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  • 2021
  • Working Paper

The Business of K-12 Education in China

By: Geoffrey Jones and Yuhai Wu
This working paper examines the evolution of K-12 education in China, especially between 1985 and the present day, drawing extensive interviews with participants in the educational sector. China has been hugely successful in reaching almost 100 percent literacy,... View Details
Keywords: K-12 Education; China; Real Estate; Early Childhood Education; Performance Evaluation; Teaching; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Personal Development and Career; Social Issues; Nonprofit Organizations; Private Sector; Education Industry; Real Estate Industry; China
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  • 01 Aug 1998
  • News

High Honors

admission to HBS for two years while she worked in human resources for General Electric. She eventually matriculated at HBS, deftly juggling classes and childcare for her two young children. Fudge has spent a significant amount of time working with View Details
  • 20 Feb 2019
  • Research & Ideas

Rocket-tunity: Can Private Firms Turn a Profit in Space?

first star men and women. Better yet, companies such as SpaceX and Orbital ATK (now a division of Northrup Grumman) have actually proven their launch vehicles by delivering satellites or payloads to extraterrestrial destinations. The latest news: Israel's View Details
Keywords: by Scott Wallask; Aerospace; Tourism; Transportation
  • September 2020 (Revised September 2021)
  • Case

Student Success at Georgia State University (A)

By: Michael W. Toffel, Robin Mendelson and Julia Kelley
Georgia State University had developed a reputation for driving student success by nearly doubling its graduation rate for students of all racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic backgrounds. It did so while growing its student body and the proportion of Black/African... View Details
Keywords: Education; Higher Education; Learning; Curriculum and Courses; Demographics; Diversity; Ethnicity; Income; Race; Leadership; Goals and Objectives; Measurement and Metrics; Operations; Organizations; Mission and Purpose; Organizational Culture; Outcome or Result; Performance; Performance Effectiveness; Performance Evaluation; Service Operations; Performance Improvement; Planning; Strategic Planning; Social Enterprise; Nonprofit Organizations; Social Issues; Wealth and Poverty; Equality and Inequality; Information Technology; Digital Platforms; Education Industry; Atlanta
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  • September 2010 (Revised November 2011)
  • Case

Salud Digna: Successfully Competing with For-Profit Organizations

By: Allen S. Grossman and Regina Garcia-Cuellar
Hugo Moreno, CEO of Salud Digna, was considering his growth options for the next three years. Would becoming a for-profit with access to greater capital be the best strategy or would this cause the organization to lose its social mission? Salud Digna provided... View Details
Keywords: For-Profit Firms; Health Testing and Trials; Growth and Development Strategy; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Mission and Purpose; Nonprofit Organizations; Health Industry; Mexico
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The de Gaspé Beaubien Reading Room | About

Business Families Foundation in 1991. The mission of the nonprofit organization is to offer family businesses and the professionals who serve them the education and support they need to better understand their issues and face challenges.... View Details
  • 22 Feb 2022
  • News

New Urban Order

co-leading the Collaborative in partnership with the nonprofit Rocky Mountain Institute—where Jules Kortenhorst (MBA 1986) is CEO—as well as the Association for Energy Affordability, the US Passive House Institute, and the Vermont Energy... View Details
Keywords: Kathleen Fu, Deborah Blagg, Julia Hanna, and Maureen Harmon; illustrations by; energy; environment; sustainability; entrepreneurship; Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation; Transportation; Water, Sewage and Supply Systems; Utilities; Construction of Buildings; Construction; Waste Management and Remediation Services; Corporate Services
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Considering Retirement - Alumni

like to have? Are you attracted to stability – or adventure? Some people prefer time for family and hobbies; others want an encore career (perhaps in nonprofit service) that applies the skills they acquired in their previous careers to... View Details
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Helping and harnessing business to address society’s greatest challenges. | Institute for Business in Global Society

investors, and policymakers increasingly call on businesses and their leaders to help find solutions—roles once viewed solely as governmental or nonprofit responsibilities. The pace of these evolving expectations has placed many business... View Details
  • 25 Aug 2022
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Up on the Corner

first is a mission-driven real estate development firm focused on creating desirable affordable housing for single mothers and their families. The second is a nonprofit that uses a percentage of the firm’s revenues to provide emergency... View Details
Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; photographed by Melissa Golden; Real Estate
  • 18 Aug 2008
  • Research & Ideas

How Disruptive Innovation Changes Education

beginning. We have founded a nonprofit think tank, Innosight Institute, to promote the ideas from our work to the stakeholders in the system so that we can help create meaningful change. We also are employing the think tank to continue... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Education
  • 01 Dec 2022
  • News

Singing to the Corn

volunteer garden on the site of a reclaimed golf course in suburban Omaha, Nebraska. This garden is a living ambassador of the Sacred Seed project, a nonprofit Keen founded in 2014 to simultaneously promote more sustainable agricultural... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographed by Vance Jacobs; Agriculture
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Online Business Courses for Organizations | HBS Online

learning and development needs. We offer volume based discounts and special pricing for nonprofit organizations and universities. Contact us to learn more. Develop Your Workforce Through our Flexible, Online Courses. We offer online... View Details
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Involvement in Faculty & Student Ventures | About

student. These entities include all for-profit and nonprofit businesses and social enterprises, as well as venture capital funds, private equity funds, hedge funds, search funds, and other investment vehicles. A faculty venture is any... View Details
  • 01 Mar 2018
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Every Trick in the Book

were a nonprofit enterprise, a tactic tried by a previous owner, was another untenable option. BookHampton needed to sell something that its competitors could not. The name and the brick facade of the Main Street building would stay,... View Details
Keywords: April White
  • 10 Apr 2023
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Leading the Way

Foundation, a nonprofit focused on improving educational opportunities and outcomes for underserved, predominantly Hispanic youth in Arizona. "As my mentor, Gary invested in me as a student and as a person," says Trejo, a Phoenix native,... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
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Power and Influence for Positive Impact | HBS Online

Benefit Early- and Mid-Career Professionals Aspiring Entrepreneurs Nonprofit Leaders Gain credibility to be more impactful at work and navigate organizational politics. "HBS Online doesn't teach you knowledge or prescribe to any... View Details
  • 30 Mar 2020
  • Research & Ideas

The New Rules for Remote Work: Pandemic Edition

employee with young kids at home, or someone taking care of elder relatives, or a worker needing to focus on their own physical and mental health as a result of the situation will not be able to do a 40-hour workweek.” Wikimedia, the View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 24 Jan 2020
  • News

Clayton M. Christensen Dies at 67

The Clayton Christensen Institute for Disruptive Innovation, the nonprofit research institute he founded. ~ The Clayton Christensen Fund at Harvard Business School. (In the dropdown menu, select “Other” and then enter the fund’s name.) ~... View Details
  • 16 Dec 2021
  • Blog Post

African American Student Union Spotlight on STEM

to move to the education nonprofit before applying. Though now that I’m here at HBS, I have met lots of people that applied straight from software roles. I think I was overestimating the concern. How have you been able to bring your STEM... View Details