Publications

July 1998 (Revised October 1999)
Case

IPODERAC

By: James E. Austin, Wendy Bermudez and Gustavo Escobar

This 32-year-old nonprofit organization has dedicated itself to the care and social development of abandoned street children in Mexico. Examines the organization's efforts to achieve financial sustainability, particularly through earned income activities on its farm.... View Details

Keywords: Social Entrepreneurship; Finance; Management; Organizations; Problems and Challenges; Nonprofit Organizations; Balance and Stability; Service Industry; Mexico

April 1986 (Revised June 1986)
Supplement

Mexico and the Microcomputers (B)

By: James E. Austin and Dennis J. Encarnation III

01 Aug 2000
Research & Ideas

A Latin American Vision: New HBS Research Center Opens

relationships, building acommunity that will help us pursue the great mission to educate leaders." HBS Professor and conference co-chair James E. Austin referred to his own personal experience in the... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

2016
Chapter

Value Creation through Collaboration

By: M. May Seitanidi and James E. Austin

April 1996 (Revised April 1998)
Case

Cleveland Turnaround (B), The: Building on Progress (1989-1996)

By: James E. Austin and Andrea L Strimling

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; Financial Crisis; Cleveland

June 1990
Teaching Note

Rio Bravo Electricos, General Motors Corp. (Abridged), Teaching Note

By: James E. Austin and Tomas Otto Kohn

June 1991
Teaching Note

John Deere, S.A. (Mexico) (Abridged), Teaching Note

By: James E. Austin and Tomas Otto Kohn

Keywords: Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Mexico

June 1990
Teaching Note

Leather Industry in India (Abridged), Teaching Note

By: James E. Austin and Tomas Otto Kohn

June 1990
Teaching Note

Standard Fruit Co. in Nicaragua (A) (Abridged), Teaching Note

By: James E. Austin and Tomas Otto Kohn

June 1990
Teaching Note

Industrias del Maiz S.A. (Abridged), Teaching Note

By: James E. Austin and Tomas Otto Kohn

Keywords: Plant-Based Agribusiness

June 1990
Teaching Note

Hitchiner Manufacturing Co., Inc. (Abridged), Teaching Note

By: James E. Austin and Tomas Otto Kohn

Keywords: Manufacturing Industry

June 1990
Teaching Note

Citibank in Zaire (Abridged), Teaching Note

By: James E. Austin and Tomas Otto Kohn

Keywords: Banks and Banking; Banking Industry

June 1990
Teaching Note

Packages Ltd. (Abridged), Teaching Note

By: James E. Austin and Tomas Otto Kohn

2001
Chapter

Management in Developing Countries

By: James E. Austin and Tomas Kohn

Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Management

April 2009
Case

GSK's Acquisition of Sirtris: Independence or Integration?

By: Toby E. Stuart and James Weber

An executive from pharmaceutical company GSK must choose how much to integrate a recently acquired biotechnology firm, Sirtris. Moncef Slaoui, GSK's global head of R&D, championed the acquisition of Sirtris to gain access to its potentially revolutionary science.... View Details

Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Resource Allocation; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Organizational Structure; Research and Development; Science-Based Business; Integration

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