Publications

Publications

Filter Results: (2,477) Arrow Down
Filter Results: (2,477) Arrow Down Arrow Up

Show Results For

Show Results For

← Page 69 of 2,477 Results →
  • 01 Mar 2013
  • News

Sizing Up Social Impact

increased expectations for hard, measurable results. Which seems only fair, right? The problem: Nonprofits can lose sight of their mission if a major funder's performance measurement priorities don't align with the necessary actions to... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; Crop Production; Agriculture; Administration of Economic Programs; Government; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Government; Water, Sewage and Supply Systems; Utilities
  • 21 Feb 2024
  • Blog Post

Hiring at HBS: How Summer Interns Make an Impact at Bridges Fund Management

over the past two decades to include funds in the US and unique collaborations with impact investing peers and graduate schools, their mission remains central to their work. Over the past three years, three interns from HBS have joined... View Details
Keywords: Venture Capital / Private Equity
  • 07 Sep 2021
  • News

Funding His Purpose

ensuring that SITAWI delivered on its mission while caring for its employees. “We wanted to help the country, the organization, and the people,” Letelier says. “Holding all that together was the challenge of 2020. I don’t know what the... View Details
  • 13 Nov 2020
  • News

Insatiably Curious

source of support for me,” she says, it is impossible to place a dollar value on the connections to her classmates, the alumni she’s gotten to know since graduating, and the HBS faculty. “Jan Rivkin instilled a lifelong love of strategy,” she notes. In an effort to pay... View Details
  • 15 Jan 2015
  • News

Asia Alumni Connect Around a ‘Vision’ for the New HBS

mission of the School to ‘make a difference in the world’.” As part of the Campaign, the School has created a website that enables HBS alumni to connect with one other based on a wide range of personal and professional interests. The... View Details
  • 19 Dec 2014
  • News

Atlanta Alumni Connect Around a 'Vision' for the New HBS

strive to embody the mission of the School to ‘make a difference in the world’.” As part of the Campaign, the School has created a website that enables HBS alumni to connect with one other based on a wide range of personal and... View Details
  • 01 Oct 2002
  • News

Dean Clark on Leadership, Educational Priorities, and Funding the Future

— because that's really what HBS is about. Has the School's mission changed in light of recent developments? No, our mission remains the same: to educate leaders who will make a difference in the world. This... View Details
  • 24 Apr 2014
  • News

Personal crises inform a life’s work

director from 1990 through its closure in 2004, and an internationally recognized advocate. “Our efforts started a movement that vastly escalated breast cancer research funding and gave patients and survivors a permanent voice in medical decision-making,” says Langer.... View Details
  • 24 Apr 2014
  • News

Training managers in the developing world

Through the Southern African Development Community Business School Network he established with the University of Botswana and the University of Pretoria, Richard America (MBA 1965) is on a mission to help train first-rate managers in the... 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
Related
  • 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
Related
  • June 2010 (Revised September 2013)
  • Case

IDFC India: Infrastructure Investment Intermediaries

By: John D. Macomber and Viraal Balsari
Indian financial intermediary matching international capital to local infrastructure decides how to balance range of services, risk-adjusted return, margin pressure, and nation building. IDFC was chartered with partial ownership from the Indian government to help... View Details
Keywords: Investment; Infrastructure; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Mission and Purpose; State Ownership; Business and Government Relations; Business and Shareholder Relations; Partners and Partnerships; Financial Services Industry; India
Related
  • Web

Democratizing development: Inequality in Latin America | Institute for Business in Global Society

the perspectives of global leaders whose values are consistent with the mission of HBS BiGS. Tune in to hear insightful conversations with CEOs from across the region about businesses' pivotal role in addressing economic inequality in... View Details
  • 29 Apr 2016
  • News

The First Five Years: Kelly McKenna (MBA 2015)

Why is the mission of ArtLifting so important? “We’re demonstrating how something as simple as optimism can change lives and create jobs. This is very powerful and very personal to me. My older brother has a rare metabolic disorder that... View Details
  • Web

Global Leadership Roundtables | Institute for Business in Global Society

models and cases that advance our intellectual agenda. Join us as we work together to shape a future where business plays a critical role in solving global challenges. Why do we host Roundtables? Our mission at BiGS is to develop an... View Details
  • 14 May 2013
  • Blog Post

“What does it take for us to support our beliefs?” – Johnny Bowman

incentives for getting people to act, my mission would be accomplished. For better or for worse, the human mind is a capricious organ, constantly redefining what “proper incentives” means. So from now until the foreseeable future, my work... View Details
Keywords: Technology
  • 16 Feb 2022
  • News

Holding Business to Account

financial return and social change on behalf her clients. Following Walden’s acquisition, she founded Boston Common Asset Management, in 2003. By the fall of 2020, Boston Common had $3 billion under management and a mission to be, as... View Details
  • 15 Jun 2021
  • News

Advancing Racial Equity

Illustration by Jon Krause The murder of George Floyd and others in 2020 and the racial justice movement across the United States sparked the recognition that Harvard Business School needed to clearly reject racism in all its forms, as it is fundamentally inconsistent... View Details
  • 03 Nov 2016
  • News

17 Ventures Join the Pagliuca Harvard Life Lab

The Pagliuca Harvard Life Lab officially opened its door at 127 Western Avenue, Allston today with 17 ventures among the inaugural cohort of businesses to occupy the space. As the latest addition to the Harvard Innovation Labs, the Life Lab will build on the One... View Details
Keywords: Scientific Research and Development Services
  • 14 Dec 2015
  • News

Building Platforms of Life for the World’s Poorest Children

Kevin Jenkins (MBA 1985) is president and CEO of the nonprofit World Vision International, a global Christian humanitarian relief, development, and advocacy organization. In this video, he talks about the organization’s mission and his... View Details