Technical and Trade Schools - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Dec 1997
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Merton's Economics Research Wins Nobel Prize

"Economists are puzzle solvers..." An interview with Robert Merton At a press conference at the Business School a few hours after the announcement, Merton told reporters, "I still can't believe it's really happened." Looking trim View Details

31 Jan 2023
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Female Founders' Dilemmas; UK Tech Startups

security, responsibility, and vigilance, while male founders are asked about scaling and the future. “I’m very passionate about this,” said Garg. “I went to MIT, I went to a View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Jun 2008
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The Prophet of Start-Ups

development during World War II, spearheaded the construction of an HBS-like business school in France (INSEAD), and, perhaps most notably, launched the modern venture capital industry. His remarkable life is the subject of a new... View Details

Keywords: Spencer E. Ante; George Doriot; Charles F. Kettering; Lawrence Lowell; F. Warren Hellman; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments

01 Aug 2001
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Robert B. Stobaugh (DBA '68)

In June, the School conferred its highest honors, the Distinguished Service Award and the Alumni Achievement Award, on four professors emeriti and five alumni, respectively.... View Details

Keywords: Alumni Achievement Award; Educational Services

01 Dec 2011
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Making the Case for Leadership

Issue Focus: Leadership Issue Focus Li & Fung's Global Footprint Reimagining the MBA Leaders come in all colors, ages, shapes, and sizes, with all manner of skills and temperaments, a variety View Details

01 Jun 2011
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Where Conservation Means Business

communication devices, the tools of Anderson’s trade are more prosaic — a scalpel, a soft-bristle brush, tweezers, a razor knife, Q-tips, and the like. As collections conservator at the Baker Library |... View Details

Keywords: Roger thompson

01 Oct 1999
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The Class of 1974: Timed for a Change

how it all happened. I have been a traveler and a student of a world that has become more complex and more diverse." Jack of Many Trades Since graduating from Harvard College... View Details

Keywords: Charles B. ("Chuck") Mercer

01 Dec 1997
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"Economists are puzzle solvers..."

(I've always been a car buff!) when I was ten. I can remember going with my dad to the stockbroker's and sitting there watching the NYSE and AMEX tapes, learning all the companies' symbols. View Details

01 Apr 1998
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Professor Ramchandran Jaikumar Remembered

country and abroad. His premature death has robbed us of a world-class scholar and a valued friend and colleague." Professor Marshall Fisher of the Wharton View Details

15 Jun 2021
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Alumni Achievement Awards 2021

impact, and learn about past recipients. ALUMNI ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS SITE For 50 years, Harvard Business School has recognized a number of outstanding women and men by conferring... View Details

06 Dec 2021
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HBS Curricula Explore the Complexities of Innovation

Maren Hopkins (MBA 2019) Maren Hopkins (MBA 2019) Maren Hopkins (MBA 2019) already had a strong understanding of the technical side of the digital world when she signed up for the Digital Innovation and... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

01 Dec 1997
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New Releases

Technology Integration by Marco Iansiti (Harvard Business School Press) In the old days, coping with technological change was simple: you kept track of developments, tried to decide if they had legs, and... View Details

Keywords: Robert Binstock

07 May 2018
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What I Learned from Visiting All 54 African Countries

They sent me to a French school in San Francisco. It was a bilingual school, but all the classes were taught in French. All the professors were French. And then I was in America. So, three languages right... View Details

01 Jun 2016
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How Do We Win the Cyberwar?

known as the Deep Web (unsearchable) and Dark Web (requiring special software to access)—to exchange tips and hacking tools. “Why are the bad guys so successful?” Bonaparte asked in an essay for the... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; illustrations by Victo Ngai

01 Dec 1999
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A Class Act

Class of 1925 February 1940 The first known casualty among the alumni of the Business School during the present war was Lt. Claus von Bohlen und Halbach, son of the head of the Krupp works in Essen, Germany. He was an aviator in the... View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry

05 Dec 2016
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The Dragon’s Tale

with HBS professor William Kirby and Regina Abrami (PMD 76, 2001) of the Wharton School. In addition to teaching in several HBS Executive Education programs, McFarlan has been a guest professor at Tsinghua University’s View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

14 Jan 2014
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Spreading the Seeds of Entrepreneurship

each day Provides 2 high school credits Uses area businesses as classrooms Visits dozens of area businesses each year Hosts 50 to 60 guest speakers each year Provides an opportunity for each student to start his/her own business Provides... View Details

Keywords: CEO (Creating Entrepreneurial Opportunities); Educational Services; Agriculture; Manufacturing

23 Apr 2018
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Sowing the Seeds of Leadership

100 students. “Most of these young people grew up in rural poverty and would never have a chance to take an SAT,” Condo notes. “We learn about them from their high schools or community leaders, who know they... View Details