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17 Oct 2011
Research & Ideas

How ‘Hybrid’ Nonprofits Can Stay on Mission

For those who like to view things in black and white, it's tempting to divide the working world into two camps. There is the for-profit sector, primarily driven by the prospect of financial success. And then there's the not-for-profit world, which eschews the almighty... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

November 2023 (Revised May 2024)
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Kickstarter: Crowdfunding for the Arts

By: Rohit Deshpandé and Alexis Lefort

Kickstarter was a virtual crowdfunding platform and community that allowed creators of all kinds to raise funding for creative projects. The executive team was wrestling with a tension in its business model: the organization earned the majority of its revenue from... View Details

Keywords: Fundraising; Mission; Crowdfunding; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Mission and Purpose; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Arts; Web Services Industry; United States

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01 Dec 2004
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Campaign Success Continues

The generous gift for the School’s doctoral programs fulfills an important need at HBS and will have a far-reaching impact. “We are grateful to the thousands of alumni and friends who generously have supported the campaign,” said Dean Kim B. Clark, noting that many... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

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LSEG Workspace | Baker Library

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Emerging Topics - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

among the most important tools to drive shared value in practice. Shared Value & Investors Shared value investing represents an evolution in the relationship between investors, business, and society. Shared Value by Sector: Read New FSG Research Extracting with View Details

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August 2023 (Revised August 2023)
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Sky Therapeutics: Innovating in Digital Therapeutics

By: Satish Tadikonda, Olivia Reszczynski and William Marks

Shad Faraz and Alex Youssef were intrigued by the opportunities in the relatively new area of Digital Therapeutics. Despite initial successes, early entrants had struggled with reimbursement and revenue-predictability challenges. However, venture investors still... View Details

Keywords: Business Startups; Entrepreneurship; Mission and Purpose; Health Industry; Technology Industry

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23 Sep 2018
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320,000 High Schoolers to Get Free Water Bottles. The Goal? 54 Million Fewer Single-Use Drinks

28 Nov 2007
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B2B Branding: Does it Work?

cheerleader, loves the brand heritage, and is a great storyteller. The CMO sees his or her purpose as helping the CEO achieve this role. The CEO understands that building brand reputation reduces commercial risk, insulates the company in... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch; Consumer Products

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Sacha Yabili

purpose of providing his mourning family with shelter, food, and education. Their legacy has since been a compass in my life. When I could not become a pilot because of my deficient eyesight, I chose to dream higher rather than stalling.... View Details

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Caren Kelleher

My great-grandmother, a Swedish immigrant, left her homeland at the age of twenty to pursue her American dream; my grandmother, a WWII nurse, outranked her own husband in the Army; and my mother, a purposeful entrepreneur, started her own... View Details

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Bahia El Oddi

purpose is to bridge the gap that separated Mehdi and me, breaking down social and cultural frontiers through education.So that, one day you will see signed here: “Mehdi X, Casablanca, MBA 20XX”. View Details

14 Jul 2022
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Video Perspectives: Tara Basu Trivedi

View Video TRANSCRIPT Tara Basu Trivedi: My life's purpose is to use technology to improve human health. It's the reason why I studied what I studied in undergrad, why I took my first and then second jobs out of school, why I decided to... View Details

11 Oct 2024
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Highlights from the Fall 2024 Alumni Board Meeting

mission and work of the Institute for Business in Global Society (BiGS) from Debora Spar (PMD 62, 1991), Senior Associate Dean of BiGS and Unit Head of General Management, and Drew Keller (MBA 2022), Director of BiGS. Spar highlighted View Details