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- June 10, 2021
- Article
How to Be a Purpose-Driven Leader in a Capitalist World
By: Celia Bravard, John Pontillo and Andrew J. Hoffman
Today’s business school education isn’t suited to the big challenges facing the world — climate change, economic inequality and racial injustice — that the leaders of tomorrow will be expected to solve. So, how can students and young professionals succeed in a system...
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Values and Beliefs;
Mission and Purpose;
Social Issues;
Power and Influence;
Social and Collaborative Networks;
Opportunities
Bravard, Celia, John Pontillo, and Andrew J. Hoffman. "How to Be a Purpose-Driven Leader in a Capitalist World." Harvard Business Review (website) (June 10, 2021).
- November 2020
- Teaching Note
Unilever's Response to the Future of Work
By: William R. Kerr and Bailey McAfee
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 820-104.
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- 06 Sep 2016
- News
Connecting Past and Present
the decorative-ceiling business when he began what would ultimately become JRI-Poland—a mission that has never felt like work. “People have found family they were never were able to locate,” he says, “or never knew existed.” (Published...
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- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Using storytelling to transform the retail experience
consultant and private equity investor, who lives in Toronto. BRIKA, which opened for business in late 2012, features nearly 300 “makers” and thousands of their carefully crafted wares. Consumers get a connection to a “maker” along with the conversation piece, plus...
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- 24 Apr 2014
- News
When being a good neighbor means economic development
projects in America, Mission Rock will be developed on land owned by the Port of San Francisco. Team officials plan to break ground in 2015. In addition to construction jobs, the project is expected to support more than 7,000 permanent...
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- 08 Oct 2014
- News
Making a Difference
#HBSMakingADifference Every day, HBS alumni are embodying the School's mission as "leaders who make a difference in the world." Please join us in celebrating this remarkable impact by sharing your story with the HBS alumni community. In...
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The Harvard Campaign
- September 2014
- Article
The New Heretics: Hybrid Organizations and the Challenges they Present to Corporate Sustainability
By: Nardia Haigh and Andrew J. Hoffman
Corporate sustainability has become mainstream; reaching into all areas of business management. Yet despite this progress, large-scale social and ecological issues continue to worsen. In this article, we examine how corporate sustainability has been enacted as a...
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Social Issues;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Environmental Sustainability;
Mission and Purpose
Haigh, Nardia, and Andrew J. Hoffman. "The New Heretics: Hybrid Organizations and the Challenges they Present to Corporate Sustainability." Organization & Environment 27, no. 3 (September 2014): 223–241.
- November 6, 2017
- Article
The Common Traps of Working in Your Family's Business
By: Josh Baron
When your family’s name is on the door, you will never just be one of the gang — and everything you do could be fodder for the office rumor mill. Your actions are amplified because of your status in the company, and even seemingly small gestures can unintentionally...
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Family Business;
Attitudes;
Behavior;
Personal Development and Career;
Mission and Purpose
Baron, Josh. "The Common Traps of Working in Your Family's Business." Harvard Business Review (website) (November 6, 2017).
- May 2022 (Revised December 2023)
- Case
Founder Collective
By: Jo Tango and Alys Ferragamo
Founder Collective ("FC") launched in 2009 with a clear mission: to be the most aligned fund for founders at the seed stage. In keeping with its mission, FC maintained smaller fund sizes and was not a lifecycle investor. By November of 2021, the seed market had become...
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Seed Investing;
Business Startups;
Mission and Purpose;
Investment;
Competitive Strategy;
Venture Capital
Tango, Jo, and Alys Ferragamo. "Founder Collective." Harvard Business School Case 822-129, May 2022. (Revised December 2023.)
- March 2008 (Revised March 2009)
- Case
Transforming AMFAM
By: Rakesh Khurana, Rajiv Lal and Cathy Ross
On a winter day in December 2007 at the American Family Mutual Insurance Company (AMFAM) headquarters in Madison, Wisconsin, Dave Anderson and Jack Salzwedel remained in the conference room after the senior management meeting had concluded. Anderson, CEO of AMFAM since...
