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  • 15 Apr 2020
  • News

How Sarah Kauss Built S’well

on her recent HBS Reunion, where she had listened to Harvard Professor Daniel Schrag discuss the impacts of climate change and the looming global water crisis. “I had this idea that if there was a company that was creating a better water bottle and you tried to tie it... View Details
  • Web

From the CFO - Financial Report 2015

assistance from year to year, independent of income received from endowed fellowship funds. Second, the School continually makes strategic investments with an eye toward fulfilling the HBS mission over the long term. For example, HBP... View Details
  • 01 Dec 2000
  • News

Opening Doors: Inside the World of Museum Management

of his week are devoted to fundraising, "it never feels like enough." Education and Outreach Education is a central element in any museum's mission statement. How each museum chooses to fulfill its educational duty in terms of its local... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young; museums; marketing; management; nonprofits; education; facilities; Internet; Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions; Arts, Entertainment; Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services; Professional Services
  • 13 May 2014
  • Op-Ed

The Alibaba Effect

guessing among them and probably an eventual change in policies and views. Losing Alibaba really stung.) Alibaba was founded in 1999 in the city of Hangzhou in Zhejiang province in eastern China. In those early days, it was a small, struggling startup with an opaque... View Details
Keywords: by Bill Kirby & Warren McFarlan; Retail
  • 03 Feb 2003
  • What Do You Think?

Can Business Schools Teach the Craft of Getting Things Done?

judgement, and (4) internal competition that turns friends into enemies. A fifth item on their list is the substitution of several activities—talk, making presentations, preparing documents, developing mission statements, and planning—for... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • Web

Evolution of the Social Enterprise Conference | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

enterprise community SEI: What do you see as the mission of the Social Enterprise Conference? What impact do you hope to achieve with SECON 2014? Adam: The aim of this year's Social Enterprise Conference, on its 15th anniversary, is to... View Details
  • 04 Sep 2019
  • News

The School that Donham Built

its second decade. Mission and Method Donham (left) in 1944 with successor Donald K. David, who served as HBS’s third dean from 1942 to 1955. Donham (left) in 1944 with successor Donald K. David, who served as HBS’s third dean from 1942... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
  • 01 Apr 1997
  • News

How Green Is the Valley: HBS Students Explore Booming California Industries

was in keeping with the club's mission to inform students with an interest but no experience in high tech," says CMC Ventures trip co-organizer Brett Queener (HBS '97). Throughout the week, 37 of Silicon Valley's most successful and... View Details
Keywords: Daniel Penrice
  • Web

Community Values & Honor Code | HBS Online

learning environment where individuals can have open discussion, reflect on their thinking, and learn from each other. The mission of Harvard Business School is to educate leaders who make a difference in the world. Achieving this View Details
  • 14 Aug 2019
  • News

Leading from Within

mentorship and financially or personally, to those in need or to groups and institutions whose missions they value. True to the values it teaches, the program donates all its profits to Thistle Farms, a social enterprise organization... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
  • 22 Nov 2019
  • Blog Post

Avant Ski Makes Turns in Ski Media Objectivity

tips, Avant Ski is meant to be an objective, one-stop shop for all the ingredients of a successful ski trip. “Think of us as a credible friend who has been there before,” said Widman. “Our mission is to get more people on the slopes,... View Details
  • 01 Dec 2003
  • News

Celebrating HBS

Noting that HBS is educating students now for a vastly more globalized and challenging world economy, Dean Clark traced the School’s mission to its beginnings, when creating an educational community dedicated to skilled and thoughtful... View Details
Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
  • April 2024
  • Case

Michelin in Motion: Putting Purpose to Work

By: Hubert Joly, Nitin Nohria and Emilie Billaud
When he became CEO, facing limited growth prospects, a low valuation, and therefore a stagnating share price, Menegaux and his team launched a set of initiatives to reposition Michelin. These included (1) articulating a clear purpose (“We care about giving people a... View Details
Keywords: Transformation; Talent and Talent Management; Innovation Strategy; Leading Change; Goals and Objectives; Growth and Development Strategy; Management Practices and Processes; Organizational Culture; Identity; Motivation and Incentives; Corporate Strategy; Diversification; Value Creation; Mission and Purpose; Valuation; Manufacturing Industry; Rubber Industry; Transportation Industry; Europe; France
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  • September 2021
  • Case

Worldreader: Helping Readers Build a Better World

By: Marco Bertini, Elie Ofek and Julia Kelley
Founded in 2010, Worldreader was an international nonprofit organization that promoted reading to children around the world. For many years, Worldreader distributed e-readers to under-resourced communities and funded its operations primarily through philanthropic... View Details
Keywords: Subscription Model; Price; Financial Strategy; Education; Early Childhood Education; Learning; Geography; Geographic Scope; Global Range; Goals and Objectives; Marketing; Marketing Strategy; Markets; Organizations; Mission and Purpose; Social Enterprise; Non-Governmental Organizations; Nonprofit Organizations; Society; Social Issues; Strategy; Commercialization; Expansion; Segmentation; Education Industry; Africa; Asia; Latin America; Europe; North and Central America; South America
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  • October 2019 (Revised December 2019)
  • Supplement

Extend Fertility: Conceiving the Market for Egg Preservation (B)

By: Debora L. Spar and Olivia Hull
Keywords: Strategy; Information Technology; Business Startups; Entrepreneurship; Innovation Strategy; Technological Innovation; Commercialization; Science-Based Business; Marketing Strategy; Business Plan; Product Marketing; Product Launch; Product Positioning; Mission and Purpose; Personal Development and Career; Social Issues; Integration; Health; Health Industry
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  • June 2017 (Revised August 2018)
  • Supplement

Making Target the Target: Boycotts and Corporate Political Activity (B)

By: Nien-hê Hsieh and Victor Wu
Supplements the (A) Case. View Details
Keywords: Campaign Finance Reform; Corporate Political Activity; Lobbying; LGBTQ; Campaign Contributions; Campaign Finance; Retail; Shareholder Activism; Public Opinion; Social Issues; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Mission and Purpose; Problems and Challenges; Laws and Statutes; Rights; Crisis Management; Risk Management; Media; Political Elections; Taxation; Corporate Accountability; Values and Beliefs; Fairness; Diversity; Customers; Communication; Business and Government Relations; Retail Industry; United States
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  • March 2022
  • Teaching Note

The Robin Hood Army (A) and (B)

By: Susanna Gallani and Brian Trelstad
Teaching Note for HBS Case Nos. 119-007 and 120-017. View Details
Keywords: Accounting; Expansion; Organizational Culture; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Service Delivery; Social Entrepreneurship; Mission and Purpose; India; Pakistan
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  • August 2002 (Revised March 2003)
  • Teaching Note

NerveWire (TN)

By: Nitin Nohria and Bridget Gurtler
Teaching Note for (9-402-020), (9-402-021), and (9-402-022). View Details
Keywords: Economic Slowdown and Stagnation; Recruitment; Mission and Purpose; Internet and the Web; Problems and Challenges; Consulting Industry; Newton
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  • 01 May 2015
  • News

Celebrating and Supporting Leadership

Since the launch of The Harvard Business School Campaign on April 25, 2014, more than 5,000 alumni and guests have come together to celebrate the School and its mission at regional events around the world and the Campaign’s website has... View Details
Keywords: Educational Services
  • 19 Jan 2024
  • News

Blockchain for Good

eco-friendly consensus algorithm. She says they have also tested the first public stablecoin backed entirely by cash. “Our mission is for everyone in the world to experience the benefits of a truly digital financial ecosystem,” she... View Details