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Stephanie Atiase

over time,” Stephanie says, “I came to see that business was about more than making money. I firmly believe that business is a way to have a huge impact socially. For-profits with a social mission can be stronger than traditional... View Details

28 Nov 2022
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College Students, Take a Sneak Peek at the HBS MBA

Peek and the registration process here or through our FAQs below. What is the mission of Peek? Peek is intended as an introduction to the MBA experience and the benefits of business school. As an attendee, you will learn how to thrive in... View Details

03 Sep 2024
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Business of Animal Protection Club

Are you interested in connecting with other HBS MBA students dedicated to tackling climate change? Student Clubs are a vital part of the HBS Community experience that support the school's mission to educate leaders who make a difference... View Details

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Riding the WAVE | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

graduation, returning to her hometown of Lagos, Nigeria, to make good on the organization’s mission to combat youth unemployment by identifying, training, and placing graduates of the program’s 3-week training program in entry-level jobs.... View Details

03 Aug 2022
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Hungry for Change

that hunger, Sun & Swell was born in 2016. “We started with the mission of bringing healthier foods to the world,” says Flynn. But that goal quickly expanded as she began to research the grocery and packaged food industry. Packaged food... View Details

Keywords: April White

08 Feb 2016
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Alumni in Mexico City Connect Around a ‘Vision’ for the New HBS

money,” he noted. “It provides an opportunity to inspire and engage the next generation of leaders at the School—to better connect alumni with each other and with HBS in powerful ways as a School, as a community, and as individuals, as we strive to embody the View Details

01 Jun 2001
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Modupe Akinola: Outreach In Africa

street kids — five- and six-year-olds living by their wits, selling things on the street, with no access to education or hope for the future. I thought about everything my parents had done to give us the best education possible, and it became my View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; UNICEF; Educational Services

22 Aug 2005
Research & Ideas

Balancing the Future Against Today’s Needs

pressures. Reframing The Mission The most aggressive form of growth, developing entirely new products for markets you don't yet serve, requires both the longest time horizon and the biggest leap of faith. During George's tenure in the... View Details

Keywords: by Paul Michelman

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Dean Srikant Datar’s 2022 Commencement Remarks | About

fulfillment for everyone in your organization? How might you operate your organization with a shared goal—a mission statement, a set of values, and clearly defined priorities that mobilize and motivate? An example in my life of someone... View Details

October 2008 (Revised September 2009)
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Procter & Gamble in the 21st Century (A): Becoming Truly Global

By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Matthew Bird

Since the 1980s, Procter & Gamble had leveraged its purpose, values, and principles (PVP) to create a global company. When P&G faced difficult times in 2000, the new CEO, A.G. Lafley, leveraged the PVP to drive P&G's turnaround, integrate global operations, and guide... View Details

Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Values and Beliefs; Globalized Firms and Management; Leading Change; Growth Management; Mission and Purpose; Organizational Change and Adaptation

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01 Dec 2010
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Innovation Takes Center Stage

commercialize innovative ideas. “We want to shape our reputation in a way that we are seen as the leader in the field of innovation and entrepreneurship,” he added. Staying True to the HBS Mission Fall reunion participants filled Burden... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson

July–August 2019
Article

The Soul of a Startup

By: Ranjay Gulati

There’s an essential, intangible something in start-ups—an energy, a soul. It inspires enthusiasm and fosters a sense of deep connection and mutual purpose. While this spirit persists, engagement is high and businesses keep their edge.
But all too often,... View Details

Keywords: Business Startups; Mission and Purpose; Customer Focus and Relationships; Employees; Creativity; Business Growth and Maturation

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18 Mar 2022
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Career Advice: Transforming the Energy Industry

ourselves to mitigating 10 billion tons of carbon in our lifetime. It may sound like an absolutely audacious goal, and maybe we won't meet it, but it gives us a mission to chase every day. We feel fortunate for the opportunity to use our... View Details

01 Oct 2001
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A Janus-Faced Reflection

The former managing editor of Fortune magazine,Walter Kiechel (MBA '76, JD '77) once said,"I hope that if you woke up a sleeping Fortune writer in the middle of the night and asked,'What is the mission of the magazine?' the answer would... View Details

Keywords: Walter Kiechel; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

11 May 2017
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Why We Recruit: Microsoft

organization in three to five sentences.On the surface, and to many, we are simply a well-known software company creating some of the best products on the market. However, since I have been working here, it has become clear to me that we are so much more than that. I... View Details

Keywords: Technology

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Maren Quezada

for her. “When I walked into the auditorium, the LASO president began by quoting the mission of SEO, ‘It’s not about you: it’s about the people who came before you and the people who will come after you.’ It made me feel that I belonged... View Details

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How to Post | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Enterprise Initiative can help you in thinking about projects of interest to students and in fine tuning your descriptions. Include in your description the mission and major programs of the organization, as well as the year founded,... View Details

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Blog | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Robert Abare 01 May 2024 Robert Abare is Director of Executive Communications at Accion, a global nonprofit on a mission t... The Path from Public Service to HBS – A less unlikely road than I once thought Kate Swain-Smith 15 Apr 2024 Two... View Details

01 Jun 2007
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New HBS, KSG Joint Degree

HBS and the Kennedy School of Government have announced the creation of an integrated joint-degree program, the first of its kind. Its mission is to develop outstanding leaders who are skilled in both managing complex organizations and... View Details

Keywords: Administrative and Support Services; Corporate Services; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Government; Management

15 Jan 2025
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Building Bridges to Sustainable Infrastructure with Allied Climate Partners

operates with a mission to deploy hundreds of millions of dollars across regions like Africa, India, the Caribbean, and Southeast Asia—essentially targeting places where sustainable infrastructure is often most needed yet underfunded.... View Details

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