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The Case for Investing in Digital Public Infrastructure
Global Business Digital ArticleHow businesses and governments can work together to build digital foundations that benefit everyone. -
The Ecosystem of Shared Value
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How Reskilling Can Soften the Economic Blow of Covid-19
Global Business Digital ArticleLessons from a consortium of Swedish companies. -
What Should We Do with 45,000 Half-Empty Public Buildings?
Global Business Digital ArticleLocal officials have a huge opportunity to repurpose underutilized real estate for the public good. -
A New Approach to Contracts
Communication Magazine ArticleIn an era when businesses increasingly have to depend on their suppliers to lower costs, improve quality, and drive innovation, traditional contracts... -
Improve the Affordable Care Act, Don’t Repeal It
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Fighting Diabetes in the 21st Century
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How Companies, Governments, and Nonprofits Can Create Social Change Together
Global Business Digital ArticleA framework for collaborating more effectively. -
What Role Should a Company Play in a National Crisis? (HBR Case Study)
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleAfter a tsunami hits his island nation, Sahan Kumara believes that his family's business--one of the largest conglomerates in the region--should help... -
The Private Sector Needs to Come Clean About Doing Good
Social enterprise Digital ArticleAny business can find a social purpose that can drive growth. -
What Role Should Business Play in Society?
Finance & Accounting Big IdeaCompanies talk the talk of creating stakeholder value, but most don't walk the talk. In this article, the author outlines two major reasons why - an insular... -
We Need Better Masks
Economics Digital ArticleRight now, it’s our best option to contain the virus and revive the economy. -
What Role Should a Company Play in a National Crisis? (HBR Case Study and Commentary)
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleAfter a tsunami hits his island nation, Sahan Kumara believes that his family's business--one of the largest conglomerates in the region--should help... -
No Company Can Solve a Massive Global Problem on Its Own
Global Business Digital ArticleBut when organizations work together, change can happen. -
How Software Companies Can Enter the U.S. Defense Market
Global Business Digital ArticleCumbersome old Pentagon procurement processes are falling away, and VCs are paying attention. -
Creating High-Impact Coalitions
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleTraditionally, responses to crises and societal problems--the Covid-19 pandemic, natural disasters, racial inequities--are considered the responsibility... -
Reimagining the Balanced Scorecard for the ESG Era, Spanish Version
Finance & Accounting HBR BestsellerAn update to one of the most successful management tools of all time. -
How the Data That Internet Companies Collect Can Be Used for the Public Good
Global Business Digital ArticleData collaboratives are the new public-private partnership. -
Delivering on the Promise of Private-Public Partnerships
Social enterprise Digital ArticleEveryone agrees on their potential value; but how do you unlock it? -
Government in Your Business
Recessions Magazine ArticleRegulation is back, but you won’t see a return to FDR-style controls. Instead, expect a new set of tools designed to coax, not curb.
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Akira Fukabori and Kevin Kajitani at avatarin (A) (Abridged)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details In 2016, Akira Fukabori and Kevin Kajitani, aeronautical engineers at All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd., began to wonder why, in a world of accelerating globalization... -
Akira Fukabori and Kevin Kajitani at avatarin (A)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details In 2016, Akira Fukabori and Kevin Kajitani, aeronautical engineers at All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd., began to wonder why, in a world of accelerating globalization... -
Goldman Sachs: The 10,000 Small Businesses Program
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details The case takes students through the creation and evolution of Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses Program - a public and private partnership to provide... -
Airbnb in Amsterdam (B), Chinese Version
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study5.00View Details In December 2014, the City of Amsterdam and Airbnb announced an MOU to promote responsible home-sharing and to simplify the payment of tourist tax for... -
Advancing a New Drug to Improve Global Maternal Health Through a Tripartite Agreement
Global Business Case StudyThe case traces the development of a tripartite initiative-known as Project Carbetocin Hemorrhage Prevention (CHAMPION)-between Merck for Mothers, Ferring... -
Distribution of a COVID-19 Vaccine: Whose Interests Take Priority?
