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01 Sep 2020
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Righting the Ship

all, Shackleton realized that the crisis he faced was, at its essence, one of life and death. We need to start with that realization today during the COVID-19 pandemic. Shackleton understood that the mission was to get everyone home... View Details

10 Aug 2015
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Leveraging Veterans’ Competitive Advantage

somehow victims. I don’t believe they are.” Describing his company’s mission as “helping organizations excel by leveraging America’s best talent,” the former Marine artillery and intelligence officer says military training emphasizes... View Details

01 Jan 2010
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James A. Lovell, AMP 62, 1971

leadership skills became a matter of life or death. As the commander of the Apollo 13 lunar mission, Lovell and his crew were faced with a serious problem: a fault in the electrical equipment caused a loss of power and oxygen. As the world watched, the astronauts... View Details

01 Sep 2024
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From the Classroom to Casablanca

To put what they have learned in the classroom to the test in the field, more than 900 HBS first-year students embarked in May on the FIELD Global Immersion (FGI), a cornerstone of the MBA Program since 2012. This experiential learning opportunity dispatches students... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

15 Jan 2019
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Working to Improve the End of Life

Laurie Leonard (MBA 1977) is executive director of End of Life Choices New York, a nonprofit advocacy, counseling, and educational organization. In the following interview, she discusses the group’s mission and her reasons for serving.... View Details

Keywords: Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance

01 Aug 2017
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Finding Purpose in Profit

the Colorado field office of B Lab, a nonprofit organization that seeks to redefine the meaning of success in business. B Lab’s mission is to assemble a global community of Certified B Corporations—companies that meet certain prescribed... View Details

15 Mar 2024
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Hungry for Change

As a management consultant at Kurt Salmon, Kate Flynn (MBA 2012) often worked with clients in the packaged food industry. She saw customers asking for healthier and more sustainable foods, and she herself was seeking better options. From that hunger, Sun & Swell was... View Details

13 May 2013
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The Power of Three

do the same for another young person.” Frist agrees. “The mission of the School is to educate leaders,” she says. “It’s critical to attract the best possible students, regardless of their ability to pay.” In addition to supporting... View Details

01 Sep 2016
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New MBA Admissions Director Gets an Interview

and the other leaders at HBS. There’s a great amount of momentum, and I am here to help build on that. My broader goals align with the mission of the School: to educate leaders who make a difference in the world. Our team understands our... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

01 Jun 2004
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How Nonprofits Dilute Their Efforts

“Most of the nonprofits operating today make program decisions based on a mission rather than on a strategy,” writes HBS professor V. Kasturi Rangan in Harvard Business Review. “In fact,” he notes, “many nonprofits don’t have a strategy... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

14 Jan 2021
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Better Than Cash

financial history. Ruth Goodwin-Groen (MBA 2001) is on a mission to change that. “Our job will not be done until all people—old or young, rich or poor, male or female—are able to make and receive payments in a way that works for them,”... View Details

01 Dec 2016
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The Power of Many

Every Gift Matters Annual gifts from alumni and friends to the HBS Fund for Leadership and Innovation are vital to the School’s mission to educate leaders who make a difference in the world. HBS puts these gifts to use immediately to... View Details

28 May 2014
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Leveling the Playing Field for all Learners

a mission of providing a free, world-class education for anyone anywhere. “Khan Academy started with reproducing content and then, as it grew, our whole team [began] working with others to write exercises and simulation software. But we... View Details

01 Sep 2018
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Escape Hatch

Disconnect. Rebalance. Recharge. “We get real notes from real people who stay in our real houses,” he says, describing a recent message from a woman who thanked Getaway for helping put her marriage back on track. “That kind of feedback has made us even more committed... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Arts, Entertainment

01 Sep 2024
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Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

that Serafeim organized as part of the Digital Data Design Institute at Harvard. Read more about Advancing the Mission Serafeim’s interest in Apple’s approach on circular economic models led to the case study “Apple’s iPhone Revolution:... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Meyers

28 Sep 2017
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Alumni-Founded Aerospace Pioneer Orbital Acquired for $7.8 Billion

two years ago, and will make Northrop the fourth-largest Pentagon contractor. In a statement about the deal, Thompson said: “The unique alignment in culture and mission offered by this transaction will allow us to maintain strong... View Details

17 Nov 2022
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Blockchain for Good

Research and Innovation Department, “will play a significant role in accelerating this worldwide advancement.” Dyer’s focus on social mission also tracks the evolution of her career. Driven by her family’s financial instability early in... View Details

Keywords: Ralph Ranalli

01 Oct 1998
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A Message from Dean Clark

The new academic year brings a sense of heightened expectation to the HBS campus. In the last twelve months we have realized extraordinary progress in a number of areas. As we look to the future, our central mission - to educate leaders -... View Details

01 Sep 2018
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Remembering Dick Spangler

community, Executive Dean for Administration Angela Crispi (MBA 1990) and Dean Nitin Nohria said, “Throughout his life and career, Mr. Spangler epitomized the mission of the School, making a difference in the world and in the lives of so... View Details

01 Oct 1996
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Sherman Baldwin: Leadership under Fire

Baldwin (known by the radio call sign "Tank") was on the aircraft carrier USS Midway in the Persian Gulf, flying 45 combat missions over Iraq in Operations Desert Storm and Southern Watch. As the pilot of an EA-6B Prowler, he led a crew... View Details

Keywords: James E. Aisner

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