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- May 12 2016
- Article
Food Rescue is on a Mission
- November 2021 (Revised May 2022)
- Case
QuantumScape's Mission to Revolutionize Energy Storage for a Sustainable Future
By: William A. Sahlman, Allison M. Ciechanover and Jeff Huizinga
QuantumScape CEO Jagdeep Singh juggles the many activities required to lead the next-generation battery pioneer. Founded in 2010, QuantumScape’s mission was to develop new “solid-state” car batteries that would improve upon traditional lithium-ion batteries in key... View Details
Keywords: Batteries; Electric Vehicles; SPACs; Innovation and Management; Technological Innovation; Science-Based Business; Environmental Sustainability; Auto Industry; Energy Industry; California; San Jose
Sahlman, William A., Allison M. Ciechanover, and Jeff Huizinga. "QuantumScape's Mission to Revolutionize Energy Storage for a Sustainable Future." Harvard Business School Case 822-044, November 2021. (Revised May 2022.)
- July 2020
- Case
Sesame Workshop (C): Mission Critical Responses to Global and National Crises
By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Joyce J. Kim
Beginning in March 2020, Sesame Workshop navigated a global pandemic and racial justice crisis, which caused unemployment, business shutdowns, school closures, and remote work. The CEO and team responded with new partnership using its assets and reinforcing its... View Details
Keywords: Health Pandemics; Social Issues; Crisis Management; Global Range; Mission and Purpose; Education; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss, and Joyce J. Kim. "Sesame Workshop (C): Mission Critical Responses to Global and National Crises." Harvard Business School Case 321-016, July 2020.
- June 2006 (Revised January 2007)
- Supplement
Dana Hall: Funding a Mission (C)
By: F. Warren McFarlan, Herman B. Leonard and Melissa Tritter
McFarlan, F. Warren, Herman B. Leonard, and Melissa Tritter. "Dana Hall: Funding a Mission (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 306-106, June 2006. (Revised January 2007.)
- 07 Nov 2014
- News
In partnership to support a mission
Meredith Jenkins (MBA 1999) serves as vice president and cochief investment officer of Carnegie Corporation of New York, the foundation established by Andrew Carnegie in 1911. With business partner Kim Lew (MBA 1992), she manages $3.2... View Details
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
William Jones: Builder with a Mission
At an early age, William D. Jones (MBA '89) learned about the fragility of a stable urban community. From their home in the Skyline Hills section of San Diego, he and his family watched their neighborhood gradually decline as businesses... View Details
Keywords: Thomas Frick
- 2015
- Chapter
Managerial Responsibility and the Purpose of Business: Doing One's Job Well
By: Nien-he Hsieh
Business managers routinely make decisions that significantly affect the lives of others in both positive and negative ways. In the light of these wide-ranging effects, much scholarship has been devoted to specifying the responsibilities of managers of for-profit... View Details
Hsieh, Nien-he. "Managerial Responsibility and the Purpose of Business: Doing One's Job Well." Chap. 5 in Ethical Innovation in Business and the Economy, edited by Georges Enderle and Patrick E. Murphy, 95–118. Studies in Transatlantic Business Ethics. Northhampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2015.
Enabling Mission Impact: Funding Strategies for High-Risk High-Reward Innovation
Governments and foundations around the world are urgently seeking strategies to optimize their investments across a range of distinctive missions targeted towards societal challenges. How should such investments be made, from early R&D spending to later-stage... View Details
- 06 Apr 2022
- News
5 Principles of Purposeful Leadership
- April 2024
- Case
Michelin in Motion: Putting Purpose to Work
By: Hubert Joly, Nitin Nohria and Emilie Billaud
When he became CEO, facing limited growth prospects, a low valuation, and therefore a stagnating share price, Menegaux and his team launched a set of initiatives to reposition Michelin. These included (1) articulating a clear purpose (“We care about giving people a... View Details
Keywords: Transformation; Talent and Talent Management; Innovation Strategy; Leading Change; Goals and Objectives; Growth and Development Strategy; Management Practices and Processes; Organizational Culture; Identity; Motivation and Incentives; Corporate Strategy; Diversification; Value Creation; Mission and Purpose; Valuation; Manufacturing Industry; Rubber Industry; Transportation Industry; Europe; France
Joly, Hubert, Nitin Nohria, and Emilie Billaud. "Michelin in Motion: Putting Purpose to Work." Harvard Business School Case 324-127, April 2024.
The Messy but Essential Pursuit of Purpose
Most forward-thinking executives have embraced the notion that purpose-driven companies can solve social and environmental problems while also generating wealth, creating win-win outcomes that benefit everyone. But ideal solutions are rare. Many... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Ink: Bringing Purpose to Life
In his new book, Deep Purpose: The Heart and Soul of High Performance Companies, Professor Ranjay Gulati makes the case that it is indeed possible to serve two masters—profit and social purpose—at the same... View Details
- 2024
- Working Paper
Measuring the Impact of Purpose
By: Ranjay Gulati, Franz Wohlgezogen and David Shin
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
What to Do When Your Organization Has Dueling Missions
- June 2019
- Supplement
Elon Musk: Balancing Purpose and Risk; Risk Tolerance Exercise
By: Shikhar Ghosh
- 03 Feb 2016
- Video
The Space Shuttle Columbia’s Final Mission
- 22 Mar 2022
- News
How Etsy Found Its Purpose and Crafted a Turnaround
- 14 Dec 2022
- News
Abby Falik on Global Citizen Year and Finding Purpose
- 11 Feb 2015
- News
Dedicated to a public service mission
Wrendon Hunt (MBA 2012) was raised to be an upstander. “My father always talked about serving causes greater than ourselves,” says Hunt, who is a 2014–2015 White House Fellow. He describes his yearlong appointment at the Department of Labor as “stimulating View Details