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- 01 Jun 2015
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The Military and the MBA: Maura Corby Sullivan (MBA/MPA 2009)
critical management skill set. Having the ability to lead and run highly performing organizations is how I think I can make a difference for our country. Next: Chris Howard (MBA 2003) — A case study in responsibility—in business or the...
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- 01 Dec 1996
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Organizations and Markets: A Challenging View of the World
is not specific to any function, firm, or industry. Instead, it draws on an eclectic collection of materials: HBS cases as well as readings from academic journals, popular literature, and current newspapers and magazines. CCMO is divided...
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Susan Young
- 02 Dec 2019
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A Long-Standing Commitment to Global Understanding
today’s students do the same. Supporting People and Programs Barry notes that when he was at the School, there were few students from abroad and only a handful of globally oriented cases discussed, whereas now the numbers for both have...
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- 01 Feb 1997
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Ban the Butterfly Rule for Corporate Directors
And mechanisms exist to handle such contingencies both efficiently and effectively. Depending on the facts and circumstances, for instance, a job change could lead to a decision not to renominate an incumbent director. In a case of...
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Joseph Hinsey IV
- 01 Oct 1999
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Finance Conference Explores Research Methodologies
agenda of how we carry out our research. The papers presented will be our vehicle for discussing academic decisions, just as case studies are a vehicle for advancing our understanding of business decisions." The conference allowed...
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- 01 Oct 2001
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New Economy Notables: Eileen M. Rudden
like to work with those types." Learned at HBS A ton. I was totally smitten with the case method, and I learned so much about how people work in groups. Role models My high-school Latin teacher was incredibly creative and passionate: She...
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- 11 May 2011
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In a Good Place
types: “My group always asked me to be the team leader, maybe because they didn’t want me to mess up what they were working on too much,” she laughs. From her time at HBS, Gehrke cites first-year Marketing with former HBS professor Marty Marshall, as well as the...
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- 01 Mar 2014
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My HBS Eureka Moment
Frese's financial accounting class. I didn't even know what that day's case was but this was a supposed "safe class"—no cold-calling. Suddenly through my haze, I heard Professor Frese say: "Well, Mr. MacKinnon, perhaps you can tell us all...
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- 01 Sep 2011
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HBS Moves Ahead with Curriculum Innovations
Business School quite closely, and I’m struck by the things that we take for granted that were once considered great innovations. The case method, for example, wasn’t with us from the day Harvard Business School was founded. It took 20...
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- 01 Sep 2010
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Letters to the Editor
with a “what’s in it for me attitude” and little patience. I have found that there is really no shortcut to success, and learning business takes time. Companies are different, industries are different, and the case method recognizes this....
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- 01 Jun 2010
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HBS Seeks Deeper Ties with China
opportunity in deepening our understanding of China’s businesses and business practices.”Added McFarlan: “The center dramatically lowers the barrier to entry for HBS faculty to do case development and research in China.” Thirty HBS...
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- 15 Jun 2021
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Alumni Achievement Awards 2021
(MBA 1969)—to careers in business. “He taught by the case method, and made sure we had real-life experiences,” Lambert says, recalling a field trip to General Motors in Detroit. “Professor Fitzhugh saw business as a way for the black...
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- 01 Dec 2009
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Taking the Plunge
American bathrooms. Taught in the second-year course Leading Innovative Ventures, the case was coauthored with Masako Egawa (MBA ’86), former executive director of the Japan Research Center, and former research associate Jun Fukuyoshi...
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- 01 Dec 2007
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From A to Z
whatever I do is going to involve some kind of business in Nigeria. I was also drawn to the case method as a way to learn, and to the campus facilities. I knew this was a place where I would enjoy spending two years.” Nigerian traits?...
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- 01 Feb 1998
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Touching All the Bases: Stephen A. Greyser
Classroom guests (and case study sources) have included sports executives such as Rick Welts, president of NBA Properties; Ed Horne, marketing VP for the NHL; Donald Dell, founder of ProServ; Larry Cancro and Stuart Layne, marketing heads...
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Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 01 Jun 2011
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An Economy Undermined
that maximizing profits is wrong, or that self-interest is morally repugnant. But things got out of hand. Consider, for example, the case of Wriston, who was really the father of financialization. As a top executive and later head of...
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- 06 Dec 2021
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Leadership in the Digital Age
six HBS Global Research Centers, Hill and her Leadership Initiative team hosted a series of virtual roundtable discussions on the pressing issues that accompany digital transformation. The goal: to examine how leadership has evolved in the 21st century and to produce...
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April White
- 01 Mar 2012
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Speak English, Please!
spoke English at the time. Mikitani’s move was radical and divisive. He even coined a term for the conversion: “Englishnization.” “This issue is explosive,” says HBS assistant professor Tsedal Neeley, who tracks the company’s journey in her View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
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Short Takes
all, say Professor Krishna G. Palepu and Assistant Professor Tarun Khanna, authors of "Corporate Strategies for Business Groups in Emerging Markets," a working paper slated to be published (under a different title) in the July-August issue of the Harvard Business...
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Judith A. Ross
- 01 Sep 2016
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New MBA Admissions Director Gets an Interview
Kitty Hawk. They were just two hard-working brothers, very unassuming, who helped change the world.” Harvard had been on Chad Losee’s (MBA 2013) radar since a middle school history trip that included a stop in Harvard Yard, but a post-college visit to an HBS View Details
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Dan Morrell