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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. -
A Lean Startup Approach to International Development
Innovation & Leadership Digital ArticleLarge-scale planning isn't the answer. -
Making Small Farms More Sustainable - and Profitable
Global Business Digital ArticleA case study of Better Life Farming, an innovative public-private partnership in India, Indonesia, and Bangladesh. -
How Business Coalitions Can Have a Strong Local Impact
Global Business Digital ArticleBest practices based on an analysis of more than 40 regional initiatives. -
How Global Information Sharing Can Help Stop Cybercrime
Technology & Operations Digital ArticleTo fight cybercriminals, governments and companies need a clear and centralized view of where and how they operate. -
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... -
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... -
Improve the Affordable Care Act, Don’t Repeal It
Government policy and regulation Digital ArticleWhat’s working and what’s not. -
How Investors Can Navigate Pandemic-Related Risk in Emerging Markets
Global Business Digital ArticleFour ways to revisit how you acquire and act on intelligence. -
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. -
We Need Better Masks
Economics Digital ArticleRight now, it’s our best option to contain the virus and revive the economy. -
Research: When Airbnb Listings in a City Increase, So Do Rent Prices
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticlePolicy makers, take note. -
Reducing Racial Disparities in Cancer Treatment Demands Collective Action
Innovation & Leadership Digital ArticleThe development of Covid-19 vaccines illustrates how public-private partnerships can rapidly accelerate progress. -
How Reskilling Can Soften the Economic Blow of Covid-19
Business and society Digital ArticleLessons from a consortium of Swedish companies. -
A Better Approach to Fighting Chronic Diseases
Global Business Digital ArticlePublic-private partnerships are more common in infrastructure, but they offer potential for global health. -
What We've Learned About Fighting Ebola
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleAddressing the WHO's lack of innovation. -
Private Investors Can Help End Poverty. They Just Need to Think Small and Local.
Global Business Digital ArticleLessons from the United Nations Capital Development Fund. -
Moderna v. Pfizer: What the Patent Infringement Suit Means for Biotech
Global Business Digital ArticleAfter an unusual period of cooperation, drug companies are suing each other again.
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Airbnb in Amsterdam (B)
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... -
Indiana Toll Road (B): Will Winner's Curse Strike Again?
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details In September 2014, the Indiana Toll Road (ITR) in the US Mid-west, privatized as a 75-year concession at an impressive price of US$3.8 billion only nine... -
Meta Abo Brewery: Creating a Sustainable Value Chain in Ethiopia
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details When the Meta Abo Brewery Company, Ethiopia's second largest brewery based in Sebeta, Ethiopia, was purchased from the government by UK-based Diageo PLC... -
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... -
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:... -
Between Different Rhythms and Tones: Tough Times for the National Symphony Orchestra of Colombia
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Since her appointment as General Manager of The National Symphony Orchestra of Colombia, Claudia Franco focused on its commercial management. She managed... -
Indian Railways and the Move to Full Electrification: Exceeding the Global Benchmark
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details The Indian Railways (IR), the country's largest transporter, is considering a plan to fully electrify its network. The move will cut its fuel expenditure... -
Agricultural Revolution without a Land Revolution: the Megafarms of CP Group
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details This case describes the megafarm model launched by the CP group as part of their efforts to ensure the safety and quality of their supply chain of agricultural... -
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... -
Engagement to Change Public-Private Policy: Consumer's Choice Limited
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Mohammed Uhuru Kadhi, director of strategy and business development of Consumer's Choice Limited (CCL), was contemplating the changes expected to be caused... -
The Olmos Project: Value Creation and Value Capture
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details Private investment in public infrastructure can be encouraged when there are multiple avenues to capture and to share the value created by such a project.... -
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... -
Akira Fukabori and Kevin Kajitani at avatarin (A) (Abridged)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study15.05View 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... -
AAI Bidding for Bhogapuram Airport: From Authority to Bidder
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Airports Authority of India (AAI) was constituted as a Statutory Authority under the Airports Authority of India Act 1994, with main functions of control... -
Goldman Sachs Goes to Rikers Island
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details Yi Hua, the leader of an impact-investing initiative at Goldman Sachs, was examining a new financial arrangement in a proposed public-private partnership... -
Google and Project Maven (A): Big Tech, Government and the AI Arms Race
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details In April 2018, after it became known that Google was collaborating with the US Department of Defense on Project Maven, over 3,000 employees signed an... -
Google and Project Maven (B): An Eventful Week in June
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details In April 2018, after it became known that Google was collaborating with the US Department of Defense on Project Maven, over 3,000 employees signed an... -
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... -
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...
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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. -
A Lean Startup Approach to International Development
Innovation & Leadership Digital ArticleLarge-scale planning isn't the answer. -
Making Small Farms More Sustainable - and Profitable
Global Business Digital ArticleA case study of Better Life Farming, an innovative public-private partnership in India, Indonesia, and Bangladesh. -
Airbnb in Amsterdam (B)
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... -
How Business Coalitions Can Have a Strong Local Impact
Global Business Digital ArticleBest practices based on an analysis of more than 40 regional initiatives. -
Indiana Toll Road (B): Will Winner's Curse Strike Again?
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details In September 2014, the Indiana Toll Road (ITR) in the US Mid-west, privatized as a 75-year concession at an impressive price of US$3.8 billion only nine... -
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... -
Meta Abo Brewery: Creating a Sustainable Value Chain in Ethiopia
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details When the Meta Abo Brewery Company, Ethiopia's second largest brewery based in Sebeta, Ethiopia, was purchased from the government by UK-based Diageo PLC... -
Procter & Gamble PuR Purifier of WaterTM - A&B, Teaching Note
Global Business Digital ArticleTeaching note for INS488 and INS489.