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- 01 Dec 2017
- News
A Shared Vision for a Better World
because he was impressed by, among other things, the case method and by several alumni colleagues at Chemical Bank. “It was clear they had been superbly educated,” he says. Upon arriving on the HBS campus,... View Details
- 25 Aug 2010
- News
Classroom Hijinks: Games, Parties, Pranks, and Celebrations
and making it fair, but it was 1974I, apparently, that removed the biggest obstacle to smooth, somewhat undisruptive playing of the game: they used an agreed-upon bingo phrase rather than shouting out “bingo” itself. If you got “bingo,” you had to get called upon in... View Details
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Steve Alden
case method," Steve says. "I realized that many schools use HBS cases. So why not go to the source?" Surprising relevancy, plus laughter Steve's first visit to the HBS campus reinforced his interest. "The students I... View Details
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Max Reichel
and potentially expand my own beliefs of what is possible." The case method creates a meaningful forum for these multiple perspectives. "After completing my master's, I didn't want to be lectured... View Details
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Brandon Gayle
management skills that would help me truly drive change in organizations." That need led back to Bain, then to HBS. "The case method is special in ways I can only begin to describe," Brandon... View Details
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Chris Wilson-Byrne
and that there were numerous incentives, such as fee waivers and deferred admissions, to make applying easier. "The moment I stepped on campus," Chris says, "I felt that this was a place full of interesting and dynamic people. The View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
HBS Faculty Approves Curriculum Innovations
is the right time to act to take the Harvard Business School MBA Program to the next level,” Dean Nitin Nohria said of the curriculum changes. “HBS has always been a pioneer in the field of management education,” he continued, most notably with the introduction of the... View Details
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Marques Torbert
“I thought people here would come from similar backgrounds. But after getting to know people, I’ve found there’s a wealth of experiences and challenges they’ve overcome that you wouldn’t have anticipated.” Initially, the case View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
What’s Next
creating a powerful learning environment via the case and field methods in our educational programs. We achieve it through a faculty that is close to practice, dedicated to teaching, and remarkable at... View Details
- 18 Jul 2018
- News
Ensuring HBS Remains a Dynamic Community
students—their intelligence, passion, and diverse experiences—stand out most from my time at HBS,” she enthuses. She particularly liked class discussions, as the diversity of backgrounds and perspectives made for interesting debates. “Nothing before or since the View Details
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Theory & Practice
that presents a wide array of commitment decisions. He analyzes the match between case outcomes and model predications both qualitatively and quantitatively. The case method... View Details
- 13 Jun 2016
- News
Brenda Bence (MBA 1991)
Brenda Bence (MBA 1991) Harvard Business School was the only business school to which Brenda Bence (MBA 1991) applied for admission. “I wanted a learning process that was practical and pragmatic,” explains Bence. She liked that HBS used the View Details
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Faculty Books
Jane Wei-Skillern, James E. Austin, Herman Leonard, and Howard Stevenson (Sage Publications) This book presents HBS research and cases about international and U.S. organizations in the nonprofit, for-profit, and government sectors. It... View Details
- 02 Jul 2008
- News
No Pulp Fiction Allowed
case method of instruction, contending that it teaches skills largely irrelevant to what managers actually do. Mintzberg devotes the second half of his book to a description of what works in management... View Details
- 24 Jan 2018
- Blog Post
10 Reasons Why HBS Peek Weekend was worth the trip across the pond - a british perspective
ideas that were shared in these sessions were incredibly diverse and interesting. It really helped us consider other people’s perspectives ahead of class. #7 - The Case Study Method After reading the View Details
- 05 Dec 2012
- What Do You Think?
Should Managers Bother Listening to Predictions?
" Celso Maia added: "Predictions will improve but wise application in most cases still remains under XIII century style." As Arpit Goyal put it: "The whole system is centralized on two notions, 'uncertainty' and... View Details
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- 09 Feb 2017
- Blog Post
Alumni: Where Are They Now? Featuring: Anddria Varnado (Clack-Rogers)
area, where I currently reside with my husband. How has having an MBA impacted your career? My MBA experience allowed me to explore different ways of problem-solving; for every business challenge, the case study View Details
Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
Getting Personal
HBS associate professor Youngme Moon teaches the MBA elective Consumer Marketing and several Executive Education marketing courses. With her research and course development work focusing on innovative consumer-marketing strategies, she is the author of numerous View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Great Expectations
exercises — some of which were pioneered in our Executive Education programs — that were immersive, field-based, and action-oriented. Our goal was to complement the case method with a more field-based... View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Portraits from the Class of 2003
Scott St. Germain “When my children are asked, ‘So, what does your father do?’, I hope they will reply, ‘He’s the coach of my baseball team.’” Grew Up: Raynham, Massachusetts Why HBS: case method allows... View Details