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- 22 Mar 2022
- Cold Call Podcast
How Etsy Found Its Purpose and Crafted a Turnaround
- October 2010
- Teaching Note
Whole Foods: Balancing Social Mission and Growth (TN)
By: Christopher Marquis and Bobbi Thomason
Teaching Note for 410023. View Details
- January 2014
- Supplement
Dana Hall: Funding a Mission (D)
By: F. Warren McFarlan and Kaitlyn Szydlowski
This case is a sequel to Dana Hall: Funding a Mission (A), (B) and (C) cases. It focuses on the causes of recent fund-raising success and the complex resource allocation problems the School faces as it tries to deliver on its mission. In conjunction with the (A), (B) &... View Details
Keywords: Philanthropy; Mission and Purpose; Social Enterprise; Finance; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving
McFarlan, F. Warren, and Kaitlyn Szydlowski. "Dana Hall: Funding a Mission (D)." Harvard Business School Supplement 114-031, January 2014.
- May 2019
- Teaching Note
Elon Musk: Balancing Purpose and Risk
By: Shikhar Ghosh and Shweta Bagai
Teaching Note for HBS No. 817-040. View Details
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Advancing the Mission
Fund advance the School's mission to educate leaders who make a difference in the world. Other examples include a professor's exploration of a tech giant's new revenue market for an existing product, and the... View Details
- January 2014 (Revised August 2014)
- Case
The Kursk Submarine Rescue Mission
By: Anette Mikes
The Kursk, a Russian nuclear-powered submarine sank in the relatively shallow waters of the Barents Sea in August 2000, during a naval exercise. Numerous survivors were reported to be awaiting rescue, and within a week, an international rescue party gathered at the... View Details
Keywords: Risk Management; Moral Sensibility; Leadership; Organizational Structure; Crisis Management; Failure; Cooperation; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Norway; United Kingdom; Russia
Mikes, Anette. "The Kursk Submarine Rescue Mission." Harvard Business School Case 114-046, January 2014. (Revised August 2014.)
- June 2014
- Case
The Kursk Submarine Rescue Mission (Multimedia)
By: Anette Mikes and Tom Ryder
During a military exercise in August 2000, a state-of-the-art Russian nuclear submarine, the Kursk, sank in the Barents Sea, triggering global media attention and an international rescue effort.
In addition to Russia's Northern Fleet, two other organizations got... View Details
In addition to Russia's Northern Fleet, two other organizations got... View Details
Mikes, Anette, and Tom Ryder. "The Kursk Submarine Rescue Mission (Multimedia)." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Case 114-708, June 2014.
- Article
The Social Contract Model of Corporate Purpose and Responsibility
By: Nien-he Hsieh
Of the many developments in business ethics that Thomas Donaldson has helped pioneer, one is the application of social contract theory to address questions about the responsibilities of business actors. In Corporations and Morality, Donaldson develops one of the... View Details
Hsieh, Nien-he. "The Social Contract Model of Corporate Purpose and Responsibility." Business Ethics Quarterly 25, no. 4 (October 2015): 433–460. (DOI: 10.1017/beq.2016.1.)
- October 2022
- Teaching Note
Creating and Measuring Purpose at Viega
By: Ethan Rouen and Suraj Srinivasan
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 122-028. View Details
- 02 Dec 2022
- News
Purpose and Profit with George Serafeim
- 15 Apr 2022
- News
Funding His Purpose
to increased need and companies were eager to contribute to the effort, SITAWI’s nonprofit organization mobilized nine times as much capital as it had the previous year and doubled the size of its workforce.... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
MBAs on a Mission
global health bottlenecks through CHAI (now known as the Clinton Health Access Initiative since its mission has expanded to include pandemics like tuberculosis and malaria). As director of operations... View Details
- 17 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
How ‘Hybrid’ Nonprofits Can Stay on Mission
populations they were trying to help” In the wake of this evolution over the past decade, more organizations have adopted a hybrid business model in which a social mission is the primary goal, but they still aim to generate enough... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 02 May 2022
- News
Spotify, Disney, Ukraine, and Deep Purpose (ft. Ranjay Gulati)
- April 2021 (Revised December 2023)
- Case
The Mahindra Group: Leading with Purpose
By: Ranjay Gulati and Rachna Tahilyani
India headquartered Mahindra Group is a multibillion-dollar federation of companies operating across the globe. It is ahead of its time in articulating its purpose and mapping its values, something it had first done at inception and then refreshed yet again as ‘Rise’... View Details
Keywords: Mission and Purpose; Organizational Culture; Change Management; Communication Strategy; Family Ownership; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Revenue; Auto Industry; Financial Services Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Technology Industry; Asia; India; Mumbai; South Korea; Italy; United States
Gulati, Ranjay, and Rachna Tahilyani. "The Mahindra Group: Leading with Purpose." Harvard Business School Case 421-091, April 2021. (Revised December 2023.)
- 23 Aug 2019
- Sharpening Your Skills
Has the Corporate Mission Just Been Disrupted?
has been discussed for decades. Here is research and writing from Harvard Business School that discusses both the concept in theory and examples of CSR in practice. A Good Place to Start Statement on the... View Details
- May 1992 (Revised May 1993)
- Case
World Bank: Mission Uncertain
By: George C. Lodge
Lodge, George C. "World Bank: Mission Uncertain." Harvard Business School Case 792-100, May 1992. (Revised May 1993.)
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Statement of Purpose
The statement of purpose allows applicants to articulate their academic goals, research interests, and motivation for pursuing a PhD. Watch this video to learn more about the difference between your... View Details
- June 2014 (Revised June 2017)
- Teaching Note
The Kursk Submarine Rescue Mission (Case and Multimedia)
By: Anette Mikes and Amram Migdal
Teaching note for 114-708 View Details