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- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Joint Venture
global reach and impact, that effort has been not only an enormous success but also a ringing affirmation of the School’s mission to “make a difference in the world.” Over the decades—from field-based work such as the Hawthorne studies,...
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- 31 Oct 2019
- News
Finding an Audience
Rene Solis (MBA 1958) is director of Musica en Mexico, a performing arts information service in Mexico City. In this interview he talks about how the group grew out of a personal mission to today serving a wide community of interest. “I...
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- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Reimagining the MBA
first stated mission was to educate leaders who “make a decent profit—decently.” By the early 1990s, the mission was articulated as “educating leaders who make a difference in the world.” What it means to...
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- August 2009
- Teaching Note
Procter & Gamble in the 21st Century (B): Welcoming Gillette (TN)
By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Matthew Bird
Teaching Note for [309031].
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- Alumni Changing the World
James Reinhart
James Reinhart, MBA/MPA-ID 2009, is on a mission to keep clothing out of landfills. Co-founder and CEO of thredUP, Reinhart thought of his secondhand clothing business while at HBS and has since built a colossal logistics and supply chain...
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- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Transforming the IRS
over the next five years transformed almost every aspect of the sprawling agency, from its antiquated IT systems to its internal management structures. Many Unhappy Returns (HBS Press, 2005) is his insider account of a mission that seemed...
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- 10 Nov 2014
- HBS Case
How Restaurants in Lima and Copenhagen Became Best in the World
helped to popularize Peruvian cuisine throughout Latin America and increasingly the world. "The big mission is to use Peruvian food as an instrument to put our culture in the world," Gastón Acurio has said. Despite their...
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2017 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity
Breaking "Performance" Through Performance" at the 2017 Gender and Work Symposium. Nadia's mission is to bring light to cultural shadow through storytelling, challenging the status quo through laughter. Nadia Manzoor writer and performer...
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- Fast Answer
Workplace Diversity: Data Sources
Non-profit organization “with a mission to expand opportunities for women and business.” They provide research and data on women and diversity in the workplace both in the US and internationally. By the Numbers gives snapshot...
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About Baker Library | Baker Library
About Baker Library We advance the mission of the Harvard Business School by providing distinctive information services, resources and expertise so that our community excels. Strategic Plan Policies Staff Directory 1474 Year of...
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Changing the World: Life Choices of Influential Leaders - Course Catalog
HBS Course Catalog Changing the World: Life Choices of Influential Leaders Course Number 1350 Baker Foundation Professor Robert Simons Spring; Q3Q4; 3.0 credits 27 Sessions Paper The mission of Harvard Business School is to educate...
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- 01 Dec 2013
- News
HBX: Expanding Our Reach
guiding principles for its entry into this arena. First and foremost, the endeavor is closely tied to the School's mission of educating leaders who make a difference in the world, and every aspect of HBX will be designed to elevate the...
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- 10 Apr 2008
- News
The Sum of Our Own Greatness
mission to be achieved.” Ryder hopes to make the film available on the Web, but that requires working out issues involving copyrights for music used on the soundtrack. For more Centennial coverage, check the special issue of The Harbus,...
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- 04 Aug 2023
- Blog Post
Four Remarkable Stories of HBS MBA Students Tackling Climate Change
businesses to access financing for solar,” Chidalu explains. (01:11) In 2022, Chidalu founded her fintech company Earthbond, with the mission to empower Nigerians and their businesses with affordable financing for clean and reliable...
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- October 2004 (Revised April 2005)
- Case
Lexar Media: The Digital Photography Company?
Examines growth options for a start-up that has parlayed its core technology in flash memory controllers into a rapidly growing position in the emerging digital photography industry. The new CEO must decide whether LexarMedia should maintain its identity as a digital...
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Keywords:
Technology;
Mission and Purpose;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Growth Management;
Market Entry and Exit;
Business Startups;
Business Strategy;
Technology Industry
Tripsas, Mary, and Emily Thomson. "Lexar Media: The Digital Photography Company?" Harvard Business School Case 805-062, October 2004. (Revised April 2005.)
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Code Breakers
recent decades, the number of women in tech jobs remains far lower. And the figures for women in leadership roles still hover around a far-from-equal 25 percent. Girls Who Code is on a mission to close the gender gap in STEM education and...
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- 01 Dec 2004
- News
HBS to Release 2004 Annual Report
to support the School’s mission. “Our strategic mission and our financial performance are closely linked,” explains Melnick. “HBS faculty continually generate important new ideas and insights, then translate this intellectual capital into...
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- 01 Jan 2004
- News
Donald P. Nielsen, MBA 1963
Determined to help others achieve their academic goals, Nielsen visited more than 100 schools in nineteen states, talking with everyone from governors to the U.S. Secretary of Education. He asked each person he met the same question: What is the View Details
- February 2021 (Revised September 2022)
- Case
Marie Curie: Changing the World
By: Robert Simons and Shirley Sun
This case describes the rise of Marie Curie from a poor family in Poland to the pinnacle of scientific fame. The case describes how Curie, as a young woman interested in science, found a way to earn a doctorate at the Sorbonne and perform pathbreaking research on...
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Keywords:
Legacy;
Impact;
Science;
Research;
Personal Characteristics;
Mission and Purpose;
Success;
Work-Life Balance;
Higher Education;
Personal Development and Career
Simons, Robert, and Shirley Sun. "Marie Curie: Changing the World." Harvard Business School Case 121-059, February 2021. (Revised September 2022.)
- 09 Oct 2019
- Blog Post
Video: Thinking Secondhand First
CEO and co-founder of thredUP, James Reinhart (MBA/MPA-ID 2009) is disrupting the retail industry out of the mission to keep clothing out of landfills. Reinhart thought of his secondhand clothing business while at HBS and has since built...
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