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- July 2023 (Revised February 2024)
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Clair
By: Lauren Cohen, Grace Headinger and Marcos Quirno
Clair was founded with a simple mission: to expedite America’s workers access to their hard-earned wages. In the headwinds of the COVID-19 pandemic, the startup had successfully raised a seed round of $4.5 million, and within two years the earned wage access (EWA)... View Details
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2023 Reunion Presentations - Alumni
defense while also playing offense. Deep Purpose Podcast Innovation Opportunities Created by COVID: And How to Make Them Happen Professor Regina Herzlinger (DBA 1971) + More Info – Less Info The crush of... View Details
- 09 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Marketing a Country: Promotion as a Tool for Attracting Foreign Investment.
organizations tended to be created for the purpose of marketing countries as investment sites and not with the primary objectives of screening investment or negotiating with investors. Governments can adopt... View Details
Keywords: by Louis T. Wells & Alvin G. Wint
- September 2019
- Case
JTC: Stronger Together with Shared Ownership
By: Ethan Bernstein and Daniela Beyersdorfer
Nigel Le Quesne, CEO of Jersey-based financial services firm JTC, firmly believed that "shared ownership" was at the heart of his company’s successful track record. The firm had seen its revenues, profits, and number of clients and staff grow steadily throughout its... View Details
Keywords: Ownership; Employee Ownership; Leadership Style; Compensation and Benefits; Organizational Culture; Employee Stock Ownership Plan; Going Public; Mission and Purpose; Management Practices and Processes; Human Resources; Financial Services Industry; Channel Islands; Europe; United States
Bernstein, Ethan, and Daniela Beyersdorfer. "JTC: Stronger Together with Shared Ownership." Harvard Business School Case 420-008, September 2019.
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
Thinking Ahead
children; instead, the pain-free experience offered just the sort of fireworks effect that leaves a lasting afterglow. When Cash Isn’t King Money will always have its place as an employee motivator. But other levers can be equally—if not more—powerful, says Professor... View Details
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Topics - HBS Working Knowledge
Education (1) Mining (1) Misleading and Fraudulent Advertising (1) Mission and Purpose (20) Mobile Technology (8) Money (4) Monopoly (6) Moral... View Details
- September 2023
- Case
Derek Aguirre
By: Leslie Perlow and Hannah Weisman
Derek Aguirre is the executive director of a nonprofit organization in Detroit, Michigan that uses the sport of squash as a vehicle to support young people in low-income urban areas. The case discusses his path to pursue meaningful work and his reflections on the... View Details
- March 1990 (Revised October 1999)
- Case
Turner Construction Company: Project Management Control Systems
By: Robert L. Simons and Hilary Weston
After providing a brief overview of Turner Construction Co.'s structure and project work, the case gives a detailed description of its project management control system, the IOR system. In addition to explaining the mechanics of the IOR system, the case identifies the... View Details
Keywords: Mission and Purpose; Cost Management; Performance Evaluation; Risk Management; Strategic Planning; Planning; Management Systems; Management Teams; Construction Industry
Simons, Robert L., and Hilary Weston. "Turner Construction Company: Project Management Control Systems." Harvard Business School Case 190-128, March 1990. (Revised October 1999.)
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Entrepreneurship - Faculty & Research
center in China, UCCA had been operating with the mission to "promote the continued development of the Chinese art scene, foster international exchange, and showcase the latest in art View Details
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Standards of Conduct - Recruiting
must be approved by CPD. To maintain focus on the academic mission of the School, events and interviews must be scheduled around student class time. Organizations with CPD-assigned interview dates are not... View Details
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HBS - The year in Review
Business in Global Society (BiGS). The course, which took place over two days and was taught by 12 senior faculty members from across the School, was designed to encourage students to examine the foundations View Details
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Online Business Courses & Certifications | HBS Online
takes to combine purpose and profit and how businesses can face today's global challenges. Explore Subject Business and Climate Change Professors... View Details
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Design of Field Research Methods (DFRM)
Field research involves collecting original data (qualitative and/or quantitative) in field sites. This course combines informal lecture and discussion with practical exercises to build specific skills for conducting field research in organizations. Readings include... View Details
- 04 Apr 2023
- What Do You Think?
How Does Remote Work Affect Innovation?
‘Deep Purpose’ Matter to the Bottom Line? Respondents to this question largely believe in a relationship between deep purpose and the bottom line. As Maree Forbes Gaughan put it, “Without purpose, you have... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
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Executive Education | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
nonprofit CEOs and executive directors to lead their organizations effectively, this program provides a conceptual approach to shape the direction, mission, policies, and major programs of nonprofit... View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
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What Makes a Good Leader
purpose has always been to educate leaders," notes Dean Kim B. Clark. "Our students learn to be managers here, but they also learn that it is important to make a difference in the world — to bring commitment, integrity, View Details
Keywords: Management
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Executive Education - Global
Executive Education For nearly 75 years, Harvard Business School Executive Education has been fulfilling its mission of educating leaders who shape the practice of business and innovation around the world.... View Details
- 02 Nov 2023
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Seeding Startups
Shirish Nadkarni (MBA 1987) was the director of product planning for Microsoft’s MSN when he decided he was ready to become an entrepreneur. He had recently led the growing internet portal’s 1997 acquisition of Hotmail, the first free, web-based email solution, and the... View Details
Keywords: April White
- July 2023 (Revised February 2024)
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'Bugs' Burger Bug Killers
By: Ryan W. Buell and William Fulmer
In the height of its success, Bugs Burger Bug Killers (BBBK; Burger has a soft 'g' - it rhymes with merger) was the largest independent extermination company in America, growing at more than 20% per year. BBBK built its business on the promise of pest eradication,... View Details
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Human Behavior & Decision-Making - Faculty & Research
; Charity ; Succession Planning ; AI ; Family Business ; Values and Beliefs ; Management Succession ; Mission and Purpose ; Family Ownership ;... View Details