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- 01 Sep 2011
- News
MBA 101: HBS Commencements Pass the Century Mark
to die within three years. So 15 years later, standing before 936 graduating MBAs, family, and friends on a sunny May afternoon full of hope and promise, Class Day speaker Giusti had as much to celebrate as her audience, as well as hard-won wisdom to impart about View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Wei Zhang (MBA 1999)
there are plenty of merchandising opportunities around great content in China. Last year, we made an investment in Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Partners and released A Dog’s Purpose in China. It’s very different from visual spectacles like... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
HBS Releases First-Ever Financial Report
represents about 7.5 percent of Harvard’s overall endowment. Over 93 percent of the HBS endowment is restricted for purposes specified by donors. The University distributes approximately 4 to 5 percent of the market value of the endowment... 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
- 08 May 2019
- News
Lessons from the Ashes
purpose in life now? I mean, it took years really to be able to move forward and it was not easy at all. Dan: When did you start developing the framework of crucible leadership? Warwick: The turning point for me was the pastor at my... View Details
- 14 Sep 2017
- News
Political Failure Through a Business Lens
- 26 Mar 2025
- News
Alumni Explore a Changing Hong Kong; Meet the Leader: HBS Club of Singapore
Conference Looks at Future of Hong Kong as a Global Leader The HBS Association of Hong Kong (HBSAHK) celebrated the club’s 45thanniversary in February, with its 2025 Signature Conference at Cloud 39, a rooftop ballroom at The Henderson skyscraper in central Hong Kong.... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 15 Dec 2024
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books The Power of Imperfect Eating By Kavita Bhatnagar (SELP 11, 2022) Penguin Enterprise Rather than dictating which foods are good or bad, this book weaves together stories that mirror the intricate, emotional, and often imperfect... View Details
- 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
- 13 Mar 2018
- News
Leadership Lessons from the “Lone Survivor” Mission
they could for them. And that purpose will drive you into extremely dangerous situations, sometimes make you lose your own life. And there were men who were willing to do that that day. And it was a tremendous testament to their values,... View Details
- 15 Sep 2016
- News
The Burning Man Project
propane inside it. And the piece was so staggering. It felt like it was alive. And it was all done by people who were nameless. They were all just doing it to share. And to see something that amazing whose only purpose was to delight... 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
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
A New Approach to Contact Tracing
that work with governments to solve complex problems, or becoming innovators inside government itself. Weiss has also taught the case as part of the Technology and Public Purpose Project at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center for... View Details
- 27 Oct 2016
- News
Paying It Forward
inventory losses by alerting retailers when items are given free-of-charge to friends and family by purposely not being scanned by a clerk (called “sweethearting”), when barcodes are covered, when items are left in a shopping cart, or... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Mary Callahan Erdoes
many clients haven't lived through anything like this — and neither have most money managers. It's painful to each of us. But it drives you back to a fundamental analysis: What is the purpose of my portfolio? What am I trying to encompass... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
profits with social purpose to confront inequality, inner-city blight, and ecological degradation, while navigating restrictive laws and authoritarian regimes. He found that these leaders were motivated by bedrock values and sometimes―but... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
June 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books
before the Civil War, came of age in a nation in crisis. Whether using pencil, watercolor, or, most famously, oil, Homer addressed the hopes and fears of his fellow Americans and invited his viewers into stories embedded with universal, timeless questions of View Details
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
Spirit at Work
HBS faculty members with various perspectives on the issue provide some insights on these questions. A Sense of Purpose "I see the movement to incorporate more of a spiritual feeling in business as a reflection of people's age-old need to... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso