Publications

fall 2006
Article

Business and Low-Income Sectors: Finding a New Weapon to Attack Poverty

By: James E. Austin and Michael Chu

Keywords: Poverty; Business Ventures

October 1996 (Revised May 2001)
Case

Cantuga Farmworkers Clinic (A)

By: James E. Austin and Catherine Overholt

The board of directors of a rural health clinic fires its executive director. The case elaborates the evolution and progress of the clinic under this director during a period of growth and a changing health care environment. Factors contributing to and questioning the... View Details

Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Resignation and Termination; Managerial Roles; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Performance Evaluation; Problems and Challenges; Rank and Position; Social Enterprise; Health Industry

May 1996 (Revised August 2001)
Case

Timberland and Community Involvement

By: James E. Austin and Jaan Elias

The Timberland Co., a manufacturer and retailer of footwear, outdoor apparel, and accessories, committed itself to instituting and communicating a core set of values to its employees, stockholders, and consumers. The system of beliefs emphasized community service.... View Details

Keywords: Ethics; Values and Beliefs; Business and Community Relations; Social Enterprise; Corporate Strategy; Apparel and Accessories Industry

April 1996 (Revised November 1997)
Case

Corposol

By: James E. Austin and Enrique Ogliastri

April 1993 (Revised November 1995)
Case

San Miguel Corporation: Facing the 1990s

By: James E. Austin and Francisco Roman

Keywords: Business Conglomerates; Corporate Strategy

2002
Chapter

Management in the Emerging Countries

By: James E. Austin and Tomas Kohn

Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Management

November 1984
Article

Nutrition Policies and Programmes: A Decade of Redirection

By: Alan Berg and James E. Austin

Keywords: Food; Policy; Programs

July 1986
Article

Management, Managers and Revolution

By: James E. Austin and J.C. Ickis

Keywords: Management

01 Dec 2003
News

Alumni Luminaries Discuss Careers, Values with HBS Students

students an opportunity to learn from the experiences of this remarkable group. (Award recipient James E. Burke [MBA ’49] was unable to attend.) During the one-hour session, audience members asked panelists... View Details

September 2001
Case

Charitableway

By: James E. Austin and Elizabeth Kind

In early 2001, Charitableway, an ePhilanthropy application service provider that enabled the collection of charitable donations online; faced major strategic decisions relating to its alliance with United Way of America to foster workplace giving online. One of the... View Details

Keywords: Internet and the Web; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving

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

October 1999 (Revised October 2000)
Case

Women's World Banking: Catalytic Change Through Networks

By: James E. Austin and Susan Hamerling

Describes the evolution of Women's World Banking, an international microfinance nonprofit promoting financial access for poor women. Explores the organization's development of different types of networks to achieve its mission. View Details

Keywords: Mission and Purpose; History; Networks; Microfinance; Nonprofit Organizations; Gender; Growth and Development Strategy

October 1996 (Revised November 1997)
Case

Cantuga Farmworkers Clinic (B)

By: James E. Austin and Catherine Overholt

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Health Industry

April 1996 (Revised June 1996)
Case

Cleveland Turnaround (D), The: Challenges for the Future

By: James E. Austin and Jaan Elias

Traces the Cleveland community's efforts to move the city from economic, social, and political crisis in the late 1970s into revitalization and progress in the 1980s and 1990s. Special attention is given to the role of business leaders and the public-private... View Details

Keywords: Leading Change; Economic Growth; Business and Community Relations; Planning; Cleveland

April 1996 (Revised June 1996)
Background Note

Cleveland Turnaround (C), The: Facts and Figures

By: James E. Austin and Jaan Elias

Traces the Cleveland community's efforts to move the city from economic, social, and political crisis in the late 1970s into revitalization and progress in the 1980s and 1990s. Special attention is given to the role of business leaders and the public-private... View Details

Keywords: Leading Change; Analytics and Data Science; Economic Growth; Business and Community Relations; Cleveland

July 1988
Article

Nutrition Policy: Building the Bridge between Science and Politics

By: James E. Austin and C. Overholt

Keywords: Nutrition; Policy; Science; Government and Politics

May 1985
Article

SAM is dead - long live SAM

By: James E. Austin and Gustavo Esteva

October 2001
Case

SchoolSuccess.net

By: James E. Austin and Arthur McCaffrey

The mission of the nonprofit Jumpstart for Young Children was to address the problem of school readiness of low-income family preschoolers. It had been growing significantly, and to achieve its projected expansion would require major increases in funding. After... View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit Organizations; Early Childhood Education; Venture Capital; Growth and Development Strategy; Business Startups; Management Teams