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How Global Leaders Should Think About Solving Our Biggest Problems
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleLooking ahead to Davos. -
Should Your Start-up Be For-Profit or Nonprofit?
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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... -
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. -
A New Approach to Funding Social Enterprises
Finance & Accounting Magazine ArticleAn increasing number of social entrepreneurs and investors are realizing that social enterprises of all sorts, including many organizations regarded as... -
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 Smart Tech Is Transforming Nonprofits
Digital transformation Digital ArticleAutomation and AI can free up staff in fundraising, communications, finance, and service delivery efforts. -
Should Your Nonprofit Charge Its Beneficiaries?
Nonprofit organizations Magazine ArticleNominal fees can help organizations have a greater impact. -
Fulfill the Dream of Leading a Nonprofit
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleThinking of a second career in the social sector? You're not alone. And your current employer would be wise to help you train for it. -
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... -
Audacious Philanthropy
Organizational Development Magazine ArticlePrivate philanthropists have helped propel some of the most important social-impact success stories of the past century: Virtually eradicating polio globally.... -
Disaster Relief, Inc.
Global Business Magazine ArticleWhen disaster strikes, many corporations respond generously. After the 2004 tsunami, for instance, U.S. firms alone contributed more than half of a billion... -
The $300 House: Businesses Take Up the Challenge
Innovation & Leadership Digital ArticleEditor's note: This post was written with Christian Sarkar, a marketing consultant who also works on environmental issues. Last week, the Tata Group,... -
What the Nonprofit Sector Needs to Reach Its Full Potential
Global Business Digital ArticleCentral coordination. -
One Way to Help Employees Build Emergency Savings
Leadership & Managing People Digital Article... -
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,... -
Multiplication Philanthropy
Organizational Development Digital ArticleLeverage is the mantra of the times in philanthropy, and rightly so. People want to know that the charities they support are using donations as effectively... -
How Companies Can Partner with Nonprofits
Business and society Digital ArticleDone well, these partnerships can boost growth, shareholder value, and societal impact. -
What Executives Should Remember
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleIn more than 30 essays for Harvard Business Review, Peter Drucker (1909-2005) urged readers to take on the hard work of thinking--always combined, he...
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Backstage at Boston Ballet
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details This case asks students to consider how to prioritize goals when placed in a new leadership role. In August 2014, Meredith "Max" Hodges became the youngest... -
The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details Marc Buoniconti is the co-founder of the Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, a nonprofit medical research organization. The project was founded in 1985 by... -
AARP Foundation (A)
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details AARP Foundation--a leading non-profit corporation--must create a new "Dashboard" performance measurement tool to track the effectiveness of its new strategic... -
Residential Child-Services Facility (B): Selected Field Notes
Organizational Development Case Study5.00View Details Supplement to case W18504 -
Farm to School of Park County: A Journey from Program to Nonprofit (C)
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study5.00View Details Supplement to case KE1110 This case series describes the startup of Farm to School of Park County, an emerging nonprofit organization in the US state... -
Goddard Space Flight Center: Building A Learning Organization (A)
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details While reading the Wall Street Journal, Edward Rogers notices an advertisement for a Knowledge Management Architect at the Goddard Space Flight Center... -
The Metropolitan Opera (B)
Sales & Marketing Case Study5.00View Details In April 2007, the New York City Metropolitan Opera's general manager Peter Gelb looks back on the first season of a daring experiment to broadcast performances... -
The Ethos Institute (B): Promises and Risks of Working with the Government
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details As Brazil's energetic but fractious democracy emerged in the 1990s, the Ethos Institute launched a movement for corporate social responsibility (CSR)... -
One Acre Fund: Outgrowing the Board
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details One Acre Fund, a young, international, nonprofit social enterprise--governed by friends of the founder--had grown rapidly since its inception. It now... -
Neighborhood Conservation Services of Barberton: Responding to Change in the Magic City
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details In the late 1990s, the leadership of Neighborhood Conservation Services (NCS) of Barberton, Ohio--a nonprofit housing rehabilitation organization founded... -
Negotiating the Path of Abraham
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details The Abraham Path Initiative board faces strategic and negotiating challenges in revitalizing a route of Middle East cultural tourism following Abraham's... -
Hospital for Special Surgery (A)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details Hospital for Special Surgery, a focused factory for orthopedics and joint disease, is contemplating various growth options: further growth in the United... -
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... -
Note on Financial Surpluses in Nonprofit Organizations
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details Discusses the reasons that nonprofit organizations need to earn surpluses. The major focus is faced on asset replacement and cash needs. -
TerraCycle (K): Branded Waste
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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,... -
AARP Foundation (B)
Strategy & Execution Case Study5.00View Details Supplements the (A) case. -
Okta For Good: Pursuing Innovation and Impact in Corporate Social Responsibility
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details Okta, a leader in identity and access management (IAM) software based in San Francisco, CA, has developed a unique and ambitious model for Corporate Social...
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Backstage at Boston Ballet
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details This case asks students to consider how to prioritize goals when placed in a new leadership role. In August 2014, Meredith "Max" Hodges became the youngest... -
The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details Marc Buoniconti is the co-founder of the Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, a nonprofit medical research organization. The project was founded in 1985 by... -
AARP Foundation (A)
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details AARP Foundation--a leading non-profit corporation--must create a new "Dashboard" performance measurement tool to track the effectiveness of its new strategic... -
Residential Child-Services Facility (B): Selected Field Notes
Organizational Development Case Study5.00View Details Supplement to case W18504 -
Farm to School of Park County: A Journey from Program to Nonprofit (C)
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study5.00View Details Supplement to case KE1110 This case series describes the startup of Farm to School of Park County, an emerging nonprofit organization in the US state... -
Goddard Space Flight Center: Building A Learning Organization (A)
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details While reading the Wall Street Journal, Edward Rogers notices an advertisement for a Knowledge Management Architect at the Goddard Space Flight Center... -
The Metropolitan Opera (B)
Sales & Marketing Case Study5.00View Details In April 2007, the New York City Metropolitan Opera's general manager Peter Gelb looks back on the first season of a daring experiment to broadcast performances... -
The Ethos Institute (B): Promises and Risks of Working with the Government
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details As Brazil's energetic but fractious democracy emerged in the 1990s, the Ethos Institute launched a movement for corporate social responsibility (CSR)...