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Pioneering Distance Education in Africa
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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... -
How Social Entrepreneurs Make Change Happen
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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 […] -
A Labor Movement for the Platform Economy
Organizational Development Digital ArticlePlatforms have rewritten the contract between workers and companies. Here's how gig workers and creators are starting to push back. -
The Era of “Move Fast and Break Things” Is Over
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Philanthropy’s New Agenda: Creating Value
Corporate social responsibility Magazine ArticleSatisfied with doing good, too few foundations work strategically to do better. -
Tapping a Risky Labor Pool
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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 […] -
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 -
AI May Soon Replace Even the Most Elite Consultants
Technology and analytics Digital ArticleMachine learning is increasingly capable of complex analysis. -
Bringing Global Philanthropy Closer to Home
Corporate social responsibility Digital ArticleIn developing economies, local philanthropists are acting more like investors. -
What Foundations Are Missing About Capacity Building
Corporate social responsibility Digital ArticleFundraising is the only capacity that multiplies the money put into it. -
Three Cases of Better Corporate Philanthropy
Organizational culture Digital ArticleThis season of giving often brings a focus on corporate philanthropy — on giving. But it’s hard to do well. If you wanted to design a corporate philanthropy program to have minimum impact, what would you do? Give out lots of grants in amounts too small to make a real difference. Back pet charities, not […] -
A Leader's Guide to Navigating Employee Activism
Global Business Big IdeaWith employees increasingly speaking out on political and social issues, the authors use their research on activist voices in the workplace to suggest... -
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 […] -
Sustainability in the Boardroom
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The Problem with Accounting for Employees as Costs Instead of Assets
Labor Digital ArticleIf we could better track the value of human capital, employees would be better off.
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Freshworld: Marrying The Art of Street Vending With The Science of Modern Retail
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details The case tracks the evolution of FreshWorld, a unique mobile fruit and vegetable vending (FnV) startup in India. It gives a snapshot of the dilemmas faced... -
Konecta: Strategic Transformations in a Digital Era
Management Case Study11.95View Details The case analyzes the evolution of the business model of the Spanish multinational Konecta, which, since its origin, was dedicated to providing Contact... -
Upwork: Creating the Human Cloud
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details Stephane Kasriel, the new CEO of Upwork, the leading platform for freelance labor, needs to decide on how to redesign business model. While the firm has... -
Populism in America: Fake News, Alternative Facts and Elite Betrayal in the Trump Era
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details During the 2016 U.S. election, long-time politician Hillary Clinton, a Democrat, and celebrity billionaire Donald Trump, a Republican, faced off in a... -
Aravind Eye Hospital, Madurai, India: In Service for Sight
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details 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... -
Profamilia: Planning to Survive
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details The Association for the Wellbeing of the Colombian Family, Profamilia, is a private, nonprofit organization founded in September 1965 by Dr. Fernando... -
Jieliang Phone Home! (B)
Global Business Case Study5.00View Details At Precision Electro-Tek's mobile phone manufacturing facility in southern China, thousands of operators-bright and capable young men and (mostly) women... -
Arist: Learning Bit by Bit
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details Arist was a Boston, Massachusetts-based startup with a text message learning platform. It was founded by three undergraduate students and raised more... -
Sources of Financing for New Nonprofit Ventures
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Designed to help nonprofit entrepreneurs design fund-raising strategies that are appropriate for their specific organizations. Discusses the major fund-raising... -
Peace Games: A Non-Profit's Journey from Birth to National Expansion (A)
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details As a Harvard University freshman in 1992, Eric Dawson began working on a social service project known as Peace Games, a one-day festival to teach school-age... -
United Colors of Benetton
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details The case covers all major aspects of Benetton's successful corporate strategy and innovative business system from its creation till the present. It also... -
ApproTEC Kenya: Technologies to Fight Poverty and Create Wealth
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details ApproTEC markets a range of technologies to improve the income of subsistence farmers and other small-scale entrepreneurs in East Africa. Having achieved... -
Pepsi-BASIX Partnership
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details AWARD WINNING CASE: Adjudged best case at the ISB Case Competition 2010 held in partnership with the Richard Ivey School of Business and the Association... -
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,... -
Braver Angels: A Grassroots Effort to Depolarize American Politics
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details The founders of Braver Angels, an organization that uses family therapy principles to foster constructive dialogue between conservatives and liberals,... -
The Ready-Made Garment Industry: A Bangladeshi Perspective (D)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details This supplements the (A) case by summarizing key developments in the Bangladesh ready-made garment industry after the fire at Tazreen Fashions factory,... -
Parachute: Competition and Collaboration in the Market to Save Lives
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details Four Canadian non-profit organizations have a mandate to prevent injuries and face similar and worsening problems. Each organization is spending an escalating... -
Patagonia: Closing the Loop on Packaging Pollution
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details Single-use packaging waste is invading all corners of the world. Wholesale change is urgently needed to create packaging that does not wreak havoc on...
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Pioneering Distance Education in Africa
Global Business Magazine Article -
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... -
Freshworld: Marrying The Art of Street Vending With The Science of Modern Retail
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details The case tracks the evolution of FreshWorld, a unique mobile fruit and vegetable vending (FnV) startup in India. It gives a snapshot of the dilemmas faced... -
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 […] -
A Labor Movement for the Platform Economy
Organizational Development Digital ArticlePlatforms have rewritten the contract between workers and companies. Here's how gig workers and creators are starting to push back. -
The Era of “Move Fast and Break Things” Is Over
Venture capital Digital ArticleHere’s what that means for VCs and entrepreneurs. -
Philanthropy’s New Agenda: Creating Value
Corporate social responsibility Magazine ArticleSatisfied with doing good, too few foundations work strategically to do better. -
Tapping a Risky Labor Pool
Organizational Development Magazine Article...