Publications

February 2009 (Revised September 2009)
Case

Investing in Early Learning as Economic Development at the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank

By: Stacey M. Childress and Geoff Eckman Marietta

In his role as Senior Vice President and Director of Research at the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis (Minneapolis Fed), Art Rolnick and his colleague, Rob Grunewald, had written "Early Childhood Development: Economic Development with a High Public Return." The... View Details

Keywords: Development Economics; Early Childhood Education; Investment Return; Demand and Consumers; Supply and Industry; Performance Effectiveness; Nonprofit Organizations; Minneapolis; Saint Paul

01 Dec 2015
News

Complements to the Case Method

industry or region, and then going out and testing them in real life, that students can find those tiny gaps where it’s wrong— and where they can leverage with smart investments. “We don’t want the course to just be about polishing... View Details

May 2013
Supplement

From Little Things Big Things Grow: The Clontarf Foundation Program for Aboriginal Boys (B)

By: F. Warren McFarlan and Michael Vitale

This case focuses on the growth of an innovative non-profit institution that motivates aboriginal children to attend school by harnessing their love of football. View Details

Keywords: Motivation and Incentives; Nonprofit Organizations; Education; Sports; Education Industry

28 Sep 2015
News

Rockin’ for a Cause

public schools, which the Scheels’ four children have all attended. Scheel’s wife, Susan, was an early leader of Palo Alto Partners in Education (PiE), a foundation that provides supplemental funds to support worthwhile programs—such as... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Symantec

01 Oct 2001
News

A Janus-Faced Reflection

more, if we act like immediately preceding MBA classes — to seek our fortunes in smaller enterprises, sometimes our own. When we were students, Dean Larry Fouraker emphasized the role of HBS in educating general managers. To truly... View Details

Keywords: Walter Kiechel; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Publishing Industries (except Internet); Publishing Industries (except Internet); Publishing Industries (except Internet)

February 2002
Background Note

Mediating in the Wake of Disaster: The MIT Settlement

By: Michael A. Wheeler and Gillian Morris

In 1997, MIT freshman Scott Kruger died from alcohol poisoning after a ritual fraternity ceremony. His death sparked national controversy over the responsibility of universities for their students. For his parents, though, the pain was personal and almost solely... View Details

Keywords: Higher Education; Negotiation Deal; Moral Sensibility; Leadership; Situation or Environment; Framework; Legal Services Industry; Legal Services Industry

01 Mar 2010
News

Faculty Research Online

consumers prefer single songs over music “bundles.” The result? It is time for the industry to rethink its products and prices, writes Associate Professor Anita Elberse. See http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/6312.html. India Transformed? Insights... View Details

Keywords: Educational Services; Educational Services; Educational Services; Educational Services

01 Dec 2005
News

MBAs by the Numbers

Job Locations Northeast U.S.: 46.2% (New York City: 26.7%) (Boston: 10.8%) Western U.S.: 17.0% (California Bay Area: 8.7%) Central & Southwest U.S.: 13.7% Southeast U. S.: 5.6% Europe: 8.1% Asia/South Pacific: 5.5% Latin America: 2.1% Other: 1.8% View Details

Keywords: Educational Services; Educational Services

31 Mar 2023
News

How Can We Solve the Teacher Shortage Crisis?

Institute, Joe Fuller. Fuller's guest in this episode is Mallory Dwinal-Palisch (MBA 2015), Chancellor of Reach University and CEO and cofounder of teacher staffing firm Craft Education System. Reach offers accredited, teacher... View Details

Keywords: Educational Support Services; Educational Support Services

01 Apr 2001
News

Beyond the Rim: New Paths to Success in Asia

force behind a joint HBS-Tsinghua University executive education program that premiered in January (see sidebar). “With a 24-hour plane trip and thirteen time zones between Boston and China, the language barrier, and cultural differences... View Details

Keywords: Alejandro Reyes and Deborah Blagg; David Lane; Educational Services

01 Dec 2018
News

Research Is the Foundation

Neeley hopes her book—along with recent Harvard Business Review articles, academic articles, cases, an online learning global collaboration simulation, and insights she shares as a professor in the MBA and Executive Education... View Details

June 2001 (Revised July 2001)
Case

SKOLAR: Launching a University Technology Spinoff Company

SKOLAR is the first company formally spun out of Stanford University. The company is searching for the right business model to commercialize its Internet-based medical information offering. View Details

Keywords: Business Model; Commercialization; Higher Education; Information Technology; Business Startups; Information Technology Industry; Information Technology Industry; California

Find at Harvard

01 Jan 2011
News

Hüsnü Özyeğin, MBA 1969

services industry that includes supermarket chains, shopping malls, wind energy, and banks. Both his son, Murat (MBA 2003), and daughter, Aysecan (who holds an MBA from Stanford), work closely with him. "I'm still a hands-on manager of my... View Details

February 2007 (Revised August 2007)
Case

Urban Video Game Academy: Getting in the Game

By: Lynda M. Applegate and Susan Saltrick

Urban Video Game Academy was founded to enhance the academic and career prospects of urban youth. How will its founder grow it into a sustainable business? Provides an opportunity to discuss the challenges of social entrepreneurship and how to create a sustainable... View Details

Keywords: Social Entrepreneurship; Business Model; Social Enterprise; Change Management; Education; Education Industry; Education Industry

01 Dec 2000
News

New Economy Theme of HBS African-American Alumni Conference

partner at Andersen Consulting, and Paula A. Sneed (MBA 1977) of Kraft Foods. Ronald Goldsberry, a former auto industry executive and now a dot-com entrepreneur, described the rewards of joining a growing Internet company. "I was... View Details

Keywords: Mary Ellen Gardner; Educational Support Services; Educational Support Services

24 Apr 2014
News

Reawakening rural America

Jack Schultz (MBA 1976) founded Agracel, an industrial development firm, to boost the economies of rural America in places such as Teutopolis, Illinois, the small farming hamlet where he grew up. The Effingham, Illinois-based company has... View Details

01 Jun 2003
News

South Florida and Minnesota Launch Community Programs

Executive Education program Strategic Perspectives in Nonprofit Management. Past recipients have included Janice Price, president and CEO of The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, and Jim Balfanz, executive director for City Year... View Details

Keywords: Alumni groups; Educational Services; Educational Services

January 2021 (Revised March 2021)
Supplement

Juno (B): Leveraging Student Power

By: Joshua Schwartzstein, Kathleen L. McGinn and Amy Klopfenstein

In March 2020, Juno co-founders Chris Abkarians and Nikhil Agarwal decided to pitch banks in anticipation of their annual auction while negotiating directly with private lender Eager. Responses from the majority of private lenders—including Juno’s 2019 partner—were not... View Details