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Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
local and federal government prior to HBS,... Influencing Practice. Advancing the Field. Events 2024 Jul 28 Jul-03 Aug Executive Education: Strategic Perspectives in Nonprofit Management This week-long on-campus program for nonprofit...
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- 13 Jul 2009
- Research & Ideas
Diagnosing the Public Health Care Alternative
think the chances of a government plan supplanting private options are slim," he writes. But the existence of both public and private insurance plans might provide enough competition to improve overall value for patients. Professor...
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- 10 Jan 2007
- HBS Case
The Challenge of Managing National Security
most tragic organizational failings in American history: the inability of the country's government and its relevant agencies to forestall the deadliest attack ever on U.S. soil. The case is dedicated to Waleed Iskandar (MBA '93), a...
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- July 2008 (Revised December 2011)
- Case
ghSMART & Co., 2006: Pioneering in Professional Services
By: Noam T. Wasserman and Ashraf Haque
Geoff Smart, founder and CEO of ghSMART & Co., wanted to build ghSMART into the #1 management-assessment firm for CEOs and investors. However, he had just received two pieces of very bad news: the demise of an existing project and the loss of a $1 million engagement he...
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Keywords:
Business Startups;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Entrepreneurship;
Corporate Governance;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Organizational Structure;
Service Industry
Wasserman, Noam T., and Ashraf Haque. "ghSMART & Co., 2006: Pioneering in Professional Services." Harvard Business School Case 809-024, July 2008. (Revised December 2011.)
- October 2007
- Article
Grist: A Strategic Approach to Climate
By: Michael E. Porter and Forest Reinhardt
Climate change will affect everything businesses do, as government efforts to mitigate carbon emissions cause their prices to rise steeply. This special edition of Forethought takes a hard-nosed look at the risks and opportunities of climate change. Michael E. Porter...
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Keywords:
Customer Value and Value Chain;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Leadership;
Logistics;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Performance Improvement;
Climate Change;
Competitive Advantage;
Corporate Strategy
Porter, Michael E., and Forest Reinhardt. "Grist: A Strategic Approach to Climate." Forethought. Harvard Business Review 85, no. 10 (October 2007): 22–26.
- June 2021
- Case
Akira Fukabori and Kevin Kajitani at avatarin (A) (Abridged)
By: Linda A. Hill and Emily Tedards
In 2016, Akira Fukabori and Kevin Kajitani, aeronautical engineers at All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd., began to wonder why, in a world of accelerating globalization and digital connectivity, those who lived in far-remote villages or impoverished urban areas could not...
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Keywords:
Agility;
Ecosystem;
Innovation Ecosystems;
Innovation;
Crowdsourcing;
XPRIZE;
Open Innovation;
Partnership;
Government;
Collaboration;
Co-creation;
Purpose;
Impact;
Social Impact;
Movement;
Organizational Behavior;
Organizational Ambidexterity;
Ambidexterity;
Culture;
Culture Change;
Global Teams;
Experimentation;
Space;
Space Industry;
Airline Industry;
Start-up;
Platform Business;
Platform Strategy;
Platform;
Digital;
Robotics;
Robots;
Avatar;
Telepresence;
Innovation Lab;
Mobility;
COVID-19;
Intrapreneurship;
Public-private Partnership;
Innovation and Invention;
Technological Innovation;
Partners and Partnerships;
Collaborative Innovation and Invention;
Alignment;
Leadership;
Leading Change;
Diversity;
Organizational Culture;
Change Management;
Strategy;
Entrepreneurship;
Digital Platforms;
Transportation Industry;
Aerospace Industry;
Japan
Hill, Linda A., and Emily Tedards. "Akira Fukabori and Kevin Kajitani at avatarin (A) (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 421-085, June 2021.
