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  • November 2012
  • Case

Edison Schools, Inc.

By: Thomas R. Eisenmann and Lauren Barley
Edison Schools, Inc., a pioneer in the for-profit management of public schools, demonstrates the challenges and opportunities related to private sector involvement in the delivery of a public good. Follows the organization from its start-up through its initial public... View Details
Keywords: Charter Schools; Conflict of Interests; Initial Public Offering; For-Profit Firms; Public Sector; Market Entry and Exit; Education; Business Startups; Education Industry
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  • 27 Jan 2015
  • First Look

First Look: January 27

public market. Explores at the corporate level the tension between Edison's effort to generate profits while achieving excellent educational outcomes. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/813113-PDF-ENG Harvard... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 04 Oct 2023
  • HBS Seminar

Ithai Stern, INSEAD

  • 10 Sep 2024
  • Blog Post

Leading with Creative Problem Solving: Ron Kurtz (MBA 1967)

post-graduate work experience under my belt. I believed in the effectiveness of the case method for building my business skills, and in the influence of an HBS education and network as a doorway to the kinds of companies I hoped to work... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
  • 10 Sep 2024
  • Blog Post

Leading with Creative Problem Solving: Ron Kurtz (MBA 1967)

schools right away but was told by Harvard Business School that I would only be accepted if I had a year of post-graduate work experience under my belt. I believed in the effectiveness of the case method for building my business skills, and in the influence of an HBS... View Details
  • 18 Mar 2014
  • First Look

First Look: March 18

U.S.-born parents, while the second includes mostly older, separated women with some college education, a relatively higher share of whom are foreign born and have foreign-born parents. Our results demonstrate the presence of additional donor groups within and beyond... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 28 Jun 2016
  • First Look

June 28, 2016

entrepreneurs, many of them expatriate Americans, helped ensure that formally protected areas remained sustainable parks and reserves by providing revenues, conservation education to tourists, and community development and jobs.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 17 Sep 2020
  • Blog Post

HBS Grads Launch Cybersecurity Nonprofit to Fight Infodemic

Bastian took a gap between RC and EC to launch an e-commerce startup in Indonesia. Upon selling the startup, he plunged himself in the world of fighting against disinformation and started humanID. Shuyao Kong (MBA 2020), a native Chinese,... View Details
  • October 2001
  • Case

SchoolSuccess.net

By: James E. Austin and Arthur McCaffrey
The mission of the nonprofit Jumpstart for Young Children was to address the problem of school readiness of low-income family preschoolers. It had been growing significantly, and to achieve its projected expansion would require major increases in funding. After... View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit Organizations; Early Childhood Education; Venture Capital; Growth and Development Strategy; Business Startups; Management Teams
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  • 11 Feb 2021
  • Blog Post

2+2 Where Are They Now Spotlight: Ali Evans (MBA 2019)

student business manager within HSA, I gained valuable business and leadership experience managing teams of up to 25 employees and helped launch a startup that was venture funded and is still growing today. As I approached my final year... View Details

    James L. Heskett

    James L. Heskett is UPS Foundation Professor Emeritus at the Harvard Business School and author of his latest book, With From Within: Build Organizational Culture for Competitive... View Details

    • Web

    Faculty & Advisors | MBA

    executives. Sooah has a joint-degree MBA | MPP from Harvard Business School and Harvard Kennedy School, where she worked with startup founders at the HBS Rock Center for Entrepreneurship and built her health & life sciences tech... View Details
    • Program

    Managing Turbulence

    career decisions Who Should Attend Senior vice presidents and senior executives one to two levels from the C-suite at well-established organizations and startups of any size in any industry. Future-focused executives who are responsible... View Details
    • 25 Jan 2024
    • Research & Ideas

    Being a Team Player: Why College Athletes Succeed in Business

    finance, law, or tech services, while female athletes more often chose education and health care. Graduates who participated in such “lower academic admission standard” sports were more likely to go into finance following graduation at... View Details
    Keywords: by Rachel Layne
    • February 2010
    • Case

    Go Mobile: The Phirbol Franchise

    By: Rajiv Lal and Natalie Kindred
    To grow Phirbol, a telecom retail franchise chain in Delhi, India's underdeveloped markets, its founders were exploring ways to offer more value to the franchisees. In mid-2009, the Phirbol franchise was comprised of some 150 franchisees that had converted their small... View Details
    Keywords: Business Model; Business Startups; Innovation and Management; Brands and Branding; Service Operations; Franchise Ownership; Value Creation; Telecommunications Industry; Delhi
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    • Program

    Mergers and Acquisitions

    technology Founders and CEOs of established startups Investment bankers, transactional lawyers, and private equity investors Attendance by multiple company representatives will foster teamwork and amplify the impact of the Mergers and... View Details
    • Program

    Strategic Perspectives in Nonprofit Management

    policies, and major programs of their organizations Participating organizations must be public-serving nonprofits, fully operational, and out of the startup phase; they typically have operating budgets in excess of $1 million Not... View Details
    • October 2000 (Revised November 2000)
    • Case

    New Economy Ethics: YouKnowIt.com

    By: Joseph L. Badaracco Jr. and Kim Slack
    Entrepreneur Janice Schwartz is hoping to grow her start-up company by creating a technical advisory board and compensating members with discounted company stock. Schwartz is considering six candidates that can help her online education company in a variety of ways: as... View Details
    Keywords: Business Startups; Crime and Corruption; Customers; Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Governing and Advisory Boards; Media; Networks; Internet
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    Launching New Ventures

    backgrounds, industries, and countries across the globe Build relationships with a diverse group of peers who can provide wide-ranging insights into your business challenges and career decisions Who Should Attend Entrepreneurs launching their own View Details
    • Web

    Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

    Roth and Nicole Tempest Keller In 2017, Core Innovation Capital invested $725,000 in Hugo Insurance, a pay-as-you-drive auto insurance startup targeting the non-standard market. Core followed with $300,000 in 2019 during a Seed II round.... View Details