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Field Course: Social Innovation Lab

This course provides students an opportunity to address a social enterprise topic with the discipline of business tools and techniques. Students will work in teams, choosing among three types of projects: a) developing a business plan for your own social enterprise;... View Details

  • May 2017
  • Teaching Note

The Container Store

By: Tatiana Sandino and Kyle Thomas
“The Container Store” teaching note describes how the case can be taught to MBA or executive education students who are interested in developing a strong culture, implementing strategy, and managing growth. The authors wrote the case for teaching MBA courses such as... View Details
Keywords: Retail Chains; Growing Organization; Culture; Organizational Culture; Management Systems; Business Strategy; Growth and Development Strategy; Employee Relationship Management; Retail Industry
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    John D. Macomber

    John Macomber is a Senior Lecturer in the Finance unit at Harvard Business School. His professional background includes leadership of real estate, construction, and information technology businesses. At HBS, Mr. Macomber's work focuses on climate adaptation and the... View Details

    Keywords: infrastructure industry; infrastructure industry; infrastructure industry; infrastructure industry; infrastructure industry; infrastructure industry; infrastructure industry; infrastructure industry; infrastructure industry; infrastructure industry
    • August 2021
    • Case

    BYJU’S: EdTech Giant Investing in Brick and Mortar

    By: John J-H Kim and Rachna Tahilyani
    The founder and CEO of BYJU’S, India’s largest edtech firm and one of the world’s most valuable edtech companies, is considering acquiring Aakash Educational Services (Aakash), one of India’s largest brick-and-mortar test-prep firms, for $1 billion. Is this a good... View Details
    Keywords: Edtech; Business Strategy; Diversification; Investment; Acquisition; Education Industry; Asia; India; United States
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    • 09 Feb 2010
    • First Look

    First Look: Feb. 9

    Public Education: Cases in Education Entrepreneurship Author:Stacey Childress Publication:Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard Education Press, 2010 Abstract Based on a popular education... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
    • September 2011 (Revised September 2015)
    • Case

    Hassina Sherjan

    By: Robert G. Eccles, George Serafeim and Pippa Eccles
    Hassina Sherjan was born in Afghanistan but grew up and was educated in the United States. A trip to Afghanistan when she was an adult inspired her to move back to her home country with two missions. The first was to educate young women through a non-profit... View Details
    Keywords: Environmental Accounting; Non-Governmental Organizations; Nonprofit Organizations; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Social Entrepreneurship; Leadership; Innovation Leadership; Development Economics; Growth and Development; Problems and Challenges; Retail Industry; Afghanistan; United States
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    • June 2013 (Revised June 2016)
    • Case

    Ensina!

    By: John J-H Kim, Alejandra Meraz Velasco and Christine An
    In 2011, a group of passionate social entrepreneurs in Rio de Janeiro, with the support and encouragement of several prominent philanthropists and members of government, launch Ensina!, seizing Brazil's unprecedented economic growth and national commitment to... View Details
    Keywords: Social Entrepreneurship; Teaching; Business and Government Relations; Education Industry; Brazil
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    • 24 Aug 2016
    • Research & Ideas

    Can Obamacare Be Saved?

    stability for insurers? Consolidation in the health insurance industry is not the answer. While Aetna’s bargaining power with ever-more consolidated provider organizations would have improved if it were allowed to join forces with Humana,... View Details
    Keywords: by John A. Quelch and Emily Boudreau; Insurance; Health
    • August 2007 (Revised September 2008)
    • Case

    Marketing the "$100 Laptop" (A)

    By: John A. Quelch and Carin-Isabel Knoop
    In 2002, Professor Nicholas Negroponte, a successful venture capitalist, author, and co-founder and chairman emeritus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Media Lab, announced his intention to build a PC so cheap as to make it possible to provide... View Details
    Keywords: Venture Capital; Internet and the Web; Information Technology; Product Development; Technological Innovation; Nonprofit Organizations; Marketing Strategy; Information Infrastructure; Developing Countries and Economies; Manufacturing Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Cambridge
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      Benson P. Shapiro

      Benson P. Shapiro is a well-known authority on marketing strategy and sales management with particular interests in pricing, product line planning, and marketing organization. He is also the Malcolm P. McNair Professor of Marketing Emeritus at the Harvard Business... View Details

