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How Social Entrepreneurs Make Change Happen
Social enterprise Digital ArticleThe story of how one organization envisioned a future transformed. -
Let First-Level Supervisors Do Their Job
Labor Magazine ArticlePerforming well as a first-level supervisor is like walking the circus high wire. In both positions, the ability to maintain one’s balance when shifting forces pull in opposite directions is a measure of one’s success. First-level supervisors must be able to harmonize the demands of management, the demands of the collective work force (often represented […] -
Why Today’s Startups Pursue Both Ideas and Ideals
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Turkey Badly Needs a Long-Term Plan for Syrian Refugees
Labor Digital ArticleIt’s time to stop treating the situation as a short-term crisis. -
Philanthropy’s New Agenda: Creating Value
Corporate social responsibility Magazine ArticleSatisfied with doing good, too few foundations work strategically to do better. -
Can Technology End Poverty?
Technology and analytics Digital ArticleOnly if it is relevant and suitable to the lives of the poor. -
Is Germany a Model for Managers?
Labor Magazine ArticleMost American managers have a hard time making sense of Germany. It has a fraction of the resources and less than one-third the population of the United States. Labor costs are higher, paid vacations are at least three times as long, and strong unions are deeply involved at all levels of business, from the local […] -
The Big Benefits of Employee Ownership
Strategy Big IdeaResearch shows it can reduce inequality and improve productivity. -
Quality of Work Life—Learning from Tarrytown
Labor Magazine ArticleAt this large GM plant the union and management jointly seek to change the meaning of work itself -
What Happens at Home When People Can’t Depend on Stable Work
Labor Digital ArticleThe consequences of joblessness are far-reaching. -
Understanding Competence at Work
Labor Magazine ArticleBeing good at your job means having the right understanding of your job. -
The Case of the Not-So-Supermarket
Labor Magazine ArticleHilltop Stores 100 Bloomfield Avenue, Hartford, Connecticut 06105 Serving Greater Hartford Since 1926 Date: February 16, 1989 To: Margaret Flynn, CEO Hilltop From: Ed Boyer, VP for store operations Our contract with Local 413 expires June 18, so we need to start preparing for negotiations (they’re scheduled to begin in eight weeks). Now is a […] -
A New Way to Scale Social Enterprise
Social enterprise Digital ArticleA new type of security, called “mission equity,” caps investor returns so the company’s financial success can help fuel its mission. -
How Philanthropists Can Diversify Their Grantmaking Portfolios
Investment management Digital ArticleIt’s about creating a balance of grant types, categorized by operations, growth, and risk. -
AI May Soon Replace Even the Most Elite Consultants
Technology and analytics Digital ArticleMachine learning is increasingly capable of complex analysis. -
The Era of “Move Fast and Break Things” Is Over
Venture capital Digital ArticleHere’s what that means for VCs and entrepreneurs. -
Bringing Global Philanthropy Closer to Home
Corporate social responsibility Digital ArticleIn developing economies, local philanthropists are acting more like investors. -
AI Engineers Need to Think Beyond Engineering
Technology & Operations Digital ArticleGoogle AI practitioners argue that partnerships with social scientists and community members can deepen understanding of complex problems and lead to... -
How Reskilling Can Soften the Economic Blow of Covid-19
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Can You Help Solve These Social Entrepreneurs’ Challenges?
Social enterprise Digital ArticleEditors’ note: A few weeks ago, HBR asked members of the Poptech Social Innovation Fellows to tell us their management challenges in running socially minded businesses. Our goal in doing so was to expose these challenges to you — the HBR.org community — with the hopes that the community could assist these challenges via conversations […]
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The Dubai International Film Festival
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details This case follows the conception and emergence of the Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF). In an already crowded and highly competitive industry,... -
Fundraising and Fund Structures: How Habitat for Humanity Considers Venture Capital Tools to Pursue Its Charitable Mission
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details The impact investing industry seeks to create a positive impact beyond financial returns. Nonprofits like Habitat for Humanity (Habitat), an organization... -
Atlanta Park Medical Center vs. Hamlin Asset Management
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details This case chronicles the mismanagement of funds by an investment management firm for a medical center's endowment and details the subsequent lawsuit.... -
Randall Krantz (B)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details Supplement to case IES541. Randall Krantz sets out to transition his career out of engineering and into an environmental NGO. The case outlines Krantz'... -
Hospital 57357: Aligning Performance Towards a Vision of a Cancer-Free Childhood
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details The case follows the Children Cancer Hospital in Egypt, also known as Hospital 57357, as it goes through the roll-out of a new performance management... -
The Lump Sum Grant Initiative for Hong Kong Social Services
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details Notwithstanding its reputation as a free market bastion, Hong Kong has long been home to a well-developed, government-supported "social sector." Although... -
ACCION International: Maintaining High Performance Through Time
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details ACCION International has been a major innovator in microfinance for 30 years. Reviews organizational context under which key industry-shaping concepts... -
