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- March 2021 (Revised November 2022)
- Case
Barry's
By: Stig Leschly, David G. Fubini and Kelleigh Whelan
- January 2020 (Revised December 2020)
- Technical Note
The Choice to Cofound and Initial Control and Ownership Splits in Startups
By: Stig Leschly
- January 2020 (Revised December 2020)
- Technical Note
Business Model Analysis of Startups
By: Stig Leschly
- January 2020 (Revised December 2020)
- Technical Note
Hypothesis-Driven Entrepreneurial Management
By: Stig Leschly
- January 2020 (Revised December 2020)
- Technical Note
The Cash Flow Curve in Startups
By: Stig Leschly
- January 2020 (Revised December 2020)
- Technical Note
Unit Economics in Startup Settings
By: Stig Leschly
- March 2019
- Module Note
The Entrepreneurial Manager, Module 3: Operating the Business Model
- October 2006 (Revised January 2019)
- Background Note
Note on Student Outcomes in U.S. Public Education
By: Stacey M. Childress, Stig Leschly and John J-H Kim
Surveys educational outcomes among public school students in the United States. Educational outcomes are categorized as achievement outcomes (measured primarily by students' performance on standardized test results) and attainment outcomes (measured primarily by...
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- November 2004 (Revised August 2008)
- Case
KIPP National (A) (Abridged)
By: Stig Leschly
The KIPP Academies are, two high-performing public middle schools founded in 1995 by Michael Feinberg and David Levin in Houston and New York. In January 2000, Feinberg and Levin meet with Scott Hamilton, managing director of the Pisces Foundation, to discuss the...
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- February 2004
- Case
Aspire Public Schools
By: Stig Leschly
Set in the fall of 2003, covers managerial challenges facing the CEO and COO of Aspire Public Schools, a nonprofit charter school management company. In operation since 1999 and funded by prominent national foundations and venture philanthropies, Aspire operates 10...
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- January 2004 (Revised April 2004)
- Case
Excel Academy Charter Middle School, The
By: Stig Leschly
This case is set in the summer of 2002 in a recently approved charter middle school in Boston. The school's founders face a choice of compensation plans as they finalize the initial teaching team in the school. In particular, the founders are actively considering two...
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- November 2003 (Revised December 2003)
- Background Note
Note on School Choice in U.S. Public Education
By: Stig Leschly
This note surveys school choice in the United States. School choice characterizes the school assignment of approximately 56% of U.S. school-aged children and, in order of popularity, can be categorized into seven types: residential choice, private schools, intra- and...
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- August 2003 (Revised September 2003)
- Case
KIPP National, 2002 (B): Managing a School Network
By: Stig Leschly
Continues the history of the KIPP Academies--two high-performing public middle schools founded in 1995 by Michael Fineberg and David Levin in Houston and New York.
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- July 2003 (Revised January 2013)
- Background Note
Note on Organized Labor in U.S. Public Education
By: Stig Leschly
Surveys the history, structure, and activities of the two dominant U.S. teachers unions—the National Education Association (NEA) and the American Federation of Teachers (AFT). The NEA and AFT represent approximately 90% of U.S. public school teachers and have grown...
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- January 2003 (Revised April 2003)
- Case
KIPP National, 1999 (A): Designing a School Network
By: Stig Leschly
Covers the origin, evolution, and nature of the KIPP Academies, two high-performing public middle schools founded in 1995 by Michael Feinberg and David Levin in Houston and New York. In January 2000, Feinberg and Levin meet with Scott Hamilton, managing director of the...
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- December 2002 (Revised March 2003)
- Case
Gates Foundation and Small High Schools, The
By: Stig Leschly
Covers the evolution of the Gates Foundation's multibillion dollar effort to influence reform in the U.S. public education system since 1999, particularly the foundation's recent decision to invest heavily in the breakup of existing urban high schools and the creation...
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- November 2002 (Revised February 2003)
- Case
Amazon.com-2002
By: Stig Leschly, Michael J. Roberts, William A. Sahlman and Todd H Thedinga
Describes the evolution of Amazon.com and its business model since its founding. Specifically, discusses Amazon's transformation from an e-Tailer to a commerce platform and its marketplace initiative, which has driven this. Also describes the economics of various...
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- October 2002
- Case
New Leaders for New Schools
By: Stig Leschly
Describes the founding, early growth, and expansion plans of New Leaders for New Schools, a nonprofit public education venture that recruits, trains, places, and supports principals in U.S. urban school districts. This case presents the strategic, financial, and...
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- September 2002
- Case
Seattle Public Schools, 1995-2002 (A): The Freedom Agenda
By: Stig Leschly
Describes efforts in Seattle Public Schools, under the leadership of Superintendent Joseph Olchefske, to replace the district's centralized budgeting process with school-level budgets. Olchefske's decentralization effort, referred to locally as the Freedom Agenda,...
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