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Hrithik Bansal Archives | Social Enterprise

Curriculum Social Enterprise Student Club Social Entrepreneurship Summer Fellows Technology for Good Transformative Impact Tri-Sector Impact 1 Results Living the HBS Mission with BRAC Donella Rapier Hrithik Bansal 26 Oct 2017 During the... View Details

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Africa Business Club | MBA

Africa Business Club Twenty-seven years ago, African students at HBS saw the need to create an organization to elevate the African brand and highlight what it means be African, do business in Africa, and push for Africa’s development and prosperity. This View Details

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Activities, Government & Clubs | MBA

Clubs are a vital part of the Harvard Business School (HBS) Community experience that support the school's mission to educate leaders who make a difference in the world. Clubs sponsor a variety of events such as workshops, speakers, and... View Details

01 Dec 2016
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The Power of Many

Every Gift Matters Annual gifts from alumni and friends to the HBS Fund for Leadership and Innovation are vital to the School’s mission to educate leaders who make a difference in the world. HBS puts these gifts to use immediately to... View Details

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French-Speaking Club | MBA

French-Speaking Club The mission of French-Speaking Club is to provide an active platform to gather HBS students and alumni of all nationalities united by a desire to practice or learn French, and to discover the cultures of the various... View Details

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European Club | MBA

European Club The mission of the European Club is to be the foremost gateway between HBS and Europe for students, alumni, and the business community by promoting awareness of European business, government, and culture on campus through... View Details

Alumni Changing the World

Esther Hsu Wang

Esther Hsu Wang, MBA 2009, Founding Partner of IDinsight, is on a mission to change the way the world supports those in need. Based in Lusaka, Zambia and serving organizations across Africa and Asia, IDinsight uses data and measurement to... View Details

09 Jun 2023
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How to Communicate your Organizations’ People-Centered Values

diversity and inclusion are mission statements and the existence of Employee Resource Groups. Mission statements and company values are often publicly accessible on organizations’ websites. Evaluate if your... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

01 Sep 2020
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Righting the Ship

all, Shackleton realized that the crisis he faced was, at its essence, one of life and death. We need to start with that realization today during the COVID-19 pandemic. Shackleton understood that the mission was to get everyone home... View Details

24 Apr 2014
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Fostering financial freedom for low-income individuals

1998, and the “Love Our Local Business” program, which encourages growth for small businesses by giving grants to entrepreneurs. In India, Intuit’s free mobile application, Fasal, has connected 1.5 million farmers with agents to get fair-market prices for their... View Details

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Whisky, Bourbon & Spirits Society | MBA

Whisky, Bourbon & Spirits Society Our mission is to develop a community that fosters appreciation for and understanding of the culture surrounding whiskies, bourbons, scotches, and other fine spirits that will translate to forging bonds... View Details

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Bitcoin & Crypto Club | MBA

Bitcoin & Crypto Club The Bitcoin & Crypto Club’s mission is to: i) provide an educational foundation for people interested in learning about bitcoin and crypto technologies, and ii) increase exposure and access to various industry... View Details

01 Sep 2009
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Students Take Aim at Foreclosures

to helping it carry out its mission more effectively. They saw their work as a first step toward building ways to engage other students in the cause. “It’s really a way to help people stay in their homes,” Damali Brown (HBS ’10), one of... View Details

Keywords: foreclosures; Real Estate

03 Sep 2024
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Energy & Environment Club

Are you interested in connected with other HBS MBA students dedicated to tackling climate change? Student Clubs are a vital part of the HBS Community experience that support the school's mission to educate leaders who make a difference in... View Details

03 Jul 2018
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Should CEO Satya Nadella Cancel Microsoft’s Contract with ICE?

Enforcement agency (ICE) over questions about how ICE conducts its business in handling immigrant families. Many assumed a legalistic stance, reminding us that ICE, as a duly created agency of the government was only carrying out the View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Computer; Technology

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Use Purpose to Transform Your Workplace

By: Leena Nair, Nick Dalton, Patrick Hull and William Kerr

Is keeping pace with the future of work incompatible with using purpose to guide the organization? Unilever is stretching its well-known commitment to purpose for a new and daunting challenge—the transformation of its workforce of more than 149,000 employees. Its... View Details

Keywords: Future Of Work; Purpose; Unilever; Organizations; Mission and Purpose; Talent and Talent Management; Transition; Decision Making; Transformation

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Lomography: Analog in a Digital World

By: John T. Gourville, Karol Misztal and Emer Moloney

In spite of the world's move to digital photography, in 2013 Lomography continues to design and offer analog (film) cameras to a loyal following of artistic photographers. Now it must decide whether to stick to its traditional offerings, to expand into artistic lenses... View Details

Keywords: Positioning; Product Lines; Product Line Management; Mission and Purpose; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Technological Innovation; Brands and Branding; Fine Arts Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Technology Industry

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12 Nov 2024
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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

01 Sep 2024
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From the Classroom to Casablanca

to financial advisors would be offered to the city’s young people. Read more about Advancing the Mission The bank and its educational partner, Groupe ISCAE, a prominent business school in Casablanca with other locations in Morocco and... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

09 Aug 2019
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Making the Switch from CPG to a Self-Driving Car Startup through my Summer Internship

criteria. They are building all-electric, zero-emissions autonomous cars with the mission of making our cities safer and more sustainable with every ride. The Internship Experience I’m on the Go-To-Market team, which is responsible... View Details

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