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Harvard Environmental Centers - Business & Environment

that address all aspects of the climate crisis. Digital, Data, and Design Institute at Harvard - Climate and Sustainability Impact Lab The mission of the lab is to advance our understanding of how digital transformation and the use of... View Details

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Curriculum - Business & Environment

Gona: Great Farm Key concepts: Agricultural Development, Strategy, Nigeria Iberdrola: Leading the Energy Revolution Tesla in 2024: Holding on to the EV Lead? What IKEA Do We Want? Key concepts: Business models, Customer relationship management, Disruptive innovation,... View Details

09 Jan 2012
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Location, Location, Location: The Strategy of Place

telecommunications venture initially forayed into Japan on a learning expedition to better understand the country's sophisticated consumers, but was soon captivated by the established market. The exploratory mission quickly morphed into... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

09 Jul 2020
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It’s Time to Reset Decision-Making in Your Organization

organizations use AARs selectively given the significant amount of resources required to do them well. AARs should also focus on areas that are mission critical for the greatest payoff. They offer four fundamentals of the AAR process: the... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Sarah Abbott

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Greenhill House | About

global engagement is even more critical today, when more than 30 percent of the MBA class is international, and 31 percent of alumni live and work outside the United States. The Greenhills’ generous endowment supports a broad range of activities that are critical to... View Details

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Why Your Gift Matters - Alumni

Giving Why Your Gift Matters Giving Why Your Gift Matters Far-Reaching Impact Your support helps HBS prepare leaders to change the world Contributions from alumni and friends are critical to Harvard Business School’s ability to fulfill its View Details

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Regional Winners - Alumni

Sophie Jewsbury, MBA 2024, Co-Founder & COO Region: Northeastern U.S./New York Together Achieving Dreams (TAD) 3 out of 4 blind Americans are job-ready, but unemployed. TAD is on a mission to increase employment for the blind and low... View Details

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Teacher Profiles - Case Method Project

School Hillsdale, NJ WI Jackie Jecha New Berlin MiddleHigh School New Berlin, WI TN Kristi Jeffers Powell High School Powell, TN NC Tripp Jeffers Parkland High School Winston Salem, NC MA Eric Jeffords New Mission Collegiate Academy... View Details

13 Feb 2014
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Managing the Family Business: Leadership Roles

organization to be successful, it needs to be led, managed, and governed well. Leading, Managing, And Governing Governance provides a broad sense of purpose or mission for the group and gives the group a sense of stability. Without... View Details

Keywords: by John A. Davis

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Events | Social Enterprise

change. Apr 16 April 16, 2026 Executive Education: Driving Nonprofit Performance and Innovation–Virtual For nonprofit leaders, this live, online Executive Education program explores how to align mission and strategy through performance... View Details

12 Sep 2022
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When Experts Play It Too Safe: Innovation Lessons from a NASA Experiment

for the US space agency’s Astrobee system in 2018. Entries proposed solutions to technical issues with a robotic arm for Astrobee, a free-flying robot that handles inventory, documents astronauts’ experiments, and moves cargo. Astrobee is key to NASA’s View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Aerospace

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Advisory Board - Entrepreneurship

(board member), the ELCA Fund for Leaders in Mission (leadership council), the Dartmouth College President's Leadership Council, and the Wake Forest Parents' Council, and is a guest lecturer at various business schools. He and his wife... View Details

29 Mar 2022
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5 Qualities That Help Companies Thrive for Decades—Even Centuries

in influencing younger generations of leaders. In numerous instances, so did the continuing influence of the ideas of Mahatma Gandhi. “[In India], our protagonists talked, unprompted actually, about a sense of mission for society, the... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

23 Sep 2022
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8 Strategies to Sustain Business Innovation

a same-day reply by phone or email. The rules aren’t mission statements, but rather a way to make learning experiences easier to adopt and follow. McDonald adds, “Even simple rules can outlive their usefulness.” 6. Make the new look... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert

08 Aug 2005
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Decision Rights: Who Gives the Green Light?

extraordinarily difficult and controversial management task." And therein lies a big problem, because how effective an organization is at making high-quality decisions consistent with its mission and objectives, the experts note, is... View Details

Keywords: by Peter Jacobs

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Frequently Asked Questions | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

What is the HBS Social Enterprise Initiative? The HBS Social Enterprise Initiative applies innovative business practices and managerial disciplines to drive sustained, high-impact social change. It's grounded in the mission of Harvard... View Details

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HBS Alumni Conference: Accelerating Climate Solutions - Alumni

which serves public financial agencies and state owned enterprises on mission delivery and performance improvement. Since joining McKinsey in 2007, Dan has worked across numerous industries and sectors, developing expertise in how... View Details

26 Apr 2022
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What Does Your Business Stand For? Why Building Trust Starts with Purpose

make the decision, do the right thing, even if it’s hard, it’s true to those values, it builds trust. It builds belief. And it reinforces the mission that we stand for, our purpose, and it reinforces the values, our culture.” Book Excerpt... View Details

Keywords: by Ranjay Gulati

January–February 2019
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Corporate Purpose and Financial Performance

By: Claudine Gartenberg, Andrea Prat and George Serafeim

We construct a measure of corporate purpose within a sample of U.S. companies based on approximately 500,000 survey responses of worker perceptions about their employers. We find that this measure of purpose is not related to financial performance. However, high... View Details

Keywords: Corporate Purpose; Purpose; Employee Motivation; Belief Systems; Corporate Performance; Human Capital; Middle Management; Culture; Corporate Culture; Meaning; Mission and Purpose; Organizational Culture; Employees; Perception; Values and Beliefs; Performance Effectiveness

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09 Oct 2020
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4 Things To Know About the MS/MBA Biotech

gene therapy company to apply my newly acquired knowledge of the health care industry to a biotechnology company led by creative thinkers with the mission of transformative care. In my first few weeks at the company, I had the opportunity... View Details

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