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- July 1998 (Revised October 1999)
- Case
IPODERAC
By: James E. Austin, Wendy Bermudez and Gustavo Escobar
This 32-year-old nonprofit organization has dedicated itself to the care and social development of abandoned street children in Mexico. Examines the organization's efforts to achieve financial sustainability, particularly through earned income activities on its farm....
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Keywords:
Social Entrepreneurship;
Finance;
Management;
Organizations;
Problems and Challenges;
Nonprofit Organizations;
Balance and Stability;
Service Industry;
Mexico
Austin, James E., Wendy Bermudez, and Gustavo Escobar. "IPODERAC." Harvard Business School Case 399-016, July 1998. (Revised October 1999.)
- July 1998
- Supplement
Bell Atlantic in Union City
In this pioneering project to wire a school for the Internet and put computers in students' homes, Bell Atlantic combined its need for a beta site for a technology trial with the school reform efforts of the Union City, New Jersey public schools, under the leadership...
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Keywords:
Business Model;
Social Enterprise;
Internet and the Web;
Education;
Business and Community Relations;
Education Industry;
New Jersey
Kanter, Rosabeth M. "Bell Atlantic in Union City." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 399-501, July 1998.
- March 1998 (Revised July 1998)
- Case
United Way Community Services
Describes in detail the fund development and distribution system of United Way Community Services. A key question is how to measure the outcome/impact of the work done by the agencies that receive United Way funding. A follow-on question is how to reinvent the...
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Keywords:
Capital;
Management Systems;
Measurement and Metrics;
Distribution Channels;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Outcome or Result;
Nonprofit Organizations
Rangan, V. Kasturi. "United Way Community Services." Harvard Business School Case 598-138, March 1998. (Revised July 1998.)
- September 1997 (Revised November 1997)
- Teaching Note
Cleveland Turnaround, The: Case and Video TN
By: James E. Austin
Teaching Note for (9-796-151), (9-796-152), (9-796-153), (9-796-154), and (9-797-501).
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- March 1997
- Case
BioTransplant, Inc.: Initial Public Offering, January 1996
By: Paul A. Gompers and Alexander Tsai
Examines the decision to go public. BioTransplant is an early stage biotechnology company that must decide how to finance its research and development. The pros and cons of public offerings are analyzed versus alternative financing sources.
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Gompers, Paul A., and Alexander Tsai. "BioTransplant, Inc.: Initial Public Offering, January 1996." Harvard Business School Case 297-095, March 1997.
- December 1996 (Revised June 1997)
- Case
Trinity College (A)
By: F. Warren McFarlan and Jaan Elias
Trinity College was an elite, private, liberal-arts college of some 1,800 students located in Hartford, CT. When Tom Gerety was chosen as Trinity's 17th president in 1989, he pledged to stay for ten years. Now less than five years at the job, Gerety announced he was...
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Keywords:
Higher Education;
Crisis Management;
Management Succession;
Planning;
Social Enterprise;
Education Industry;
Connecticut
McFarlan, F. Warren, and Jaan Elias. "Trinity College (A)." Harvard Business School Case 397-068, December 1996. (Revised June 1997.)
- November 1996 (Revised April 1999)
- Case
United Way of Southeastern New England (UWSENE)
By: Robert S. Kaplan and Ellen L. Kaplan / RA
A regional United Way organization, a nonprofit already active in total quality management, implements a Balanced Scorecard to link its strategic planning objectives with day-to-day operations, and is able to translate its vision and strategy into objectives and...
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Keywords:
Balanced Scorecard;
Nonprofit Organizations;
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Strategy;
United States
Kaplan, Robert S., and Ellen L. Kaplan / RA. "United Way of Southeastern New England (UWSENE)." Harvard Business School Case 197-036, November 1996. (Revised April 1999.)
- September 1996 (Revised November 1999)
- Case
GLSTN 1996
By: James E. Austin, Willis M. Emmons III and David Maue
The Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Teachers Network (GLSTN), which aims to create respect for all within schools regardless of sexual orientation, faces significant challenges stemming from its rapid growth into a 30-chapter national organization. Issues include...
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Keywords:
Organizational Culture;
Problems and Challenges;
Leadership;
Networks;
Policy;
Change Management;
Nonprofit Organizations;
Leadership Development;
Growth Management;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Education Industry
Austin, James E., Willis M. Emmons III, and David Maue. "GLSTN 1996." Harvard Business School Case 797-038, September 1996. (Revised November 1999.)
- May 1996 (Revised November 1997)
- Case
Northeast Ventures: January 1996
By: Josh Lerner and Eric K. Jackson
Northeast Ventures, a venture capital fund focusing on the development of northeastern Minnesota, seeks to combine social goals with financial returns. This marriage poses several challenges.
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Lerner, Josh, and Eric K. Jackson. "Northeast Ventures: January 1996." Harvard Business School Case 296-093, May 1996. (Revised November 1997.)
- May 1996 (Revised August 2001)
- Case
Timberland and Community Involvement
By: James E. Austin and Jaan Elias
The Timberland Co., a manufacturer and retailer of footwear, outdoor apparel, and accessories, committed itself to instituting and communicating a core set of values to its employees, stockholders, and consumers. The system of beliefs emphasized community service....
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Keywords:
Ethics;
Values and Beliefs;
Business and Community Relations;
Social Enterprise;
Corporate Strategy;
Apparel and Accessories Industry
Austin, James E., and Jaan Elias. "Timberland and Community Involvement." Harvard Business School Case 796-156, May 1996. (Revised August 2001.)
