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- 20 Sep 2022
- Cold Call Podcast
Larry Fink at BlackRock: Linking Purpose to Profit
- 01 Aug 2017
- News
Finding Purpose in Profit
the Colorado field office of B Lab, a nonprofit organization that seeks to redefine the meaning of success in business. B Lab’s mission is to assemble a global community of Certified B Corporations—companies that meet certain prescribed... View Details
- Fast Answer
Special purpose acquisition companies
load the Screener App. Change the Universe to Deals and the Asset Class should be M&A. In the text box where it says Add Filter, start typing in 'special' and select Is a Special View Details
- 02 Apr 2021
- News
What Drives You? Bringing Purpose to Work
- 01 Dec 2015
- Research & Ideas
What to Do When Your Organization Has Dueling Missions
$3.94 billion in sales from its more than 3,000 retail stores and its online auction site. Even so, Goodwill’s core mission is to provide job training and placement to people... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Five Honored for Missions Accomplished
Yahoo! took hold. What was the most valuable thing you learned at HBS? Richard Tedlow, an outstanding professor, taught me that the teacher is more important to the students than the course material. The same applies in business. Leadership is more about the passion,... View Details
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- 2023
- Working Paper
Firm Purpose and Problem Wickedness: A Review of the Academic Literature
By: Caroline Adelson, Charlotte Kuller, Cate Tompkins, Ellora Sarkar, Samantha Price and Marco Iansiti
Our understanding of the firm’s role in society has evolved greatly over the past 70 years, with more recent years seeing a sharp rise in interest for how firms can contribute more than profits to society – that is, have a purpose beyond profits. Businesses engaged in... View Details
Adelson, Caroline, Charlotte Kuller, Cate Tompkins, Ellora Sarkar, Samantha Price, and Marco Iansiti. "Firm Purpose and Problem Wickedness: A Review of the Academic Literature." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 23-063, April 2023.
- June 2023
- Article
Can Purpose Foster Stakeholder Trust in Corporations
By: Ranjay Gulati and Franz Wohlgezogen
As part of institutional changes toward more responsible capitalism, firms increasingly articulate a purpose beyond simply profit as a central tenet of their governance. Management scholarship has noted the potential advantages of such purpose-focus for stakeholder... View Details
Keywords: Stakeholder Management; Moral Identity; Mission and Purpose; Trust; Corporate Governance; Business and Stakeholder Relations
Gulati, Ranjay, and Franz Wohlgezogen. "Can Purpose Foster Stakeholder Trust in Corporations." Strategy Science 8, no. 2 (June 2023): 270–287.
- August 2022
- Teaching Note
In-Q-Tel: Innovation On A Mission
By: Josh Lerner and Joshua Lev Krieger
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 823-031. View Details
- May 2012
- Supplement
Columbia's Final Mission (Abridged) (B)
By: Amy C. Edmondson and Kerry Herman
Keywords: Cognitive Biases; Teams; Organizational Learning; Ambiguous Threat; Risk and Uncertainty; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Leadership; Corporate Disclosure; Groups and Teams; Decision Making; Organizational Culture; Public Administration Industry; Aerospace Industry
Edmondson, Amy C., and Kerry Herman. "Columbia's Final Mission (Abridged) (B) ." Harvard Business School Supplement 612-096, May 2012.
- 11 Apr 2017
- News
Keeping the Missions Under Control
great way to advancing what we’re doing in human space flight and I get to work with the astronauts every day. And that is really exciting, and the teams of people that are... View Details
- May 2014
- Article
From Purpose to Impact: Figure Out Your Passion and Put It to Work
By: Nick Craig and Scott Snook
We offer opinions on leadership. A need is seen for executives to have a strong belief in the purpose of their lives as individuals and within an organization to be effective leaders and to accomplish their personal goals. Executives are urged to examine their lives to... View Details
Keywords: Leadership
Craig, Nick, and Scott Snook. "From Purpose to Impact: Figure Out Your Passion and Put It to Work." Harvard Business Review 92, no. 5 (May 2014): 105–111.
- June 2014
- Case
The Kursk Submarine Rescue Mission — Short Film
By: Anette Mikes and Tom Ryder
During a military exercise in August 2000, a state-of-the-art Russian nuclear submarine, the Kursk, sank in the Barents Sea, triggering global media attention and an international rescue effort.
In addition to Russia's Northern Fleet, two other organizations got... View Details
In addition to Russia's Northern Fleet, two other organizations got... View Details
Mikes, Anette, and Tom Ryder. "The Kursk Submarine Rescue Mission — Short Film." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Case 114-709, June 2014.
- 25 Jun 2014
- News
A Man on a Mission
"My wife says I flunked retirement," says Julian Earls (PMD 37, 1979) with a laugh. Maybe so, but he clearly has never flunked anything else. The holder of 10 university degrees, including six honorary doctorates, the recipient of government service awards from two US... View Details
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Statement of Purpose
The statement of purpose allows applicants to articulate their academic goals, research interests, and motivation for pursuing a PhD. Watch this video to learn more about the difference between your... View Details
- December 2005 (Revised January 2007)
- Case
Ben & Jerry's: Preserving Mission & Brand within Unilever
By: James E. Austin and James Quinn
In the months after Ben & Jerry's was acquired by Unilever, Ben & Jerry's head social mission faces challenges and opportunities unique in the company's history, including: how to manage employee morale; whether to include synthetic ingredients to meet consumer... View Details
Keywords: Brands and Branding; Problems and Challenges; Mergers and Acquisitions; Mission and Purpose; Social Enterprise; Management Teams; Governing and Advisory Boards; Value Creation; Corporate Governance; Employee Relationship Management; Food and Beverage Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; United States
Austin, James E., and James Quinn. "Ben & Jerry's: Preserving Mission & Brand within Unilever." Harvard Business School Case 306-037, December 2005. (Revised January 2007.)
- 16 Mar 2021
- News
The Management Case for Inclusionary Corporate Purpose
- October 26, 2023
- Article
How to Connect Employees to Your Company’s Purpose
By: Hubert Joly
We know making a noble corporate purpose — that is, one aimed at doing something good in the world — come to life is both important and hard. Emerging practices from leading companies show that the journey is not about top-down messaging. If anything, it’s about... View Details
Joly, Hubert. "How to Connect Employees to Your Company’s Purpose." Harvard Business Review (website) (October 26, 2023).