professor V. Kasturi Rangan), Ebrahim... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 14 Dec 2020
- News
Nonprofit Boards: It is Time to Lift Your Gaze and See the System
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Michael F. Cronin
College and to HBS, where he has worked on and chaired several gift and reunion committees. In addition to serving as chairman of the board of Harvard Student Agencies, he has helped set up a venture fund that aids social and nonprofit... View Details
- 26 Nov 2001
- Op-Ed
Why Corporate Budgeting Needs To Be Fixed
returns. And we see it in distorted pricing decisions. The managers of one durable-goods manufacturer, struggling to meet their minimum bonus hurdles, announced late one year that they would be raising prices 10% across the board on... View Details
Keywords: by Michael C. Jensen
- April 2024 (Revised February 2025)
- Teaching Note
eBee: Affordable Mobility for Africa
By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell, Gamze Yucaoglu and Jordan Mitchell
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 724-360.The case opens in March 2023, as Sten van der Ham and Jaap Maljers, CEO and co-founder of eBee, an electric bike (e-bike) company in Africa, are contemplating the different avenues for growth and path to profitability for the... View Details
- 18 Feb 2020
- Blog Post
A Vision of Love@HBS in 2020
weddings, but until I met Seiko, I didn’t know what ‘love being patient’ really meant. After our second date in August 2016 I told Seiko, “I’m going to sea for a few months, but I’ll be back soon.” She didn’t understand that as a Navy man my life was packing my bag,... View Details