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- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Back to School
Whitney: She hopes to graduate from admissions to running a school one day. When Stephanie Whitney (MBA ’85) left behind a globe-trotting career in marketing in 1996 to raise her two young sons and get involved in her community, she had...
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- November 2012
- Case
Edison Schools, Inc.
By: Thomas R. Eisenmann and Lauren Barley
Edison Schools, Inc., a pioneer in the for-profit management of public schools, demonstrates the challenges and opportunities related to private sector involvement in the delivery of a public good. Follows the organization from its start-up through its initial public...
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Keywords:
Charter Schools;
Conflict of Interests;
Initial Public Offering;
For-Profit Firms;
Public Sector;
Market Entry and Exit;
Education;
Business Startups;
Education Industry
Eisenmann, Thomas R., and Lauren Barley. "Edison Schools, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 813-113, November 2012.
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
A Tough Assignment
O’neill: An educational expedition. Courtesy Shackleton Schools As a corporate lawyer living in Greenwich, Connecticut, Luke O’Neill (MBA ’95) was on a well-defined path of success. But something about his life didn’t sit right. He quit...
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- January 2016 (Revised November 2018)
- Case
Match Next: Next Generation Middle School?
By: John J-H Kim and Daniel Goldberg
This case is set in 2015 as a team at Match Education, a high performing charter middle school in Boston, explores new staffing and technology approaches in their quest to obtain what they term "jaw dropping" results. The team hopes to test and model for other schools...
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Keywords:
General Management;
K-12;
Charter Schools;
Public Schools;
Edtech;
Education;
Information Technology;
Management;
Public Sector;
Entrepreneurship;
Education Industry;
Boston
Kim, John J-H, and Daniel Goldberg. "Match Next: Next Generation Middle School?" Harvard Business School Case 316-138, January 2016. (Revised November 2018.)
- 13 Feb 2014
- HBS Seminar
David Moss, Harvard Business School
- 19 Dec 2005
- Research & Ideas
Public Education Goes to School
Can the art and science of management help public schools improve student performance? In the fall of 2001, faculty and staff from the Harvard Business School (HBS) and the Harvard Graduate View Details
- August 2011 (Revised September 2011)
- Case
Global Business School Network
By: Christopher Marquis and Rwitwika Bhattacharya
The mission of the Global Business School Network (GBSN) is to strengthen business education for the developing world. The organization was transitioning out of its startup phase and wants to shift its focus from capacity building activities driven by the organization...
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Keywords:
Mission and Purpose;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Strategy;
Business Education;
Development Economics;
Globalization;
Global Strategy;
Education Industry
Marquis, Christopher, and Rwitwika Bhattacharya. "Global Business School Network." Harvard Business School Case 412-044, August 2011. (Revised September 2011.)
- November 1996 (Revised June 1997)
- Case
Harvard Business School Publishing
By: David A. Garvin and Artemis March
Linda Doyle, president and CEO of Harvard Business School Publishing Corp., has succeeded in turning around the organization after several difficult years. She has launched several strategic and organizational initiatives, and has instilled a new philosophy and vision....
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Keywords:
Change Management;
Leading Change;
Business or Company Management;
Goals and Objectives;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Organizational Structure;
Strategic Planning;
Problems and Challenges
Garvin, David A., and Artemis March. "Harvard Business School Publishing." Harvard Business School Case 397-028, November 1996. (Revised June 1997.)
Harvard Business School Online: Leading with Finance
Leading with Finance is a flexible, 6-week, highly-interactive online course which is designed to provide participants with a thorough understanding of the principles of finance – a toolkit for making smart financial decisions and the confidence to clearly... View Details
- 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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- January 2000
- Case
Citizen Schools (A)
By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Sarah Patricia Vickers-Willis
Keywords:
Education Industry
Kanter, Rosabeth M., and Sarah Patricia Vickers-Willis. "Citizen Schools (A)." Harvard Business School Case 300-061, January 2000.
- 11 Jul 2008
- News
Public school evolution
- 20 Jul 2010
- News
Business School Boost
- October 2002
- Case
New Leaders for New Schools
Describes the founding, early growth, and expansion plans of New Leaders for New Schools, a nonprofit public education venture that recruits, trains, places, and supports principals in U.S. urban school districts. This case presents the strategic, financial, and...
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Leschly, Stig. "New Leaders for New Schools." Harvard Business School Case 803-073, October 2002.
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
Back to School
The state of public education in the United States is a perennial hot-button topic, with rhetoric often outpacing any real sense of progress. The Public Education Leadership Project (PELP), a 2003 joint ini-tiative of HBS and Harvard’s Graduate View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Back to School
2008, I decided to make the leap: I began the process of becoming a certified high-school math teacher. When D.C. Public Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee spoke to the HBS Club of Washington in October 2008, I introduced her, presented her...
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- 02 Aug 2023
JD/MBA Information Session with Harvard Business School and Harvard Law School
Join us for a virtual information session to learn about the JD/MBA joint degree program. HLS and HBS admissions staff will provide an overview of the program and application process. A panel of students will share their experiences and answer questions.
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- 25 Aug 2021
- News
Reimagining Chicago’s Schools
Back in 2011, when Melissa Zaikos (MBA 2000) first began digging deeply into the standardized test scores of the Chicago Public Schools system, she saw that elementary schools seemed to be getting better in...
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