Publications

September 2024
Case

Open Door Legal: Universal Legal Access

By: Brian Trelstad, Taylor Greenthal and Sarah Mehta

This case is about Open Door Legal (ODL), a San Francisco-based civil legal aid nonprofit. CEO Adrian Tirtanadi founded the organization in 2012 with a mission to achieve universal access to legal representation for all city residents. By 2024, ODL had opened four... View Details

Keywords: Social Entrepreneurship; Law; Growth Management; Nonprofit Organizations; Civil Society or Community; Business Model; Expansion; Legal Services Industry; United States; California; Los Angeles; San Francisco

26 Oct 2023
Blog Post

Video: Students Foster Disability Awareness and Access

View Video MBA Class of 2024 students Landon Hollingsworth (MBA/MPA-ID 2024) and Teresa Danso-Danquah (MBA 2024) discuss forming and leading the Disability Advocacy and Affinity Group (DAAG), the challenges and strengths of their own disabilities, and how businesses... View Details

February 2014
Teaching Note

The Slingshot: Improving Water Access

By: John A. Quelch

Entrepreneur Dean Kamen has inked a multimillion dollar partnership with Coca-Cola (CC) to mass produce and distribute the Slingshot, a low energy device that can convert raw sewage into potable water for poor people and communities in developing economies. View Details

Keywords: DEKA; Dean Kamen; Coca-Cola; Technological Innovation; Innovation Strategy; Commercialization; Marketing; Marketing Strategy; Food and Beverage Industry; Health Industry; North Africa; South Africa; Asia; South America

October 2009 (Revised July 2013)
Case

Gilead Sciences, Inc.: Access Program

By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Katharine Lee

Gilead Sciences, the U.S. leader in HIV/AIDS medicines, with global sales of $5.4 billion in 2009, had undertaken several innovative actions to make its anti-viral products available to over 100 low- and middle-income countries. Having reached nearly 680,000 patients... View Details

Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Emerging Markets; Product; Sales; Competitive Strategy; Biotechnology Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry

30 Sep 2023

Access MBA Event in Boston

Join us at the Access MBA in-person event in Boston. Access MBA event activities include MBA profile and resume evaluation, workshops and panel discussions, and the opportunity to meet business school reps... View Details

01 Dec 2014
News

Technology Making HBS More Accessible

more accessible to the world,” he observes. “It’s a great way to leverage what the School does so well.” Both Deborah and Steve run their own companies and have benefited greatly from the HBS network. “I made lifelong friends at HBS and... View Details

January 2001 (Revised February 2001)
Supplement

China's Accession to the WTO

By: Richard H.K. Vietor

Supplements The World Trade Organization: After the Seattle Protests. View Details

Keywords: Trade; Globalized Economies and Regions; Social Issues; China; Seattle

27 Sep 2015
News

How Some Investors Get Special Access to Companies

Fast Answer

Access to newspapers and other popular publications

How can I access popular publications such as the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, etc? We have special digital access to just a few papers (use your HBS email to sign up): The Financial Times View Details

16 Oct 2023
News

Students Foster Disability Awareness and Access

March 2022 (Revised February 2024)
Case

Emeritus: Achieving Impact, Providing Access (A)

By: Ashish Nanda and Zack Kurtovich

In June 2019, Emeritus cofounders Ashwin Damera (HBS MBA 2005) and Chaitanya Kalipatnapu were thrilled with the rapid growth of Emeritus. Damera and Kalipatnapu believed that Emeritus, established in July 2015 to offer online executive education, was only in the early... View Details

Keywords: Education Technology; Professional Service Firm; Startup; Digital Strategy; Global Business; Global Firm; Platform Business; Business Startups; Growth and Development; Growth and Development Strategy; Entrepreneurship; Executive Education; Strategy; Education Industry; India

Fast Answer

Open access business & economic journals

Where can I find a list of open access journals in business and economics? Directory of Open Access Journals, is a community-curated online directory that indexes and provides View Details

Fast Answer

Harvard Business Review: Executive Education Access

Detailed directions on how Executive Education participants (in programs with remote access to Baker Databases) can View Details

02 Nov 2015
News

Making Higher Ed Accessible to Africans

Scott Royster (MBA 1992) believes higher education has the power to transform Africa if only its students have access to it. “Statistics from around the world show that individuals who are able to obtain a university degree earn higher... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

14 Oct 2021
Blog Post

Making the MBA Degree More Accessible

registrants, and conversations are underway as to how to maintain the increased access to the HBS community via virtual programming as the opportunity to return to more in-person campus experiences presents itself. Programmatic offerings... View Details

January 2009 (Revised April 2017)
Teaching Note

American Cancer Society: Access to Care

By: Robert Simons

Teaching Note for [109015]. View Details

Keywords: Management Control Systems; Strategy And Execution; Levers Of Control; Non-profit; Non-Governmental Organizations; Nonprofit Organizations