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F. Warren McFarlan
Professor McFarlan earned his AB from Harvard University in 1959, and his MBA and DBA from the Harvard Business School in 1961 and 1965 respectively. He has had a significant role in introducing materials on Management Information Systems to all major programs at the Harvard Business School since the first course on the subject was offered in 1962. He has been a long-time teacher in the Advanced...
F. Warren McFarlan
Professor McFarlan earned his AB from Harvard University in 1959, and his MBA and DBA from the Harvard Business School in 1961 and 1965 respectively. He has had a significant role in introducing materials on Management Information Systems to all major programs at... View Details
- 30 Jun 2021
- News
Episode 5 - Professor F. Warren McFarlan
- 15 Dec 2021
- News
HBS OnBoard: Effective Fundraising with Professor F. Warren McFarlan
- 15 Dec 2021
- Video
HBS OnBoard: Effective Fundraising with Professor F. Warren McFarlan
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
The Prophet of Start-Ups
being financed by venture capital firms, which ultimately became important factors in our economy,” says F. Warren Hellman (MBA ’59), a former president of Lehman Brothers,... View Details
- 25 Aug 2003
- Research & Ideas
Why IT Does Matter
Harvard Business Review editor-at-large, Nicholas G. Carr, ignited a firestorm in the opinion piece "Why IT Doesn't Matter" published in the May 2003 issue of HBR. Carr's argument wasn't exactly that IT doesn't matter, but rather that it has become a... View Details
Keywords: by F. Warren McFarlan & Richard L. Nolan
- 01 Jun 2011
- Working Paper Summaries
The First Deal: The Division of Founder Equity in New Ventures
Keywords: by Thomas F. Hellmann & Noam Wasserman
- 07 Oct 2009
- Research Event
HBS Past and Present
Editor's Note: This is a summary of an HBS Business Summit presentation. View a full summary and video of the event on the HBS Centennial Web site linked below. Date of Event: October 12, 2008 Speakers: Jay O. Light, Dean of HBSF. Warren... View Details
- 25 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: ‘Can China Lead?’
book excerpt The Importance Of Being Innovative From Chapter 4, Can China Lead: Reaching the Limits of Power and Growth By Regina M. Abrami, William C. Kirby, and F. Warren McFarlan One can surely doubt that... View Details
- 20 Sep 2014
- News
With Alibaba IPO, Yahoo Reaps A Big Reward From Risky Bet
- 26 Jun 2014
- News
Q. and A.: William C. Kirby on ‘Can China Lead?’
- 04 Jun 2001
- Research & Ideas
Why dot.coms Will Rise Again
Unenlightened senior executives, says HBS professor F. Warren McFarlan, have been known to make exultant but uninformed remarks about the dot.com demise. Among such comments: "Thank God that disease is... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 17 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
Can China Maintain Its Economic Power?
A group of Chinese tourists visiting the promenade in front of Pudong's skyline. Source: Richmatts When F. Warren McFarlan and a small group of HBS colleagues arrived in Beijing in July 1979, they stepped... View Details
Keywords: by Deborah Blagg
- 23 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
Putting the Project Puzzle Together
objectives, resulting in squandered resources and diminished returns. In their recent book Connecting the Dots, F. Warren McFarlan and Cathleen Benko put forward a project management process that aligns... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 12 May 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Difficult Transition from For-Profit to Nonprofit Boards
this happens is one of the many subjects discussed in the new book Joining a Nonprofit Board: What You Need to Know, by authors Marc J. Epstein of Rice University and F. Warren McFarlan of Harvard Business... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Aug 2017
- News