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Impact Measurement Inclusive Finance International Development K-12 Education Leadership Fellows Leadership in Challenging Times MBA Programs Microfinance Non Profit Management Nonprofit Supportive Services... View Details

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Advisory Board - Entrepreneurship

company Excara and switched to selling enterprise software for managing product content. In 2002, he started two nonprofits in response to the sexual abuse crisis in the Catholic Church. He is currently... View Details

September 2021
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Posse Foundation: Developing Strong Leaders from Diverse Backgrounds

By: John J-H Kim, Robin Mendelson and Julia Kelley

Founded in 1989, Posse Foundation was a nonprofit organization with a mission of developing future leaders who reflected the U.S.’s rich diversity. The organization ran a selective, localized admissions process in 10 U.S. cities to identify outstanding students with... View Details

March 1997 (Revised July 1998)
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SOS-Kinderdorf International: Caring for Orphaned Children

By: V. Kasturi Rangan

SOS-Kinderdorf, founded in 1949, has grown rapidly into one of the largest orphanages in the world with children's villages, kindergartens, schools, youth facilities, and other complementary programs in 130 countries. This case describes the evolution of the... View Details

Keywords: Management; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Mission and Purpose; Problems and Challenges; Nonprofit Organizations; Strategy; India; Norway; United States

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Events | Social Enterprise

Filter Results: (2) Submit Events Upcoming Events Past Events 2 Results Jul 27 July 27, 2025 Executive Education: Strategic Perspectives in Nonprofit Management This week-long on-campus program for View Details

15 Aug 2022
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University of the Future: Finding the Next World Leaders in Higher Ed

is a place, like the contemporary United States, of real income inequality across its schools, even as its students are recruited from every sector of American life. Like the United States, it has enviable resources, and it manages to... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Education

06 Jul 2023
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Home Economics

academia. The three areas have more in common than many think, Laidler-Kylander says. Best practices in leadership and management are applicable everywhere, but nonprofits come with additional organizational... View Details

Keywords: April White

16 Jul 2012
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Are You a Strategist?

just on low prices but also with a singular customer experience that no other retailer has yet managed to duplicate. "IKEA has made very clear choices about who they will be and to whom they will matter, and why," Montgomery says. Clarity... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

September 1993 (Revised January 1994)
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Habitat for Humanity International

Habitat for Humanity, a not-for-profit, volunteer-based home builder, is coping with years of rapid growth and success. They now face a series of options to continue their successful course and must make corresponding organizational adjustments. Teaching objectives... View Details

Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Nonprofit Organizations; Growth Management; Housing; Service Industry; United States

26 Aug 2024
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HBS Lingo 101

and a general management perspective in private enterprise, government, and the nonprofit sector. HMS: HMS is short for Harvard Medical School. Together with HMS, we offer the MD/MBA which provides the... View Details

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Careers | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Leadership Fellows Graduating MBA students experience high-impact management positions in nonprofit and public-sector organizations for one year at a competitive salary. Social Entrepreneurship Fellowship... View Details

01 Jun 2000
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Going Public: Margaret M. Crotty

to make an impact on the world the way that Charlie has, I needed management skills," says Crotty, who, true to form, has been active in numerous HBS student organizations. Fortified by her MBA, Crotty plans to refine her skills in the... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

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Faculty - Creating Emerging Markets

Professor of Business Administration Research Interests : customer behavior , customer satisfaction , service management , service operations , service quality Interviews Prithvi Raj Singh Oberoi Prithwiraj Choudhury Lumry Family... View Details

23 May 2019
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Tracy P. Palandjian, MBA 1997

Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page TIMELINE 1971 Born, Hong Kong 1986 Enrolls in Milton Academy as boarding student 1993 Earns AB, Economics, Harvard College 1993 Joins McKinsey & Co., Business Analyst 1997 Earns MBA, Baker Scholar 1997 Joins Wellington... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

07 Feb 2017
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First Look at New Research: February 7

2017 New York: Oxford University Press Managing Risk in Reinsurance: From City Fires to Global Warming By: Hauter, Niels Viggo, and Geoffrey Jones, eds. Abstract—This is the first book to provide a comprehensive history of the reinsurance... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

26 Feb 2008
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First Look: February 26, 2008

Aalborg University, 2007 Abstract This paper explores the linkages between information systems and accountability in nongovernmental and nonprofit organizations (NGOs). The information systems in four NGOs are introduced: two Indian NGOs... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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For Organizations | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Social Enterprise Executive Education programs, designed for nonprofit and social enterprise leaders. Develop the strategic knowledge, practical tools, and leadership skills you need to lead a thriving, high-performance organization.... View Details

December 2008 (Revised March 2009)
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The Metropolitan Opera (A)

By: Anita Elberse and Crissy Perez

In April 2007, the New York City Metropolitan Opera's general manager Peter Gelb looks back on the first season of a daring experiment to broadcast performances live in high-definition to movie theaters across North America. While the "Live in HD" program has received... View Details

Keywords: Arts; Technological Innovation; Marketing Strategy; Nonprofit Organizations; Competitive Advantage; Entertainment and Recreation Industry