Commitment - Publications - Faculty & Research

02 Aug 2024
HBS Case

How a Mission to Cut Food Waste Launched a Multimillion-Dollar Venture

items from being thrown into landfills, and 130 million pounds of greenhouse gas emissions from that food out of the atmosphere. “Josh made the decision to commit to an idea that is not proprietary at all in a competitive space with... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert; Technology; Information Technology

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Frequently Asked Questions - Alumni

criteria (region, neighborhood, and general availability) and of those applicants, one or two must be willing to volunteer as a facilitator for the group. Every effort will be made to place all interested and eligible applicants. What is the expected time commitment?... View Details

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1.1 HBS Community Values | MBA

educate leaders who make a difference in the world. Achieving this mission requires an environment of trust and mutual respect, free expression and inquiry, and a commitment to truth, excellence, and lifelong learning. Students, program... View Details

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How to Communicate your Organizations’ People-Centered Values - Recruiting

their diversity and inclusion recruiting goals and to communicate their commitment to diversity and inclusion in the recruiting process, there are a lot of questions on how to do this work well. Jennifer Eliason, Associate Director of... View Details

03 Mar 2010
What Do You Think?

To What Degree Does “Identity” Affect Economic Performance?

Summing Up Is "identity" a victim of competitiveness? A recent study of organizational behavior published by Timothy Kieningham and Lerzan Toksoy shows that employees' perceptions of their employers' levels of commitment to them... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

20 Mar 2013
Research & Ideas

How CEOs Sustain Higher-Ambition Goals

At a recent Harvard Business School conference, dozens of CEOs committed to the idea of working toward "higher-ambition" goals that go beyond just short-term shareholder value. Inspired by the book Higher Ambition: How Great Leaders... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

Portrait Project

David Nathanielsz

I've never wanted to set my future down in stone. At various times in my life I've aspired to be a writer, a neurobiologist, a tennis player, an actor, a sociologist, and a student. Luckily, I never committed fully to any one of these and... View Details

01 Dec 2008
News

New School for New Orleans

ALFORD AND FRIENDS: Committed to the establishment of high-performing schools. Among those honored this year by the Young Leadership Council of New Orleans was John Alford (MBA ’01), the New Orleans Times-Picayune reported (September 19,... View Details

Keywords: Educational Services

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1.2 MBA Honor Code | MBA

Values Statement and reflects the commitment students and faculty make as members of the community to participate in, foster, and uphold this learning model. Any activity that violates the spirit or letter of this learning model is a... View Details

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Shad Membership Eligibility | About

partnership as defined below. For this policy guideline, a domestic partner is defined as someone with whom you are involved in a committed relationship for mutual support and benefit, interact with as a spouse, and share expenses of... View Details

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Summer Fellowships | MBA

Fellows receive up to $650 per week and may also be part of a peer exchange network of students committed to similar goals. HBS has partially funded my internship through its Summer Fellows Program, a sponsorship designed to help students... View Details

16 Jul 2021
Blog Post

Staying Under the 1.5°C Threshold: The Role of Government, Business, and Society

both governments and corporations to make these commitments possible. MacNaughton further emphasized that “while framework from government is important, in the end, it’s businesses who drive innovation, who offer the solutions, who create... View Details

01 Dec 2020
News

Advance Racial Equity in the Office

those challenges. Quantitatively and qualitatively, define the standard of what “good” looks like, and then commit to bringing the same standard of rigor with which organizations approach any other aspect of the business, such as ESG or... View Details

John Pepper

Spending his entire private sector career with P&G, Pepper prides himself on heightening P&G’s commitment to customer satisfaction and to creating the “Organization 2005” initiative, which is intended to promote “speed,... View Details

Keywords: Personal Care & Home Products

Portrait Project

Thomas Rajan

the marvel that is flight. This wonder has driven me thus far — from the little boy who often stared longingly through airport windows at planes soaring to parts unknown, to the determined professional who decided where in the world those planes would fly to. I will... View Details

28 Oct 2013
Research & Ideas

Responsible Leadership in an Unforgiving World

making leadership both more difficult and more rewarding than it was a generation ago. If critical decisions in the last century were typified by an all-or-nothing gamble on a new big new factory or business arm, then decisions in this century are characterized by a... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

01 Dec 2013
News

HBX: Expanding Our Reach

intended to enhance rather than compete with or substitute for current offerings. Finally, the platform will be built on a robust and self-sustaining economic model. “We are committed to leveraging technology to develop highly... View Details

Keywords: online learning; curriculum; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

10 Dec 2014
News

Going public with philanthropy

Jonathan Nelson (MBA 1983) believes that philanthropy is one of America’s great traditions. He went public with his commitment to give away much of his wealth to counteract negative perceptions of business leaders’ financial success.... View Details

15 Aug 2019
News

Finding a Fix for Food Allergies

after eating prepared food cooked in a cross-contaminated pan. The couple cofounded End Allergies Together (EAT) to advance scientific and medical research in order to find treatments and cures. Among EAT’s founding principles is a View Details

27 Oct 2017
News

Two HBS Alumni to Lead Carlyle Group

will become co-executive chairmen. “We are fully committed to and confident in the firm’s future and will continue to be substantial investors in Carlyle funds for years to come,” the founders of the 30-year-old private equity firm said... View Details

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