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- 17 Sep 2015
- News
Seattle and Cleveland Alumni Connect Around a ‘Vision’ for the New HBS
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 professional... View Details
- 03 Apr 2015
- News
Texas Alumni Connect Around a ‘Vision’ for the New HBS
other and with HBS in powerful ways as a School, as a community, and as individuals, as we 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... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
FIELD 2 in Accra
career in the energy sector. "We can help these countries develop more efficient and equitable ways of doing business." Even as an HBS student, Leach notes that the trip to Ghana began to make him feel part of the HBS mission of making a... View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Up to the Challenge: Tony Sanchez - Team Builder
Sanchez perfected this approach during his two SEAL platoon commands, working with each platoon to develop and execute plans for strategic reconnaissance and training missions in Africa and elsewhere. He is especially proud of his service... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 23 May 2019
- Book
These Entrepreneurs Take a Pragmatic Approach to Solving Social Problems
In 1908, Harvard Business School’s first dean, Edwin Francis Gay, welcomed the School’s inaugural class of 59 students by saying that HBS was challenged with encouraging its students to have the “intellectual respect for business as a profession, with the social... View Details
- 15 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 15
http://hbr.org/product/tesco-group-food/an/514022-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 514-023 Mission Produce As the leading distributor of fresh avocados in the U.S., Mission Produce was at a crossroads in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Apr 2021
- News
Road Work
mission to ride a motorcycle on all seven continents. Friedman completed his mission in December of 2019, and in this episode of Skydeck, he and I talk about the challenges he faced during his epic... View Details
- 25 Oct 2024
- Blog Post
Harvard Business School Announces Latest RISE Fellows
in which they live and work,” said Susan Gilbert, Robert K. Kraft Family Director, MBA Financial Aid. “Embodying the School’s mission to create leaders who make a difference in the world, their contributions to serving those in need make... View Details
- 12 Mar 2019
- News
Acting Naturally
time, it was [with] my now-husband (we weren't married at the time) and we bought it from a woman who had started it out of her home. It was very small, not making any money, and grew it into what it is today. “The culture and the mission... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Joining Together for HBS
return to campus you will be inspired by the progress the School has made in advancing its mission for the 21st century. To ensure even greater success, a collective effort by all of us is necessary. Broad alumni participation and annual... View Details
- 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... View Details
- Profile
Juliane Schwetz
Juliane. “I knew HBS was the place for me,” she says. “I’m in the leadership business, and HBS is the icon for leaders overall in America. The mission of HBS was already aligned with what I wanted to do with my life.” Magic, fashion, and... View Details
- Web
Benefits | Information Technology
and ideas—and we’re ready to help you bring your teaching, convening, and community engagement experiences to life. Bringing the HBS classroom to more remote learners Most of all, HBS Live Online Classrooms allow Harvard Business School to further deliver on its View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
The Importance of Philanthropy
and Innovation has become an increasingly important component of the School’s economic model. Why Give Annually? “Giving annually to the HBS Fund is THE way for all alumni to directly and immediately support the School in delivering on its View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Research Brief: Profit with Purpose—and Middle Management
George Serafeim (photo by Susan Young) Claudine Madras Gartenberg The idea of corporate purpose—a responsibility that goes beyond dollars and cents—can seem like little more than platitudes tucked into a mission statement. But new... View Details
Keywords: Erin Peterson
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Cast of Characters
The main characters of F.X. Biasi Jr.’s (PMD 41, 1981) first epic, The Brother-in-Law, were too old to star in an ongoing adventure series. So in Biasi’s later thrillers, the mantle is passed on to a son, Navy SEAL Bruce Tanner—“the classic all-American male hero.” In... View Details
Keywords: April White
- Career Coach
Layla A. Ramirez
leaders get unstuck. Layla takes pride in helping her clients define success on their own terms and then helping them stay accountable to achieving that success. Presently, Layla is a DEIB practitioner at Justworks, a company on a mission... View Details
- 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
But all too often,... View Details
Keywords: Business Startups; Mission and Purpose; Customer Focus and Relationships; Employees; Creativity; Business Growth and Maturation
Gulati, Ranjay. "The Soul of a Startup." Harvard Business Review 97, no. 4 (July–August 2019): 85–91.
- 20 May 2016
- Op-Ed
World Health Organization Lacks Leadership to Combat Pandemics
Facility should rapidly deploy money in conjunction with the proposed WHO $100 million contingency fund for emergency outbreaks. Why not let the World Bank, with its broadening social mission under president (and former WHO executive) Jim... View Details
- Profile
Scott Wu
businessperson, or academic trying to address the developing world’s greatest challenges.” He believes this is the perfect opportunity to bring all his skills together in one project. “USAID itself has, at a high level, a mission to end... View Details