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16 May 2023
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How KKR Got More by Giving Ownership to the Factory Floor: ‘My Kids Are Going to College!’

flags a couple important considerations for executives looking to model KKR’s success, which the private-equity firm is now using broadly. In addition, a non-profit Stavros founded called Ownership Works is developing the tools to help... View Details

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June 2008 (Revised July 2008)
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The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis

By: Robert Steven Kaplan, Christopher Marquis and Brent Kazan

Marc Buoniconti is the co-founder of the Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, a nonprofit medical research organization. The project was founded in 1985 by Marc and his father Nick, a former Hall of Fame football player, when Marc suffered a spinal cord injury. In 2007,... View Details

Keywords: Investment; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Health Testing and Trials; Leadership; Growth and Development Strategy; Mission and Purpose; Research and Development; Nonprofit Organizations; Health Industry; Miami

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01 Nov 2013
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Eric Olson, Chief Scientific Officer at Syros Pharmaceuticals

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Hedge Fund Manufacturing Non-Profit Other Financial Services Real Estate Retail Services Technology Venture Capital / Private Equity / LBO Other - Please note in message Message* Career & Professional Development Harvard Business School... View Details

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Research Areas - Doctoral

change; business models that address poverty; management of high-performing K-12 public school districts; and financing models for the non-profit sector 12. Technology and Innovation research focuses on value creation of platforms and... View Details

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Case Development - Faculty & Research

academics across the world. The School is continually expanding and refreshing course content as HBS faculty write new cases that span the globe, industries, disciplines, and organizational forms in the public, private for profit, and View Details

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Waste, Recycling and Entrepreneurship in Central and Northern Europe, 1870–1940

By: Geoffrey Jones and Andrew Spadafora

This working paper examines the role of entrepreneurs in the municipal solid waste industry in industrialized central and northern Europe from the late nineteenth century to the 1940s. It explores the emergence of numerous German, Danish, and other European... View Details

Keywords: Environmental Entrepreneurship; Business History; Entrepreneurship; Health; History; Green Technology Industry; Germany; Denmark; Hungary; United Kingdom

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Care Practice. She holds a degree in economics from the Argentine Catholic University, an MBA from Harvard Business School, and a Master of Research from University of Bath. Fernanda has been very active in non-profit activities,... View Details

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Named Fellowship Funds - Alumni

in education access and affordability, and has spent her career working with schools and non-profits on issues of strategy and governance. Erin and Brian enjoy dividing their time between Hong Kong and Long Island. They are the proud... View Details

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The Role of Government in Market Economies (RoGME)

By: Matthew C. Weinzierl

RoGME is about one question: What is the proper role of government in market economies? We study the role of government as it plays out in the real world, using case studies to examine policies of current interest and importance.... View Details

October 2018 (Revised August 2023)
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Safecast: Bootstrapping Human Capital to Big Data

By: Ethan Bernstein and Stephanie Marton

On March 11, 2011, at 2:46pm, a 9.1-on-the-Richter-scale, six-minute long earthquake unleashed a tsunami that ravaged the Tohoku region of Japan, damaging the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power facility and releasing sufficient radioactive material into the air and ocean... View Details

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Podcast - Business & Environment

of the non-profit Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), describes EDF’s work to address climate change through scientific, economic, and legal analyses, working with governments and companies, and public and legal advocacy for stronger... View Details

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Biography - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

co-founded four non-profit organizations growing out of his scholarly work: The Initiative for a Competitive Inner City, which addresses economic development in distressed urban communities; the Center for Effective Philanthropy, which... View Details

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The Information Age has introduced well-received opportunities to track performance. Fitbits and Fuelbands allow individuals to track their own performance; companies like Uber and leading hospitals help you choose a driver or a doctor based on how others rated... View Details

Keywords: Management Accounting; Disclosure; Performance Measurement; Incentives; Control; Education; Education Industry; Health Industry; Transportation Industry; Energy Industry; Auto Industry; United States; Japan; India

November 2013
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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

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Entrepreneurial Ventures and Whole-body Donations: A Regional Perspective from the United States

By: Michel Anteby and Mikell Hyman

Human cadavers are crucial to medical science. While the debate on how to secure sufficient cadavers has focused primarily on donors' behaviors, procuring organizations' roles in increasing donations remain less explored. The United States offers a unique setting in... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Behavior; Programs; Nonprofit Organizations; Business Ventures; Health Testing and Trials; Demand and Consumers; Supply Chain; For-Profit Firms; Organizations; Training; United States

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14 Aug 2023
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Crossing the Bridge: A Reflection on the HKS/HBS Joint Degree Program

second-grade tutor and board member for a non-profit organization focused on the Chicago Public Schools system. My professional and community positions convinced me that the intersectionality of business and government created an... View Details

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Becoming a Board Member - Alumni

organization) Volunteer to serve on a non-profit board Articles and more on joining and leading boards Showcase Your Value Similar to a job search, you need to articulate your value to a board. How do you distinguish yourself from the... View Details

October 2019
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Street Symphony: Making Human Connections Through Music

By: Rohit Deshpandé

To Vijay Gupta, music was sacred. A highly accomplished and renowned violinist with The Los Angeles Philharmonic, Gupta believed the act of making and performing music was a deeply spiritual practice — one that had the power to heal audiences and musicians... View Details