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- 06 Apr 2011
- News
Harvard helps retired leaders find new purpose
- 20 Jan 2021
- News
Mission possible: How start-up thinking can help public projects
- 19 Aug 2015
- Research & Ideas
Codeacademy’s Delicate Work of Adding Monetization Without Crushing Mission
pursuing a double bottom line of being both mission-driven and profitable. Can Codecademy stay true to its mission of always being free and still turn a profit? Jeff Bussgang:... View Details
- 27 May 2020
- News
Why the SpaceX manned mission is critical to the private space race
- Guest Column
What Is the Purpose of Business?
By: Rakesh Khurana and Herbert Gintis
Keywords: Business Ventures
Khurana, Rakesh, and Herbert Gintis. "What Is the Purpose of Business?" Your Turn. BizEd 7, no. 1 (January–February 2008).
- August 2009
- Case
Life Stories of Recent MBAs: Leadership Purpose
By: Nitin Nohria, Matthew D. Breitfelder and Daisy A Wademan Dowling
Nohria, Nitin, Matthew D. Breitfelder, and Daisy A Wademan Dowling. "Life Stories of Recent MBAs: Leadership Purpose." Harvard Business School Case 410-034, August 2009.
- 2023
- Article
Turn Your Purpose Into a Superpower for Growth
By: Ranjay Gulati
Gulati, Ranjay. "Turn Your Purpose Into a Superpower for Growth." Inc.com (2023).
- 01 Oct 2014
- News
What the Mission to Mars Shows about India's Innovators
Keywords: Space; Mars; innovation; R & D; India; Space Research and Technology; Space Research and Technology
- November 2023 (Revised May 2024)
- Case
Kickstarter: Crowdfunding for the Arts
By: Rohit Deshpandé and Alexis Lefort
Kickstarter was a virtual crowdfunding platform and community that allowed creators of all kinds to raise funding for creative projects. The executive team was wrestling with a tension in its business model: the organization earned the majority of its revenue from... View Details
Keywords: Fundraising; Mission; Crowdfunding; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Mission and Purpose; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Arts; Web Services Industry; United States
Deshpandé, Rohit, and Alexis Lefort. "Kickstarter: Crowdfunding for the Arts." Harvard Business School Case 524-016, November 2023. (Revised May 2024.)
- 20 Dec 2022
- Blog Post
Thinking About an MBA? Think About Your Purpose
Microsoft (whose purpose is “to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more”), and Warby Parker (which seeks “to inspire View Details
- 2021
- Working Paper
Enabling Mission Impact: Funding Strategies for High-Risk High-Reward Innovation
By: Carolyn J. Fu, Lars Frolund and Fiona Murray
Fu, Carolyn J., Lars Frolund, and Fiona Murray. "Enabling Mission Impact: Funding Strategies for High-Risk High-Reward Innovation." MIT Innovation Policy Working Paper, February 2021.
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Finding a cure for cancer became a personal mission
Thai Lee (MBA 1985), president and CEO of SHI International, talks about how a family crisis led her to funding cancer research. (Published April 2014) View Details
- 20 Aug 2019
- News
181 Top CEOs Have Realized Companies Need a Purpose Beyond Profit
- January 2018
- Teaching Note
Still Leading (B1): Hon. Bob McDonald—Profiting from Purpose
By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Ai-Ling Jamila Malone
This case is included in the Still Leading series, which is part of an opening series of cases used in the Advanced Leadership Initiative at Harvard University. This case can also be taught as a standalone case as it is rich with many key leadership lessons that fall... View Details
- 13 Nov 2023
- News
4 Strategies to Cultivate an Authentic Corporate Purpose
- January 2021
- Case
Rio Tinto Aluminum: Can Purpose Lead to Profit?
By: David Fubini and Agastya Muthanna
This case describes the tradeoffs Rio Tinto faces as it considers investments to ensure environmentally friendly, sustainability produced aluminum with the potential risks of competitive pricing and profit loses. View Details
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Our Mission & Team | Institute for Business in Global Society
Our Mission & Team We are working with scholars, business leaders, and community leaders around the world to advance our understanding of business' role in society and to... View Details