Publications

March 2018 (Revised October 2019)
Case

Yo-Yo Ma and Silkroad

By: Rohit Deshpandé, Paul A. Gompers and Scott Duke Kominers

Silkroad—a cross-cultural music collaboration that world-famous cellist Yo-Yo Ma had spearheaded since 1998, was preparing to celebrate its 20th anniversary. In parallel, Ma was stepping back from his role as the organization’s Artistic Director. Silkroad had come of... View Details

Keywords: Managing Diverse Teams; Leadership Transitions; Global Innovation; Music; Cultural Entrepreneurship; Nonprofit Organizations; Music Entertainment; Leadership; Transition

October 2015 (Revised August 2019)
Background Note

Higher Education in China: Internationalization in Turbulent Times

By: William C. Kirby, Joycelyn W. Eby and Yuanzhuo Wang

The rapid growth in quantity and quality of universities in China since 1978 is the most recent evolution in a long history of higher education. From as early as the Tang Dynasty, academies existed to prepare scholars for the civil service examination, but by the... View Details

Keywords: Non-profit Management; University Administration; University Faculty; University Curriculum; Education Reform; Nonprofit Organizations; Management; Higher Education; History; Governance; Education Industry; China

01 Jun 2008
News

Alumni Clubs Put Skills to Work

sponsoring nonprofit conferences, and organizing events that will raise money for HBS fellowships and scholarships as well as for local charitable organizations. Indeed, the Centennial has reinvigorated many clubs, with attendance at... View Details

Keywords: alumni clubs; Centennial; Educational Services

Web

Professor Julie Boatright Wilson, Harvard Kennedy School Archives | Social Enterprise

Impact Measurement Inclusive Finance International Development K-12 Education Leadership Fellows Leadership in Challenging Times MBA Programs Microfinance Non Profit Management Nonprofit Supportive Services Public Sector Public-Private... View Details

07 Sep 2021
News

Funding His Purpose

left each meeting feeling like a better person,” Letelier recalls. Letelier launched SITAWI Finance for Good in 2008 to recapture that feeling—and to introduce new financial tools into Brazil’s nonprofit and impact sectors. “If you think... View Details

Profile

Andrew Goldin

person. I needed to develop as a manager and leader." When Andrew visited HBS, he saw hard evidence that this was the right school for lessons in education. "Looking over the research and course work, I could see many examples of View Details

01 Dec 2018
News

3-Minute Briefing: Jeffrey Dunn (MBA 1981)

discusses how Dunn helped lead a turnaround at Sesame Street in this episode of the Cold Call podcast. HEAR MORE Professor Rosabeth Moss Kanter discusses how Dunn helped lead a turnaround at Sesame Street in this episode of the Cold Call podcast. A View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Dec 1997
News

Growing Together

Since its official launch four years ago, the School's Initiative on Social Enterprise has flourished, providing ever-greater support and know-how for HBS students, alumni, and nonprofit leaders who are keen on bringing their expertise to... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso and Nancy O. Perry

10 Sep 2020
News

The Business of Access

nonprofits and social services organizations whose staffs had the skills to help, and plotted a different way to give back. “My thinking was, if I were to help people here in California,” she recalls, “that would pay it forward for... View Details

Fast Answer

Student Proposed Fellowship Program - Resources for selecting your organization

The following resources can be used to identify nonprofit organizations: Identifying Organizations Search Strategies GuideStar Pro - Information about the missions, programs, and finances of more than 1.7 million View Details

19 May 2003
Lessons from the Classroom

Business Plan Winner Targets India Dropouts

Harvard Business School MBA '03 students Raj De Datta, Arvind Krishnamurthy, and Meghna Modi recently won the Social Enterprise track of the annual HBS Business Plan contest with their plan for brokering microfinance loans to families in the service of keeping... View Details

Keywords: by Carla Tishler; Financial Services

June 2017
Technical Note

Issues in Non-Profit Governance

By: F. Warren McFarlan

Non-profit governance at its core is very different from for-profit governance. Certain aspects of non-profit governance are widely pervasive across all non-profits, while all others are idiosyncratic to specific sub-groups of non-profits. After identifying these... View Details

Keywords: Governance; Nonprofit Organizations

January 2012
Case

The James Beard Foundation: Adopting a Fresh Approach

By: Mukti Khaire and Eleanor Kenyon

Keywords: Food; Nonprofit Organizations; Food and Beverage Industry