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  • June 2013
  • Background Note

Venture Philanthropy: Its Evolution and Its Future

By: Allen Grossman, Sarah Appleby and Caitlin Reimers
This note explores the current state of venture philanthropy in the U.S. and its future. Based on interviews with 28 practitioners in the field of philanthropy and a review of the literature since the publication of the article introducing the concept of venture... View Details
Keywords: Philanthropy; Nonprofit; Social Institutions; Nonprofit Organizations; Social Entrepreneurship; Civil Society or Community; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; United States
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  • Fast Answer

Suggested Resources: Israel - Hamas War

The resources below have been selected by Baker librarians to help members of our community learn more about the conflict.  The list attempts to incorporate a wide range of perspectives to enable the reader to form their own... View Details
  • 01 Apr 2008
  • First Look

First Look: April 1, 2008

courses such as finance and marketing and replaced them with courses that sought to integrate teaching and learning across functions and from the perspective of the constituents with whom leaders typically interacted, such as customers,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • February 2009 (Revised April 2011)
  • Case

Mistry Architects (A)

By: Amy C. Edmondson, Robert G. Eccles and Mona Sinha
Describes an architecture firm founded and run by a husband and wife team, Sharukh and Renu Mistry, that emphasizes "green" building. The firm presents an unusual mix of projects-spanning the spectrum from larger corporate projects to small private homes. The mix also... View Details
Keywords: Family Business; Customer Focus and Relationships; Design; Housing; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Business and Community Relations; Environmental Sustainability; Nonprofit Organizations; Conflict and Resolution
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  • 12 Aug 2019
  • Research & Ideas

How Scale Changes a Manager's Responsibilities

but at this stage, if you don’t have the confidence and the right people to do things without you, it will be a rough ride. In fact, when founding CEOs don’t learn to step up into their roles and empower their leaders, investors and board... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Austin
  • Web

Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

more effectively engage the project of advancing structural equality in the workplace and beyond. 2018 Symposium 08–09 MAR 2018 Race, Work & Leadership: Learning about & from Black Experience In keeping with the School’s AASU50... View Details
  • 01 Jun 2023
  • News

Curb Appeal

of information technology at NYPD, Tisch learned to deliver essential services in fresh and innovative ways. And to her mind, sanitation is the most essential service of all. As she points out, the average New Yorker can go an entire... View Details
Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; photography by Vance Jacobs; Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities; Government
  • 01 Sep 2023
  • Blog Post

Harvard Business School Announces 2023 Goldsmith Fellows

nonprofit and public sector organizations and demonstrate a strong commitment to continued career paths in these areas. New recipients are invited to participate in events with current and former recipients as well as local social... View Details
  • January 2015 (Revised December 2015)
  • Case

Mauboussin

By: Anat Keinan, Sandrine Crener and Audrey Azoulay
Mauboussin is a French jewelry brand founded in 1827 in Paris. In the 1920s, the company earned a huge notoriety for capturing the aesthetic and emotional dimension of the Art Deco movement in its design and gained a worldwide reputation for innovation and expertise in... View Details
Keywords: Luxury; Luxury Brand; Luxury Goods; Jewelry; Jewels; Retail; Brand Repositioning; Brand Rejuventation; Brand Positioning; New Market Development; Entry In The US Market; American Jewelry Market; Global Brands; Growth Strategy; Mauboussin; Entrepreneurship; Failure; International Marketing; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Wealth; Marketing Strategy; Expansion; Brands and Branding; Apparel and Accessories Industry; France
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  • 10 Apr 2007
  • First Look

First Look: April 10, 2007

structures in the European Union and Japan. Purchase this note: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=707471 McDonald's Corp.: Managing a Sustainable Supply Chain Harvard Business School Case 907-414 McDonald's seeks to View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 14 Jul 2009
  • First Look

First Look: July 14

depends on whether its rival is expected to obtain this information in equilibrium. Consequently, one firm may forgo market research even though its rival conducts such research and learns the true state of demand. We examine both... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • Web

Networking Events - Recruiting

Career & Professional Development. On-Campus Logistics Details Coffee Chats Coffee Chat is a common recruiting term for 1:1 or small group conversations that allow for high-level engagement between the organization and participating... View Details
  • 16 Mar 2021
  • Blog Post

2+2 Where Are They Now Spotlight: Smitha Das (MBA 2018)

sector organizations and provides ongoing support and programming to Fellows. At Social Finance, I’ve been able to translate key learnings from the classroom to practice and importantly, leverage the... View Details
  • Web

Online Business Strategy Course | HBS Online

a foundational understanding of the value stick framework and learn how to make pricing decisions with a focus on willingness to pay (WTP). Highlights The Value Stick Value Creation at Best Buy Value Creation at Nonprofit View Details
  • 24 Feb 2016
  • Research & Ideas

Why It's Best to Take Tests Early in the Day

conditions possible for students to learn and perform well in their school activities and tests,” Gino says. “Often these debates do not carefully consider the influence of external factors that teachers or parents can’t control.” An... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Education
  • 03 Oct 2005
  • Research & Ideas

The Truck Driver Who Reinvented Shipping

to maritime trade so phenomenal that he has been compared to the father of the steam engine, Robert Fulton. As a youth growing up on a farm in a small town of Maxton, North Carolina, McLean learned early on about the value of hard work... View Details
Keywords: by Anthony J. Mayo & Nitin Nohria; Manufacturing; Transportation; Aerospace
  • 19 Apr 2004
  • Research & Ideas

Birth of the American Salesman

"The development of modern sales management is an uniquely American story." Why do you think this is? Walter Friedman: In the early nineteenth century, many nations, certainly all the European ones, had traveling peddlers and peddling networks. But no nation... View Details
Keywords: by Laura Linard
  • 14 Jul 2008
  • Research & Ideas

HBS Cases: Reforming New Orleans Schools After Katrina

do not receive capital allocations for building or leasing facilities, which represent significant start-up and recurring costs. They must either reduce what they spend on teaching and learning or secure private funding to make the rent.... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Education
  • 31 Aug 2021
  • Book

Feeling Powerless at Work? Time to Agitate, Innovate, and Orchestrate

lives, in part because they didn’t understand the nature of power, but many of them learned along the way,” says Battilana. "Having once been wary of power is no guarantee that you will be immune to abusing it." Brazilian doctor Vera... View Details
Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald
  • 10 Apr 2014
  • Research & Ideas

John Kotter’s Plan to Accelerate Your Business

structure driven by the accelerators." Two Is Better A dual operating system is a nod to what Kotter believes is some of the most interesting management thinking of the past few decades, from Michael Porter's "wakeup call telling us that View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard