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  • 20 Feb 2006
  • HBS Case

Oprah: A Case Study Comes Alive

business, and this organization has a sense of that. I spoke with Tim Bennett at some point about mission and social responsibility in the context of Harvard Business School's purpose, and Tim said, 'You know, I think you need to talk to... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Media & Broadcasting; Consumer Products; Entertainment & Recreation
  • 23 Jun 2014
  • Research & Ideas

In Venture Capital, Birds of a Feather Lose Money Together

had affected the outcomes of the portfolio companies in the study. (For the purposes of the paper, a successful outcome was defined as one in which a company eventually filed for an initial public offering.) They found that the... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Financial Services
  • January 2024 (Revised June 2024)
  • Case

Equal Justice Initiative: Mercy, Truth and Dignity

By: V. Kasturi Rangan, Gerald Chertavian and Brittany Logan
In 1989, the Equal Justice Initiative was established as a non-profit, public interest law firm by Harvard Law School graduate, Bryan Stevenson.

EJI provides legal assistance to condemned prisoners, people wrongly convicted or unfairly sentenced, children in... View Details
Keywords: Equality and Inequality; Nonprofit Organizations; Mission and Purpose; Growth and Development Strategy; Social Issues; Race
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  • April 2009 (Revised October 2010)
  • Case

Planned Parenthood Federation of America in 2008

By: Allen S. Grossman, Thomas J. Steenburgh, Lauren Susan Mehler and Matthew Benjamin Oppenheimer
As with many national non-profits, Planned Parenthood is organized as 100 separate 501(c)3 organizations. What is the best structure for Planned Parenthood to fulfill its mission? View Details
Keywords: Business or Company Management; Mission and Purpose; Organizational Structure; Nonprofit Organizations
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  • March 2021 (Revised October 2021)
  • Case

Aligning Mission and Margin at Southern Bancorp

By: Rebecca M. Henderson, Brian Trelstad and Eren Kuzucu
In October 2020, after spending almost a decade to turnaround Southern Bancorp, an Arkansan bank founded with the mission to provide financial services to rural, underserved communities, CEO Darrin Williams is wondering how Southern Bancorp should continue to grow.... View Details
Keywords: Racial Wealth Gap; Banks and Banking; Growth and Development; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Mission and Purpose; Going Public; Investment Return; Social Issues; Wealth and Poverty; Banking Industry; Financial Services Industry; United States; Arkansas
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  • Student-Profile

Justine Murray

incredibly valuable in helping me refine my research questions.” Research While the literature related to professional calling has traditionally focused on high social impact, low-paying careers, Justine is interested in how people in... View Details
  • 11 Feb 2014
  • First Look

First Look: February 11

account is one that frames the purpose of the for-profit corporation in terms of its function in allowing members of society to meet their wants and needs by coordinating labor and capital in the production of goods and services. August... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 12 Dec 2019
  • Research & Ideas

How to Turn Down the Boil on Group Conflict

the other side was engaging in purposeful obstructionism. “How we attribute motives to other people becomes distorted when we stop thinking of them as individuals and instead move to a framework of ‘us versus them.’” “There’s a lot... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 01 Sep 2014
  • News

Case Study: Declawing the Competition

products. Offer a rewards program that for every X number of boxes purchased through subscription, a box will be sent free to a friend or family member of their choosing. The objective is to convert the recipient into a subscriber. Use View Details
  • Profile

Dominic Mensah

Coming to HBS is like... Entering a journey of self-reflection on and immersion in your purpose. It is a courageous leap of faith—a deliberate choice to forgo a “safer” path and confront passion head-on. Before HBS, I balanced a role in strategy consulting with a... View Details
  • 01 Apr 1999
  • News

Time to Vote in University Elections

Director The purpose of the Harvard Alumni Association is to promote the welfare of Harvard University and to establish a mutually beneficial relationship between Harvard University and its alumni. The main work of the Association is... View Details
  • 13 May 2014
  • First Look

First Look: May 13

  Publications August 2013 Harvard Business Review From Purpose to Impact: Figure Out Your Passion and Put It to Work By: Craig, Nick, and Scott Snook Abstract—We offer opinions on leadership. A need is seen for executives to have a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Dec 2022
  • News

Educating, Connecting, and Mobilizing Around Climate Change

Seminar and Purpose and Profit: Creating Shared Value, and courses on sustainability are available through Harvard Business School Online. Another important aspect of the BEI’s work is fostering strong connections with and among the... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
  • 06 May 2014
  • First Look

First Look: May 6

how to implement Performance with Purpose in their local markets. PepsiCo India has made progress under the mission but continues to be challenged by the inherent tension between short-term financial performance and long-term investments... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 12 Oct 1999
  • Research & Ideas

Spirit at Work: The Search for Deeper Meaning in the Workplace

three 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... View Details
Keywords: by Marguerite Rigoglioso
  • Web

Diversity on Boards - Alumni

and Anu Atluru BlackRock: Linking Purpose to Profit Harvard Business School Case 120-042, January 2020. (Revised July 2020.) By: Rohit Deshpandé, Aiyesha Dey and George Serafeim Diversity Thresholds: How View Details
  • 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... View Details
Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information
  • September 2024
  • Case

Leadership for Stretch Goals: Inspiring Employees to Achieve the Impossible at Charter Next Generation

By: Ethan Rouen and Elisabeth Powell
In 2023, Kathy Bolhous, CEO of Charter Next Generation (CNG), set out to achieve an ambitious "Moonshot"—increasing profits by $100 million within three years, purely through internal innovations and efficiency gains, without layoffs or new revenue streams. After years... View Details
Keywords: Profit; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Leadership; Growth Management; Mission and Purpose; Employee Ownership; Motivation and Incentives
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  • Web

The Art of "Posting" - The Art of American Advertising

Clubs Faculty & Research Business & Environment Business History Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning Entrepreneurship Faculty & Research Global Healthcare HBS Working Knowledge Institute for Strategy & Competitiveness Leadership Networked Business Research... View Details
  • Web

BiGS Research | Institute for Business in Global Society

on race, gender, and other characteristics continue to present serious challenges, both in the workplace and in broader society. Purpose of the Firm Companies are increasingly evaluated not just on their financial performance but on their... View Details