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- November 2008 (Revised April 2010)
- Case
Youth Villages
By: Allen S. Grossman, Cathy Ross and William Foster
Tennessee-based nonprofit Youth Villages had an impressive record of serving emotionally and behaviorally troubled youth and their families, with higher success rates and lower costs than most child services providers. Yet expanding to offer its services on a broader... View Details
Keywords: Growth and Development Strategy; Service Operations; Business and Government Relations; Nonprofit Organizations; Expansion; Tennessee
Grossman, Allen S., Cathy Ross, and William Foster. "Youth Villages." Harvard Business School Case 309-007, November 2008. (Revised April 2010.)
- 22 Jan 2014
- News
Leading Investors Leaving Mark in City Philanthropy
- Web
Winners & Runners-Up | New Venture Competition
Runner-Up Empowering youth in West Africa to access employment opportunities through vocational training. Business Track, 2012 Vaxess Technologies Michael A. Schrader Anura Patil Livio Valenti Patrick Ho Kathryn Kosuda Isa Watson Business... View Details
- 31 May 2023
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards 2023
to top Antonis C. Samaras (MBA 1976) Member, Hellenic Parliament Greek Prime Minister, 2012–2015 A different path: “My father, the 11th son of a family of 11, came to Athens from the village of Pylos to become a cardiologist. At Amherst,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Harvest Time
Victoria Ransom (MBA 2008) Victoria Ransom (MBA 2008) grew up on an asparagus farm in Scotts Ferry, New Zealand, a village of 65 people. The only girl in her high-school class, she went on to attend Macalester College in Minnesota,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
The Transformers
Tom Tierney and Jeff Bradach Photographs by Webb Chappell Related Links Read about one graduate’s work at Harlem Children’s Zone View a recent case on Youth Villages A decade ago, Jeff Bradach (PhDOB 1992)... View Details
- Profile
Raghu Yarlagadda
Most electronic devices come with cautionary labels warning users against the dangers of opening the box. Fortunately, as a youth growing up in India, fascinated by televisions, Raghu Yarlagadda ignored the warnings and looked inside. He... View Details
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
A Place in the Sun
otherwise -- to preserve its natural beauty. In 1992 he founded the Turtle Island Community Foundation, a charitable trust that provides assistance to local villages in the areas of health, transportation, education, and cultural... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna and Garry Emmons
- 03 Feb 2009
- First Look
First Look: February 3, 2009
before his competition woke up to the opportunity that lay before them all. Purchase the case: http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/ b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=509008 Youth Villages Harvard... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 17 May 2018
- News
Creating Opportunity for Indian Entrepreneurs
entrepreneurship in the minds of youth and of job creation,” Bhargava says. I Create’s other program, Creating Job Creators (CJC), works with disadvantaged women, unemployed youth, and recently discharged soldiers to provide a... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
The Hard Way
RUSSO Had Russo’s parents prevailed, she never would have started the business. The youngest of four children, Russo was born in Castiglione, Sicily, a picturesque agricultural village she describes as devoid of economic opportunity. When... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
The Solution to the Global Food Crisis Just Might Come from Nigeria
Photography by Jason Andrew Ibrahim Mustapha grows maize in Katsina Fulani, a village of mud-brick houses topped by rusted corrugated roofs in northern Nigeria. Like millions of farmers in his country, Mustapha is a "smallholder"; he and... View Details