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- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Celebrations in LA, Florida, London
pursue the School’s mission with a high degree of excellence.” Thanks to film executive Alan F. Horn (MBA ’71), who opened the Warner Bros. Studio lot to HBS, the Los Angeles event was a memorable evening for the several hundred West... View Details
- Portrait Project
Sharon Liszanckie
public education system. I seek to learn what I don't know so that I am able to return to my work in schools, build an educational consulting company with a mission to improve instructional quality, and ultimately provide kids with access... View Details
- 17 Jun 2016
- Op-Ed
Companies Need to Start Marketing Security to Customers
Recent events in Orlando underscore an important marketing truth: consumer safety and security are mission critical. A popular nightclub, Pulse, known as a safe place for the LGBT community, is put out of business at least temporarily by... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Turning Point: Soul Cycle
practice—Beyond Blind Spots—to coach entrepreneurs and executives. I created exercises to help people gain clarity on what makes them, them, and then connect their personal mission to their expression in work. In 2020, applying the same... View Details
- Profile
Mallika Ahluwalia
organizations doing similar work?" Applying business methods to missions Last summer, Mallika put her new business skills into practice through her internship with TechnoServe in Kampala, Uganda. "Ours was an agribusiness... View Details
- Profile
Jeremy Burnham
information.” Out of the comfort zone and into...shoes “Limited information” would be understating the situation Jeremy and his team faced on their FIELD 2 mission to Buenos Aries, Argentina, where the six HBS colleagues were assigned to... View Details
- 28 Apr 2016
- News
New Venture Competition Winners Announced
world’s problems, and look at those problems as opportunities.” Jeff Sandefer (MBA 1986), teacher and founder of the Acton School of Business and Acton Academy, also offered poignant remarks as the guest speaker, drawing from his entrepreneurial journey and his vision... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
The Military and the MBA
rerouted, another mission was scrubbed to assist near Abu Ghraib, and both convoys returned safely. To learn more about these five HBS alumni, click on their photos below: Maura Corby Sullivan Taking lessons learned in Iraq to HBS and... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Teresa Clarke: An Advocate for Education in South Africa
Another in a series of occasional articles on HBS graduates who have taken a leave from their careers to explore nonbusiness endeavors. It’s no surprise that Teresa H. Clarke (MBA 1988/JD 1989) finds herself on a mission to make education... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Clubs Hopping: A Healthy Dialogue
Dean Nohria More than 150 local HBS alumni attended a December networking breakfast cohosted by the Harvard Business School Alumni Office and the HBS Club of London. The event included a presentation by Dean Nitin Nohria in which he shared updates and exchanged ideas... View Details
- February 2022
- Case
Business Roundtable 2019 Statement: A New Paradigm or Business as Usual?
By: Charles C.Y. Wang and Amram Migdal
This note focuses on the antecedents of, reactions to, and clarifications about The Business Roundtable’s August 19, 2019, “Statement on the Purpose of a Corporation.” The note includes background information on corporate governance as practiced in the United States in... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Accountability; Corporate Governance; Business History; Mission and Purpose; Agency Theory; Business and Shareholder Relations; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; United States
Wang, Charles C.Y., and Amram Migdal. "Business Roundtable 2019 Statement: A New Paradigm or Business as Usual?" Harvard Business School Case 122-023, February 2022.
- 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
- 05 Apr 2018
- News
A Philanthropic Eye Reframes African American Abstract Art
Kentridge, and Mikhael Subotzky. “I buy from the heart. I have a mission statement, because ours is a purpose-driven collection,” she explains. “The ancillary benefit of focus is that it creates a mechanism through which to filter a large... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- October 2019
- Supplement
Harlem Capital: Changing the Face of Entrepreneurship (B)
By: George Serafeim and David Freiberg
The (B) case describes Tingle and Pierre-Jacques’ decision to commit fully to Harlem Capital as their post-graduation job. The case explores the results of their fundraising efforts, new strategic partnerships, and how they plan to “build the market” in order to... View Details
Keywords: Impact Investing; Gender Bias; Gender Inequality; Minority Representation; Entrepreneurial Finance; Investment Management; Investing; Inequality; Venture Capital; Entrepreneurship; Diversity; Gender; Equality and Inequality; Equity; Mission and Purpose; Investment Funds; Financial Services Industry
Serafeim, George, and David Freiberg. "Harlem Capital: Changing the Face of Entrepreneurship (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 120-041, October 2019.
- February 2008 (Revised August 2011)
- Case
Olympia Machine Company, Inc.
By: Frank V. Cespedes and Benson P. Shapiro
The management team of an industrial equipment supplier is debating the company's method of compensating salespeople. Different executives have offered different alternatives to the current method of straight salary plus expenses. Each option has different implications... View Details
Keywords: Governance Controls; Compensation and Benefits; Mission and Purpose; Salesforce Management; Motivation and Incentives; Business Strategy; Industrial Products Industry
Cespedes, Frank V., and Benson P. Shapiro. "Olympia Machine Company, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 708-490, February 2008. (Revised August 2011.)
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Building New Connections
planning. Narayandas also helped lead the HBS Campaign to a successful conclusion as the largest campaign in business school history, raising $1.4 billion in support of the School’s mission to educate leaders who make a difference in the... View Details
- 11 Apr 2018
- News
The First Five Years: Regan Turner (MBA 2013)
Photos courtesy of Regan Turner Regan Turner (MBA/MPP 2013) is executive director of The Mission Continues, a national nonprofit that “deploys” military veterans to community-impact projects to help them find purpose and to serve as role... View Details
- May 2024
- Case
Choosing the Course of Passion: Brooke Boyarsky Pratt at knownwell
By: Jon M. Jachimowicz and Alexis Lefort
Brooke Boyarsky Pratt (HBS ’13) enjoyed considerable success in her early career, quickly climbing the ranks to associate partner at McKinsey, and later becoming an executive vice president at Berkadia, a Berkshire Hathaway portfolio company. Throughout these years,... View Details
Keywords: Passion; Career; Career Planning; Purpose; Personal Development and Career; Mission and Purpose; Identity; Business Startups; Health Care and Treatment; Health Disorders; Growth and Development Strategy; Market Entry and Exit; Health Industry; United States
Jachimowicz, Jon M., and Alexis Lefort. "Choosing the Course of Passion: Brooke Boyarsky Pratt at knownwell." Harvard Business School Case 424-040, May 2024.
- 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
Macomber, John D., and Viraal Balsari. "IDFC India: Infrastructure Investment Intermediaries." Harvard Business School Case 210-050, June 2010. (Revised September 2013.)