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- January 2023 (Revised September 2024)
- Supplement
The END Fund (B)
By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Courtney Han
Founded in 2012, the END fund focused on eliminating five Neglected Tropical Diseases that accounted for 80% of the tropical diseases affecting nearly 1.5 billion people worldwide. Its roughly $25 million/year annual budget was fully committed when it got news that the... View Details
Keywords: Health Disorders; Investment Funds; Global Range; Nonprofit Organizations; Resource Allocation; Decisions; Health Care and Treatment; Mission and Purpose
Rangan, V. Kasturi, and Courtney Han. "The END Fund (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 523-064, January 2023. (Revised September 2024.)
- 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... View Details
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.)
- December 2014
- Teaching Note
Massachusetts Pay-for-Success Contracts: Reducing Juvenile and Young Adult Recidivism
By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Sarah Appleby
Teaching Note for 514-061. View Details
- July 22, 2014
- Blog Post
What Impact? Resist Taking Credit for Results You Can't Achieve
By: Alnoor Ebrahim and V. Kasturi Rangan
Ebrahim, Alnoor, and V. Kasturi Rangan. "What Impact? Resist Taking Credit for Results You Can't Achieve." Giving Thoughts (Conference Board blog) (July 22, 2014).
- August 2010
- Teaching Note
Repositioning CARE USA (TN)
By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Katharine Lee
Teaching Note for 509005. View Details
Keywords: United States
- June 2010
- Teaching Note
Root Capital (TN)
By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Katharine Lee
Teaching Note for [510035]. View Details
- July 2009
- Supplement
Who Killed Bhavani Manjula?--A Story of Microfinance in Andhra Pradesh (B)
By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Katharine Lee
The (B) case updates the readers on the outcome of the situation described in the (A) case. It provides data on the growth of microfinance in the region. It introduces the possibility of tighter regulation on the industry through the passage of a "microfinance" bill. View Details
Keywords: Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Industry Growth; Microfinance; Government Legislation; Financial Services Industry; Andhra Pradesh
Rangan, V. Kasturi, and Katharine Lee. "Who Killed Bhavani Manjula?--A Story of Microfinance in Andhra Pradesh (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 510-027, July 2009.
- June 2007
- Teaching Note
Comergent Technologies Inc.: Enterprise E-Commerce (TN)
By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Marie Bell
Keywords: Internet and the Web
- May 1993
- Supplement
MathSoft, Inc. (A): Mathcad Demonstration
By: Gordon Swartz and V. Kasturi Rangan
Swartz, Gordon, and V. Kasturi Rangan. "MathSoft, Inc. (A): Mathcad Demonstration." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 593-518, May 1993.
- June 1999 (Revised May 2002)
- Teaching Note
Neiman Marcus (A)TN
By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Marie Bell
Teaching Note for (9-599-098). View Details
Keywords: Retail Industry
- April 2000
- Teaching Note
Merrill Lynch: Integrated Choice TN
By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Marie Bell
Teaching Note for (9-500-090). View Details
- June 1999
- Teaching Note
Best Buy TN
By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Balaji Chakravarthy
Teaching Note for (9-598-016). View Details
Keywords: Retail Industry
- January 1998 (Revised September 2000)
- Case
Neiman Marcus (A)
By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Marie Bell
The management of Neiman Marcus, a highly successful luxury goods retailer, is considering ways to grow the business and continue to return in excess of 15% on capital. Among the options on the table is a jewelry store concept called The Galleries. View Details
Keywords: Business Growth and Maturation; Investment; Investment Return; Operations; Luxury; Retail Industry
Rangan, V. Kasturi, and Marie Bell. "Neiman Marcus (A)." Harvard Business School Case 599-098, January 1998. (Revised September 2000.)
- May 1998
- Teaching Note
C-Car TN
By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Marie Bell
Teaching Note for (9-598-064). View Details
- October 1997 (Revised April 1998)
- Case
C-Car
By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Marie Bell
C-Car was the first automobile retailer in the United States to go public. Subsequently the owner, Mr. Gilliland, must decide how to invest the capital raised from the public ownership. This case describes in detail C-Car's highly profitable strategy of managing its... View Details
- September 1997 (Revised March 1998)
- Background Note
Automobile Retailing in the U.S.
By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Marie Bell
In the mid-1990s, the U.S. automobile retailing industry is on the brink of profound change. This case traces the drivers of change, the history of the industry, and potential distribution systems of the future. View Details
Rangan, V. Kasturi, and Marie Bell. "Automobile Retailing in the U.S." Harvard Business School Background Note 598-014, September 1997. (Revised March 1998.)
- October 1995 (Revised September 1996)
- Case
Dell Computer Corporation
By: Das Narayandas and V. Kasturi Rangan
Traces the evolution of the personal computer industry over the last 20 years and uses this as a backdrop to look at how Dell Computer Corp. grew from a small start-up to a multi-billion-dollar company in a decade. Dell is now faced with a set of decisions on the... View Details
Narayandas, Das, and V. Kasturi Rangan. "Dell Computer Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 596-058, October 1995. (Revised September 1996.)
- July 1993 (Revised March 1995)
- Case
Millipore Corporate Strategy
By: Nitin Nohria and V. Kasturi Rangan
Millipore, a $750 million (sales) company with three divisions, had been growing at a rate of 20% in the 1970s, but this growth rate had slowed considerably in the 1980s. CEO John Gilmartin was looking for ways to reenergize the organization and redirect its strategy... View Details
Keywords: Problems and Challenges; Corporate Strategy; Restructuring; Growth and Development Strategy; Goals and Objectives; Business Processes; Organizational Structure
Nohria, Nitin, and V. Kasturi Rangan. "Millipore Corporate Strategy." Harvard Business School Case 594-009, July 1993. (Revised March 1995.)
- 1999
- Working Paper
Social Enterprise Series No.7 - Marketing's Role in Addressing the Poor as Customers
By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Patricia Walker
- Web
Tools & Resources | Institute for Business in Global Society
Paul Healy, Tricia Peralta and Julia M. Comeau Year up: Measuring and scaling impact By Natalia Rigol, Benjamin N. Roth, Brian Trelstad and Sarah Mehta OneTen: One million opportunities in ten years By View Details