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January 2015 (Revised January 2017)
Case

Curriculum Associates: Turning the Page from Tradition to Innovation

By: John J-H Kim and Christine S. An

Set in Fall 2014, the traditional textbook publishing industry is being transformed by technological innovations and new student achievement standards. This case chronicles how Rob Waldron, CEO, and his team bring Curriculum Associates (CA), a traditional supplemental... View Details

Keywords: Education Technology; SaaS; Turnaround; Textbook Publishing; Innovation; Sales Cycle; HR Strategy; Privately-funded Businesses; Sustainable Growth; Product Development Strategy; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Technological Innovation; Competitive Advantage; Publishing Industry

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November 2013 (Revised February 2016)
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A Long, Bumpy and Unfinished Road: Education Reform in Memphis, Tennessee

By: Allen Grossman, J. Puckett and Nithya Vaduganathan

In 2010 the Memphis City School District merged with the neighboring Shelby County School system under the supervision of a single board of education and superintendent. It promised much more than just administrative synergies—it was an opportunity to change a... View Details

Keywords: Education Reform; Public Education; Business Engagement; Public Sector; Education; Business and Community Relations; Education Industry; Tennessee

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17 Nov 2015
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November 17, 2015

case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/615044-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 416-018 Macy's: Evolution in the Sunshine State In 2009, Lee O'Rourke was promoted to district vice president in... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

Louis E. Caldera

Louis Caldera is a Senior Lecturer of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. He teaches Leadership and Corporate Accountability, a required first-year course in the MBA program. He has previously taught law school courses on corporate... View Details

02 Mar 2021
HBS Case

The Tulsa Massacre: Is Racial Justice Possible 100 Years Later?

many people to acknowledge the systemic racism that pervades American society. Mihir Desai, the Mizuho Group Professor at Harvard Business School and Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, was inspired to take a closer look at the... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

02 May 2022
What Do You Think?

Can the Case Method Survive Another Hundred Years?

(Susan Young/Harvard Business School) “What do you think?” is a question that has graced case method discussions at the Harvard Business School for the past 100 years. The question reflects long-held beliefs by some members of the HBS... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Education

09 Mar 2015
Research & Ideas

Why Entrepreneurs Should Go Work for Government

School who has created a new MBA course, Public Entrepreneurship. "The course allows students to consider the alternative that government can work—or they can help make it work." “We have many talented people in government, but... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

21 Nov 2024
Blog Post

Thoughts on the JD/MBA From a Recent Grad

Criminal Division, Fraud Section; and her third summer at Covington & Burling LLP, a law firm. After graduating, Anne clerked for Judge Harry T. Edwards of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. She is now an... View Details

16 Jun 2014
Research & Ideas

The Unfulfilled Promise of Educational Technology

over the last three decades, educational performance in the United States has shown only marginal improvement, and lags that of other developed countries in Europe and Asia. While some school districts have... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Education

19 Dec 2023
Research & Ideas

$15 Billion in Five Years: What Data Tells Us About MacKenzie Scott’s Philanthropy

received at least $30 million are headquartered in the South, including many of the recipient HBCUs. On a per capita basis, grants tended to flow toward states that are home to major cities, as well as the District of Columbia. But Scott... View Details

Keywords: by Matthew Lee, Brian Trelstad, and Ethan Tran

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Faculty & Advisors | MBA

Eye and Ear Infirmary, respectively. She is a licensed physician in the District of Columbia. Sooah Cho MBA, Harvard Business School & MPP, Harvard Kennedy School Sooah is a... View Details

08 Mar 2017
Blog Post

Education Sector Opportunities at HBS

skills and experiences: Courses and Independent Projects The required curriculum truly does prepare you with the foundation to enter any field, but there is some metacognitive work to be done to apply what we learn in accounting to school... View Details

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Curriculum - Case Method Project

the United States through the early 1850s. It considers the rise of the Common School Movement over the first half of the nineteenth century, including the ideas of Horace Mann and the impact of immigration and religious diversity, and it... View Details

12 Feb 2014
Research & Ideas

Private Sector, Public Good

Georgia, partnered with a local school district that had a dismal graduation rate. The company staffed its factory with the district's most at-risk kids, leading to a graduation rate that soared among those... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

19 Nov 2014
HBS Case

Marketing Marijuana

the United States, two new states, Alaska and Oregon, as well as the District of Columbia had legalized the recreational sale of marijuana. They joined Washington and Colorado, which legalized pot in the 2012 election, as well as two... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Food & Beverage

26 Oct 2021
Blog Post

Tap into Top Talent with the HBS Leadership Fellows Program

alumni who have been placed with 93 organizations around the country. Some organizations, like Mercy Corps, Lincoln Center, and the City of Boston have been mainstays of the program for years. Other organizations like the Equal Justice Initiative and Los Angeles... View Details

Keywords: Social Enterprise

23 Jul 2024
In Practice

The New Rules of Trade with China: Navigating Tariffs, Turmoil, and Opportunities

When former President Donald Trump slapped sweeping tariffs on Chinese imports in 2019, the economic dynamics between the world’s two biggest economies forever shifted. American businesses hoping President Joe Biden would return to decades-long precedent instead find... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Manufacturing; Retail; Fashion; Industrial Products; Consumer Products; Steel; Transportation; Telecommunications

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About - Case Method Project

demonstrated proof of concept, the Case Method Project significantly expanded its cohort of partners for the 2017-18 academic year. Today the Case Method Project is working with teachers in more than 800 schools in 48 states and the View Details

04 Aug 2009
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insufficient labor levels, which, in turn, degrades profitability. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-040.pdf Cases & Course MaterialsCompass Box Whisky Company Harvard Business School Case 108-032 Compass Box... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

03 Nov 2015
First Look

November 3, 2015

NCLB sanctions. These results are consistent with a model of principal-school matching in which school districts are unable to compensate principals for the increased likelihood of sanctions at View Details