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      Non-Governmental Organizations: Articles, Research, & Case Studies on Non-Governmental Organizations – HBS Working Knowledge
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      • November 2020
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      BRAC in 2020

      By: Tarun Khanna and Shreya Ramachandran
      In 2020, the largest non-governmental organization in the world, BRAC, headquartered in Dhaka, Bangladesh, has some big problems to tackle. Its founder, Sir Fazle Hasan Abed, has left behind a challenge: take the 1981-founded organization from Bangladesh to every...  View Details
      Keywords: Social Enterprise; Education; Health; Social Issues; Poverty; Programs; Management; Growth And Development Strategy; Global Strategy; Education Industry; Health Industry; Bangladesh; South Asia
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      Khanna, Tarun, and Shreya Ramachandran. "BRAC in 2020." Harvard Business School Case 721-416, November 2020.
      • October 2020
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      PraDigi Open Learning: Transforming Rural India

      By: John J-H Kim and Malini Sen
      Pratham is a non-governmental organization, focusing on high-quality, low-cost and replicable interventions to address gaps in the Indian education system. Co-founder Madhav Chavan is interested in using technology for education but differed in the way it is used in...  View Details
      Keywords: Decision Choices And Conditions; Social Entrepreneurship; Education; Technology; Learning; Growth And Development Strategy; non-governmental organizations; Social Issues; Education Industry; India; Asia
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      Kim, John J-H, and Malini Sen. "PraDigi Open Learning: Transforming Rural India." Harvard Business School Case 321-022, October 2020.
      • September 2019 (Revised January 2020)
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      Gun Safety in America: Three Leaders Propose Innovative Solutions

      By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Joseph Paul
      Gun violence was a significant problem in America. Three Harvard Advanced Leadership Initiative Fellows Christy Wood, Russell Sternlicht, and Gareth Glaser each decided to do something about gun safety. They each used their professional and leadership experience to...  View Details
      Keywords: Gun Violence; Guns; Advanced Leadership; Advanced Leadership Initiative; Innovation; Innovation & Entrepreneurship; Social Change; Social Responsibility; Leadership; Change Management; Experience And Expertise; Social Entrepreneurship; Values And Beliefs; Policy; Governing Rules, Regulations, And Reforms; Leading Change; non-governmental organizations; Social Issues; Innovation And Invention; Corporate Social Responsibility And Impact; United States
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      Kanter, Rosabeth Moss, and Joseph Paul. "Gun Safety in America: Three Leaders Propose Innovative Solutions." Harvard Business School Case 320-004, September 2019. (Revised January 2020.)
      • September 2019
      • Teaching Note

      Gun Safety in America: Three Leaders Propose Innovative Solutions

      By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Joseph Paul
      This is a teaching note to the original case: Gun violence was a significant problem in America. Three Harvard Advanced Leadership Initiative Fellows Christy Wood, Russell Sternlicht, and Gareth Glaser each decided to do something about gun safety. They each used...  View Details
      Keywords: Gun Violence; Guns; Advanced Leadership; Advanced Leadership Initiative; Innovation; Innovation & Entrepreneurship; Social Change; Social Responsibility; Leadership; Change Management; Experience And Expertise; Social Entrepreneurship; Values And Beliefs; Policy; Governing Rules, Regulations, And Reforms; Leading Change; non-governmental organizations; Social Issues; Corporate Social Responsibility And Impact; United States
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      Kanter, Rosabeth Moss, and Joseph Paul. "Gun Safety in America: Three Leaders Propose Innovative Solutions." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 320-005, September 2019.
      • March 2019 (Revised July 2019)
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      El Sistema

      By: Tarun Khanna and Jenn Chang
      El Sistema explores an NGO that changes the life of thousands of young people in Venezuela and around the world through musical education.  View Details
      Keywords: non-governmental organizations; Education; Music Entertainment; Venezuela
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      Khanna, Tarun, and Jenn Chang. "El Sistema." Harvard Business School Case 719-502, March 2019. (Revised July 2019.)
      • December 2018 (Revised February 2019)
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      Associação Saúde Criança: Trying to Break the Cycle of Poverty and Illness at Scale

