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- November 2015
- Case
Advanced Leadership Pathways: Beatriz Cardoso and Education in Brazil
By: Rosabeth M. Kanter, Daniella Suarez and Ai-Ling Jamila Malone
Beatriz Cardoso, founder of Laboratório de Educação (Education Laboratory) had a dream to propel Brazilian education. However challenges in fundraising made it difficult to scale up her project, based on helping adults help children improve their literacy skills. To...
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Keywords:
Latin America;
South America;
Brazil;
Sao Paulo;
Education Startup;
Education Technology;
Child Education;
Literacy;
Blog;
Technology;
School Districts;
Public Schools;
Fundraising;
Sponsorship;
Leadership Skills;
Education;
Early Childhood Education;
Blogs;
Internet and the Web;
Leadership;
Education Industry;
Latin America;
South America;
Brazil;
Sao Paulo
- 12 Oct 2020
- News
How Mothers WFH Are Negotiating What’s Normal
- October 2002
- Case
A Father's Love: Novazyme Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
By: Richard M.J. Bohmer and Bradley Campbell
John Crowley, CEO of Novazyme Pharmaceuticals, a start-up biotechnology firm developing an orphan drug to treat a rare lysosomal storage disorder from which his children suffer, must choose between a partnership and a buyout to have sufficient funds and support to get...
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Keywords:
Technological Innovation;
Business Startups;
Partners and Partnerships;
Financing and Loans;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Sales;
Price;
Product Development;
Motivation and Incentives;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Biotechnology Industry;
Pharmaceutical Industry
Bohmer, Richard M.J., and Bradley Campbell. "A Father's Love: Novazyme Pharmaceuticals, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 603-048, October 2002.
- September 2020
- Article
Unequal Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Scientists
By: Kyle Myers, Wei Yang Tham, Yian Yin, Nina Cohodes, Marie Thursby, Jerry Thursby, Peter Schiffer, Joseph Walsh, Karim R. Lakhani and Dashun Wang
COVID-19 has not affected all scientists equally. A survey of principal investigators indicates that female scientists, those in the ‘bench sciences’ and, especially, scientists with young children experienced a substantial decline in time devoted to research. This...
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Myers, Kyle, Wei Yang Tham, Yian Yin, Nina Cohodes, Marie Thursby, Jerry Thursby, Peter Schiffer, Joseph Walsh, Karim R. Lakhani, and Dashun Wang. "Unequal Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Scientists." Nature Human Behaviour 4, no. 9 (September 2020): 880–883.
- 2015
- Case
Advanced Leadership Pathways: Beatriz Cardoso and Education in Brazil
By: Rosabeth M. Kanter, Daniella Suarez and Ai-Ling Jamila Malone
Beatriz Cardoso, founder of Laboratório de Educação (Education Laboratory) had a dream to propel Brazilian education. However, challenges in fundraising made it difficult to scale up her project, based on helping adults help children improve their literacy skills. To...
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Keywords:
Social Enterprise;
Education;
Business Startups;
Information Technology;
Leading Change;
Brazil
Kanter, Rosabeth M., Daniella Suarez, and Ai-Ling Jamila Malone. "Advanced Leadership Pathways: Beatriz Cardoso and Education in Brazil." Harvard Business Publishing Case, 2015. (Harvard Advanced Leadership Initiative.)
- 24 Jul 2013
- News
Pro-Baby, but Stingy With Money to Support Them
- 09 May 2023
- Cold Call Podcast
Can Robin Williams’ Son Help Other Families Heal Addiction and Depression?
- 27 Oct 2015
- News
Pay-For-Success is Working in Utah
Unequal Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Scientists
Abstract: COVID-19 has not affected all scientists equally. A survey of principal investigators indicates that female scientists, those in the ‘bench sciences’... View Details
- 19 Apr 2017
- News
Can Grade-Skipping Close the STEM Gender Gap?
- October 2020
- Case
PraDigi Open Learning: Transforming Rural India
By: John J-H Kim and Malini Sen
Pratham is a non-governmental organization, focusing on high-quality, low-cost and replicable interventions to address gaps in the Indian education system. Co-founder Madhav Chavan is interested in using technology for education but differed in the way it is used in...
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Keywords:
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Social Entrepreneurship;
Education;
Information Technology;
Learning;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Non-Governmental Organizations;
Social Issues;
Education Industry;
India;
Asia
Kim, John J-H, and Malini Sen. "PraDigi Open Learning: Transforming Rural India." Harvard Business School Case 321-022, October 2020.
- June 2003
- Case
Peabody Elementary School (A)
By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Kevin Morris
A new principal, Marty Pettigrew, has just joined this inner-city optional school--which offers special programs in international studies to attract children from all over the city. Entering mid-way through the school year, he observes a number of areas of concern,...
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- 25 Feb 2014
- News
What Does Success Mean to You?
- 18 Jan 2014
- News
Boost prosperity by listening to small business
- 26 Jan 2015
- News
The Silenced Connecticut Sex-Abuse Case
- 05 Aug 2020
- News
Remote work really does mean longer days -- and more meetings
- January 2006 (Revised July 2006)
- Case
Drug Testing in Nigeria (A)
By: Debora L. Spar
In 1996, a meningitis epidemic swept across Nigeria. Thousands of children were struck and, lacking appropriate medicine, were liable to die from the disease. Doctors at Pfizer had an antibiotic that could probably save most of these children's lives. The drug was new,...
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Keywords:
Risk and Uncertainty;
Health Pandemics;
Health Testing and Trials;
Developing Countries and Economies;
Pharmaceutical Industry;
Nigeria
Spar, Debora L., and Adam Day. "Drug Testing in Nigeria (A)." Harvard Business School Case 706-033, January 2006. (Revised July 2006.)
- 09 Feb 2018
- News
The Voices of Students: And the Winners Are …
- July 2003
- Case
De La Salle Academy
By: Thomas J. DeLong and David Ager
Brother Brian Carty, headmaster and founder of De La Salle Academy, a private school for academically talented, economically disadvantaged children in grades six to eight in New York City, is scheduled to meet with the school's board of directors to discuss how the...
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Keywords:
Middle School Education;
Corporate Accountability;
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Organizational Design;
Management Succession;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Business and Community Relations;
Philanthropy and Charitable Giving;
Education Industry
DeLong, Thomas J., and David Ager. "De La Salle Academy." Harvard Business School Case 404-024, July 2003.