Merck & Co., Inc.: Addressing Third-World Needs (A)
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details Researchers at Merck & Co. believe that a drug they had developed for animals might be an effective treatment for human river blindness, a debilitating... -
Examining the Role of Child Welfare in Addressing the Needs of the CSEC Population in Kentucky
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details In 2013 the Kentucky legislature passed legislation that made the child welfare agency (DCBS) responsible for investigating reported cases of Commercially... -
Robert Little and the Kinship Fostercare Program in NYC (Epilogue)
Technology & Operations Case Study11.95View Details Faced with the need for draconian budget cuts, Robert Little was determined to do all that he could to save his agency's struggling Kinship Foster Care... -
White Working Class, With a New Foreword by Mark Cuban and a New Preface by the Author: Overcoming Class Cluelessness in America
19.99View Details "It is really worth a read..." -- Former Vice President Joe Biden, interviewed on Pod Save America. Now in paperback with a new Foreword by Mark Cuban... -
Administrative Data Project (C)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details Supplements the (A) case. -
Burning Man: Moving from a For-Profit to a Nonprofit, the Ultimate Act of Gifting
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details This case study focuses on Burning Man as an organization, and how its leadership intentionally moved from a for-profit limited liability corporation... -
Ozyegin Social Investments: A Legacy of Giving
Management Case Study11.95View Details This case explores the work of Ozyegin Social Investments, founded by Husnu Ozyegin , one of Turkey's most successful entrepreneurs. With a focus on education,... -
Feeding America (B)
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study5.00View Details This case describes how Feeding America, the third-largest nonprofit organization in the US, designed a marketplace for allocating donated food across... -
Promigas Foundation: Knowledge Management as a Focus of Corporate Social Responsibility
Management Case Study11.95View Details Corporate foundations represent a distinctive avenue for companies to channel their resources into social initiatives, often straying from their core... -
Souk El Tayeb: The Good Food Market in Lebanon
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details Souk el Tayeb, the farmers' market, and Tawlet, the farmers' kitchen are two legal entities, the former adopting the legal structure of an NGO and the... -
The Ethos Institute (A): Challenging Business to Become the Vanguard of Social Progress in Brazil
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details As Brazil's energetic but fractious democracy emerged in the 1990s, the Ethos Institute launched a movement for corporate social responsibility (CSR)... -
La Protectora: Engaging in Social Media for a Social Cause
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details The case recounts the development and implementation of the first social media campaign at La Protectora de la Infancia (La Protectora), a centenary,... -
Still Leading (B6): Sherry Lansing--Producing Social Change
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details Sherry Lansing, head of a Hollywood studio, left to start a foundation. Describes the issues in her transition.
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The Dubai International Film Festival
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details This case follows the conception and emergence of the Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF). In an already crowded and highly competitive industry,... -
Fundraising and Fund Structures: How Habitat for Humanity Considers Venture Capital Tools to Pursue Its Charitable Mission
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details The impact investing industry seeks to create a positive impact beyond financial returns. Nonprofits like Habitat for Humanity (Habitat), an organization... -
Atlanta Park Medical Center vs. Hamlin Asset Management
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details This case chronicles the mismanagement of funds by an investment management firm for a medical center's endowment and details the subsequent lawsuit.... -
How Social Entrepreneurs Make Change Happen
Social enterprise Digital ArticleThe story of how one organization envisioned a future transformed. -
Randall Krantz (B)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details Supplement to case IES541. Randall Krantz sets out to transition his career out of engineering and into an environmental NGO. The case outlines Krantz'... -
Let First-Level Supervisors Do Their Job
Labor Magazine ArticlePerforming well as a first-level supervisor is like walking the circus high wire. In both positions, the ability to maintain one’s balance when shifting forces pull in opposite directions is a measure of one’s success. First-level supervisors must be able to harmonize the demands of management, the demands of the collective work force (often represented […] -
Why Today’s Startups Pursue Both Ideas and Ideals
Corporate social responsibility Big IdeaPurpose can provide strategic and operational advantages. -
Hospital 57357: Aligning Performance Towards a Vision of a Cancer-Free Childhood
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details The case follows the Children Cancer Hospital in Egypt, also known as Hospital 57357, as it goes through the roll-out of a new performance management... -
The Lump Sum Grant Initiative for Hong Kong Social Services
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details Notwithstanding its reputation as a free market bastion, Hong Kong has long been home to a well-developed, government-supported "social sector." Although... -
ACCION International: Maintaining High Performance Through Time
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details ACCION International has been a major innovator in microfinance for 30 years. Reviews organizational context under which key industry-shaping concepts...