      By: Julie Battilana, Marissa Kimsey, Priscilla Zogbi and Johanna Mair
      Dr. Vera Cordeiro founded the NGO Associação Saúde Criança in 1991 to try to help poor families break the cycle of poverty and illness in Brazil. She and her team of employees and volunteers developed a holistic methodology to address the multidimensional sources of...  View Details
      Keywords: Social Innovation; Ngo; Scaling; Health; Social Enterprise; Social Entrepreneurship; non-governmental organizations; Health Care And Treatment; Poverty; Health Industry; South America; Brazil
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      Battilana, Julie, Marissa Kimsey, Priscilla Zogbi, and Johanna Mair. "Associação Saúde Criança: Trying to Break the Cycle of Poverty and Illness at Scale." Harvard Business School Case 419-048, December 2018. (Revised February 2019.)
      • September 2017 (Revised February 2018)
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      Becton Dickinson: Global Health Strategy

      By: Mark R. Kramer and Sarah Mehta
      Becton, Dickinson and Company (BD) was a medical technology firm headquartered in Franklin Lakes, New Jersey, with 43,000 employees and 2016 revenues of $12.5 billion. For several years, the company had pursued developing products that created shared value, defined as...  View Details
      Keywords: Shared Value; Creating Shared Value; Odon Device; Medical Technology; Value Creation; Values And Beliefs; Philanthropy And Charitable Giving; Health; Health Care And Treatment; Health Testing And Trials; Emerging Markets; Social Issues; Competitive Strategy; Medical Devices And Supplies Industry; Africa; Asia; Middle East
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      Kramer, Mark R., and Sarah Mehta. "Becton Dickinson: Global Health Strategy." Harvard Business School Case 718-406, September 2017. (Revised February 2018.)
      • June 2016 (Revised January 2018)
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      World Wildlife Fund (WWF)

      By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Jordan Mitchell
      Nearly all environmental organizations have a similar aim: to stop the degradation of the natural environment. However, the strategies that environmental organizations choose to employ are sometimes starkly different. This case compares the models of two dissimilar...  View Details
      Keywords: Business Model; Business And Community Relations; Business And Government Relations; Environmental Sustainability; non-governmental organizations; Business Strategy
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      Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, and Jordan Mitchell. "World Wildlife Fund (WWF)." Harvard Business School Case 716-468, June 2016. (Revised January 2018.)
      • February 2016 (Revised October 2017)
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      Nuclear Energy: An Answer to Climate Change?

      By: Michael W. Toffel, Glen W. S. Dowell and James Weber
      Environmental activist groups have traditionally opposed nuclear energy. However, the growing environmental problems associated with global climate change require major changes to reduce the carbon intensity of electricity generation. Should environmental groups...  View Details
      Keywords: Nuclear Energy; Nuclear Power; Climate Change; Safety; Activism; Nonprofit; Environment; Environmental Protection; Social Movements; Energy; Energy Generation; Environmental Sustainability; non-governmental organizations; non-renewable Energy; Energy Industry; United States
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      Toffel, Michael W., Glen W. S. Dowell, and James Weber. "Nuclear Energy: An Answer to Climate Change?" Harvard Business School Case 616-052, February 2016. (Revised October 2017.)
      • July 2015 (Revised October 2015)
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      Building Strong Partnerships at the Inter-American Development Bank

      By: Amy C. Edmondson, Erin L. Henry, Andreas Georgoulias and Natalie Bartlett
      Building Strong Partnerships at the Inter-American Development Bank details the development of the bank's new Office of Outreach Partnerships to sustain a culture of innovation through maintaining and generating partnerships in order to fulfill the bank's greater...  View Details
      Keywords: Business Organization; Restructuring; Change Management; Organizational Culture; Organizational Structure; Nonprofit Organizations; Non-governmental Organizations; Expansion; Partners And Partnerships; Groups And Teams; Business And Stakeholder Relations; Business And Government Relations; Business And Community; Business And Shareholder Relations; Wealth And Poverty; Well-being; Technology Adoption; Wealth And Poverty; Organizational Structure; Groups And Teams; Organizational Culture; Technology Adoption; Business And Stakeholder Relations; Business And Shareholder Relations; Business And Government Relations; Change Management; Nonprofit organizations; Expansion; Partners And Partnerships; Restructuring; Welfare Or Wellbeing; Business And Community Relations; non-governmental organizations; Banking Industry; Latin America
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      Edmondson, Amy C., Erin L. Henry, Andreas Georgoulias, and Natalie Bartlett. "Building Strong Partnerships at the Inter-American Development Bank." Harvard Business School Case 616-004, July 2015. (Revised October 2015.)
      • June 2015 (Revised February 2016)
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      Team Rubicon: Bridging the Gap from Startup to National Organization

