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- 11 Mar 2001
- Research & Ideas
Evolving for Success [Part Two]
about all those youthful excesses anymore, like fun and games in the office, and extra food, and casual dress." But that was not what we should learn from the dot-coms. The youthful, fun overlay was just superficial. That wasn't the... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
One-on-One with Jeff Hicks
of 1998 we won the “Truth” anti-tobacco account in the state of Florida. That put us on the radar. It also just happened to be targeted at kids between the ages of 10 and 14, which really anchored this agency in youth marketing.... View Details
- 08 Jan 2020
- Research & Ideas
NFL Head Coaches Are Getting Younger. What Can Organizations Learn?
behind the perception that the NFL head coach fraternity is getting younger. Rewards and risks Are these teams investing in youth making smart decisions? Perhaps. Coaching legends Jon Gruden, Bill Cowher, and Mike Tomlin were all hired at... View Details
- 10 Nov 2015
- First Look
November 10, 2015
raised eyebrows because of her youth and because her career at McKinsey had given her no day-to-day bank management experience. ING, however, wanted a younger leader who could relate to Turkey's young and digitally savvy population. Upon... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Feb 2000
- Research & Ideas
Social Capital Markets: Creating Value in the Nonprofit World
invests substantially in a small portfolio of local nonprofits, each a market-based enterprise such a Juma Ventures, which recruits high-risk urban youth to work in Ben & Jerry's shops. They closely monitor employees' progress and... View Details
Keywords: by Anne Kavanagh
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Mr. Start-Up
$1,500 he and two MIT friends scraped together from personal funds and a $10,000 prize for winning MIT’s business plan contest. In 1996, the youthful trio sold the company to Artisoft for $13 million. Prior to HBS, Cassidy had earned two... View Details
- 23 Jul 2001
- Research & Ideas
How the Giants of Enterprise Seized the Future
opportunity to democratize what was in his youth the "black art" of photography. When he got interested in cameras in 1877, they were expensive (costing about $50), extraordinarily complicated contraptions requiring considerable... View Details
Keywords: by Richard S. Tedlow
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
A Place in the Sun
Martin and Giraud em-phasize that Club Med will retain its core concept of the "magic" of the guest experience -- the interaction between guests, the gentils membres or GMs, and their youthful hosts, the gentils organisateurs or GOs.... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna and Garry Emmons
- 17 Nov 2015
- First Look
November 17, 2015
a small team from bottom rungs of the league, TSG Hoffenheim, with revenues of 60 million to 70 million, reached the top division of the Bundesliga in the 2008–2009 season thanks to a deliberate strategy focused on enhanced scouting, strong View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Oct 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Growth of the Social Enterprise
with very specific practices and identifiable cultures. For example, City Year, the national youth service organization, has programs in fourteen cities across the country. Its founders made a strategic decision from the start to spread a... View Details
Keywords: by Carla Tishler
- 23 Jul 2007
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: How Wikipedia Works (or Doesn’t)
treating others with respect. In many online communities, personal insults fly freely, often fueled by youth and anonymity. Wikipedians, however, do not cotton to personal attacks. "The elbows are sharp on Wikipedia. It's not cuddly. But... View Details
- 03 Dec 2012
- HBS Case
HBS Cases: Against the Grain
says. Everyone who faces it feels some degree of helplessness. And Jim's helplessness was juxtaposed with the fact that, for all his relative youth and inexperience, he had been put into a position of remarkable power over the lives of so... View Details
- 24 Mar 2021
- News
Clubs Reaffirm Equity in Community Partners Work; Alumni Angels Invest in Member Education
best what their clients need. Phillips says nine of the club’s Community Partners client organizations for 2021 are in line with its DEI objectives, including Access Education Systems, a STEM program for inner city youth; the Alliance for Community Empowerment, an... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 05 Aug 2008
- First Look
First Look: August 5, 2008
Up Harvard Business School Case 308-032 Year Up, a nonprofit job-skills training program for low-income, urban youth has run four successful programs in four cities for the past seven years. Now, after an ambitious capital campaign, the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 04 Jun 2024
- Blog Post
Finding Alignment to Make Impact: Layla Ramirez (MBA 2017)
confirmed that becoming a lawyer was not an ideal match, and so, to identify paths forward with economics, she connected with another nonprofit organization, INROADS. Like Boston Lawyers Group, INROADS advances diverse youth in corporate... View Details
- 18 Oct 2016
- Op-Ed
Why Business Should Invest in Community Health
partners. Competition for funds among groups may inspire applicants to perform at a higher level: When announcing it was accepting proposals for its Youth Programming Wellness Grant, Target encouraged organizations to “think big.” GE,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
Steven Rogers
African-American entrepreneurs. In reviewing Rogers' 1972 application to the ABC program, one can easily spot hints of his future success. "Steven is unique in that he is aware of his capabilities, and he uses them maturely," wrote one of his ninth-grade teachers. "He... View Details
- 18 Nov 2021
- Op-Ed
5 Principles for Scaling Change from IBM’s High School Innovation
students are graduates of Pathways in Technology Early College High School (P-TECH), an innovative six-year public high school program spearheaded by IBM that has improved college completion rates among disadvantaged youth and created a... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 19 Dec 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, December 19, 2017
holistic childhood development, and livelihood training for youth between the ages of 6 to 18. By 2017, there were 400,000 children in its various programs. The organization had been through three phases of growth. The case poses the... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 19 Sep 2012
- News
On a Sound Track
mechanical, electrical, and acoustics engineers, including one known simply as “The Golden Ear.” Their no-holds-barred creativity is supported by a corporate culture steeped in youth and rebellion, as expressed in the company’s motto,... View Details