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02 Jul 2010
What Do You Think?

Is Profit as a “Direct Goal” Overrated?

realizing intermediate goals or through some kind of overarching mission and vision that helps an organization achieve long-term shareholder value as well. Of course, it assumes that we know what those things (missions, visions,... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

08 Sep 2021
Blog Post

Socioeconomic Inclusion at HBS: Joshua Mbanusi (MBA 2021)

not just maximize shareholder value but doing good by doing well—how to pursue business that has a social mission at its heart while also generating returns for its investors,” said Mbanusi. Casting a wide net in his applications, Mbanusi... View Details

30 Aug 2019
Blog Post

3 Growing Pains from my First Year at HBS: Academic, Social, and Career

saw it as an outsider. Because of this shift in perspective, I feel that I am choosing to go back, rather than going back there by default. I would like to carry this mindset after my MBA to remind myself that I am working because I want to, not because I have to.... View Details

28 Mar 2018
News

Fueling the Future

new logo, website, and mission statement to reflect the broader vision for the waste-to-energy business. “Combusting garbage to produce electricity in an environmentally controlled manner keeps waste out of the landfill and creates... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

01 Sep 2016
News

Offshore Learning

growing number of students from high-poverty neighborhoods. “Our core mission is to help close the STEM achievement gap among students of diverse backgrounds in Boston,” Pearson explained in a traveling conversation this summer that began... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Outward Bound; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

19 May 2015
News

Getting Ready for Success

nonetheless. She cofounded Minds Matter, a now-nationwide mentoring and college preparatory nonprofit that launched her on a lifelong mission to improve public education. Named Woman of the Year by the California State Assembly in 2014... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken; Educational Services

01 Dec 2001
News

Q&A: John Quelch

over the world — that keeping current with what one's colleagues are up to is a major challenge. Some part of my job, I expect, will be just to play a role in connecting the dots." Could you describe the mission of the Global Initiative... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

01 Oct 2002
News

Banishing Balkan Ghosts

exists a unique opportunity to bring lasting stability to southeastern Europe. Generous international aid and investment in the region, he contends, will benefit the West geopolitically and reward it financially. “We are living a historic moment,” says Djelic. “That's... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

01 Jan 2003
News

James E. Burke, MBA 1949

almost forty years with J&J, he quickly found a new mission as chairman of the Partnership for a Drug-Free America (PDFA), a coalition of communications professionals dedicated to persuading children to reject substance abuse. The result... View Details

02 Nov 2015
News

Making Higher Ed Accessible to Africans

material wealth, but we believe it also leads to a powerful contribution to familial wealth, country wealth, and ultimately, wealth for the continent,” says Royster, cofounder of Maarifa Education, a pan-African education holding company. Royster has been hard at work... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

Profile

Yi-An Huang

interested—I needed something that fed my soul more. In case after case, you really do get a broad perspective of what different industries and sectors feel like. I’d always think, would I really want to work here? Inside healthcare, I’m excited about finding the right... View Details

Keywords: Health Care

Profile

Marco Crespo

native country of Brazil. “After I graduate, I want to return to a nonprofit I worked for before, the Ayrton Senna Foundation,” says Marco. Founded by the sister of the late Formula 1 racing driver – a champion regarded by many as the best ever – the Foundation’s View Details

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Alumni Clubs Supporting & Connecting | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

spectrum of mission areas. These volunteers have assisted with projects critical to strengthening the nonprofits that work to make the Boston community a better place.” In addition to engaging with nonprofits in their communities, more... View Details

01 Oct 1997
News

Honorable Mention

coordinated by HBS professor Linda A. Hill, the Dean's Award winners were honored at a special Class Day luncheon at the Dean's House. "Our celebration today has its roots in the mission of the School," noted Dean Kim Clark in an address... View Details

01 Feb 2000
News

Bart Harvey: Opportunities for Others

explains Harvey. "He believed in both the free-enterprise system and the use of wealth to provide opportunity for others. When I joined the Enterprise Foundation in 1984, Jim told me, 'Now you're an investment banker for the poor, not the rich.'" The Enterprise... View Details

01 Apr 2001
News

Khoo Teng Chye: Technology Turnaround in Singapore

market listing possibly as early as this year. “We have to look for new business beyond Singapore, but we can’t do that as a pure government agency,” Khoo explains. “We’ve had a tremendous change in the scope of our mission and in our... View Details

Keywords: Alejandro Reyes; Transportation

02 Feb 2023
News

Can We Really Engineer a Climate Fix?

Photo credits: Aaron Sabin; Russ Campbell Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. This is the first episode of "Clearing the Air", a three-part series focused on the business of carbon... View Details

February 2022
Case

Business Roundtable 2019 Statement: A New Paradigm or Business as Usual?

By: Charles C.Y. Wang and Amram Migdal

This note focuses on the antecedents of, reactions to, and clarifications about The Business Roundtable’s August 19, 2019, “Statement on the Purpose of a Corporation.” The note includes background information on corporate governance as practiced in the United States in... View Details

Keywords: Corporate Accountability; Corporate Governance; Business History; Mission and Purpose; Agency Theory; Business and Shareholder Relations; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; United States

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April 2021 (Revised April 2021)
Teaching Plan

Nehemiah Mfg. Co.: Providing a Second Chance

By: Brian Trelstad and John Masko

Teaching Plan for HBS Case No. 320-008. In 2009, Dan Meyer and Richard Palmer, two veterans of the fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) industry, founded Nehemiah Manufacturing to build FMCG brands while providing jobs to Cincinnati, Ohio’s beleaguered urban core. Two... View Details

Keywords: Social Entrepreneurship; Retention; Selection and Staffing; Employment; Human Capital; Growth Management; Brands and Branding; Social Marketing; Mission and Purpose; Prejudice and Bias; City; Urban Scope; Consumer Products Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Ohio; United States