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September 2017
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19 Sep 2017
Senior Lecturer John Macomber Wins Prize for Excellence in Sustainable Business Education
BOSTON—Harvard Business School senior lecturer John Macomber has been named co-winner of the 2016 Dr. Alfred N. and Lynn Manos Page Prize for Excellence in Sustainable Business Education for his second-year MBA elective course Building Sustainable Cities and Infrastructure. Read more.
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14 Sep 2017
New Research Exposes Why Competition in U.S. Politics Industry is Failing America
BOSTON— At a time of high dissatisfaction and distrust with the U.S. political system, Katherine M. Gehl and Michael E. Porter today released new research that illuminates the root causes of why competition in politics is failing to serve the public interest. It is delivering gridlock and partisan divisions, not solutions to the nation’s problems. The authors bring a new analytical lens to understand the performance of our political system--the lens of industry competition, which has been used for decades to understand competition and performance in other industries. Click here to read full report. Read more.
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11 Sep 2017
Jeannie and Jonathan Lavine Make Record-Breaking $12 Million Gift to Harvard Business School for Scholarship Aid for First-Generation Students
BOSTON—Jeannie and Jonathan Lavine (both MBA 1992) have pledged a total of $12.5 million to support student fellowships at Harvard Business School (HBS), the largest amount ever donated to the School for scholarship aid, and the HBS Fund. Jonathan currently serves as co-managing partner of Bain Capital, one of the world’s largest private investment firms. Read more.
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07 Sep 2017
Harvard Business School Names 2017-2018 Entrepreneurs-in-Residence
BOSTON—Harvard Business School (HBS) recently named its twelfth annual cohort of Entrepreneurs-in-Residence at the School’s Arthur Rock Center for Entrepreneurship. As part of an extensive program in entrepreneurship and under the leadership and guidance of more than 25 faculty members, these successful entrepreneurs and investors spend time on the HBS campus throughout the academic year, advising MBA students eager to start their own companies and working with faculty on research and course development. Read more.