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Late in 2020, ImmunVX, a fictional, multinational vaccine company, was among the leaders in developing a vaccine against the COVID-19 virus. It had accepted... -
We the Possibility: Harnessing Public Entrepreneurship to Solve Our Most Urgent Problems
Can we solve big public problems anymore? Yes, we can. This provocative and inspiring book points the way. The huge challenges we face are daunting indeed:... -
Airport Service Transformation - Case of Delhi International Airport
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Bringing service transformation is always a challenge for any organization. this is not anymore dependent upon the bifurcation of business as into product... -
Airbnb in Amsterdam (A), Spanish Version
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details In February 2014, Amsterdam became the first city to issue new regulations specifically to allow home-sharing. Airbnb's Molly Turner, Global Head of Civic... -
Edna McConnell Clark Foundation-Enabling a Performance Driven Philanthropic Capital Market
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details The Edna McConnell Clark Foundation, focused on building the organizational capabilities of nonprofits that served the disadvantaged youth in the United... -
FRESH: Evolving Its Business Model
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Concerns over decreasing global food security had been growing worldwide due to factors ranging from growing population and demand for food to declining... -
Becton Dickinson: Global Health Strategy
Strategy & Execution Case Study15.05View Details Becton, Dickinson and Company (BD) was a medical technology firm headquartered in Franklin Lakes, New Jersey, with 43,000 employees and 2016 revenues... -
The University of Virginia Pay-for-Success Lab: Jump-Starting University-Based Pay-for-Success Research Labs
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details This case study gives an overview of the creation of the Pay-for-Success (PFS) Lab at the University of Virginia (UVA). It promotes discussion of how... -
Thompson & Litton: Risk, Risk, Reward
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details This field-based case introduces Ron Helton, a partner in a civil-engineering and design firm called Thompson & Litton. The firm has just learned that... -
Transforming Arizona's Health Care System: Developing and Implementing the Health-e Connection Roadmap
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details This case addresses the issues of leadership and change management in the process of transforming an industry through an innovative public-private partnership... -
Haiti: Energizing Socio-Economic Reform
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details The minister of Haiti's Department of Energy Security needed to prepare a presentation for the country's prime minister that proposed a solution for transforming... -
Eradicating Smallpox: Delivery Strategies to Reach the Last Mile
Management Case StudyIn this teaching case, Dr. William Foege - the former director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention who many credit with eradicating smallpox... -
Delhi Metro - Airport Express Line
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) suggested the construction of a dedicated express metro line from the city centre to the airport, which had just... -
Capitalism at Risk, Updated and Expanded: How Business Can Lead
Q. Who should take the lead in fixing market capitalism? A. Business--not government alone. The spread of capitalism worldwide has made people wealthier... -
Global Alliance for Trade Facilitation: The Scaling Decision
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details In January 2020, Philippe Isler, director of the Global Alliance for Trade Facilitation (Alliance), was preparing for the Alliance's steering group meeting...
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The Case for Investing in Digital Public Infrastructure
Global Business Digital ArticleHow businesses and governments can work together to build digital foundations that benefit everyone. -
The Ecosystem of Shared Value
Business and society Magazine ArticleCompanies must sometimes team up with governments, NGOs, and even rivals to capture the economic benefits of social progress. -
Open Innovation for Wicked Problems: Using Proximity to Overcome Barriers
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Digital ArticleOpen innovation is a viable strategy to solve wicked problems. However, the complexity of these types of problems renders the management of open innovation... -
Akira Fukabori and Kevin Kajitani at avatarin (A) (Abridged)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details In 2016, Akira Fukabori and Kevin Kajitani, aeronautical engineers at All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd., began to wonder why, in a world of accelerating globalization... -
How Reskilling Can Soften the Economic Blow of Covid-19
Global Business Digital ArticleLessons from a consortium of Swedish companies. -
Akira Fukabori and Kevin Kajitani at avatarin (A)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details In 2016, Akira Fukabori and Kevin Kajitani, aeronautical engineers at All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd., began to wonder why, in a world of accelerating globalization... -
Goldman Sachs: The 10,000 Small Businesses Program
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details The case takes students through the creation and evolution of Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses Program - a public and private partnership to provide... -
What Should We Do with 45,000 Half-Empty Public Buildings?
Global Business Digital ArticleLocal officials have a huge opportunity to repurpose underutilized real estate for the public good. -
Airbnb in Amsterdam (B), Chinese Version
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study5.00View Details In December 2014, the City of Amsterdam and Airbnb announced an MOU to promote responsible home-sharing and to simplify the payment of tourist tax for... -
PUB's PPP Journey: Learning How to Make the Most of a Scarce Resource, Teaching Note
Global Business Digital ArticleTeaching Note for Case SMU920