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Customer Focus and Relationships;
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Marketing;
Mission and Purpose;
Strategic Planning;
Insurance Industry;
United States
Khurana, Rakesh, Rajiv Lal, and Cathy Ross. "Transforming AMFAM." Harvard Business School Case 508-081, March 2008. (Revised March 2009.)
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
Dan Fenn
If I had not been given a deadline, I'd still be poring over the written record of the people and highlights of those eventful years. I'd be reading about Dean Stan Teele, a thoughtful, high-minded leader who saw the mission of the School...
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Dan Fenn
- Web
C. Roland Christensen Papers — New Directions – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections
this style of teaching was fundamental in fulfilling the HBS mission to train future faculty and leaders. His papers offer scholars and educators access to his original research in business strategy as well as a window onto his teaching...
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- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Elevator Pitch: Wagr
Illustration by Drue Wagner Wagr [Wa-jr] Mario Malave (MBA 2020), CEO Eliana Eskinazi (MBA 2020), CPO Concept: Wagr is a social sports-betting app that allows people to bet with others in their community instead of betting against the house. The Why: Wagr’s View Details
- March 2021 (Revised January 2024)
- Case
Ayn Rand: Changing the World
By: Robert Simons and Max Saffer
This case traces the life of Ayn Rand from Russia to Hollywood to New York City. The case describes how Rand fled communist Russia and, in reaction to the deprivations she experienced under communism, developed a philosophy idealizing free will and personal...
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Writing;
Values and Beliefs;
Economic Systems;
Society;
Mission and Purpose;
Success;
Work-Life Balance;
Ethics;
Personal Development and Career;
Publishing Industry
Simons, Robert, and Max Saffer. "Ayn Rand: Changing the World." Harvard Business School Case 121-070, March 2021. (Revised January 2024.)
- January 1994 (Revised June 1996)
- Case
Problems at InSpeech
By: Lynn S. Paine
InSpeech, Inc., the largest U.S. provider of speech, occupational, and physical therapists to nursing homes and hospitals, is faltering badly. The company is having trouble retaining its frontline employees--the clinicians who deliver its services--and its customers....
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Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Business Strategy;
Problems and Challenges;
Health Care and Treatment;
Crisis Management;
Mission and Purpose;
Values and Beliefs;
Health Industry
Paine, Lynn S. "Problems at InSpeech." Harvard Business School Case 394-109, January 1994. (Revised June 1996.)
- Article
The Messy but Essential Pursuit of Purpose
By: Ranjay Gulati
Most forward-thinking executives have embraced the notion that purpose-driven companies can solve social and environmental problems while also generating wealth, creating win-win outcomes that benefit everyone. But ideal solutions are rare. Many purpose-driven...
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Purpose;
Sustainability;
Mission and Purpose;
Social Issues;
Environmental Sustainability;
Profit;
Business and Stakeholder Relations;
Decision Making
Gulati, Ranjay. "The Messy but Essential Pursuit of Purpose." Harvard Business Review 100, no. 2 (March–April 2022): 45–55.
- 25 Apr 2014
- News
In emerging economies, business opportunities provide lessons in leadership
students participate in HBS's mission of making a difference in the world. "We saw it when we talked to young kids about their lives, ambitions, and ways they could make their dreams happen," Leach says. "Our presence in these countries...
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- 01 Mar 2007
- News
LBS Picks New Dean
Commenting on his appointment, Buchanan told the Times (November 8, 2006): “London Business School is an outstanding asset, not only to this city and this country, but also to business around the globe.” He expressed eagerness to help the school deliver on its View Details
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Yi-An Huang
interested—I needed something that fed my soul more. In case after case, you really do get a broad perspective of what different industries and sectors feel like. I’d always think, would I really want to work here? Inside healthcare, I’m excited about finding the right...
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Health Care
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Marco Crespo
native country of Brazil. “After I graduate, I want to return to a nonprofit I worked for before, the Ayrton Senna Foundation,” says Marco. Founded by the sister of the late Formula 1 racing driver – a champion regarded by many as the best ever – the Foundation’s View Details