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- April 2025 (Revised June 2025)
- Case
Paul Weiss: Fighting or Negotiating with POTUS
By: Eugene Soltes and Anthea Brady
In early 2025, Paul Weiss Chairman Brad Karp weighed how to respond to an Executive Order from President Trump that could threaten the financial livelihood of his law firm. Paul Weiss and Karp had to decide to mount a legal fight or negotiate with the White House. The... View Details
Keywords: Federal Government; Decision Making; Law; Mission and Purpose; Negotiation; Business and Government Relations; Legal Services Industry; United States
Soltes, Eugene, and Anthea Brady. "Paul Weiss: Fighting or Negotiating with POTUS." Harvard Business School Case 125-098, April 2025. (Revised June 2025.)
- January 9, 2023
- Editorial
The Pursuit of Profit with Purpose Requires Patience
By: George Serafeim
Keywords: Corporate Purpose; Purpose; Purpose Of Business Schools; Entrepreneur; Mission and Purpose; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Profit; Entrepreneurship
Serafeim, George. "The Pursuit of Profit with Purpose Requires Patience." Financial Times (January 9, 2023).
- 2022
- Book
하트 오브 비즈니스 미래의 비즈니스를 위한 안내서
By: Hubert Joly and Caroline Lambert
A remarkable turnaround by a leader with a remarkable philosophy: Find your noble purpose. Put people at the center. Unleash human magic.
"It was fall in Minnesota. It was getting cold and we were supposed to die." This is how Hubert Joly describes the early,... View Details
"It was fall in Minnesota. It was getting cold and we were supposed to die." This is how Hubert Joly describes the early,... View Details
Keywords: Capitalism; Leadership; Mission and Purpose; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Leading Change
Joly, Hubert, and Caroline Lambert. 하트 오브 비즈니스 미래의 비즈니스를 위한 안내서. Sangsang Square, 2022, Korean ed.
- 2022
- Book
商业的核心 新时代的企业经营原则 世界500强百思买前掌门人作品 贝佐斯推荐
By: Hubert Joly and Caroline Lambert
A remarkable turnaround by a leader with a remarkable philosophy: Find your noble purpose. Put people at the center. Unleash human magic.
"It was fall in Minnesota. It was getting cold and we were supposed to die." This is how Hubert Joly describes the early,... View Details
"It was fall in Minnesota. It was getting cold and we were supposed to die." This is how Hubert Joly describes the early,... View Details
Keywords: Capitalism; Leadership; Mission and Purpose; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Leading Change
Joly, Hubert, and Caroline Lambert. 商业的核心 新时代的企业经营原则 世界500强百思买前掌门人作品 贝佐斯推荐. CITIC Publishing Group, 2022, Chinese Mandarin ed.
- May 2004 (Revised July 2004)
- Case
Clarence Saunders: The Comeback King
By: Nitin Nohria and Bridget Gurtler
Follows the rise and fall of the founder of the modern supermarket, Clarence Saunders. Prior to 1915, all staple shopping took place in the market or general store, where a clerk behind a counter pulled items from shelves for customers , measured them from a barrel, or... View Details
Keywords: Inflation and Deflation; Mission and Purpose; Business Processes; Leadership; Consumer Behavior; Leadership Style; Advertising; Customer Relationship Management; Customer Value and Value Chain; Order Taking and Fulfillment
Nohria, Nitin, and Bridget Gurtler. "Clarence Saunders: The Comeback King." Harvard Business School Case 404-070, May 2004. (Revised July 2004.)
- 02 Apr 2015
- Research & Ideas
Digital Initiative Summit: The Business of Crowdsourcing
amazing amounts of free time. Put a problem in front of them, and they will participate." Lipstein said the combination of "cool data sets" and a social mission has led to strong engagement on his company's challenges. "People are... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 29 Jul 2014
- First Look
First Look: July 29
Commodore David Russell, who headed the Royal Navy's rescue mission, and on Robert Moore's (2002) award-winning book A Time to Die: The Kursk Disaster, the paper explores how and why this failure-a multiparty coordination failure-occurred. The Kursk rescue View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Sep 2006
- Research & Ideas
Report From Egypt: Studying Global Influences
multinationals that move people across locations, expect frequent travel outside the country, and emphasize abundant training and Web-based process tools. Part of the mission of all three companies in Egypt is to transmit these standards... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- January 2010
- Article
Buy Local? The Geography of Successful Venture Capital Expansion
By: Henry Chen, Paul A. Gompers, Anna Kovner and Josh Lerner
We document geographic concentration by both venture capital firms and venture capital-financed companies in three metropolitan areas: San Francisco, Boston, and New York. We find that venture capital firms locate in regions with high success rates of venture... View Details
Keywords: Venture Capital; Expansion; Success; Capital; Geographic Location; Business Units; Corporate Accountability; Business Offices; Goals and Objectives; Mission and Purpose; Investment Funds; Corporate Governance; Boston; New York (state, US); San Francisco
Chen, Henry, Paul A. Gompers, Anna Kovner, and Josh Lerner. "Buy Local? The Geography of Successful Venture Capital Expansion." Journal of Urban Economics 67, no. 1 (January 2010): 90–110.
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Alfred D. Chandler: His Vision and Achievement
Among historians, Alfred Chandler's influence is by far the greatest, as he has affected economics, sociology, and business administration. Chandler never took short cuts, never stinted, and never published until he was satisfied that he had done his very best.... View Details
Keywords: Goals and Objectives; Mission and Purpose; Success; Books; Demand and Consumers; Power and Influence; Economic Growth; Ethics; Knowledge Sharing; Product Positioning; Market Transactions; Fair Value Accounting
McCraw, T. K. "Alfred D. Chandler: His Vision and Achievement." Business History Review 82, no. 4 (Winter 2008).
- 03 Mar 2010
- What Do You Think?
To What Degree Does “Identity” Affect Economic Performance?
leadership changes ." Phil Clark comments that " you really cannot hide your identity. No brand, motto, or corporate mission statement written on a wall can cover the reality of what others see." Alexis Meza poses and... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- June 2020
- Teaching Note
The New LAX: Ready for Takeoff?
By: Boris Groysberg, Carin-Isabel Knoop, Kerry Herman and Amy Klopfenstein
This teaching note serves as a supplement to “The New LAX: Ready for Takeoff?” HBS 420-025. View Details
Keywords: Change; Change Management; Transformation; Leadership; Leading Change; Leadership Style; Management; Management Practices and Processes; Management Succession; Organizations; Organizational Culture; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Mission and Purpose; Strategy; Alignment; Transportation; Air Transportation; Transportation Networks; Air Transportation Industry; North and Central America; United States; California; Los Angeles
- 28 Mar 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, March 28
school management organization (CMO) Uncommon Schools, is reassessing the nonprofit’s strategy. For nearly 10 years, Uncommon had fulfilled its mission to bring high-quality education to students in low-income, urban areas using a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- July 2021
- Supplement
Trouble at Basecamp: Managing Politics, Polarization, and Conflict in the Workplace (B)
By: Nour Kteily, Deepak Malhotra and David Lane
Supplement to the (A) case View Details
Keywords: Change; Communication; Diversity; Fairness; Values and Beliefs; Governance; Employees; Working Conditions; Leading Change; Leadership Style; Mission and Purpose; Organizational Culture; Work-Life Balance; Labor and Management Relations; Conflict and Resolution; Identity; Social Issues; Equality and Inequality; Technology Platform; Information Technology Industry; United States
Kteily, Nour, Deepak Malhotra, and David Lane. "Trouble at Basecamp: Managing Politics, Polarization, and Conflict in the Workplace (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 922-004, July 2021.
- June 10, 2022
- Article
Does Your Company’s Culture Reinforce Its Strategy and Purpose?
By: Hubert Joly
Good strategy has traditionally been seen as the key to business success. More recently, purpose has become an essential element of doing business. But something else is missing: culture, or the essential elements of how an organization and its employees behave, as... View Details
Joly, Hubert. "Does Your Company’s Culture Reinforce Its Strategy and Purpose?" Harvard Business Review (website) (June 10, 2022).
- February 2020
- Teaching Note
Essential Explorations at MUJI
By: Tomomichi Amano and Das Narayandas
Launched as a private brand in 1980 to counter the increasingly brand-conscious consumer in Japan, MUJI offered beautifully designed, fairly priced, no-frills quality goods. The once modest private label brand with 40 products had expanded significantly by 2019 to more... View Details
- 07 Aug 2012
- First Look
First Look: August 7
obsolescence built into the technology transfer agreement. Purchase this case:http://hbr.org/search/712049-PDF-ENG Columbia's Final Mission (Abridged) (A) Amy C. Edmondson and Kerry HermanHarvard Business School Case 612-095 This case... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
Horrible Boss Workarounds
stresses the importance of zooming—the ability to view the world through an adjustable lens as the situation demands, examining particular details in certain situations and maintaining a broad view of the mission in others. Talented... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 30 May 2007
- Research & Ideas
Health Care Under a Research Microscope
improving health care. But the new Medicare drug plan uses private insurers and health plans to drive down drug costs, and is showing early payoffs that exceed expectations, he says. "Think about the educational mission of HBS, which... View Details
- 07 Sep 2020
- Research & Ideas
How to Help Small Businesses Survive COVID's Next Phase
performance on real-time dashboards, making monitoring less onerous. “Small-business owners tend to focus on their customers, and on their products and services,” Mills says. “They often don’t have time for the accounting and paperwork. But knowing your cash situation... View Details