      By: Leonard A. Schlesinger and Dan Nidess
      Team Rubicon, a military veteran volunteer disaster relief organization, has experienced significant success in attracting attention and support in its first four years of operation. The challenges of managing the volunteer base, the cost of responding to disasters,...  View Details
      Keywords: Organizational Change And Adaptation; Growth Strategy And Execution; Disaster Relief; Ngo; Organizational Change And Adaptation; Growth And Development Strategy; Growth Management; non-governmental organizations
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      Schlesinger, Leonard A., and Dan Nidess. "Team Rubicon: Bridging the Gap from Startup to National Organization." Harvard Business School Case 315-124, June 2015. (Revised February 2016.)
      • March 2015
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      Statoil: Transparency on Payments to Governments

      By: George Serafeim, Paul M. Healy and Jérôme Lenhardt
      The Statoil case describes the challenge of increasing transparency, in extractive industries, around host county government payments. The case describes Statoil's reasoning behind voluntarily disclosing host country government payments, and the events that led to this...  View Details
      Keywords: Corruption; Disclosure; Disclosure Strategy; Regulation; Industry Self-regulation; Corporate Governance; Corporate Accountability; Bribery; Sustainability; Corporate Social Responsibility; Government Legislation; Cost Vs Benefits; Corporate Disclosure; Mining; Mining Industry; United States
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      Serafeim, George, Paul M. Healy, and Jérôme Lenhardt. "Statoil: Transparency on Payments to Governments." Harvard Business School Case 115-049, March 2015.
      • March 2014 (Revised October 2015)
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      Teach For China and the Chinese Nonprofit Sector

      By: William C. Kirby and Erica M. Zendell
      Teach For China was founded in 2008 with the mission of expanding educational opportunity across China. By 2013, Andrea Pasinetti's lofty dream had taken flight: over 300 graduates from top American and Chinese universities were participating in its 2-year teaching...  View Details
      Keywords: Nonprofit; China; Education; Business And Government Relations; Business And Poverty; Business And Society; Social Enterprise; Entrepreneurship; Emerging Market Entrepreneurship; Emerging Market; Ngo; Education; Entrepreneurship; Social Enterprise; Emerging Markets; non-governmental organizations; Nonprofit organizations; Education Industry; China
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      Kirby, William C., and Erica M. Zendell. "Teach For China and the Chinese Nonprofit Sector." Harvard Business School Case 314-052, March 2014. (Revised October 2015.)
      • January 2014 (Revised February 2014)
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      Rana Plaza: Workplace Safety In Bangladesh (A) and (B)

      By: John A. Quelch and Margaret L. Rodriguez
      On April 24, 2013 the Rana Plaza factory building collapsed in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. Over 1,100 people were killed in the worst industrial accident since the Union Carbide plant gas leak in Bhopal, India. Most of the victims worked for garment factories,...  View Details
      Keywords: Safety; Multinational Firms And Management; Labor Unions; Business And Stakeholder Relations; Working Conditions; Corporate Accountability; Crisis Management; Manufacturing Industry; Apparel And Accessories Industry; Bangladesh
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      Quelch, John A., and Margaret L. Rodriguez. "Rana Plaza: Workplace Safety In Bangladesh (A) and (B)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 514-062, January 2014. (Revised February 2014.)
      • September 2013
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      Advanced Leadership Pathways: Junko Yoda and Her Collaboration to Address Sex Trafficking in Asia

