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- 12 Mar 2019
- News
Acting Naturally
what comes next in everything that we do. We have a very diverse group of people that we work with, because the business is complex. And somehow it all works, where everybody has bought into this common purpose of creating natural... View Details
- 08 Jan 2019
- News
Raising Prospects for Female Funders
have a lot of fun. We are launching Rising Tide Europe 3. Our purpose is to invest in the best projects; sometimes they are women-led, other times they are not. “What we are achieving is that more women are discovering the fascinating... View Details
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
In My Humble Opinion: A Timely Tension
London. Now I’m in Amsterdam. That has given me a sense of empathy and a feeling of being connected to the whole world.” Call to action: “Your sense of purpose comes from what you do every day, all day long. You don’t have to find it in... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards 2014
in Cambridge “I believe that after achieving financial success, most people want to have an impact on society. That’s what brings meaning and purpose to my life.” Having built and sold an Internet company in the 1990s, Chertavian launched... View Details
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
Fred Lazarus: Art Work at the Office
the efforts of the NEA. The connection between the arts and other aspects of society is greater than ever. If federal support for the arts is going to continue, it must first and foremost support public purposes. The federal role is to carry out initiatives and... View Details
Keywords: Jeffrey Lazar
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Encouraging Young Entrepreneurs
Reunion established a fund to support the Harvard i-lab, the Harvard Launch Lab, and other HBS programs specifically fostering entrepreneurship and innovation. Martignetti believes his ties to both Harvard College and HBS may give him “a broader Harvard view. The... View Details
- 14 Sep 2017
- News
Political Failure Through a Business Lens
- 23 Feb 2015
- News
Preserving a Musical Tradition; Inspiring Future Generations
Photo courtesy of Ben de Menil In a palm tree–lined school courtyard in the small town of Cabarete, on the northern coast of the Dominican Republic, children are making music. Some play the bongos; some, guitars. Others sing or step and sway to the familiar four-count... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Lifelong Learning about Leadership
Business Administration, created the three-day course to lay the groundwork for participants to examine their individual paths to becoming authentic leaders and gain a better sense of their purpose and legacy. “It was refreshing to hear... View Details
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Q & A: Gustavo Herrero
are thin. The sale of national companies to foreign multinationals weakens regional stock markets even further. Corruption is another issue that must be confronted in most countries. What is the purpose of the LARC? Our mission is to help... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Telling the Electronic Century's Unfinished Story
managers in any industry, as the Pulitzer Prize - winning historian revealed in a recent conversation with the Bulletin. How did you approach this enormous project? For Inventing the Electronic Century, my basic purpose was to bring the... View Details
- 08 Nov 2024
- News
Latino Alumni Banquet Marks 20th Year, Atlanta Club Celebrates 90 Years of Connection
HBS Latino Alumni Association Banquet Marks 20 Years The HBS Latino Alumni Association (HBSLAA) held its 20th Annual Banquet on October 5, bringing together 80 alumni, guests, and current HBS students for dinner and a panel discussion at the New England Aquarium in... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
$how Me the Money
subsidiaries, and affiliates. Transfer pricing is legal, but when it becomes abusive — serving no legitimate business purpose and with tax evasion as its only intent — then you are breaking the law.” Opinions differ, however, over what... View Details
- 21 Jan 2021
- News
Why Your Values Belong at Work
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Campaign Passes Goal, Continues
SALTER: student financial aid vital to HBS. With little fanfare, The Campaign for Harvard Business School reached the $500 million mark at the end of 2004. The School’s first-ever campaign will continue through its December 2005 conclusion, working hard to achieve all... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
The Innovation Imperative
If you want to understand what’s driving Dean Nitin Nohria’s emphasis on innovation for the School, look no further than HBS professor Bill Kirby’s writings on the rise and decline of great universities. While Nohria spent his first several months in office talking to... View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
The Third Force: Indispensable to Society, Nonprofits Should Redirect Oversight Efforts
Homelessness. Entrepreneurial services for the poor. The arts. Spirituality. Who — or what — in our society can best address these issues? Here's a hint: It's not business, and it's most definitely not government. "Nonprofits are the most effective organizations in... View Details
Keywords: Health, Social Assistance
- 22 Sep 2015
- News
On a Mission to Have an Impact
about the opportunity entrepreneurs have to make a difference in society. “I think the first thing I tried to do is really work with or even start organizations that are very purposeful or mission- and vision-oriented. “First of all, I... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
The Power of National Identity
proud of this distinction,” noted Abdelal, a scholar of international political economy and author of National Purpose in the World Economy: Post-Soviet States in Comparative Perspective, which won the 2002 Marshall Shulman Book Prize... View Details
- 11 Jun 2014
- News
The First Five Years: Brittani Rettig (MBA 2010)
and brought us together in a sort of familial way. Business leadership is more than generating a profit; it is adding value to the lives of others. HBS taught me how to thoroughly evaluate business purpose from both a moral and monetary... View Details