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- 22 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 22
users can access and improve the source code. At the same time, however, opening a module sets up an open source (free) competitor. This hampers the firm's ability to capture value. We analyze three competitive situations: monopoly, commercial firm vs. View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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Choosing the Right Student Loan | MBA
available to you to help you manage your debt. For example, entrepreneurs could consider borrowing loans that have income-based repayment options. Students who go into the non-profit or social enterprise sector may be eligible for loan... View Details
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Sustainable Investing - Course Catalog
whether directly, as an asset manager/investor, advisor or private individual, or indirectly as an entrepreneur or operator receiving investment capital. The course will also provide important learnings for students looking to work in the development and View Details
- 23 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 23
Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/search/113059-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Supplement 913-416 From Little Things Big Things Grow: The Clontarf Foundation Program for Aboriginal Boys (B) This case focuses on the growth of an innovative View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 04 Oct 2011
- First Look
First Look: October 4
supplement:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/312038-PDF-ENG Earl Martin Phalen: Ready to ROAR? Noam Wasserman and Julia TaylorHarvard Business School Case 812-024 Earl Martin Phalen is in the midst of starting his second nonprofit organization, Summer Advantage, by... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Jun 2008
- First Look
First Look: June 3, 2008
objectives of a laptop computer targeted at children of the developing world with the escalating content demands from the marketplace and the non-profit OLPC Foundation. It also had to fit the project into its company business model which... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2019
Institute, Harvard Business School, and the Joffrey Ballet, among other firms and cultural institutions, he demonstrates how to reach greater heights of performance, achievement, and contentment. RISK is a fascinating look at financial industry management, View Details
- 09 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 9
Business School Case 709-495 Twitter is a micro-blogging company which allows users to send short text updates to others. The site is used by people, including celebrities, government officials, and businesses. It helps to raise money for View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 02 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 2
for-profit company. SEWA Trade Facilitation Center (STFC), which is part of a larger non-profit organization—the Self-Employed Women's Association (SEWA)—works to improve the livelihoods of very poor rural and urban women in India. It... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 27 Mar 2019
- News
Life Is a Startup
being able to take that non-paying founding job or that low-paying social enterprise and non-profit job, and you find that there’s all sorts of handcuffs of life that are preventing you from being able to go and do it. You’ve taken on a... View Details
- 12 May 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Difficult Transition from For-Profit to Nonprofit Boards
nonprofit board member must be cognizant. Some of the more important items are discussed in this section. Similarities There are a number of similarities between for-profits and non-profits which make people with for-profit experience... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Jan 2016
- Blog Post
HBS and the Arts
opportunity to combine my interests in art and finance by working for an asset management firm where I helped to establish a group focused on financial services for the art community. We worked with museums, artist foundations, artists, collectors, and View Details
- 07 Oct 2014
- First Look
First Look: October 7
New York City. It was 2006 and the housing market was peaking but had not yet crashed. Both Rose and Weinstein were experienced developers of low-income housing, the former as CEO of the Jonathan Rose Companies, a national developer, and the latter as CEO of Phipps... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Nov 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #11: Mary Jo Veverka (HBS 1978): Fostering Actionable Climate Literacy
The Climate Literacy Endowment Fund is a component fund of the Greater Washington Community Foundation. Contact donorservices@thecommunityfoundation.org to learn how to make a gift. MJ’s work is nowhere near done. “The greatest need I have heard from View Details
- 20 Oct 2015
- First Look
October 20, 2015
between commercial organizations and non-profit arts organizations. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=49908 Harvard Business School Case 716-010 Movile: Building a Global Technology Company No abstract... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 May 2020
- Op-Ed
How Leaders Are Fighting Food Insecurity on Three Continents
COVID-19 is creating unprecedented strains on food security worldwide. The United Nations' World Food Programme warns that the pandemic could almost double the number of people facing food crises in low- and middle-income populations to 265 million by the end of 2020.... View Details
- 16 Jun 2015
- Blog Post
Military Alumna Reflects on Time at HBS
the women’s organization she founded in college. We’ve been practically inseparable ever since. Additionally, I found myself drawn to many of my classmates who were also called to HBS by the mission, “to educate leaders who make a difference in the world.” A friend of... View Details
- 11 Oct 2016
- First Look
October 11, 2016
counterparts, Hamilton was an unlikely candidate for success on Broadway. The trio needed to decide which of two popular routes was best to bring their new musical to Broadway: either take the production straight to Broadway in a “cold open,” or strike an “enhancement... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Jul 2005
- Research & Ideas
An Organization Your Customers Understand
constituent (and ultimately a customer) to include only those who transact with the firm through markets. As a result, this analysis considers only organizations whose customers have choices. I include business firms, non-profit... View Details
Keywords: by Robert Simons
- 05 Sep 2012
- First Look
First Look: September 5
this case:http://hbr.org/search/312109-PDF-ENG Credit Unions: The Future of the Cooperative Financial Institution Robert C. Pozen and Grace HouHarvard Business School Case 312-131 Credit unions are a specialized type of depository institution with a cooperative, View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne