Measurement Of Purpose - Publications - Faculty & Research

12 Jul 2021
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Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis

India. “Hence ‘Alumni in Action’.... powerful stories of resilience, purpose and giving back. Stories that restore one's faith in Humanity and inspire us to dream of a better... View Details

01 Jun 1997
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New Releases

may still lose market dominance. Drawing on observations from a variety of industries, HBS associate professor Clayton Christensen argues that otherwise sound business practices - such as concentrating investments and technology on the... View Details

01 Feb 1997
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Ban the Butterfly Rule for Corporate Directors

loses his or her brilliant colors - turns from a butterfly into a moth - then he or she no longer measures up. This view of the director's role creates a terrible perception for the public. Beyond that, it... View Details

Keywords: Joseph Hinsey IV

11 Apr 2018
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The First Five Years: Regan Turner (MBA 2013)

Photos courtesy of Regan Turner Regan Turner (MBA/MPP 2013) is executive director of The Mission Continues, a national nonprofit that “deploys” military veterans to community-impact projects to help them... View Details

17 Feb 2015
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The First Five Years: Diogo Castro Freire (MBA 2012)

climate change policies? “My theory is that audiences are now self-selecting in what they watch, and we need a broader spectrum of stories, choice of protagonists, and distribution strategies that are View Details

Keywords: Arts, Entertainment; Motion Picture and Sound Recording Industries; Information

01 Oct 1997
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Theory & Practice

Defining Moments by Joseph L. Badaracco, Jr. (Harvard Business School Press) How should you respond if you are offered an opportunity at work solely because of your race or gender? What should you do if a single parent on your staff is... View Details

01 Oct 2002
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Bozidar Djelic

When Bozidar Djelic turned 37 last April, the musicians cutting loose at his birthday soiree boasted some pretty impressive days jobs. The one hundred guests at the celebration, including Serbia's Prime Minster Zoran Djindjic, were treated to a performance featuring... View Details

01 Jun 2013
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Alumni Books

Big Data to Your Advantage by Kaiser Fung (MBA 2001) (McGraw-Hill) With advancements in smartphones and computers, huge amounts of data are being collected, and more and more things can be measured that... View Details

29 Sep 2022
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Securing a Resilient Future for Senegal

In March 2020, Sijh Diagne (MBA 2017) left his job as an investment banker in New York to move back to his native Senegal as an advisor to the minister of economy, planning, and cooperation. The position would entail developing the... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

08 May 2019
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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... View Details

05 Mar 2025
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Uncertain Terms

After Amar Bhidé (MBA 1979/DBA 1988) became an HBS assistant professor in 1988, then-dean John H. McArthur (MBA 1959/DBA 1963) gave him a copy of economist Frank Knight’s 1921 book Risk, Uncertainty and Profit. Knight’s idea that “uncertainty” must be distinguished... View Details

01 Dec 1997
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"Economists are puzzle solvers..."

priced. So they see that even with an instrument that never existed before they came into the classroom that day, the theory allows us to price it and measure its risk. Bulletin: When did you first become interested in the field View Details

01 Oct 1996
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The Right Stuff: Getting the Word from MBA Admissions

before, which makes it more convenient for applicants. We're also working with the Graduate Management Admissions Council, which designs the GMAT, to further enhance the test with qualitative measures of the... View Details

01 Oct 2000
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Books

of entry-level assistants, neophyte managers, seasoned VPs, CEOs, and anyone else who worries that their company may be caught flat-footed by the future. More Than a Motorcycle: The Leadership Journey at Harley-Davidson, by Rich Teerlink... View Details

01 Jun 2017
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Better Hiring Through Brain Science

Frida Polli (MBA 2012) came to HBS as a neuroscientist in search of a business problem to solve, and she found it during the recruitment season. All of these companies and job-seekers searching for hints... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

01 Dec 2002
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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 View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

01 Mar 2018
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Democratizing Data to Favor Farmers

illustration by Jon Krause In 2006, Palo Alto native Charles Baron (MBA 2013) decided to join a future brother-in-law on his central Nebraska farm for the duration of the year’s corn harvest. It was what farmers would call a mixed... View Details

Keywords: Sasha Issenberg

01 Jun 2023
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Alumni and Faculty Books

Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books The Boxer of Quirinal By John Barr (MBA 1972) Red Hen Press All animals struggle to survive. In John Barr’s poems, the success of the heron hunting, the albatross... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

27 Oct 2016
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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 Apr 1999
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Q & A: Confronting New Technologies: When Doing Right Is Wrong

technologies are often disruptive to established organizations because they have a different set of attributes that aren't valued in existing markets. Market potential can seldom be measured and profit... View Details

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