- 13 Feb 2018
- News
Is America in a Retail Apocalypse? Ask Yelp
- 07 Sep 2012
- News
What Every Nonprofit Board Needs to Know
Brian J. Hall
Brian J. Hall is the Albert H. Gordon Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. He served as the Unit Head for the Negotiation, Organizations and Markets (NOM) Unit for 14 years. Previously, he was an assistant professor of economics in the... View Details
- August 2000
- Case
Manila Water Company (B)
By: Michael Beer and Elizabeth Weldon
On August 1, 1997 the Manila Water Co. took control of the east zone of the newly privatized Manila Metropolitan Water and Sewerage System (MWSS). At the time of privatization, MWSS was an inefficient, ineffective, and corrupt government agency. MWC must develop the...
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Keywords:
Change Management;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Horizontal Integration;
Privatization;
Problems and Challenges;
Utilities Industry
Beer, Michael, and Elizabeth Weldon. "Manila Water Company (B)." Harvard Business School Case 401-015, August 2000.
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Business Finance Course Online | HBS Online
business ideas to flourish. Highlights The High-Class Problem of Too Much Cash The Capital Allocation Decision Tree Preparing for Mergers and Acqusitions ShowHide Details Concepts The Capital Allocation Problem How to Grow: Organic vs....
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- June 2013 (Revised June 2016)
- Case
Ensina!
By: John J-H Kim, Alejandra Meraz Velasco and Christine An
In 2011, a group of passionate social entrepreneurs in Rio de Janeiro, with the support and encouragement of several prominent philanthropists and members of government, launch Ensina!, seizing Brazil's unprecedented economic growth and national commitment to...
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- 02 Jun 2011
- Research & Ideas
Signing at the Top: The Key to Preventing Tax Fraud?
truth.") Now research suggests that the federal government might be able to encourage honest reporting simply by moving the signature line to the top of the form, such that signers declare that they will tell the truth rather than that...
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- November 2001
- Background Note
Sexual Harassment Law and Policy
By: Michael A. Wheeler, Georgia Levenson and Arturo Corso
Outlines the recent development of legal principles regarding sexual harassment, including procedures in the United States and state courts, what circumstances constitute harassment, the resolution of these conflicts and the resulting consequences for the individuals...
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Keywords:
Crime and Corruption;
Policy;
Working Conditions;
Code Law;
Outcome or Result;
Conflict and Resolution;
United States
Wheeler, Michael A., Georgia Levenson, and Arturo Corso. "Sexual Harassment Law and Policy." Harvard Business School Background Note 902-007, November 2001.
- December 2023
- Case
TikTok: The Algorithm Will See You Now
By: Shikhar Ghosh and Shweta Bagai
In a world where attention is a scarce commodity, this case explores the meteoric rise of TikTok—an app that transformed from a niche platform for teens into the most visited domain by 2021—surpassing even Google. Its algorithm was a sophisticated mechanism for...
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Keywords:
Social Media;
Applications and Software;
Disruptive Innovation;
Business and Government Relations;
International Relations;
Cybersecurity;
Culture;
Technology Industry;
China;
United States;
India
Ghosh, Shikhar, and Shweta Bagai. "TikTok: The Algorithm Will See You Now." Harvard Business School Case 824-125, December 2023.
- 03 Mar 2015
- News
Shareholders Get a Louder Voice As Companies Become More Democratic
- March 2013 (Revised August 2014)
- Case
Indonesia's OJK: Building Financial Stability
By: Lakshmi Iyer and David Lane
In 2013, a new financial services authority, the Otoritas Jasa Keuangan (OJK), took over responsibility for regulating capital markets and non-bank financial institutions in Indonesia. OJK was scheduled to take over bank regulation and supervision from the central...
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Keywords:
Monetary Policy;
Bank Regulation;
Financial Market Regulation;
Corruption;
Bureaucracy;
Central Bank Independence;
Indonesia;
Crime and Corruption;
Central Banking;
Ethics;
Emerging Markets;
Financial Markets;
Corporate Governance;
Financial Crisis;
Financial Strategy;
Financial Services Industry;
Indonesia
Iyer, Lakshmi, and David Lane. "Indonesia's OJK: Building Financial Stability." Harvard Business School Case 713-003, March 2013. (Revised August 2014.)
- 15 Oct 2012
- News