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FAQs - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning

fees for HBS faculty for any of our services. The Christensen Center is part of the Division of Research and Development (DRFD), whose mission is to provide unparalleled faculty support. The DRFD helps to... View Details

02 Dec 2010
What Do You Think?

Making Right Choices: Art or Science?

Summing Up Thoughtful comments are hard to summarize in five paragraphs. That explains why this month's task is impossible. But one thing unites nearly everyone responding to this column, and that is one kind of objection or other to the... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

18 Dec 2019
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6 Skills That Wise Companies Harness for World-Changing Innovation

and broaden their leadership and purpose beyond traditional business borders. Takeuchi uses Honda’s founder as an example to explain how each practice can be applied toward the... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

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Cait Haught

of two or three, consult with nonprofits "whose central mission addresses some aspect of inequality." Oberholzer-Gee and Nien-he Hsieh co-taught the class in the spring of 2016, View Details

Keywords: Financial Services

Portrait Project

Brian Kreiter

feet with their own direction, nor my hands with the dimensions of their grasp. My skin will be both thick and porous. My lips will smile with truth. My shoulders will straighten with pride, shudder with awe, View Details

01 Oct 1996
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Trading Up — Kenneth D. Brody (MBA 1971)

Winslow Partners L.L.C., whose purpose is to make private equity investments in the United States and the Czech Republic. In his spare time, Brody serves on the boards of the American Red Cross, St. John's... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

01 Jun 2001
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Monsignor Frederick Dolan Finds a New Calling at HBS Club of Montreal

continue throughout the years and create a sense of purpose and community outreach for the club,” states Dolan, who aims to establish these programs by the fall. Club... View Details

Keywords: Elena N. Berg; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations

16 May 2005
Research & Ideas

Nonprofit Networking: The New Way to Grow

wide variation in the missions and activities that nonprofits focus on. Additionally, I had an interest in conservation organizations and the social goal of environmental... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

March 2022
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Metric

By: Christina Wallace, Rebecca Cink and Maria Lappas

Megan Murday, the founder of Metric, an environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) analytics startup, must decide which customer segment to target as a beachhead market. She received positive feedback from a Swiss venture capital (VC) firm, indicating their... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Marketing; Mission and Purpose; Customers

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Contemporary African Art | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

Bangezile, Adams Mission , 2021 Gelatin silver print, 21 5/8 × 16 1/8 in. Schwartz Art Collection, Harvard Business School, 2023.3 Courtesy of the artist and Yancey Richardson Gallery © Zanele Muholi Aïda... View Details

12 Feb 2021
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How Dunkin’ Donuts Took Over the World

for. And that’s when the trouble began. Basically I changed the mission of the business from being a focused coffee and donut shop company to becoming a franchise business.... View Details

Keywords: brands; leadership; management; strategy; operations; career; Food and Beverage Stores; Food and Beverage Stores

01 Jan 2004
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D. Ronald Daniel, MBA 1954

to another important facet of the McKinsey culture--giving back to society. "I've always spent 15 to 20 percent of my time helping nonprofit organizations whose mission and leadership I've felt passionate... View Details

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HBS - Financials | Supplemental Financial Information

present over the future in a manner inconsistent with an endowment's fundamental purpose of maintaining intergenerational equity. The University executes on this obligation in determining each year's endowment payout rate—that is, the... View Details

12 Sep 2023
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Harvard Climate Entrepreneurs Circle: Taking Climate Solutions from Idea to Action, Faster

of our founding team– Ling Lin (College, 2012), now part of the Meta team focused on climate, and BEI leaders Lynn Schenk, Courtney Fairbrother, and Elise Clarkson. Out of this, the Harvard i-lab, HBS BEI,... View Details

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Sustainable Business Strategy Course | HBS Online

Details Concepts Business and the Broader System Changing the Rules: Focusing on Governance and Finance Business & Politics: Driving Systemic Change Individual Action in Business Featured Exercises Values... View Details

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Andrew O’Brien | About

to facilities operations & maintenance, food service, events and security. To deliver on these services in support of the School’s mission Andy works closely with the School’s senior leadership to guide the... View Details

22 Feb 2022
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Breaking News

part of what’s driving consolidation across the country,” Hansen Shapiro observes. The National Trust used a leveraged buyout to acquire the titles, which will continue with their mission under a new public benefit corporation that is... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; illustration by Dana Smith; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services

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Strategy Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Teaching Award in the Corporate Purpose & Leadership category for the MBA course Reimagining Capitalism: Business and the Big Problems with George Serafeim. Rebecca M. Henderson : Awarded the 2017 Viipuri... View Details

01 Feb 2021
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Has the New Economy Finally Arrived?

conveyed the sense that the challenge is substantial. They suggested, among other things, that organizations need to change their value structure, training, hiring, and measurement. Danny commented that “Diversity View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

02 Aug 2017
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Summing Up: Why Can’t Organizations Engage Their Employees?

“Engagement comes from spirit, and if the organization has little or no spirit—if it see mission as simply ‘maximizing shareholder value’—then engagement will remain an elusive thing.” George Yurieff added... View Details