Professor James E. Austin - Publications - Faculty & Research

professor James Cash; and Ann Fudge (MBA '77), honorary 2001 conference chair. In addition, a preconference program, "Venture Capital and Private Equity Summit 2001: Building New Networks," will be held on... View Details

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History | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Perspectives in Nonprofit Management (SPNM) . 1994 New MBA Elective Entrepreneurship in the Social Sector is introduced. 1993 HBS pioneers the concept of social enterprise with the founding of its Social Enterprise Initiative (SEI), led by View Details

25 Aug 2022
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Labs Enable Large-scale Research

Business Administration Advisor: James Cash, James E. Robison Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus at HBS Climate and Sustainability... View Details

01 Feb 1999
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Newman's Own Brand of Charity

Newman's Own, Inc., lunched with Dean Kim B. Clark, and fielded students' questions at an informal hour-long gathering sponsored by the Social Enterprise Club. The case, written by Initiative on Social Enterprise chair Professor View Details

January 2004 (Revised February 2005)
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Timberland and Community Involvement (Abridged Version)

By: James E. Austin and James Quinn

When Jeffrey Swartz became the third generation in his family to lead the Timberland Co., he made community involvement an integral part of the company's strategy. Under Swartz's leadership, Timberland formed a close partnership with City Year, the national corps of... View Details

Keywords: Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Business and Community Relations; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Corporate Strategy; Manufacturing Industry

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October 1997 (Revised January 1998)
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Oxfam America

By: James E. Austin and James Kondo

Oxfam America, a nongovernmental organization providing grant assistance to organizations fighting hunger, poverty, and their causes, was engaged in a new strategy formulation process, led by its new president. View Details

Keywords: Change; Situation or Environment; Non-Governmental Organizations; Strategy

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04 Jan 2010
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Best of HBS Working Knowledge 2009

Download the PDF. Accelerated organizational transformation faces a host of obstacles well-documented in the change management literature, according to HBS professor emeritus James View Details

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01 Mar 2005
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Ideas: Books

Social Partnering in Latin America by James Austin, Ezequiel Reficco, Gabriel Berger, Rosa María Fischer, Roberto Gutierrez, Mladen Koljatic, Gerardo Lozano, Enrique Ogliastri, and the SEKN Team (Harvard University Press) View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

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Darden (MBA '69), Lillian Lincoln Lambert (MBA '69), E. Theodore Lewis Jr. (MBA '69), and A. Leroy Willis (MBA '69), and Professor James I. Cash Jr. discussed the founding of... View Details

19 Dec 2014
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Atlanta Alumni Connect Around a 'Vision' for the New HBS

the region, as well as with HBS faculty members and administrators. The evening also featured remarks by Dean Nitin Nohria, Professor William A. Sahlman, Leo F. Mullin (MBA 1967), Lisa M. Gunther (MBA 2000) and Katherine View Details

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How Proxy Advisers Get Companies Talking to Shareholders | Working Knowledge

Access the article Featured Faculty and Collaborators Aiyesha Dey James R. Williston Professor of Business Administration Austin Starkweather The University of Tennessee's... View Details

01 Mar 2004
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Alumni Bookshelf

The Big Book of New Design Ideas edited by David E. Carter (OPM 26, 1998) (Harper Design International) In his 100th book, Carter, an expert on logo design and corporate identity, has assembled the best efforts of graphic designers to... View Details

Keywords: Educational Support Services; Educational Services

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Population and Nutrition: A Case for Integration

By: James E. Austin and F. James Levinson

Keywords: Nutrition; Integration; Groups and Teams

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Howard E. Cox Greylock Michael Danzi US Labs William Donaldson Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Timothy C. Draper Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ) William H. Draper, III Draper Richards, L.P. T. J. Dermot Dunphy Sealed Air Charles Ellis... View Details

November 2002 (Revised May 2006)
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Forest Stewardship Council

By: James E. Austin and Ezequiel Reficco

In just a few years the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) made impressive progress toward its mission of promoting "environmentally appropriate, socially beneficial, and economically viable management of the world's forests." By 2001, 25.5 million hectares of forests in... View Details

Keywords: Finance; Corporate Governance; Management; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Environmental Sustainability; Competitive Strategy

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