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  • April 1995 (Revised August 1995)
  • Case

Empire Blue Cross and Blue Shield (A)

By: Regina E. Herzlinger and Ramona Hilgenkamp
Mounting financial losses and increasing public scrutiny present many challenges to the board of directors of a large nonprofit health insurer. This case series presents chronologically the increasing problems of the company. View Details
Keywords: Governing and Advisory Boards; Corporate Governance; Financial Condition; Organizational Culture; Problems and Challenges; Nonprofit Organizations; Insurance Industry
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  • 14 Jun 2010
  • News

The Hard Work of Measuring Social Impact

  • 25 Apr 2014
  • Video

Tom Popik - Making A Difference

  • 01 Sep 2021
  • News

Harvard Business School Announces 2021 Goldsmith Fellows

  • November 1999 (Revised January 2000)
  • Case

Mexican Foundation for Rural Development

By: James E. Austin and Gerardo Lozano
The Mexican Foundation for Rural Development (MFRD) is a nonprofit network of 32 rural development centers servicing low-income farm families. Management plans to expand its operation dramatically, forming 10,000 rural cooperatives in ten years. It faces major issues... View Details
Keywords: Growth and Development Strategy; Operations; Cooperative Ownership; Nonprofit Organizations; Society; Strategy; Mexico
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  • 23 Apr 2024
  • Cold Call Podcast

Amazon in Seattle: The Role of Business in Causing and Solving a Housing Crisis

Keywords: Re: Paul M. Healy; Technology
  • 15 Sep 2008
  • Research & Ideas

The Coming Transformation of Social Enterprise

Jim Austin, picked by Dean John McArthur to lead the new initiative, saw the potential for research, curriculum, and career development around the challenges of social enterprises, including both nonprofit and for-profit organizations.... View Details
Keywords: by Roger Thompson
  • June 1977 (Revised May 1997)
  • Case

University of Trent

By: Regina E. Herzlinger
Focuses on two issues: 1) technical systems that can be employed in nonprofit organizations for control and motivational purposes. Systems discussed range from payroll monitoring systems to zero-base budgeting and 2) the managerial environment needed for serious... View Details
Keywords: Information Technology; Motivation and Incentives; Business or Company Management; Nonprofit Organizations; Governance Controls; Education Industry
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    Arthur C. Brooks

    Arthur C. Brooks is the Parker Gilbert Montgomery Professor of the Practice of Public Leadership at the Harvard Kennedy School, and Professor of Management Practice at the Harvard Business School, where he teaches courses on leadership, happiness, and... View Details

    • 12 PM – 1 PM EST, 06 Feb 2018
    • Webinars: Trending@HBS

    Philanthropy: Saving the World in a New Age

    We live in an era of unprecedented challenges and unparalleled customization. With so many problems facing society, how are philanthropic organizations, donors, and beneficiaries adapting? Join Brickson Diamond (MBA 1999), CEO of Big Answers, as he dives into the... View Details
    • 02 Jun 2008
    • News

    HBS Leadership Fellows Program Announces 2008-09 Recipients

    • 25 May 2017
    • News

    Meet the 2017-2018 HBS Leadership Fellows

    • Video

    HBS Online Partners with Empowered to Educate for the 4th Annual Community Challenge

    • 25 Apr 2023
    • Cold Call Podcast

    Using Design Thinking to Invent a Low-Cost Prosthesis for Land Mine Victims

    Keywords: Re: Srikant M. Datar; Health; Medical Devices & Supplies
    • June 2003 (Revised October 2003)
    • Case

    Habitat for Humanity International: Brand Valuation

    By: John A. Quelch
    Habitat for Humanity underwent a brand valuation study and found that its brand was worth $1.8 billion, equivalent to Starbucks. Senior management reviews the issues facing the organization; students are afforded insights into what drives brand value for a major... View Details
    Keywords: Nonprofit Organizations; Valuation; Brands and Branding
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    • 07 Jul 2021
    • News

    Fight over River Farm Sale Provides Public Look at Nonprofit’s Private Workings

    • 01 Dec 2015
    • Research & Ideas

    What to Do When Your Organization Has Dueling Missions

    A couple of years ago, hip-hop artist Macklemore topped the Billboard 100 chart with Thrift Shop, a paean to buying inexpensive used clothing from Goodwill Industries. Indeed, like the rapper, millions of people know Goodwill primarily as a successful retailer; in... View Details
    Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
    • 07 Jun 2014
    • Video

    Erik Dyson - Making A Difference

      Elisabeth C. Paulson

      Elisabeth Paulson is an Assistant Professor of Business Administration in the Technology and Operations Management Unit at Harvard Business School. She teaches the first year course on Technology and Operations Management in the required curriculum.
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      Keywords: nonprofit industry; nonprofit industry; nonprofit industry; nonprofit industry; nonprofit industry
      • 15 Nov 2017
      • Research & Ideas

      How Does a Social Startup Decide to Commercialize? It May Depend on the Founder's Gender

      the role of founders’ gender on the use of commercial activity.” Past research has looked at the decision of whether to go hybrid with a social venture. In one study, for example, Battilana and Lee discovered that having a parent who worked in a for-profit as opposed... View Details
      Keywords: by Carmen Nobel