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  • 01 May 2013
  • News

Deborah A. Farrington, MBA 1976

says. "A Harvard MBA leveled the playing field for me." Of her gift for the HBS Fund, she says, "I am proud to support HBS's mission of training leaders who make a difference." View Details
  • 16 Sep 2016
  • News

Offshore Learning

careers by practicing science in an inspiring, natural environment. “Our core mission is to help close the achievement gap in Boston schools,” says Pearson. “The city, our donors, and the schools have been tremendous in their support.... View Details
  • 24 Apr 2014
  • News

Advancing the cause of women’s leadership in business

Having broken barriers in her own career, Ilene Lang (AB 1965, MBA 1973) has made it her mission to help other women succeed in business. The retired CEO of Catalyst now serves as senior advisor of the global research and advisory firm,... View Details
  • 07 Nov 2014
  • News

Investing for the Long Term in Education

Kim Lew (MBA 1992) is chief investment officer of the Carnegie Corporation of New York, where she manages $3.2 billion in assets for the corporation. In this interview, Lew discusses how she works to keep close to the original mission of... View Details
  • 14 Jul 2023
  • 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
  • Forthcoming
  • Article

How Important Is Editorial Gatekeeping? Evidence from Top Biomedical Journals

By: Joshua L. Krieger, Kyle R. Myers and Ariel D. Stern
We examine editors' influence on the scientific content of academic journals by unpacking the role of three major forces: journals' missions, aggregate supply of and demand for specific topics, and scientific homophily via editorial gatekeeping. In a sample of top... View Details
Keywords: Editors; Biomedical Research; Editorial Gatekeeping; Scientific Homophily; Intellectual Capital; Mission and Purpose; Journals and Magazines; Intellectual Property; Innovation and Invention; Human Capital; Higher Education; Publishing Industry
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  • Portrait Project

Yuval Gonczarowski

our first-born son after graduation, I hope he shares my curiosity for 1s and 0s. But it is even more important for me -- and it is my lifelong mission -- to lead by example and share with him my non-binary values: love for my family,... View Details
  • Portrait Project

Sundus Husain

own. I am the keeper of these bright dreams. My mission is to bring her, and all women like her, with me into the boardroom and to places unfrequented by us. Together we will have the temerity to travel the world and breach the skies.... View Details
  • 25 Apr 2014
  • News

Agent of change

effective leader, how to bring out the best in people, how to effect change in organizations, and the importance of mission and personal responsibility," she says. "I am more excited than I have ever been about the future and my ability... View Details
  • July 2023
  • Case

Schuberg Philis: From Success to Significance

By: Thomas J. DeLong and Daniela Beyersdorfer
The founders of Dutch professional services firm Schuberg Philis, and the new leadership team entrusted with the day-to-day management, must set the path forward in 2019. The company has grown into a €70 million revenue strong IT provider with top ranks in the... View Details
Keywords: Management Succession; Growth Management; Change Management; Transformation; Mission and Purpose; Leadership; Leading Change; Information Technology Industry; Consulting Industry; Europe; Netherlands
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  • July 2020
  • Supplement

Sesame Workshop (B): Celebrating 50 Years of Helping Kids Grow Smarter, Stronger, and Kinder

By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Joyce J. Kim
In 2019, Sesame Workshop celebrated its 50th anniversary while on a winning streak of social impact, innovation, and peak media and financial results. Over the past four years, CEO Jeff Dunn and his turnaround team exhibited values-driven leadership, instituted... View Details
Keywords: Social Impact; Children; Media; Television Entertainment; Education; Innovation and Invention; Change Management; Leadership; Mission and Purpose; Organizational Culture; Education Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry
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  • 01 Jun 2011
  • News

New Grants Assist Veterans

dollar-for-dollar by the Department of Veterans Affairs. HBS program administrators envision providing up to fifty grants to qualifying veterans each year and hope to generate alumni support to underwrite the costs. John French (MBA ’74), a former Marine pilot who flew... View Details
Keywords: veterans
  • 04 Mar 2014
  • Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: Managing Innovation

R. Lakhani on the keys to managing distributed innovation. What Does Nasa's "faster, Better, Cheaper" Teach About Innovation? Mission to Mars: It Really Is Rocket Science Do the successful Mars missions mean... View Details
Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty
  • 28 Feb 2025
  • News

Alumni Startup Enters the Shark Tank

folks they think might want to use Remento in their own families. Why did you decide to pursue an appearance on Shark Tank? Our mission at Remento is to help families preserve the stories of their parents and grandparents before those... View Details
  • 18 Jan 2016
  • Blog Post

Meet the HBS Race, Gender & Equity Initiative

Gender & Equity Initiative’s mission is to accelerate the advancement of women leaders and promote gender equity in business and society. Importantly, though addressing the underrepresentation of women in leadership is a core concern,... View Details
  • 01 Dec 2020
  • News

HBS Fund Chairs Reflect on the Past Five Years

GARRETT: The School has been such a powerful force in both our lives, and we wanted to honor that as well as support the School’s mission and excellence. JONES: We’re living at a time when the world faces no shortage of challenges, so the... View Details
  • August 19, 2024
  • Article

The Business Roundtable’s Stakeholder Pledge, Five Years Later

By: Lynn S. Paine
Five years ago, the Business Roundtable issued a statement pledging to “lead their companies for the benefit of all stakeholders.” In the past five years, stakeholderism has gained wider acceptance and helped many corporate leaders see the value of taking the interests... View Details
Keywords: Business and Stakeholder Relations; Business or Company Management; Mission and Purpose; Corporate Governance
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  • Web

Departments | Employment

variety of disciplines (education, economics, information science, journalism, librarianship, management, statistics, etc.) focused on supporting Harvard Business School (HBS)’s mission by enabling the creation and exchange of ideas,... View Details
  • 11 Apr 2018
  • News

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 find purpose and to serve as role... View Details
  • 11 Apr 2016
  • Blog Post

Working With Organizations That Recruit at HBS: An Interview with Casey O'Connor

Government, Clean Technology and Energy, Social Enterprise and Health Care. I deeply believe in HBS’s mission to educate leaders who make a difference in the world. I am most excited to partner with mission... View Details
Keywords: Health Care; Nonprofit / Government