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Gordon Ross

Even as an undergraduate majoring in economics in Scotland, Gordon Ross had been fascinated by causality. “I’ve always enjoyed seeing how different things relate in the world,” Gordon says. “If you pull the string at one end, what happens... View Details

01 Dec 2020
Blog Post

Hiring a Career Switcher: The Value of the MS/MBA

curriculum provides a strong foundation in general management, builds students’ design skills, and extends their understanding of engineering. Upon completion of the program, graduates are prepared to make decisions grounded in technical... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

01 Jun 2023
News

Batteries Included

Illustration by Klaus Kremmerz Supply-chain shortages put container shipping in the headlines during the pandemic, with images of vessels languishing in line at major ports worldwide. It made visible what Steven Henderson (MBA 2016), CEO and cofounder of Fleetzero,... View Details

Keywords: Catherine O’Neill Grace; Water Transportation; Transportation

15 Jun 2020
Blog Post

Black MBA Students Pen Letters to the HBS Community: Letter 1/5

Goldfields April 8, 2020: Kenya April 15, 2020: Economic Inequality April 22, 2020: US Mass Incarceration April 29, 2020: Detroit: on the Right Track? May 2020: Murders of Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, and Ahmaud Arbery These are cases... View Details

07 Sep 2007
What Do You Think?

Are Elite Business Schools Fostering the Deprofessionalization of Management?

explanation was offered most provocatively by Tony Wanless, who commented that "B-schools are university cash cows, and the only way to justify their fees is to go where the mass market wants it to go. So they concentrate on what will earn their View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

01 Oct 2002
News

The Class of 1977

Desmond Wong A loyal HBS alumnus who says he “truly bleeds Harvard crimson,” Wong has played a leading role in every '77 reunion since graduation. He has served on the HBS Alumni Association Board and the graduate schools committee and... View Details

Keywords: Desmond Wong

01 Sep 2015
News

Opening Minds Through Expanded Learning Opportunities

their financial knowledge to highlight economic dimensions of the debates." Moskowitz, who is interested in someday entering politics, says it was "extraordinary to push beyond finance, operations, and strategy and have the chance to... View Details

01 Dec 2002
News

GE's Jeff Immelt

discussion. Even so, he continued, it's good to keep the situation in perspective. When he graduated in the early 1980s, unemployment was around 12 percent, inflation was close to 15 percent, and interest rates were in double digits. “I... View Details

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Case Method - Research Resources | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

written by Melvin T. Copeland, professor and Director of the Division of Research, who was instrumental in the early development of the case method and who authored the first published book of cases, Marketing Problems . Donham, Wallace B., Dean’s Report, “ View Details

14 Jul 2009
First Look

First Look: July 14

of host countries' investment laws. Second, and perhaps most important, is the very rigid view of contracts that panels have tended to take, even when a host country acts as a result of an economic crisis. A third cause of backlash is... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Dec 2018
News

Engaging with Students to Share Insights About Africa

first and second-year MBA students. During the four-day course, he worked with Elkins to provide an overview of Africa’s economic landscape, range of business opportunities, and the speed of growth and change occurring there, and also... View Details

29 Nov 2017
News

Inbox: From Das’s Desk

An old adage about volunteers cites the value they bring to organizations as including “wealth, work, and wisdom.” These “three Ws” define the dedicated alumni body here at HBS. Although being a donor is certainly critical to sustaining the View Details

Keywords: Das Narayandas

01 Dec 2002
News

Faculty Updates

real estate in particular, Poorvu began teaching Real Property Asset Management and Field Studies in Real Property and writing cases at HBS in 1965. A former faculty member at the Harvard Graduate School of Design, Poorvu is the author or... View Details

15 Nov 2012
Research & Ideas

Funding the Design of Livable Cities

Editor's note: This article originally appeared on Harvard University's Real Estate Academic Initiative website. If Harvard Business School and the Graduate School of Design seem miles apart both literally and culturally, John Macomber is... View Details

Keywords: by Lisa Chase; Construction; Real Estate; Energy; Utilities

01 Dec 2008
Lessons from the Classroom

How Many U.S. Jobs Are ‘Offshorable’?

India. "The case raises an uncomfortable question: Why should Monitor pay a Harvard MBA top dollar to conduct business research in the United States while an Indian Institute of Management graduate could do the work just as effectively in... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

08 Dec 2015
News

Living the Legacy

When Ray Kusisto (MBA 1986) graduated from Harvard Business School, he knew he had been part of a unique experience. “I still feel that way,” says Kusisto, now CEO of Ortho NorthEast, the premier orthopedic clinic and specialty center in... View Details

01 Sep 2011
News

Extraordinary People

At HBS, he gained an appreciation for teamwork. “I learned how to bounce off other people’s ideas, how the sum of the parts is always much bigger than what you can do alone,” adds Harf, who after graduation worked for BCG in San Francisco... View Details

Keywords: Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Finance; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

23 Sep 2008
First Look

First Look: September 23, 2008

Media.) Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-039.pdf From Social Control to Financial Economics: The Linked Ecologies of Economics and Business in Twentieth Century America Authors:Marion Fourcade and Rakesh Khurana... View Details