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Alfred D. Chandler: His Vision and Achievement
Among historians, Alfred Chandler's influence is by far the greatest, as he has affected economics, sociology, and business administration. Chandler never took short cuts, never stinted, and never published until he was satisfied that he had done his very best.... View Details
Keywords: Goals and Objectives; Mission and Purpose; Success; Books; Demand and Consumers; Power and Influence; Economic Growth; Ethics; Knowledge Sharing; Product Positioning; Market Transactions; Fair Value Accounting
McCraw, T. K. "Alfred D. Chandler: His Vision and Achievement." Business History Review 82, no. 4 (Winter 2008).
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Commencement 2018 Address | About
to get an engineering degree, to go abroad for additional graduate business education, and then return to India to pursue a business career. His enterprising character enabled him to eventually become CEO of a company whose mission was to... View Details
- March 2021 (Revised June 2022)
- Case
Bill Wilson: Changing the World
By: Robert Simons and Max Saffer
This case describes the life choices of Bill Wilson, the founder of Alcoholics Anonymous. A young man with tremendous potential, Wilson hit rock bottom as a drunk. An epiphany, coupled with his personal drive, led him to build a worldwide organization that has helped... View Details
Keywords: Leadership Development; Nonprofit Organizations; Mission and Purpose; Values and Beliefs; Personal Characteristics; Leadership Style; Work-Life Balance; Personal Development and Career
Simons, Robert, and Max Saffer. "Bill Wilson: Changing the World." Harvard Business School Case 121-048, March 2021. (Revised June 2022.)
- July 2005
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Price Improvement in Dealership Markets
By: Matthew Rhodes-Kropf
Price improvement refers to the practice whereby dealers order executions that improve on quoted prices. Why are these improvements given? Standard thinking is that competition causes dealers to give better prices to customers with less information. This paper... View Details
Keywords: Price; Markets; Competition; Information; Customers; Negotiation; Mission and Purpose; Practice; Theory; Performance Improvement; Bids and Bidding; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms
Rhodes-Kropf, Matthew. "Price Improvement in Dealership Markets." Journal of Business 78, no. 4 (July 2005): 1137–1172.
- January 2008
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Putting Leadership Back into Strategy
In recent decades an infusion of economics has lent the study of strategy much needed theory and empirical evidence. Strategy consultants, armed with frameworks and techniques, have stepped forward to help managers analyze their industries and position their companies... View Details
Keywords: Leadership; Growth and Development Strategy; Managerial Roles; Mission and Purpose; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Creativity; Competitive Strategy; Competitive Advantage
Montgomery, Cynthia A. "Putting Leadership Back into Strategy." Special Issue on HBS Centennial. Harvard Business Review 86, no. 1 (January 2008): 54–60.
- September 1987 (Revised October 1987)
- Background Note
The Job of the General Manager
By: James L. Heskett
Describes elements of the job of the general manager that are addressed in the Management Policy and Practice course at the Harvard Business School. These include: 1) establishing strategic direction, 2) setting goals and managing standards of performance, 3)... View Details
Keywords: Experience and Expertise; Policy; Recruitment; Working Conditions; Managerial Roles; Resource Allocation; Mission and Purpose; Performance Evaluation; Strategy; Value
Heskett, James L. "The Job of the General Manager." Harvard Business School Background Note 388-035, September 1987. (Revised October 1987.)
- 17 Dec 2001
- Research & Ideas
Enterprising Women
by the firm's mission and saw that it had been self-sufficient for nearly seven years, Fisher's task became much easier: In three stages, over the course of 2000, she raised venture capital funds of $11 million, $48 million, and $75... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 13 Oct 2015
- Blog Post
LGBTSA Spotlight: Alterrell Mills
what factors to consider when applying to graduate school. Why do you think it’s important for the club to exist on campus? I think it’s incredibly important for the LBGTSA to exist on campus because it demonstrates that HBS fully supports its View Details
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Equip our students to become leaders for racial equity. - Advancing Racial Equity
not only with HBS’s mission and values but also with our educational aims and heritage. HBS has long been a school of general management, focused on training students to understand and influence complex systems. Changing the systems in... View Details
- 31 Mar 2022
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A Community Hunger Solution with Global Ambitions
Every evening on the streets of Pune, in western India, a 67-year-old man coordinates a food drive to benefit the people in his community. As a local leader in the Robin Hood Army, a nonprofit volunteer organization, he’s on the front lines of an ambitious View Details
- 09 Mar 2021
- News
A For-Profit Business That Makes Education Accessible
Swedish in advance of a trip. “People are studying practical skills, like project management, and with more commitment than ever before.” The company’s mission is to provide the necessary resources for learners who lack access to the... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 29 Jan 2021
- News
Holding Business to Account
fall of 2020, Boston Common had $3 billion in assets under management and a mission to be, as Aiyer explains, “responsible investors who pursue financial returns but who also use the unique access and voice we have as investors to engage... View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
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A Measured Approach
Illustration by Vahram Muradyan The mission of Educate Girls, a nongovernmental organization in Mumbai, is to get 3 million out-of-school girls in India into the classroom and to provide remedial education. To do that they first have to... View Details
Keywords: Lisa Scanlon Mogolov
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
A Wider Net
of dollars to do so. That’s our number one challenge right now: how to visibly grow the participation levels in US Soccer Federation programs and bring in more of the underserved communities.” The mission is personal for him. Soccer was a... View Details
- 24 Oct 2018
- News
Exploring the Future of Work for Women
mission is an extension of the HBS mission,” says Hughes, “in that we continue to educate leaders who make a difference in the world and who make San Diego a great place to live and work.” A Global Gathering Former classmates reconnected... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
A Message from Dean Clark
We are poised on the cusp of a new millennium, with all the promise and possibility such a milestone implies. At HBS, our mission for the 21st century - to educate leaders - is rooted in the traditions established by those who founded the... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
A Message from Dean Clark
the results of our ongoing investment in information technology. Innovative technologies are making possible new ways of learning -- including distance learning or e-learning -- that will extend and enhance our ability to pursue the View Details
Keywords: Educational Services
- 05 Jul 2011
- News
The Business of Champions
opposition.” How, I wondered, can companies similarly sharpen the pursuit of their mission and goals throughout the organization? My Take-away: If companies can figure out how to get employees to personalize the mission, then the... View Details
- 11 Oct 2024
- Blog Post
Committing to Work and Family: Allison Boxer (MBA 2012)
kept hearing that the mission of HBS was to create leaders that make a positive difference in the world. I was eager to work with the Social Enterprise Initiative and Conference. At HBS, I was a student in pilot classes Reimagining... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 15 Aug 2017
- Blog Post
Where Work Meets Passion: A Summer In Community Development
Black Community Food Security Network (DBCFSN) as they make headway on an exciting development project in central Detroit. They’re a small non-profit on a mission to make healthy and fresh foods available to everyday Detroiters,... View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit / Government