Management

Peace Games: A Nonprofit's Journey from Birth to National Expansion (Epilogue)

Publication Date: July 01, 2005

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 children about peace and cooperation. Dawson, however, had bigger ideas for the program...

Peace Games: A Nonprofit's Journey from Birth to National Expansion (A)

Publication Date: July 01, 2005

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 children about peace and cooperation. Dawson, however, had bigger ideas for the program...

AirTran Airways' West Coast Service

Publication Date: March 01, 2005

On March 4, 2003, AirTran Airways announced new non-stop service from Atlanta to Los Angeles. The routes were a major commitment for AirTran, and came at a time when the airline industry was in turmoil. The major airlines had lost a record $12...

A Mega-Church Takes on Urban Problems: Fellowship Bible Comes to South Midtown

Publication Date: January 01, 2005

Twenty five years after its founding in members' homes, the non-denominational, evangelical Fellowship Bible Church of Little Rock, Arkansas had become a "mega-church", holding worship services on a 25-acre campus in one of the best locations in...

Parks and Partnership in New York City: The Spectrum of Engagement (B)

Publication Date: October 01, 2004

In a gradual but profound transition, New York's park system had become dependent on private partners. The private sector's involvement was pervasive by 2003, but came in very different forms. This case, a companion to Adrian Benepe's Challenge,...

A Change of Management

Publication Date: October 01, 2004

This case tells the story of the establishment and growth of public television in New Jersey, focused on the rise and fall of its first executive director, Lawrence Frymire. It implicitly raises the question of why Frymire--someone with a...

Discovery in the Amazon

Publication Date: June 01, 2004

In a world of increasingly fluid boundaries, public and private managers often face ethical challenges that cross familiar geographical and cultural lines. This disguised case recounts the experience of a chemical engineer from Brazil who...

Parks and Partnership in New York City: Adrian Benepe's Challenge (A)

Publication Date: June 01, 2004

New York's public parks, brought to their magnificent peak by the legendary Parks Commissioner Robert Moses in the mid-20th-century heyday of direct government activism, were in disarray in a new era of public-sector austerity. As the City's...

Corporate Values and Transformation (Sequel)

Publication Date: June 01, 2004

This case focuses on one of the largest and most successful of such microlenders, Mexico's Compartamos ("we share") organization, and raises questions about the most effective business model and scale of microlenders. Specifically, the case...

Corporate Values and Transformation: The Microlender Compartamos

Publication Date: June 01, 2004

Microlending, defined as very small loans advanced to very low-income entrepreneurs, has attracted wide attention as a potentially effective means to aid the economic development of impoverished nations. This case focuses on one of the largest...

BlueOrchard Finance: Connecting Microfinance to Capital Markets

Publication Date: June 01, 2004

Microfinance is a field that has received increasing attention over the years in the development community. It consists of the delivery of financial services to people excluded from traditional banking institutions. For many years, most work was...

Oxfam America: Becoming a Global Campaigning Organization

Publication Date: March 25, 2004

In 2000, Oxfam America, an international relief and development organization, launched itself on a bold new course. A small but respected agency, it had devoted itself for three decades to supporting partner organizations in developing countries...