Mission And Purpose - Publications - Faculty & Research

Web

Advisory Board - Entrepreneurship

(board member), the ELCA Fund for Leaders in Mission (leadership council), the Dartmouth College President's Leadership Council, and the Wake Forest Parents' Council, and is a... View Details

Web

Teacher Profiles - Case Method Project

History, Business Law NJ Genny Allard Bergen County Technical School, Teterboro Teterboro, NJ Subjects: Introduction to Law and Justice, Constitutional Law NJ George Alvarez Bergenfield High School Bergenfield, NJ Subjects: US History I... View Details

2018
Working Paper

Zig-Zagging Your Way to Transformative Impact

By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Tricia Gregg

Achieving transformative impact has been much discussed by social entrepreneurs, funders, and consultants. These discussions have focused on issues of increasing impact and scale, but often with no clear distinction between the two terms. In order to provide clarity,... View Details

Keywords: Social Entrepreneurship; Performance Efficiency; Growth and Development; Outcome or Result; Strategy

Citation

Web

Regional Winners - Alumni

Sophie Jewsbury, MBA 2024, Co-Founder & COO Region: Northeastern U.S./New York Together Achieving Dreams (TAD) 3 out of 4 blind Americans are job-ready, but unemployed. TAD is on a mission to increase employment for the blind View Details

24 Oct 2018
Blog Post

The Energy & Environment Club

Comprised of over 200 students, the HBS Energy & Environment Club promotes the energy, clean tech, and environment-related industries at Harvard Business School. The mission of the club is to develop the... View Details

21 Sep 2020
Research & Ideas

Are You Sabotaging Your Own Company?

hamper productivity through “human obstruction” tactics, by purposely and surreptitiously making poor decisions and being uncooperative. “Making a faulty decision may be simply... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

06 Feb 2013
What Do You Think?

Is ‘Conscious Capitalism’ an Antidote to Income Inequality?

capitalism" he believes it fosters. He thinks private sector responsibility is the answer and his prescription is described in a new book, Conscious Capitalism, that he coauthored. Conscious capitalism is made up of four elements: a View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

Web

Our Values | About

time to recommit to our mission with a sense of urgency and purpose. All the best and kindest regards, Srikant Datar This message was distributed to the Harvard Business School... View Details

22 Mar 2013
Research & Ideas

Pulling Campbell’s Out of the Soup

a higher-ambition company if we didn't have higher-ambition leaders?” Many people weren't cut out for the job. In the first three years, 300 of the top 350 leaders at the company exited. Conant focused on making those who stayed and were... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Food & Beverage

Web

Events | Social Enterprise

change. Apr 16 April 16, 2026 Executive Education: Driving Nonprofit Performance and Innovation–Virtual For nonprofit leaders, this live, online Executive Education program explores how to align mission... View Details

08 Aug 2005
Research & Ideas

Decision Rights: Who Gives the Green Light?

extraordinarily difficult and controversial management task." And therein lies a big problem, because how effective an organization is at making high-quality decisions consistent with its View Details

Keywords: by Peter Jacobs

01 Dec 2023
News

Venturing Forth

Illustration by Adam McCauley Venture capital is a heady industry: Big bets mean big checks when the deals hit right. And for most of the last decade, those taking part in the funds were riding high: Capital was abundant, valuations were soaring, and the stock market... View Details

Keywords: Janelle Nanos; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance

11 Aug 2021
Blog Post

The Equity Network: How HBS Helped Me Launch a Tech-Enabled Social Enterprise

income, alma maters, and employers can give someone up to a 12x advantage over others in accessing opportunity. I adopted this mission during the 2020 Black Lives Matter movement when I realized that my... View Details

24 Apr 2023
HBS Case

What Does It Take to Build as Much Buzz as Booze? Inside the Epic Challenge of Cannabis-Infused Drinks

while working as consultants at Bain & Company in 2018. Alcohol alternative with a social mission Considered one of the first cannabis beverage firms, Cann has sold more than 10 million cans of low-calorie flavored seltzer infused... View Details

Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald; Consumer Products; Food & Beverage

2011
Working Paper

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

By: Rakesh Khurana, Kenneth Kimura and Marion Fourcade

The question of institutional change has become central to organizational research (Powell, 2008). Recent scholarship has demonstrated, often through carefully researched cases, that institutions can and sometimes do change. According to this research, there are two... View Details

Keywords: Change; Business Education; Business History; Organizations; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Structure; Relationships; Behavior

Citation

Read Now

Web

Harvard Environmental Centers - Business & Environment

that address all aspects of the climate crisis. Digital, Data, and Design Institute at Harvard - Climate and Sustainability Impact Lab The mission of the lab is to advance our... View Details

20 Sep 2022
Research & Ideas

How Partisan Politics Play Out in American Boardrooms

Like: Where Does CEO Activism Go From Here? What Does Your Business Stand For? Why Building Trust Starts with Purpose Stereotypes and Politics Feedback or ideas to share? Email the Working Knowledge team at... View Details

Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds

Web

Greenhill House | About

global engagement is even more critical today, when more than 30 percent of the MBA class is international, and 31 percent of alumni live and work outside the United States. The Greenhills’ generous... View Details

20 Aug 2008
Op-Ed

The Time is Right for Creative Capitalism

examples of where global capitalism is going. (RED) integrates the power of big business, new customer priorities, and the interconnected agents of social change, in the form of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, View Details

Keywords: by Nancy Koehn

03 Oct 2007
Research & Ideas

Dealing with the ‘Irrational’ Negotiator

consortium of nonprofit organizations whose mission it was to lobby for an increase in food aid to disadvantaged countries! What explains such seemingly irrational and self-defeating behavior? Why would this... View Details

Keywords: by Deepak Malhotra & Max H. Bazerman

Publications