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The Heller Social Impact Case Collection

Reimagining Capitalism through Case-Based Learning

A pathbreaking collection of case studies that spotlights the corporate sector’s societal obligations.
 
At a time of deep and pervasive global challenges, future CEOs and administrators need to apply management principles to social impact cases. Today, top business schools across the country are meeting the moment, teaching courses about socially responsible investing and debating ways companies can stem the effects of climate change.
 
The case studies collected here are an invaluable resource for today’s students and tomorrow’s leaders. Chapters address an array of business sectors, including consumer goods, finance, health care, higher education, manufacturing, nongovernmental organizations, social services, and transportation. A teacher’s guide is available online to educators.

Individual case studies from this book are available for purchase on this page. Instructors may request the Teaching Notes for the book.


240 pages | 35 halftones | 8.5 x 11 | © 2023

Economics and Business: Business--Business Economics and Management Studies

Education: Higher Education


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Table of Contents

Preface
Acknowledgements
List of Exhibits, Tables and Supplements
Author Bios
Section 1: Social Impact Teaching Cases
Advancing Social Impacts Through Cases Studies
by Carole Carlson
Section 2: Social Impact Entrepreneurship Cases

Case 2.1
Brenna Schneider at 99DegreesCustom by Carole Carlson and Rachael Weiker
•Industry/Sector: Manufacturing

Case 2.2
The Kindness of Human Milk: The Founding of Mothers’ Milk Bank New England by Naomi Bar-Yam and Mark I. Rosen
•Industry/Sector: Health Care (nonprofit)

Case 2.3
CassVita: Local or Global? Exploring Scaling Strategies for Market Growth by Keshia Engwenyi, Andy Mendez and Ariel Wexler
•Industry/Sector: Consumer Goods (nonprofit)

Section 3: Social Impact Finance Cases

Case 3.1
Engage or Divest? Trillium Asset Management, Facebook Governance, and Shareholder Advocacy by Monique DeSimone, Jess Lynch-Foust, Douglass Guernsey, and Laura Burroughs
•Industry/Sector: Finance

Case 3.2a
A Blended Finance Facility, Catalyzing Markets to Accelerate Pandemic Response and Build Equitable Health Systems in India – Part A: The Challenge by Archita Adlakha, Neeta Rao, Achin BN Biyani, Ritika Pandey and Sudheer Nadipally

Case 3.2b
A Blended Finance Facility, Catalyzing Markets to Accelerate Pandemic Response and Build Equitable Health Systems in India -- Part B: The Results and Ongoing Operations by Archita Adlakha, Neeta Rao, Achin BN Biyani, Ritika Pandey and Sudheer Nadipally
•Industry/Sector: Finance, International Development, Health Care

Section 4: Social Impact Strategy Cases

Case 4.1
Hopewell, Inc. by Della M. Hughes and Marji Erickson Warfield
•Industry/Sector: Social Services (nonprofit)

Case 4.2a
Tufts Medicine Health Care System: Merging Hospitals in a New Model (A) by Maher Tabba and Jon Chilingerian

Case 4.2b
Tufts Medicine Health Care System: Merging Hospitals in a New Model (B) by Maher Tabba and Jon Chilingerian
•Industry/Sector: Health Care (nonprofit)

Case 4.3
Aligning Transition Supports and Services for Students with Disabilities by Jennifer Stewart
•Industry/Sector: Social Services (government)

Case 4.4
Native Plant Ordinance by Elizabeth Sessions
•Industry/Sector: Natural Resources (government)

Section 5: Social Impact Operations Cases

Case 5.1
Boston MedFlight – Leveraging Data to Design a New Helicopter Algorithm by Matthew Kriegsman
•Industry/Sector: Transportation

Case 5.2
Ford Hall 2015 by Avery Brien, Monica Garcia, Sonia Kikeri, Miya Ward
•Industry/Sector: Higher Education

Case 5.3
Immigrant Worker Rights Center (IWRC) By Joel Cutcher-Gershenfeld
•Industry/Sector: Social Services (nonprofit)

Section 6: Social Impact Marketing Case

Case 6.1
JA Worldwide: Creating a Global Brand by Keshia Engwenyi, Julia Robinson-Rosendorff, and Sean C. Rush
•Industry/Sector: Non-Governmental Organizations

Section 7: Social Impact Human Resources Cases

Case 7.1
Breaking Down Silos to Build Collaborative Systems by Lauren Hajjar, Jody Hoffer Gittell, Ninna Meier, Bill Gunn
•Industry/Sector: Social Services; Health Care (government)

Case 7.2
The Unit-Based Team Meeting by Joel Cutcher-Gershenfeld
•Industry/Sector: Health Care

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