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- May 2016
- Supplement
Mission Impossible? Yummy77 Delivers Groceries within the Hour
By: Benjamin Edelman
- 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
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- February 2020 (Revised September 2021)
- Supplement
Mission Related Investments at the Ford Foundation (B)
By: Shawn Cole, Michael Norris and T. Robert Zochowski
Supplements the (A) case.
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Keywords:
Mission-Related Investing;
Philanthropy;
Foundation;
Endowments;
Socially Responsible Investing;
Investment;
Institutional Investing;
Investment Activism;
Governance;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Mission and Purpose;
Social Enterprise;
Philanthropy and Charitable Giving;
United States
Cole, Shawn, Michael Norris, and T. Robert Zochowski. "Mission Related Investments at the Ford Foundation (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 220-027, February 2020. (Revised September 2021.)
- November 2015 (Revised June 2017)
- Case
Mission Impossible? Yummy77 Delivers Groceries within the Hour
By: Benjamin Edelman
Yummy77 considers alternative operational models to reduce cost, improve speed, and increase appeal. Can one of these approaches succeed where others have failed?
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Keywords:
Grocery Delivery;
Operations;
Platforms;
Logistics;
Distribution;
Food;
Food and Beverage Industry;
Retail Industry;
China
Edelman, Benjamin. "Mission Impossible? Yummy77 Delivers Groceries within the Hour." Harvard Business School Case 916-025, November 2015. (Revised June 2017.) (request a courtesy copy.)
- 19 Dec 2012
- News
To Give Your Employees Meaning, Start With Mission
- 25 May 2018
- News
An Urgent Mission to Speed Progress Against Cancer
- June 2010 (Revised September 2010)
- Case
Atlantis Paradise Island Resort & Casino: Improving Performance with a New Vision and Mission
By: Lynda M. Applegate and Gabriele Piccoli
Atlantis Paradise Island adopted a new vision and mission to provide its guests and employees an enhanced brand experience. The dilemma Atlantis faced was how to integrate the new vision and mission into all the brand touch points in order to improve customer...
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Keywords:
Change Management;
Customer Satisfaction;
Corporate Entrepreneurship;
Employee Relationship Management;
Brands and Branding;
Service Delivery;
Mission and Purpose;
Performance Improvement;
Accommodations Industry
Applegate, Lynda M., and Gabriele Piccoli. "Atlantis Paradise Island Resort & Casino: Improving Performance with a New Vision and Mission." Harvard Business School Case 810-140, June 2010. (Revised September 2010.)
- Web
Zanele Muholi Bangezile, Adams Mission 2021 | About
Zanele Muholi Bangezile, Adams Mission , 2021 Zanele Muholi (South African, born 1972), Bangezile, Adams Mission , 2021, Gelatin silver print, 21 5/8 × 16 1/8 in. Schwartz Art Collection, Harvard Business...
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- 27 May 2020
- News
Why the SpaceX manned mission is critical to the private space race
- October 2019
- Teaching Note
Unifying Divisions: Loop's Mission to Preserve the Planet
By: Shikhar Ghosh and Marilyn Morgan Westner
- 05 Aug 2009
- News
The Shifting Mission of Health Care Delivery Organizations
- 19 Aug 2015
- Research & Ideas
Codeacademy’s Delicate Work of Adding Monetization Without Crushing Mission
pursuing a double bottom line of being both mission-driven and profitable. Can Codecademy stay true to its mission of always being free and still turn a profit? Jeff Bussgang: I have some experience as a "double bottom-line" entrepreneur...
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- 2021
- Working Paper
Enabling Mission Impact: Funding Strategies for High-Risk High-Reward Innovation
By: Carolyn J. Fu, Lars Frolund and Fiona Murray
Fu, Carolyn J., Lars Frolund, and Fiona Murray. "Enabling Mission Impact: Funding Strategies for High-Risk High-Reward Innovation." MIT Innovation Policy Working Paper, February 2021.
- 20 Jan 2021
- News
Mission possible: How start-up thinking can help public projects
- 01 Oct 2014
- News
What the Mission to Mars Shows about India's Innovators
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Finding a cure for cancer became a personal mission
Thai Lee (MBA 1985), president and CEO of SHI International, talks about how a family crisis led her to funding cancer research. (Published April 2014)
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- 2014
- Article
The Governance of Social Enterprises: Mission Drift and Accountability Challenges in Hybrid Organizations
By: Alnoor Ebrahim, Julie Battilana and Johanna Mair
We examine the challenges of governance facing organizations that pursue a social mission through the use of market mechanisms. These hybrid organizations, often referred to as social enterprises, combine aspects of both charity and business at their core. In this...
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Keywords:
Governance;
Hybrid Organizations;
Nonprofit;
Performance Measurement;
Legal Form;
Agency Theory;
Stakeholder Management;
Mission and Purpose;
Social Enterprise;
Corporate Accountability
Ebrahim, Alnoor, Julie Battilana, and Johanna Mair. "The Governance of Social Enterprises: Mission Drift and Accountability Challenges in Hybrid Organizations." Research in Organizational Behavior 34 (2014): 81–100.
- 10 Mar 2015
- News
How Social Enterprises Can Protect Mission and Deliver Profit
- 2007
- Report
Aggregating Impact: A Funder's Guide to Mission Investment Intermediaries
By: Mark R. Kramer and Sarah E. Cooch
Despite the wide range of impact investment intermediaries that are available and the advantages they can offer, many funders remain unaware of this growing trend to deliver both social impact and financial returns. This study from 2007 provides an overview of these...
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Keywords:
Financial Intermediaries;
Foundations;
Impact Investment;
Development Economics;
Mission and Purpose;
Investment;
Strategy
Kramer, Mark R., and Sarah E. Cooch. "Aggregating Impact: A Funder's Guide to Mission Investment Intermediaries." Report, FSG, November 2007.