Publications
Publications
- March 1997
- HBS Case Collection
Private Management and Public Schools (A)
Abstract
Examines the prospects for private management in U.S. public schools. Introduces the U.S. system of education and the concerns driving the education reform process. Focuses on the education and business strategies of Education Alternatives, Inc. (EAI), Public Strategies Group (PSG), and Sylvan Learning Systems. Asks whether private management can profitably involve themselves in public schools, and whether any of these firms have devised a sustainable strategy. Uses the education sector to suggest the business imperative not only to devise a strategy to create value, but to establish an overall structure that allows firms to claim a predictable portion of the value they create. Focuses on the ability to claim value created with the existing structures in public schools.
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Citation
Dyck, Alexander, and Danielle J. Melito. "Private Management and Public Schools (A)." Harvard Business School Case 797-113, March 1997.