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The Best Advice I Ever Got: Linda Mason
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleThe chairman and founder of Bright Horizons Family Solutions heeded the wisdom of visionary real estate developer James Rouse: Make your passions central... -
Should Your Nonprofit Charge Its Beneficiaries?
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleNo matter how creative and ambitious they may be, nonprofits that rely solely on donations and grants to finance their growth often fall short. One way... -
AEI's President on Measuring the Impact of Ideas
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleAfter the Great Recession, the American Enterprise Institute, a Washington think tank, needed to compete even harder for every dollar. Arthur C. Brooks... -
Lead from the Heart
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleThe president and CEO of the American Red Cross talks about changing its organizational structure, making processes more collaborative, and learning the... -
Delivering on the Promise of Nonprofits
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleAs U.S. nonprofits take on an increasing share of society's work, they face mounting pressure from stakeholders - donors, boards, employees - to show... -
Collaborating for the Common Good
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleCollaboration among competitors is an unnatural act, but sometimes it's the best way to reduce costs, leverage strength, accelerate scale, or amplify... -
Life's Work: Salman Khan
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleAn interview with the pathbreaking online educator Salman Khan. -
Aligning Your Philanthropic Operating Model with Your Goals
Global Business Digital ArticleA framework to help funders understand who they are and what kind of impact they aspire to have. -
What Happens When a Company (Like Patagonia) Transfers Ownership to a Nonprofit?
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleThis form of ownership may be new in the U.S., but it's relatively common in Europe. -
Should Nonprofits Seek Profits?
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleTwenty years ago, it would have been shocking for a children's choir to sell singing telegrams or for an organization serving the homeless to dabble in... -
How Global Leaders Should Think About Solving Our Biggest Problems
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleLooking ahead to Davos. -
Nonprofit Sector's $100 Billion Opportunity
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleImagine what an extra $100 billion a year could do for philanthropic and other nonprofit institutions. According to a new study, the nonprofit sector... -
Luxury Branding Below the Radar
Sales & Marketing Magazine Article"Inconspicuous consumption"--elite consumers' affinity for discreet rather than traditionally branded luxuries--has become a global phenomenon. Work by... -
How Companies Can Partner with Nonprofits
Business and society Digital ArticleDone well, these partnerships can boost growth, shareholder value, and societal impact. -
The Emerging Capital Market for Nonprofits
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleWhy is it that effective business start-ups frequently grow into corporate giants, but effective new nonprofits rarely reach national scale? Because,... -
An Apollo Program for American Philanthropy and the Nonprofit Sector
Organizational Development Digital ArticleIt's time. -
Lofty Missions, Down-to-Earth Plans
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleMost nonprofits make program decisions based on a mission rather than a strategy. They rally under the banner of a particular cause. And because their... -
When You've Made Enough to Make a Difference
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleMany philanthropists have big ambitions, but even the richest individuals and largest foundations don't have enough money to end poverty, reverse climate... -
Should Your Start-up Be For-Profit or Nonprofit?
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleYears ago the line between nonprofit and for-profit enterprises was clear, but that has changed. Nonprofits now offer products that compete with those...
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Marketing the "$100 Laptop" (C)
Sales & Marketing Case Study5.00View Details In October 2007, the OLPC reported production delays and missed its shipment date. In early November, the $100 PC finally went into production, with initial... -
Sol's ARC: Developing Inclusive Workplaces for Neurodiverse People
Management Case Study11.95View Details Sonali Saini was the founder of Sol's ARC, a nonprofit organization that worked to benefit neurodiverse individuals. She had just returned from a meeting... -
PATH and the Safe Water Project: Making Safe Water Products More Affordable
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details This case provides an overview of the nonprofit organization PATH and its Safe Water Project-a five-year effort launched in late 2006 with $17 million... -
Janet Ames (B)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details The series of Janet Ames cases follow a fictional alumna of Harvard Business School into her consulting career in Boston. Over the series of cases, Ames... -
(PRODUCT) RED (B)
Sales & Marketing Case Study5.00View Details Updates the (PRODUCT) RED (A) case through early 2008, including announcements of new partner relationships (with Hallmark, Microsoft, and Dell) as well... -
GlobalGiving
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details Nonprofits are facing a growing challenge to retain donors. At a time when acquiring a new donor is three times as expensive as retaining an existing... -
First Respond: The Challenges of Marketing Social Mission in China
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details First Respond is a for-profit Chinese social enterprise focused on developing emergency services with the mission of making China a safer place. In China,... -
Escudo Rojo: A Salvation Army Initiative and Its Economic Growth Options
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details The case analyzes a successful economic initiative (Red Shield), whose profits help support a legendary religious institution (The Salvation Army) while... -
HOMI Foundation: Expanding a Non-profit Family Hospital for Children
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details The Hospital de la Misericordia (HM), today HOMI Foundation, is a children's hospital located in Bogotá (Colombia). It was founded by José Ignacio Barberi,... -
Targeting Malaria: Comparing Charity and Social Marketing-Based Approaches
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details In Africa, the usage of insecticide treated bed-nets (ITNs) has shown to be one of the best ways to prevent malaria. USAID, the principal U.S. agency... -
Competing for Development (B5): USAID
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details This a role play supplement to Competing for Development (A): Fuel Efficient Stoves for Darfur, product # 908M61. The role plays feature additional background,... -
IPODERAC
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details 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... -
The Ullens Center for Contemporary Art
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details Since its opening in Beijing in November 2007 as the first non-profit art center in China, UCCA had been operating with the mission to "promote the continued... -
The Indego Africa Project
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details Two young attorneys found and begin to build the Indego Africa Project, an NGO partnering with women's cooperatives in Rwanda. Indego connects the cooperatives... -
KaBOOM!
