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Tipping Point Community
Meehan, W; McNichols, M; Foroughi, JCase SGSB-SI116-EInnovation and ChangeIn early 2016, Thomas Laffont, then-chairman of the board at Tipping Point Community, a nonprofit organization fighting poverty in the San Francisco Bay Area, gathered with over two dozen fellow board members for a retreat to discuss, among other things, the future of the fast-growing organization. In the 11 years since its founding, Tipping Point had raised nearly $120 million and impacted the lives of more than 600,000 people in need. In 2016...Starting at €8.20
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GuideStar
Meehan, W; Drabkin, DCase SGSB-SI121-EInnovation and ChangeWhen Jacob Harold became head of the Hewlett Foundation’s Philanthropy Program, he began to see GuideStar as much more than just a website. GuideStar was the result of founder Arthur “Buzz” Schmidt’s vision of bringing transparency and accountability to the world of nonprofits. At its core, the organization compiled information that U.S. nonprofits submitted on their IRS filings into an easy to use database. It supplemented that information wi...Starting at €8.20
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Lesotho Hospital and Filter Clinics: A Public-Private Partnership Teaching Note
Lee, HenryTeaching Note HBS-HKS767-EEconomicsTeaching Note for HKS766Starting at €0.00
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GuideStar - Teaching Note
Meehan, W; Drabkin, DTeaching Note SGSB-SI121TN-EInnovation and ChangeWhen Jacob Harold became head of the Hewlett Foundation’s Philanthropy Program, he began to see GuideStar as much more than just a website. GuideStar was the result of founder Arthur “Buzz” Schmidt’s vision of bringing transparency and accountability to the world of nonprofits. At its core, the organization compiled information that U.S. nonprofits submitted on their IRS filings into an easy to use database. It supplemented that information wi...Starting at €0.00
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East College Preparatory School
Meehan, W; Luedtke, PCase SGSB-SI13-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, EntrepreneurshipEastside College Preparatory School was founded in 1996 to give students in the economically depressed communities of East Palo Alto and Menlo Park a viable option for high school education. This case describes the formation, management, and challenges of Eastside. It focuses on fundraising, performance measurement, faculty recruiting, growth, and managing culture.Starting at €8.20
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San Francisco Symphony
Meehan, W; McNamee, M; Soulon, DCase SGSB-SM63-ECorporate GovernanceThe San Francisco Symphony is a major U.S. orchestra that took on ancillary activities as part of its mission to bring the best in music to the Bay Area. Despite increasing costs, SFS posted surpluses for 15 consecutive years. However, by the end of 1993 SFS faced a shift in its financial fortunes; forecasts indicated annual budget shortfalls of $25 million in total deficits by the end of the 1999-2000 season. In 1994, SFS had just signed a “supe...Starting at €8.20
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Lesotho Hospital and Filter Clinics: A Public-Private Partnership
Lee, HenryCase HBS-HKS766-EEconomicsThis case looks at the public-private partnership (PPP) between the Health Ministry for the government of Lesotho and a private consortium headed up by Netcare, a South African company, to build and operate a new referral hospital and four feeder clinics in Maseru, the nation's capital. The project was one of the first efforts to design a PPP in Africa for the construction and the operation of a major hospital plus the clinical services. The proj...Starting at €8.20
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"Broadmoor Lives": A New Orleans Neighborhood's Battle To Recover from Hurricane Katrina (B)
Leonard, Herman; Lee, Henry; Fung, Archon; Scott, EstherCase HBS-KS1049-ESupplement case for KS1016.Starting at €5.74
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"Broadmoor Lives": A New Orleans Neighborhood's Battle To Recover from Hurricane Katrina (Sequel)
Leonard, Herman; Lee, Henry; Scott, EstherCase HBS-KS1058-EOn January 11, 2006, residents of New Orleans's Broadmoor neighborhood, which still bore the deep scars left by Hurricane Katrina, were shocked by the headlines in The Times-Picayune. The Urban Planning Committee of a mayoral commission charged with developing a reconstruction plan for the hurricane-ravaged city had proposed giving hard-hit neighborhoods like Broadmoor four months to prove that they were still viable and, hence, worth rebuilding...Starting at €8.20
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Miami-Dade County and Sea Level Rise
Lee, Henry; Unterstell, Natalie; Theel, Shauna; De Neve, PinarCase HBS-KS1212-EEconomicsThe case - Miami-Dade County and Sea Level Rise - focuses on the politics and economics of local adaptation to the threat of climate change impacts. Specifically it focuses on whether a jurisdiction -Miami-Dade County - should amend a draft consent decree to fix and upgrade the county's sewerage system by including investments in adaptation to climate change. The County has three sewerage treatment plants, all of which are built on the coast and ...Starting at €8.20