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- 15 Oct 2019
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Understanding Challenges Across the Supply Chain
Senior Lecturer José Alvarez visited wheat fields at a farm owned and run by the Duhau Group in Argentina’s Pampa region. The company was the subject of a case Alvarez wrote, which he taught in the Agribusiness Seminar in 2019. (photo by...
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- 01 Apr 1998
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Student Conferences Inspire Campus Dialogue
Meanwhile, prospective African-American students attended a case discussion led by Professor Linda A. Hill. The day concluded with a career fair featuring representatives from major corporations. Saturday morning began with a seminar led...
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- 01 Mar 2009
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The Myth of Laissez-Faire
Even as government intervention and regulation are looming large in the United States, one is still pulled up short on encountering Jeff Madrick’s new book, The Case for Big Government (Princeton University Press). And when he says big,...
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- 17 Dec 2015
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A Bridge to the Future
practical and poignant. The program included keynote presentations from two Harvard University professors: Jonathan Zittrain, who spoke on the future of the Internet; and Daniel Schrag, who addressed the impact of climate change. In their section classrooms, students...
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- 01 Apr 2001
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William Fung: E-Commerce and Efficiency
Victor, a former HBS faculty member who is currently the group’s chairman. Both recently cooperated with HBS faculty and researchers on a case study that was taught during the School’s joint executive education program with Tsinghua...
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- 01 Sep 2013
- News
Three Decades of Change and Counting
Now in its 31st year, the Summer Venture in Management Program (SVMP) offers rising college seniors who are typically underrepresented in the business school classroom the opportunity to live the MBA experience for one week each summer—cold calls, late-night View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
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Microsoft’s Ballmer Makes His Pitch
without notes while pacing back and forth along the edge of the stage, Ballmer made his case for Microsoft’s continued leadership in technology innovation to a somewhat skeptical audience, as revealed by student questions. If it’s...
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- 07 Sep 2021
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September 2021 Alumni Books
equip and support entrepreneurs in Africa, through the process of starting and growing successful and resilient agriculture and food businesses that will transform the continent. Through case studies and practical guidance, the book...
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Margie Kelley
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2016
(DBA 1972) (MIT Press) China is moving from a strategy of imitation to one of innovation, and western businesses need to prepare for a tidal wave of innovation from China The authors explain this transformation and propose strategies for both Western and Chinese...
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- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Classroom Legend
how to move a case discussion from one point to the next — are remembered often by the legions of MBA students, doctoral candidates, and faculty members Christensen taught during an HBS career that spanned half a century, from the 1940s...
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- 01 Dec 1996
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An Entrepreneurial Journey
It has been said that because of the case method, entrepreneurship has always been at the core of a Harvard Business School education. The case method, after all, teaches students to analyze problems, think...
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- 12 Jul 2021
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Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis
chairman emeritus of the Bajaj Group, announced that the firm would be donating Rs 200 crore (~$27 million) to address the “on-the-ground challenges” resulting from the surge in coronavirus cases in India. As noted in the Business...
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- 30 May 2024
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Women’s Association Goes Nationwide; Connecticut Club Hosts Beshears
president Roger Cole (MBA 1985) and moderated by club member Karen Horgan (MBA 1999), whose company also focuses on behavioral economics in health care. “We worked with him to create a talk that included a real case that he teaches, and...
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Margie Kelley
- 17 Nov 2016
- News
Wired for Innovation
congestion. “By rolling out the welcome mat for innovators,” he wrote, “we can begin to put a dent in what can otherwise seem like an intractable problem.” Skelly says that HBS, especially the case method, helped him to forge his own...
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- 01 Oct 1997
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Doing Something Real
BowlÐsized audience for $1,000 - instead of $1 million - per spot." Such bargain hunting has always appealed to Tobias, who buys just about everything in bulk and is rumored to stockpile toothpaste and tuna fish by the case lot....
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Andrew Tobias (MBA '72)
- 01 Oct 1998
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Andresen Becomes First European and First Exec. Ed. Graduate to Endow HBS Professorship
those students whose perspectives could take a case discussion to the next level. Andreas was fascinated with management theories and brought a great deal of enthusiasm to the classroom." After completing the AMP, Andresen faced the...
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- 01 Oct 1999
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The View from the Pit
while previous academic experience prepared her for the challenges she faced as a student at HBS, she's finding the view from the pit a little more challenging. "Preparing to teach cases takes a lot longer than I expected," she admits. No...
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Judith A. Ross
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Power Trip
research, Nitin and I are involved in teaching a second-year elective called Great Business Leaders, which draws on cases developed from our database. We talk a lot in class about legacies and how business leaders should be judged —...
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- 01 Sep 2020
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The Devil You Don’t Know
evidence suggests that while there is certainly some traditional behavioral piece to the demand-side problem—that is, people scaling back because they are nervous about the economy and their economic prospects—a very large share of the problem seems to be these more...
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- 13 Feb 2019
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We’re All Going to Get Hacked
that plays a pretty significant role in your book. And I wonder if we can talk about that breach and use it as a case study. How the attackers got in, what damage was done, and how digital resilience could have prevented something like...
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