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details KaBOOM! is a nonprofit organization developing playgrounds in partnership with corporations and communities. It has grown since 1995 to a national organization... -
Merger Talks: The Story of Three Community Development Corporations in Boston
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details In 2002, a successful community development corporation in Boston, Massachusetts was approached by two other organizations about potential mergers. Each... -
The U.S. Health Club Industry in 2004
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details In 2004, the $16.8 billion U.S. health club industry continued its strong record of growth. There were almost 27,000 health clubs in the United States,... -
HBR's 10 Must Reads on Nonprofits and the Social Sectors (featuring "What Business Can Learn from Nonprofits" by Peter F. Drucker)
24.95View Details Nonprofits and the social sectors are taking on an increasing share of the world's most vital work. Make sure your organization is ready for the challenge.... -
Dream Big Academy Charter School (B)
Finance & Accounting Case Study5.00View Details Supplement to KEL337 -
Janet Ames (C)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details The series of Janet Ames cases follow a fictional alumna of Harvard Business School into her consulting career in Boston. Over the series of cases, Ames...
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Marketing the "$100 Laptop" (C)
Sales & Marketing Case Study5.00View Details In October 2007, the OLPC reported production delays and missed its shipment date. In early November, the $100 PC finally went into production, with initial... -
Sol's ARC: Developing Inclusive Workplaces for Neurodiverse People
Management Case Study11.95View Details Sonali Saini was the founder of Sol's ARC, a nonprofit organization that worked to benefit neurodiverse individuals. She had just returned from a meeting... -
PATH and the Safe Water Project: Making Safe Water Products More Affordable
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details This case provides an overview of the nonprofit organization PATH and its Safe Water Project-a five-year effort launched in late 2006 with $17 million... -
Janet Ames (B)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details The series of Janet Ames cases follow a fictional alumna of Harvard Business School into her consulting career in Boston. Over the series of cases, Ames... -
(PRODUCT) RED (B)
Sales & Marketing Case Study5.00View Details Updates the (PRODUCT) RED (A) case through early 2008, including announcements of new partner relationships (with Hallmark, Microsoft, and Dell) as well... -
GlobalGiving
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details Nonprofits are facing a growing challenge to retain donors. At a time when acquiring a new donor is three times as expensive as retaining an existing... -
First Respond: The Challenges of Marketing Social Mission in China
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details First Respond is a for-profit Chinese social enterprise focused on developing emergency services with the mission of making China a safer place. In China,... -
Escudo Rojo: A Salvation Army Initiative and Its Economic Growth Options
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details The case analyzes a successful economic initiative (Red Shield), whose profits help support a legendary religious institution (The Salvation Army) while... -
HOMI Foundation: Expanding a Non-profit Family Hospital for Children
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details The Hospital de la Misericordia (HM), today HOMI Foundation, is a children's hospital located in Bogotá (Colombia). It was founded by José Ignacio Barberi,... -
Targeting Malaria: Comparing Charity and Social Marketing-Based Approaches
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details In Africa, the usage of insecticide treated bed-nets (ITNs) has shown to be one of the best ways to prevent malaria. USAID, the principal U.S. agency...