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  • 2022
  • Book

L'entreprise, une affaire de cœur

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
Keywords: Capitalism; Leadership; Mission and Purpose; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Leading Change
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  • 2007
  • Chapter

The Rationales and Performance of Public Venturing: Survey Evidence from Belgium and Finland

By: Ant Bozkaya and William R. Kerr
Keywords: Public Sector; Public Ownership; Mission and Purpose; Performance; Belgium; Finland
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  • 04 Feb 2008
  • Research & Ideas

Putting Entrepreneurship in the Social Sector

interest in developing social entrepreneurship courses, and last but not least, practitioners themselves, who are seeking to achieve mission impact as effectively, efficiently, and sustainably as possible. Q: What do you mean by social... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • August 2008
  • Supplement

Microsoft's Unlimited Potential (B)

By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Marie Madelene Bell
This short (B) case provides an update of how Microsoft organized its unlimited potential initiative. View Details
Keywords: Mission and Purpose; Business or Company Management; Information Technology Industry
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  • Web

Strategic Plan | Information Technology

Strategic Plan Our strategic priorities and initiatives. Our North Star The Harvard Business School (HBS) IT three-year strategic plan (FY24–FY26) is organized around HBS IT’s five strategic priorities, as well as the IT mission and... View Details

    Alfred M. Zeien

    When he became CEO of Gillette, Zeien immediately began coordinating a change in the firm’s overall business strategy as well as in the mission statement. He aimed to have every one of Gillette’s products, which range from razors to... View Details
    Keywords: Personal Care & Home Products
    • 01 Mar 2011
    • News

    Changing the Culture

    To address Dean Nitin Nohria’s concern that HBS can be a difficult place for some groups to thrive, the School has launched a new Culture and Community Initiative to ensure that all members of the community can achieve their full potential in advancing the View Details
    Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
    • March 2024
    • Supplement

    Negotiating the Gift of Life (B)

    By: Alex Chan
    Describes a negotiation where lives are truly at stake, where key lessons on persuasion and the role that identity might play in a negotiation are on display through an effort by a frontline negotiator from OneLegacy, the US's largest organ procurement organization. As... View Details
    Keywords: Economics; Negotiation; Communication; Diversity; Nonprofit Organizations; Emotions; Mission and Purpose; Health Industry
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    • June, 2023
    • Article

    Walking the Purpose-Talk Inside a Large Company: Sustainable Product Development as an Instance of Divergent Change

    By: Marissa Kimsey, Thijs Geradts and Julie Battilana
    There is a growing interest in large companies pursuing a new purpose—changing their core reason for being from a singular focus on financial gain to a renewed responsibility to people and the planet alongside profit. Yet knowledge of how a large company can walk that... View Details
    Keywords: Product Development; Environmental Sustainability; Mission and Purpose; Leading Change
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    • 6 Jul 2021
    • Interview

    Best Buy's Hubert Joly on Walking the Talk of Stakeholder Capitalism

    By: Hubert Joly and Alison Beard
    Hubert Joly, former chairman and CEO of Best Buy, says that now is the time for companies to get serious about operating to benefit not just shareholders but also employees, customers and broader society. In the face of environmental crisis, racial turmoil, and rising... View Details
    Keywords: Stakeholder Capitalism; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Mission and Purpose; Leadership; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact
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    • 01 Dec 2018
    • News

    An Emphasis on Teamwork

    mission impressed me when I applied, and it still does.” Krebs appreciates the School’s emphasis on team problem solving and experiential learning associated with the field method, an increasingly important aspect of MBA pedagogy. “We... View Details
    • 01 Mar 2021

    Women's Virtual Visit Week: Meet the Women's Student Association (WSA)

    Members of the Women’s Student Association (WSA), the largest student club on campus, will share the mission and accomplishments of the club and answer your questions about life at HBS. We will have students representing all different... View Details
    • 16 Oct 2018
    • Blog Post

    A Pathway to Pursue Aspirations

    rigor to the institution.” The inspiration arrived at the most opportune time. “NPR was a formative experience in which I learned two things,” says Mizuho. “First, I discovered that I enjoyed working for a mission I believed in and... View Details
    Keywords: Nonprofit / Government
    • 01 Jun 1998
    • News

    Investigation Leads to Sanctions, Recommendations

    address such issues and that a new community standards disciplinary process has been adopted. "The mission of the School is to educate leaders, and one of the most basic tenets of leadership is to treat others with respect," Clark stated... View Details
    • 12 Nov 2024
    • HBS Case

    Inside One Startup's Journey to Break Down Hiring (and Funding) Barriers

    have had,’ instead of: ‘Look at my Ferrari in my four-car garage.’” Incentives matter in inspiring employees to embrace the mission and work hard. “We want to make sure the incentives are aligned. Private markets do a much better job than... View Details
    Keywords: by Avery Forman; Employment
    • September 4, 2018
    • Article

    Management as a Calling

    By: Andrew J. Hoffman
    Business’s capacity to transform society is only as great as the schools that train its future leaders. This demands that business schools reform their vision to promote values of business serving society in order for students to see business as a true calling rather... View Details
    Keywords: Business Education; Personal Development and Career; Values and Beliefs; Mission and Purpose
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    • November 5, 2013
    • Article

    How to Turn Around Nearly Anything

    By: Rosabeth M. Kanter
    In turbulent times, turnarounds are increasingly a fact of life. Some companies need to be rescued from the brink of extinction, but that’s not the only kind of turnaround. Others need a course correction while still profitable, or a momentum shift because of... View Details
    Keywords: Turnarounds; Change; Purpose; Team Building; Voice; Positivity; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Change Management; Value; Assets; Mission and Purpose
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    • December 2001 (Revised November 2002)
    • Case

    John Smithers

    By: Nitin Nohria and Todd Jick
    Describes an ill-fated effort to institute a total quality program. Using the vantage point of one of the managers selected to be a quality instructor, the case traces the rise and fall of the quality effort during its very brief existence over the course of six... View Details
    Keywords: Quality; Change Management; Mission and Purpose; Organizational Culture; Failure
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    • 2016
    • Book

    Finding Purpose: Environmental Stewardship as a Personal Calling

    By: Andrew J. Hoffman
    Both thoughtful and thought-provoking, Finding Purpose aims to challenge our understanding of how humanity interacts with planet Earth, and our role within this. This book is an invitation: would you like to participate in one of the most important projects of... View Details
    Keywords: Environmental Sustainability; Ethics; Society; Mission and Purpose; Natural Environment
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    • April 1984
    • Supplement

    Johnson & Johnson (A): Philosophy & Culture, James Burke, Video

    By: Francis Aguilar
    James Burke, chairman and CEO of Johnson & Johnson, discusses the company's philosophy and culture, with particular emphasis on the significance of the Credo. View Details
    Keywords: Organizational Culture; Values and Beliefs; Mission and Purpose; Management Teams; Pharmaceutical Industry; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; Consumer Products Industry
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