Filter Results
:
(2,110)
Show Results For
-
All HBS Web
(14,180)
- People (57)
- News (2,110)
- Research (9,160)
- Events (19)
- Multimedia (360)
- Faculty Publications (7,510)
Show Results For
-
All HBS Web
(14,180)
- People (57)
- News (2,110)
- Research (9,160)
- Events (19)
- Multimedia (360)
- Faculty Publications (7,510)
Sort by
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Realizing The Potential Of One Harvard
considering a PhD program and a career in research or academia. The program also exposes the fellows to in-class case discussions to give them a sense of participant- centered learning and how research leads to preparing View Details
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
Opening Minds Through Expanded Learning Opportunities
History by the Case Method Professor David Moss David Moss knew his proposal to develop a history course for Harvard College students might take Dean Nitin Nohria by surprise. But it was Nohria who surprised Moss when he suggested that...
View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Of Value and Values
development and the environment — against one another? In a recent case authored by Professor of Management Practice Sandra Sucher, David Lowish, a director in charge of Generation’s global industrial sector, is tracking ABB India, a...
View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
A United Front
is no active coach in the highest echelons of the world of soccer—or, to my knowledge, in sports as a whole—who comes even close to such a lengthy tenure, let alone the number of titles and trophies he has accumulated," says HBS professor Anita Elberse, who recently...
View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Pitfalls, Trade-Offs, Dreaming Big
book, The Founder’s Dilemmas: Anticipating and Avoiding the Pitfalls That Can Sink a Startup (Princeton University Press), draws on data gleaned from nearly 4,000 high-potential start-ups and 10,000 founders, while incorporating case...
View Details
- 04 Feb 2020
- News
In Harmony
they didn’t have us around to help them.” That assistance comes in the form of good business strategy and execution, in addition to fundraising. But Weinstein has a good case for philanthropists, especially when the requests for support...
View Details
Keywords:
Maureen Harmon
- 30 Aug 2018
- News
Sharing a Passion for Art
van Caldenborgh describes as “a hassle, but also an enormous amount of fun. “It’s a very precise building,” he elaborates. Lighting is a case in point. “The exhibition spaces have a glass roof and vellum ceilings. Light comes in through...
View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Up on the Green Roof
responsible for the project opted for a novel approach. Shad’s runners now have a green roof over their heads, a first for HBS. What’s a green roof? Think garden in the sky. In the case of Shad, the garden covers 5,200 square feet (about...
View Details
- 04 Nov 2016
- News
The Competitiveness of Lost Causes
the Haitian Ministry of Commerce and Trade. “We’ve given a team of 30 farmers a crash course in strategy based on the HBS case method, and we’ve accompanied them on trips to meet potential customers—from coffee dealers in Seattle to mango...
View Details
Keywords:
Deborah Blagg
- 17 Aug 2015
- News
The Play Alchemist
be. That’s my nature.” Although some inventors will create something and then see if there is a use for it, that wasn’t the case with the Soccket ball: it was created with a specific need in mind. “That’s why it was so important for me to...
View Details
Keywords:
Constantine von Hoffman
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Q&A: Donna Dubinsky
debuted in 1996, the PalmPilot was called “the cutest tech hardware invention since the first Macintosh.” How important is visual appeal? It depends on the product. In the case of a handheld computer, it’s very important. It is almost...
View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2014
around you, and improving leadership skills. Drawing on a wealth of real-world examples, from the Challenger Space Shuttle disaster to Bernie Madoff’s Ponzi scheme, Professor Bazerman diagnoses what information went ignored in these situations, and why. Using many of...
View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Pamela Thomas Graham
financial news network, the Web site was being relaunched as a separate entity with its own services and special features. "It was an amazing opportunity to come out of the consulting world and lead a business unit," she says. On the Case...
View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Andrea Silbert
strengths and interests blossomed more in a creative, flexible environment than in a large, corporate structure. She left Wall Street for a job as a case writer at INCAE, the Central American business school based in Costa Rica. In...
View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
March 2023 Alumni and Faculty Books
Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books Invisible Trillions: How Financial Secrecy Is Imperiling Capitalism and Democracy—and the Way to Renew Our Broken System By Raymond W. Baker (MBA 1960) Berrett-Koehler Publishers Over the last half century, capitalism has created...
View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Teachable Moments
compelling story or parable, I hope to capture the students’ hearts, their attention. I want to pull them into the experience by painting a picture to which they can relate. When I teach a case like “C&S Grocers,” a story about the...
View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Letters to the Editor
Labor Relations Board then notifies the business owner that a secret ballot election must take place within six weeks. During that time employers wishing to make the case to their employees that they would be better off without a union...
View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Around the World
facilitate faculty research and case development in Hong Kong, Tokyo, Shanghai, Paris, Buenos Aires, Mumbai, and Palo Alto. Palepu calls them “embassies of the School in terms of making connections around the world, being the faculty’s...
View Details
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
A Message to Our Readers
That first issue—a modest eight pages long—included a message to alumni from Dean Wallace B. Donham; HBS club news; a report on a dinner honoring the School’s legendary benefactor, George F. Baker; synopses of several cases in the...
View Details
- 17 Aug 2020
- News
Democratizing Medicine
suffered the consequences of that lack of access. “And in particular, we looked at the health care space in the US and realized that 40% of the referrals to specialists were unnecessary. And at the same time, half of the country doesn't get access to a specialist. The...
View Details