- 1995
- Book
Leading Product Development: The Senior Manager's Guide to Creating and Shaping the Enterprise
By: S. C. Wheelwright and K. B. Clark
Wheelwright, S. C., and K. B. Clark. Leading Product Development: The Senior Manager's Guide to Creating and Shaping the Enterprise. New York: Free Press, 1995.
- November 1994
- Case
VideoGuide, Inc. (A)
By: William A. Sahlman and Jason Green
VideoGuide is emerging from a development stage start-up and requires a significant capital infusion to commercialize its product. Various financing options are considered including going public, venture capital, private placement, or a strategic partner. Given the...
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Keywords:
Capital Budgeting;
Capital;
Venture Capital;
Financing and Loans;
Corporate Entrepreneurship;
Initial Public Offering;
Markets;
Partners and Partnerships;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Going Public
Sahlman, William A., and Jason Green. "VideoGuide, Inc. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 295-051, November 1994.
- November 1994
- Case
Pilkington Float Glass--1955
By: Kim B. Clark
The case examines the development of the float glass process at Pilkington in the mid-1950s. Pilkington has pursued the development of a radically new process for flat glass production, but has experienced serious problems at each stage of development. The senior...
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Keywords:
Transformation;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Technological Innovation;
Product Development;
Research and Development;
Commercialization;
Technology
Clark, Kim B. "Pilkington Float Glass--1955." Harvard Business School Case 695-024, November 1994.
- 1994
- Book
The Perpetual Enterprise Machine: Seven Keys to Corporate Renewal through Successful Product and Process Development
Bowen, H. K., K. B. Clark, C. H. Holloway and S. C. Wheelwright, eds. The Perpetual Enterprise Machine: Seven Keys to Corporate Renewal through Successful Product and Process Development. New York: Oxford University Press, 1994.
- May 1994
- Background Note
Managing Market Complexity: A Three-Ring Circus
Proposes models of organization that address the various product-market environments posed by the product life cycle. Frames these changes along the two dimensions of uncertainty and diversity. Offers three sets of organizational characteristics to reflect the three...
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Keywords:
Business Processes;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Complexity;
Organizational Structure;
Organizational Culture;
Product Marketing;
Markets;
Product
Rangan, V. Kasturi. "Managing Market Complexity: A Three-Ring Circus." Harvard Business School Background Note 594-119, May 1994.
- 1994
- Book
The Making of Global Enterprises
By: G. Jones
This volume presents new insights on the history of international business. Two main themes are addressed: how and when has global business developed over the last century? and what has been its impact on host economies? The volume includes a pioneering study by Mira...
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Keywords:
Economic History;
Business Subsidiaries;
Economy;
Trade;
Globalized Firms and Management;
Information Technology
Jones, G., ed. The Making of Global Enterprises. London: Frank Cass, 1994.
- April 1993 (Revised May 2009)
- Case
Aravind Eye Hospital, Madurai, India: In Service for Sight, The
Starting as a modest 20-bed hospital, Aravind had grown into a 1,400-bed hospital complex by 1992. It had by then screened 3.65 million patients and performed 335,000 cataract surgeries, nearly 70% of them free of cost for the poorest of India's blind population....
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Keywords:
Developing Countries and Economies;
Social Marketing;
Service Delivery;
Service Operations;
Welfare;
Expansion;
Health Industry;
India
Rangan, V. Kasturi. "Aravind Eye Hospital, Madurai, India: In Service for Sight, The." Harvard Business School Case 593-098, April 1993. (Revised May 2009.)
- 1993
- Book
British Multinational Banking 1830-1990
By: Geoffrey Jones
This book provides the first modern history of British multinational banking. It analyses their emergence, growth and performance from their origins in the 1830s until the present day. It is based on a wide range of confidential banking records, which are placed in the...
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Keywords:
Banks and Banking;
Multinational Firms and Management;
Growth and Development;
Information Management;
Performance;
Great Britain;
United Kingdom
Jones, Geoffrey. British Multinational Banking 1830-1990. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1993.
- March 1992 (Revised April 2000)
- Case
Joline Godfrey and the Polaroid Corporation (A)
By: Linda A. Hill and Nancy A Kamprath
Describes how Joline Godfrey, an intrapreneur at the Polaroid Corp., introduced and developed a project that could help Polaroid move to a more service- as opposed to product-oriented focus. Also depicts the mentor-protege relationship between Godfrey and Gerald...
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Keywords:
Corporate Entrepreneurship;
Rank and Position;
Leading Change;
Problems and Challenges;
Change;
Electronics Industry;
Consumer Products Industry
Hill, Linda A., and Nancy A Kamprath. "Joline Godfrey and the Polaroid Corporation (A)." Harvard Business School Case 492-037, March 1992. (Revised April 2000.)
- April 1990 (Revised November 1992)
- Case
Population Services International: The Social Marketing Project in Bangladesh (Abridged)
By: James E. Austin
Population Services International (PSI) was a not-for-profit agency founded to disseminate family planning information and to market birth control products, primarily in less developed countries seeking to curb their population explosions. In 1976, PSI concluded an...
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Keywords:
Conferences;
Developing Countries and Economies;
Information Publishing;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Marketing Strategy;
Social Marketing;
Agreements and Arrangements;
Product;
Nonprofit Organizations;
Pharmaceutical Industry;
Bangladesh;
Washington (state, US)
Austin, James E. "Population Services International: The Social Marketing Project in Bangladesh (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 590-061, April 1990. (Revised November 1992.)