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  • January 2008 (Revised December 2008)
  • Case

Codman Academy: Beyond the Start-up Phase

By: Stacey Childress and Tiffany K. Cheng
As it entered its seventh academic year, Codman Academy, an expeditionary learning charter school located in Dorchester, Massachusetts, was reflecting on its successes and challenges. The school had succeeded in placing every member of its most recent graduating class... View Details
Keywords: Business Growth and Maturation; Business Model; Leadership; Performance Improvement; Partners and Partnerships; Education Industry; Boston
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  • 25 Mar 2014
  • First Look

First Look: March 25

social media sensation. Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/product/Dumb-Ways-To-Die--Adverti/an/514079-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 214-033 Canyon-Agassi Investing in Charter View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • February 2007 (Revised August 2007)
  • Case

St. HOPE Academy: The Expansion Decision

St. HOPE is faced with a decision concerning whether or not to expand from Sacramento to New York City. While charter schools are its largest area of activity, founder Kevin Johnson believes that all of St. HOPE's other activities--economic development, civic... View Details
Keywords: Education; Entrepreneurship; Geographic Location; Urban Scope; Adaptation; Expansion; Sacramento; New York (city, NY)
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  • 27 Apr 2009
  • Research & Ideas

Building Businesses in Turbulent Times

Battered by contracting markets and frozen credit, many businesses today are fighting for survival. Indeed, the current global financial crisis provides a mandate for restructuring. But survival is not the end goal, says Harvard Business View Details
Keywords: by Staff
  • 02 Jan 2024
  • Research & Ideas

10 Trends to Watch in 2024

The lightning-fast ascent of generative AI isn’t the only sea change on the horizon for businesses in the new year. The global economy is in flux as war, climate change, trade issues, and infrastructure problems demand attention. Many companies continue to struggle to... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
  • Article

Relational Reconciliation: Socializing Others Across Demographic Differences

By: Lakshmi Ramarajan and Erin M. Reid
In demographically diverse organizations, employees charged with socializing others— socialization agents—must navigate a deep tension between the organization’s needs to integrate individuals into a collective and individuals’ needs for recognition of their unique... View Details
Keywords: Diversity; Organizational Culture; Identity; Employees
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  • January 2015 (Revised April 2015)
  • Case

Zeal: Launching Personalized and Social Learning

By: John J-H Kim and Christine S. An
Set in 2014, this case follows John Danner and his team at Zeal as they consider their product development strategy. In February 2013, serial entrepreneurs John Danner and Sanjay Noronha co-found Zeal, an education technology start up providing a web-based, mobile... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Education Technology; MVP; Product Development; Product Market Fit; Monetization Strategy; SaaS Business Models; Education; Personalized Learning
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  • 12 Apr 2016
  • First Look

April 12, 2016

Andrei Hagiu of Harvard Business School and venture capitalist Simon Rothman of Greylock Partners. Most entrepreneurs and investors attribute this to the challenge of quickly attracting a critical mass of buyers and suppliers. But it is... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • January 2009
  • Article

From Regional Star to Global Leader

By: Nitin Nohria
Yang Jianguo was recently promoted from country manager for China to global head of product development at a staid French perfume maker. He was chosen for his technical smarts and his knowledge of emerging markets—a critical avenue for growth, given that sales in the... View Details
Keywords: Communication Strategy; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Globalized Firms and Management; Leadership Development; Management Teams; Emerging Markets; Product Development; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; China; Paris
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  • November 2013 (Revised February 2016)
  • Case

A Long, Bumpy and Unfinished Road: Education Reform in Memphis, Tennessee

By: Allen Grossman, J. Puckett and Nithya Vaduganathan

In 2010 the Memphis City School District merged with the neighboring Shelby County School system under the supervision of a single board of education and superintendent. It promised much more than just administrative synergies—it was an opportunity to change a... View Details

Keywords: Education Reform; Public Education; Business Engagement; Public Sector; Education; Business and Community Relations; Education Industry; Tennessee
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  • July–August 2008
  • Article

Interview with a Quality Leader: Regina E. Herzlinger on Consumer-Driven Healthcare

By: Regina E. Herzlinger
Regina E. Herzlinger is the Nancy R. McPherson Professor of Business Administration Chair at the Harvard Business School, Cambridge, MA. She received her bachelor's degree from MIT and her doctorate from the Harvard Business School The first woman to be tenured and... View Details
Keywords: Consumer-driven Health Care; Health Care and Treatment; Health Industry
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  • 11 Apr 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research, April 11

update to the (A) case by illustrating how charter school management organization Uncommon Schools responded to the disparity in its students’ 2013 standardized test results.... View Details
  • 12 Apr 2022
  • Book

Racism, Colonialism, and Britain's Legacy of Violence

Britain’s 20th century empire was the largest in human history, with a quarter of the world’s land and nearly 700 million people. Yet the empire drew its strength from violence. That’s the conclusion Harvard Business School Professor... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
  • 10 Mar 2020
  • Research & Ideas

The Little Understood Problem Confronting Diverse Workplaces

diverse urban charter school were at first frustrated in their attempts to connect with and socialize students, but learned valuable lessons about asking questions and sharing information about themselves to... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
  • 04 Apr 2023
  • Book

Two Centuries of Business Leaders Who Took a Stand on Social Issues

While shareholders still reign supreme at many companies, a widespread shift toward more responsible business practices is driving more leaders to take a stand on social and environmental issues today, says Harvard Business School Professor Geoffrey Jones. Jones... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert; Consumer Products; Fashion; Retail; Green Technology
  • 28 Mar 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research, March 28

change its strategy in order to keep up with India's changing social, political, and economic landscape? Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/516116-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case PEL-079 Uncommon View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 02 Apr 2019
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, April 2, 2019

Bank: Egypt Expansion No abstract available. Purchase this case:https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/219008-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 318-067 Summit Public Schools (A) Summit Public View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 23 Aug 2016
  • First Look

August 23, 2016

charter middle school in Boston, explores new staffing and technology approaches in their quest to obtain what they term "jaw dropping" results. The team hopes to test and model for other View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 13 Jun 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, June 13

Abdulkadiroglu, Atila, Yeon-Koo Che, Parag A. Pathak, Alvin E. Roth, and Oliver Tercieux Abstract—In 2012, New Orleans Recovery School District (RSD) became the first U.S. district to unify charter and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 06 May 2021
  • HBS Case

How Four Women Made Miami More Equitable for Startups

turn, led to BlackTech Week, an annual event established in 2015 to connect startup founders, tech professionals, and investors, drawing crowds well beyond the Black community. Armed with advanced degrees and a family legacy of Black women scientists, Pandwe Gibson... View Details
Keywords: by Carolyn DiPaolo

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