The five-year Goldman Sachs', $ 100 million philanthropic initiative to provide practical business and management education to 10,000 women around the world recently celebrated its first anniversary and more than 1,200 women were either enrolled in or graduated from the programs funded by the certificate. The case describes the concept, design and implementation of the initiative and sets out some key strategic decisions facing the firm, as they deploy the program in coming years. These include: how to organize a network of schools that provide educational services, how to determine the best external partners to provide additional services for women entrepreneurs how to better assess the impact of the program, and finally, the extent to which the initiative contributes to the long-term strategy of the company. "Hide
by Christopher Marquis, V. Kasturi Rangan, Katharine Ross Source: Harvard Business School 25 pages. Publication Date: June 20, 2009. Prod. #: 509042-PDF-ENG
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