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- 01 Mar 2011
- Working Paper Summaries
How Foundations Think: The Ford Foundation as a Dominating Institution in the Field of American Business Schools
- 15 Nov 2016
- Working Paper Summaries
Algorithmic Foundations for Business Strategy
Keywords: by Mihnea Moldoveanu
- October 2013
- Background Note
Multi-Sided Platforms: Foundations and Strategy
By: Andrei Hagiu
This note offers an analysis of four fundamental strategic decisions and associated tradeoffs that set MSPs apart from other types of businesses (e.g. product firms) and that every MSP entrepreneur and investor should carefully consider. In the last section I also... View Details
Hagiu, Andrei. "Multi-Sided Platforms: Foundations and Strategy." Harvard Business School Background Note 714-436, October 2013.
- January 2000
- Teaching Note
Mexican Foundation For Rural Development
By: James E. Austin
Teaching Note for (9-300-082). View Details
Keywords: Mexico
- April 1994 (Revised August 1994)
- Case
Brazilian Foundation for Sustainable Development
Reinhardt, Forest L. "Brazilian Foundation for Sustainable Development." Harvard Business School Case 794-120, April 1994. (Revised August 1994.)
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Harbus Foundation Supports Community Projects
Miguel has written about his experience for Rising Times, a student newspaper and one of the eleven projects that The Harbus Foundation will fund this year. Other Foundation grant recipients in 2000 include... View Details
- June 1997
- Background Note
The Normative Foundations of Business
What is the appropriate role for business to play in a capitalist society? In analyzing responses to this question, this note distinguishes two separate dimensions. The first involves the distinctive objective of business as a social institution, considers the pros and... View Details
Dees, J. Gregory, and Jaan Elias. "The Normative Foundations of Business." Harvard Business School Background Note 897-012, June 1997.
- March 2004
- Article
New Foundations for Taxing Multinational Corporations
By: Mihir A. Desai
Desai, Mihir A. "New Foundations for Taxing Multinational Corporations." Special Issue from the University of Chicago Federal Tax Conference Taxes (March 2004).
- 28 Oct 2016
- HBS Seminar
Yasuyuki Motoyama, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
- 17 Mar 2010
- Working Paper Summaries
Conceptual Foundations of the Balanced Scorecard
Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan
- April 2009 (Revised October 2010)
- Case
Bob Beall at the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
By: Robert Steven Kaplan and Sophie Hood
Bob Beall is the Chief Executive Officer of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (CFF). CFF is an extremely successful organization, but Beall has to determine how to manage the organization through the financial crisis of 2008-2009. In this situation, donations are likely... View Details
Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Financial Crisis; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Governing and Advisory Boards; Leadership; Crisis Management; Nonprofit Organizations
Kaplan, Robert Steven, and Sophie Hood. "Bob Beall at the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation." Harvard Business School Case 409-107, April 2009. (Revised October 2010.)
- Program
Foundations of Private Equity and Venture Capital
Summary Raising private capital can be a daunting process, especially for new entrants in the sector. Foundations of Private Equity and Venture Capital delves into the fundamental challenges and best practices for successfully raising a... View Details
- October 2010
- Teaching Note
The Robin Hood Foundation (TN)
By: Alnoor Ebrahim
Teaching Note for 310031. View Details
- 2010
- Working Paper
Conceptual Foundations of the Balanced Scorecard
By: Robert S. Kaplan
David Norton and I introduced the Balanced Scorecard in a 1992 Harvard Business Review article (Kaplan & Norton, 1992). The article was based on a multi-company research project to study performance measurement in companies whose intangible assets played a central role... View Details
Keywords: Asset Management; Balanced Scorecard; Management Systems; Performance Improvement; Strategy
Kaplan, Robert S. "Conceptual Foundations of the Balanced Scorecard." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 10-074, March 2010.
- 2025
- Working Paper
Tax Elasticities of Top Donors: Evidence from Family Foundations
High net-worth donors who give through a family foundation or donor-advised fund constitute the fastest growing segment of charitable giving in the United States. Using a novel database of foundation tax filings, I document facts about top donors, estimate how they... View Details
Essig Aberg, Simon. "Tax Elasticities of Top Donors: Evidence from Family Foundations." Working Paper, June 2025.
- 2011
- Working Paper
How Foundations Think: The Ford Foundation as a Dominating Institution in the Field of American Business Schools
By: Rakesh Khurana, Kenneth Kimura and Marion Fourcade
The question of institutional change has become central to organizational research (Powell, 2008). Recent scholarship has demonstrated, often through carefully researched cases, that institutions can and sometimes do change. According to this research, there are two... View Details
Keywords: Change; Business Education; Business History; Organizations; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Structure; Relationships; Behavior
Khurana, Rakesh, Kenneth Kimura, and Marion Fourcade. "How Foundations Think: The Ford Foundation as a Dominating Institution in the Field of American Business Schools." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 11-070, January 2011.
- Web
Building the Foundation | Baker Library
Building the Foundation Business Education for Women at Harvard University: 1937 - 1970 Foreword Introduction 1937 - 1944 Training Course in Personnel Administration 1945 - 1955 Management Training Program 1956 - 1962 The... View Details
- Mar 03 2017
- Testimonial
Building a Foundation for Boardroom Success
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Guiding social impact for foundations and investors
Courtney Moyer (MBA 2008) provides guidance to family foundations and instiutional investors to leverage their assets for the greatest social impact. (Published April 2014) View Details
- November 2002 (Revised March 2006)
- Case
Global Conservation Trust, The: A Foundation for Food Security
By: Ray A. Goldberg and Carin-Isabel Knoop
Biodiversity is being lost due to the delegation of the ability to store and maintain various types of plants to governments and foundations with no or little financial base. How does one develop the resources to maintain plant diversity for the future benefit of... View Details
Keywords: Food; Safety; Plant-Based Agribusiness; Nonprofit Organizations; Welfare; Finance; Environmental Sustainability; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry
Goldberg, Ray A., and Carin-Isabel Knoop. "Global Conservation Trust, The: A Foundation for Food Security." Harvard Business School Case 903-418, November 2002. (Revised March 2006.)