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- 28 Sep 2017
- News
Alumni-Founded Aerospace Pioneer Orbital Acquired for $7.8 Billion
two years ago, and will make Northrop the fourth-largest Pentagon contractor. In a statement about the deal, Thompson said: “The unique alignment in culture and mission offered by this transaction will allow... View Details
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How to Communicate your Organizations’ People-Centered Values - Recruiting
perfect, but many are more eager to work for organizations that are actively demonstrating equality as a key priority.” Mission, Values, and Support Other important outwardly facing indicators of an organization's commitment to diversity and inclusion are View Details
- 27 Oct 2016
- Blog Post
Meet the Management Consulting Club
Mission Statement The Management Consulting Club is one of the most popular student clubs on campus with an annual membership of over 250 students. We aim to serve as a bridge between the industry and... View Details
Keywords: Consulting
- 10 Oct 2018
- News
Working with a Giver’s Spirit
Manny Ayala (MBA 1992) is managing director of Endeavor Philippines, a branch of the global Endeavor organization, which fights poverty by finding and supporting high-impact entrepreneurs. “Our mission View Details
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1.1.1 MBA Program Guidance on HBS Community Values | MBA
1.1.1 MBA Program Guidance on HBS Community Values 1.1 Community Values Harvard Business School’s statement on Community Values lays out the principles that enable us to realize our mission of educating... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
HBS Students Help Rebuild New Orleans
leadership by doing in addition to discussing cases in the classroom. “It gives us an opportunity to really put the HBS mission statement to work and take a leadership role by looking at how to leverage our... View Details
- 27 Oct 2008
- Lessons from the Classroom
Achieving Excellence in Nonprofits
nonprofits should write mission statements that can be relied upon as a promise to deliver specified social value. Why is this important? A: It is important for nonprofits to be clear about what they are... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Faculty Books
mission statements of many business schools talk about developing leaders, these same schools produce little serious research about leadership. To fill this void, Professors Nohria and Khurana and scholars... View Details
- 11 May 2017
- Blog Post
Why We Recruit: Microsoft
organization in three to five sentences.On the surface, and to many, we are simply a well-known software company creating some of the best products on the market. However, since I have been working here, it has become clear to me that we are so much more than that. I... View Details
Keywords: Technology
- 05 Oct 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Vanguard Corporation
is serious about serving society. Q: How important are mission statements or guiding principles in helping a company focus on core values? A: Many companies have a mission... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
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Community Values & Honor Code | HBS Online
learning environment where individuals can have open discussion, reflect on their thinking, and learn from each other. The mission of Harvard Business School is to educate leaders who make a difference in the world. Achieving this View Details
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Andrew Goldin
says. "And the depth of the Social Enterprise Initiative – the courses it supports, the trips and extracurricular activities – really drew me in. At HBS, social enterprise is a true priority – not just a mission View Details
- 28 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
Responsible Leadership in an Unforgiving World
values statements of vague promises to make the world a better place that most companies proffer. "You've got to get beyond the values laundry list, which for most companies comes down to them being committed to everyone for almost... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 03 Jul 2018
- What Do You Think?
Should CEO Satya Nadella Cancel Microsoft’s Contract with ICE?
The “case” appears not to be closed. It will not go away. Just last week, Nadella, at a meeting with new interns, was presented with a USB stick containing the names of 300,000 signatories, including 500 Microsoft employees, to a View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
How Business Schools Lost Their Way
management, issuing a new mission statement that described its purpose as “to educate leaders who make a difference in the world.” Dartmouth’s Tuck School of Business came to define its primary educational... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Turning Point: In Good Company
in India. I have also been stable for nearly five years, a hard-won and cherished milestone. Over the years, the HBS mission statement sustained my ambition to make a difference in the world, to not be... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
Turning Point: Power Outlet
proactively, not reactively. I can’t stop. Then a mom from the group suggested setting up a conference call to figure out our next steps. From there, we formed a steering committee, and I drafted a mission View Details
- 01 Jun 2025
- News
Navigating Uncertainty: Dean Datar on HBS’s Path Forward
President Garber’s honesty in acknowledging that Harvard can do better, and calling for “significant and durable change.” I also appreciated his highlighting the significant steps he has taken over the last year. These include an update to the University View Details
- 20 Jun 2012
- Lessons from the Classroom
Teaching Leadership: What We Know
grown, so has the demand for courses on the topic. Scan the mission statements of most major universities and professional schools and you'll find that "educating leaders" is the common thread.... View Details
- 11 Feb 2019
- Research & Ideas
The Business of Saving the Planet
"The fact that the benefits of addressing the problem of climate change almost certainly outweigh the costs ... does not make concerted global action to address the problem easy." —Climate Change in 2018: Implications for Business If there is one positive... View Details