      By: Rosabeth M. Kanter, Juliane Calingo Schwetz and Patricia Bissett Higgins
      In 2011, Junko Yoda with Pam McCambridge launched CLinked, a venture aimed to reduce human trafficking of women and children for sexual exploitation. Since incorporation, they launched several different pilot programs in partnership with local non-governmental...  View Details
      Keywords: Expansion; Social Issues; non-governmental organizations; Public Administration Industry; Indonesia
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      Kanter, Rosabeth M., Juliane Calingo Schwetz, and Patricia Bissett Higgins. "Advanced Leadership Pathways: Junko Yoda and Her Collaboration to Address Sex Trafficking in Asia." Harvard Business School Case 314-036, September 2013.
      • September 2013 (Revised June 2014)
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      Rana Plaza: Workplace Safety In Bangladesh (A)

      By: John A. Quelch and Margaret L. Rodriguez
      On April 24, 2013 the Rana Plaza factory building collapsed in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. Over 1,100 people were killed in the worst industrial accident since the Union Carbide plant gas leak in Bhopal, India. Most of the victims worked for garment factories,...  View Details
      Keywords: Marketing; Public Health; Safety; Workplace; Human Rights; Apparel And Accessories Industry; Bangladesh
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      Quelch, John A., and Margaret L. Rodriguez. "Rana Plaza: Workplace Safety In Bangladesh (A)." Harvard Business School Case 514-034, September 2013. (Revised June 2014.)
      • 2013
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      Advanced Leadership Pathways: Junko Yoda and Her Collaboration to Address Sex Trafficking in Asia

      By: Rosabeth M. Kanter, Juliane Calingo Schwetz and Patricia Bissett Higgins
      n 2011, Junko Yoda with Pam McCambridge launched CLinked, a venture aimed to reduce human trafficking of women and children for sexual exploitation. Since incorporation, they launched several different pilot programs in partnership with local non-governmental...  View Details
      Keywords: Social Enterprise; Crime And Corruption; Gender; Social Issues; Business And Community Relations; Leadership; Change Management; Public Administration Industry; Indonesia; Asia
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      Kanter, Rosabeth M., Juliane Calingo Schwetz, and Patricia Bissett Higgins. "Advanced Leadership Pathways: Junko Yoda and Her Collaboration to Address Sex Trafficking in Asia." Harvard Business Publishing Case 314-036, 2013. (Harvard Advanced Leadership Initiative.)
      • January 2013 (Revised September 2013)
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      Royal DSM: Fighting Hidden Hunger

      By: Rebecca Henderson, Noah Fisher and Mary Shelman
      In 2007 Royal DSM, a leading life science and materials company, entered a partnership with the World Food Programme (WFP) to combat hidden hunger around the world by providing micronutrient solutions. The case investigates the unexpectedly large impact the partnership...  View Details
      Keywords: Conflict Of Interests; Human Needs; Partners And Partnerships; Global Range; Nutrition; Science-based Business; non-governmental organizations; Service Industry; Health Industry
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      Henderson, Rebecca, Noah Fisher, and Mary Shelman. "Royal DSM: Fighting Hidden Hunger." Harvard Business School Case 313-085, January 2013. (Revised September 2013.)
      • October 2012
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      Carolina for Kibera (TN)

      By: Kathleen L. McGinn
      Keywords: Power And Influence; Organizational Behavior; Social Enterprise; Negotiation; Power And Influence; non-governmental organizations; Social Enterprise; Negotiation; Kenya; United States
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      McGinn, Kathleen L. "Carolina for Kibera (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 913-001, October 2012.
      • October 2012 (Revised August 2018)
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      Carolina for Kibera

      By: Kathleen L. McGinn, Beth-Ann Kutchma and Cailin B. Hammer
      Carolina for Kibera (CFK) is an international non-profit organization whose mission is to promote youth leadership and gender and ethnic cooperation in Kibera, the largest unstructured settlement situated in the heart of Nairobi, Kenya. CFK's programs constructively...  View Details
      Keywords: Power And Influence; Organizational Behavior; Social Enterprise; Negotiation; Power And Influence; non-governmental organizations; Social Enterprise; Negotiation; Organizational Change And Adaptation; Kenya; United States
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      McGinn, Kathleen L., Beth-Ann Kutchma, and Cailin B. Hammer. "Carolina for Kibera." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Case 913-701, October 2012. (Revised August 2018.)
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