      Keywords: e-commerce industry; e-commerce industry; e-commerce industry; e-commerce industry; e-commerce industry; e-commerce industry; e-commerce industry; e-commerce industry; e-commerce industry; e-commerce industry; e-commerce industry; e-commerce industry; e-commerce industry; e-commerce industry; e-commerce industry; e-commerce industry; e-commerce industry; e-commerce industry; e-commerce industry; e-commerce industry; e-commerce industry; e-commerce industry; e-commerce industry; e-commerce industry; e-commerce industry; e-commerce industry; e-commerce industry; e-commerce industry
      • June 2003 (Revised October 2003)
      • Case

      Institut Pasteur

      The Pasteur Institut is implementing a proactive commercialization strategy under the direction of Christian Policard. Highlights the government's innovation policy and the role that the Pasteur Institut can play in shaping it. Also addresses issues relating to higher... View Details
      Keywords: Commercialization; Research and Development; Biotechnology Industry; France
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        George Serafeim

        George Serafeim is the Charles M. Williams Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. He co-leads a Lab, within Harvard's Digital, Data, Design Institute, that focuses on organizational transformation through major shifts, including those... View Details

        Keywords: insurance industry; insurance industry; insurance industry; insurance industry; insurance industry; insurance industry; insurance industry
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        Does Management Matter in Schools?

        By: Nicholas Bloom, Renata Lemos, Raffaella Sadun and John Van Reenen
        We collect data on operations, targets and human resources management practices in over 1,800 schools educating 15-year-olds in eight countries. Overall, we show that higher management quality is strongly associated with better educational outcomes. The UK, Sweden,... View Details
        Keywords: Management; Education; Business Strategy; Education Industry; Germany; Sweden; India; Canada; Italy; Brazil; United Kingdom; United States
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        • February 2016
        • Teaching Note

        Akın Öngör's Journey

        By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Ai-Ling Jamila Malone
        The case of Akın Öngör's Journey describes a highly successful former CEO with stellar leadership skills, who transformed a bank in Turkey into one of the world's best, steered it to contribute to his country's social agenda, influenced business practices of other... View Details
        Keywords: Leadership; Change Management; Social Entrepreneurship; Business and Community Relations; Turkey
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        • August 2000
        • Case

        Project ACHIEVE - January 2000

        By: H. Kent Bowen and Elizabeth Kind
        Education services target public schools to assist the school with technology and services that will improve their communication with students, parents, and the community. There is also the goal of increasing scores of measured learning. How does a small company do... View Details
        Keywords: Information Technology; Service Delivery; Learning; Interactive Communication; Measurement and Metrics; Performance Consistency; Business and Community Relations; Expansion; Technology Adoption; Education Industry
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          Maria P. Roche

          Maria Roche is an Assistant Professor in the Strategy Unit at Harvard Business School, where she teaches the Strategy course in the MBA required curriculum. Her research explores how specialized knowledge is commercialized and how micro-geographic environments, such... View Details

          Keywords: education industry; education industry; education industry

            Lynda M. Applegate

            Lynda M. Applegate is a Baker Foundation Professor at HBS and is Chair of the Advisory Committee for Harvard University’s Masters Degree of Liberal Arts in Finance and Management at the Harvard University Extension School.  She has also played a... View Details

              Benjamin C. Esty

              Benjamin Esty is the Roy and Elizabeth Simmons Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. Over the years, he has taught a variety of courses ranging from advanced corporate finance and project finance to competitive strategy and leadership. He... View Details

              Keywords: investment banking industry; investment banking industry; investment banking industry; investment banking industry; investment banking industry; investment banking industry; investment banking industry

                W. Earl Sasser

                Earl Sasser is a Baker Foundation Professor at Harvard Business School and has been a member of the faculty there since 1969. He received a B.A. in Mathematics from Duke University in 1965, an MBA from the University of North Carolina in 1967, and a Ph.D. in... View Details

                Keywords: education industry; education industry; education industry; education industry; education industry; education industry; education industry; education industry; education industry; education industry; education industry; education industry; education industry; education industry; education industry; education industry; education industry; education industry; education industry; education industry

                  Michael L. Tushman

                  Michael Tushman holds degrees from Northeastern University (B.S.E.E.), Cornell University (M.S.), and the Sloan School of Management at M.I.T. (Ph.D.). Tushman was on the faculty of the Graduate School of Business, Columbia University, from 1976 to 1998 where he was... View Details