Describes the challenges facing the group of students HBS, as they create the foundation. Given the surplus funds from the student newspaper, Harbus management decides to find a constructive use for excess cash. Profiles and business process used to create the framework and the problems associated with making a decision on which to award grants. Group of heroes face a number of decisions:. 1) The controversial decision on funding, 2) review and assessment of the Fund's strategy and the process of grant application and assessment, and 3) the role of the student investment club portfolio management fund "Hide
by James E. Austin, Linda Carrigan Source: Harvard Business School 26 pages. Publication Date: August 27, 1998. Prod. #: 399031-PDF-ENG
Related Case Solutions & Analyses:
Organizational Ambidexterity: IBM and Emerging Business Opportunities
Echoing Green
Risk Management at Wellfleet Bank: All That Glitters Is Not Gold
Gary Rodkin at Pepsi-Cola North America (B)
The Rise and Fall of Iridium
Investcorp and the Moneybookers Bid
Product Development at OPOWER
Mexican Foundation for Rural Development
Chateau Qanafar: Starting and Operating a Lebanese Vineyard
Multistrada Agro International: Non-Market Strategy in Indonesia
