Mission And Purpose - Publications - Faculty & Research

07 Jun 2012
Working Paper Summaries

How Short-Termism Invites Corruption--And What to Do About It

11 Sep 2023
Blog Post

Reflections on My First Semester Teaching at HBS

use entrepreneurship to achieve financial success while also making the world a better place. We also study cases around failure, like Quincy Apparel and Ofo, and wrestle with View Details

24 Apr 2017
Op-Ed

Op-Ed: Courage: The Defining Characteristic of Great Leaders

decisions to build great global companies. If businesses are managed without courageous leadership, then R&D programs, product pipelines, investments in emerging markets, and employees’ commitment to the company’s View Details

Keywords: by Bill George; Auto; Food & Beverage

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of its students. How would the foundation sustain momentum with donors and make the most meaningful difference for generations of rural students in Kazakhstan? Keywords: Mission View Details

07 Jun 2023
Blog Post

My One Case: MBA Class of 2023 Looks Back

patients. As a leader, I’ll be managing multiple employees from different disciplines to advance our common mission and goals. The principles from this case will help me build a collaborative team. Paola... View Details

20 Dec 2023
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In the early days of the pandemic in 2020, Curriculum Associates, a Massachusetts-based company that creates research-based print and online instructional and assessment tools, made the decision to make its products free to teachers and students who suddenly found... View Details

23 Sep 2022
Research & Ideas

8 Strategies to Sustain Business Innovation

a same-day reply by phone or email. The rules aren’t mission statements, but rather a way to make learning experiences easier to adopt and follow. McDonald adds, “Even simple rules can outlive their... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert

2020
Working Paper

Design Rules, Volume 2: How Technology Shapes Organizations: Chapter 6 The Value Structure of Technologies, Part 1: Mapping Functional Relationships

By: Carliss Y. Baldwin

Organizations are formed in a free economy because an individual or group perceives value in carrying out a technical recipe that is beyond the capacity of a single person. Technology specifies what must be done, what resources must be assembled, what actions taken in... View Details

Keywords: Modularity; Information Technology; Organizations; Value Creation

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01 Mar 2011
Working Paper Summaries

How Foundations Think: The Ford Foundation as a Dominating Institution in the Field of American Business Schools

Keywords: by Rakesh Khurana, Kenneth Kimura & Marion Fourcad; Education

September 2015 (Revised February 2017)
Case

MOD Pizza: A Winning Recipe?

By: Boris Groysberg, John D. Vaughan and Matthew Preble

Scott and Ally Svenson, the founders of MOD Pizza, had to make a number of decisions in planning how to scale their small company. They wanted to grow MOD from 45 stores as of May 2015 to 200 stores by the end of 2016, and while the two believed that MOD could manage... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Employees; Employee Relationship Management; Selection and Staffing; Leadership; Growth and Development Strategy; Marketing; Service Delivery; Organizational Culture; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Mission and Purpose; Service Industry; United States

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28 Nov 2018
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01 Feb 2022
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Innovation Isn’t Just for Startups: How Big Companies Can Succeed

Although Carol was a scientist by background, along with many of the leaders she hired, it had not been her vision that started the unit. She focused intensely on the mission and vision for the venture,... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert

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Community Values | About

that this is a collective endeavor and that we can ’ t really accomplish our mission without relying on each other. Robin J. Ely ; Baker Foundation Professor Diane Doerge Wilson Professor of Business... View Details

04 May 2021
Book

Best Buy: How Human Connection Saved a Failing Retailer

shareholders and is a money-making machine,” he says. “But no, a company is a human organization made up of individuals working together in pursuit of a goal.” Leading with purpose View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Retail

13 Mar 2012
First Look

First Look: March 13

independent films, including those not supported by the Sundance Labs. Thirty years after Sundance was founded, its top management team wonders whether the mission of Sundance would be best served by increasing View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Policies, Rules & Guidelines | About

resources and to foster the well-being of community members and preserve these resources for future generations, the University must codify the rules, practices, and policies... View Details

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Department Directory - Alumni

Help Department Directory 11ms HBS External Relations Teele Hall Soldiers Field Boston, MA 02163 Alumni Clubs and Associations 617.495.6890 (t) clubsteam@hbs.edu Alumni Communications 617.495.6554 (t) 617.495.7558 (f) alumni_comm@hbs.edu... View Details

26 Jun 2020
Research & Ideas

Why Japanese Businesses Are So Good at Surviving Crises

says Harvard Business School professor Hirotaka Takeuchi, was their dedication to responding to the needs of employees and the community first, all with the moral purpose of serving the common good. Less... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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MBA Experience | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Mitchell is President and CEO of United Way of Greater Nashville. Based in Nashville, Tennessee, the United Way of Great Nashville’s mission is to unite the community and... View Details

20 Sep 2017
Research & Ideas

The Three Types of Leaders Who Create Radical Change

lacking a remedy to offer. Among innovators: tunnel vision—failing to consider the negative implications of a proposed solution, and impractical elegance—proposing a solution that looks great on a computer screen but is virtually... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

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