Intellectual Ambition - Publications - Faculty & Research

16 Dec 2011
Research & Ideas

Reintroducing Intellectual Ambition to the Study of Business History

historians to move beyond incremental additions to the literature and instead return to tackling big subjects with major importance to the future of business. "Rehashing past controversies is not a sign of a vibrant discipline, but of one whose View Details

Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones & Walter Friedman

March 2017
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Intellectual Ambition at Harvard Business School: Elton Mayo and Fritz Roethlisberger

By: Jan W. Rivkin and Amram Migdal

This case, set in the 1920s and 1930s, discusses the contributions of Harvard Business School (HBS) Professors Elton Mayo and Fritz Roethlisberger to management research and to the Human Relations Movement in management scholarship. The case focuses on their research... View Details

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23 Oct 2019
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Preparing Leaders to Leverage Artificial Intelligence

HBS convenes an annual Digital Transformation Summit that explores the challenges and opportunities of tomorrow’s technology. The most recent summit, held in February, focused on artificial intelligence and drew some 500 professionals and scholars. HBS convenes an... View Details

Keywords: Intellectual Ambition; Pathbreaking Research; Artificial Intelligence

01 Mar 2017
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The Big Ambition Behind Educational Innovation

alumni would look back and say, ‘This education enabled me to lead a fulfilling life that I couldn’t have led otherwise.’ That’s the big ambition here,” says HBS’s Felix Oberholzer-Gee, the Andreas Andresen Professor of Business... View Details

07 May 2008
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The Intellectual History of Harvard Business School

Date: April 17-18, 2008 Faculty Chair: Richard S. Tedlow Faculty Summary Report: Colloquium: The Intellectual History of the Harvard Business School: Six Case Studies What were the overall goals of the colloquium? The colloquium had three... View Details

Keywords: by Richard S. Tedlow; Education

01 Mar 2011
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Keeping Up with the Dean

to outline his five areas for change: curriculum innovation, intellectual ambition, international engagement, inclusion, and closer ties with the University. Click map for larger view. Illustration by Baker Vail/www.smallworldmaps.com View Details

Keywords: academic administration; alumni; curriculum innovation; intellectual ambition; international engagement; inclusion; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

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Small States in an Age of Empires: The Duchy of Parma's Colonial Moment, 1750–1770

By: Arnaud Orain and Sophus A. Reinert

Often thought of as the "Athens of Italy" during the Enlightenment, and as a microcosm of the Italian peninsula and of the eighteenth century alike, the Duchy of Parma played a unique role in the culture and politics of the age. This essay focuses on its "colonial... View Details

Keywords: Duchy Of Parma; French Empire; Internal Colonization; Enlightenment; Political Economy; Small States In World Markets; Guillaume Dutillot; Étienne-François De Choiseul

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Nitin Nohria served as the tenth dean of Harvard Business School from 2010-2020. He previously served as co-chair of the Leadership Initiative, Senior Associate Dean of Faculty Development, and Head of the Organizational Behavior unit.

As Dean, building on... View Details

20 Dec 2010
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New Dean Sets Five Priorities for HBS

piloting up a notch," said Nohria. 2. Intellectual Ambition HBS has a disproportionate share of the big ideas that have shaped the world of business scholarship, education, and practice, said Nohria.... View Details

Keywords: by Roger Thompson; Education

21 Jun 2010
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Strategy and Execution for Emerging Markets

financial crises, and weak intellectual property rights. HBS professors Tarun Khanna and Krishna G. Palepu, authors of the new book Winning in Emerging Markets: A Road Map for Strategy and Execution (Harvard Business Press), offer an... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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Entrepreneurship & Innovation - MBA

person. Rock Center for Entrepreneurship The Rock Center supports students in their entrepreneurial ambitions through a variety of programming including the annual New Venture Competition, one-on-one meetings with our... View Details

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MD/MBA Harvard Medical School - MBA

MD/MBA MD/MBA A joint degree with Harvard Medical School. In recognition of the critical need for leaders educated in the intellectual disciplines and practices of medicine and management, Harvard Medical School (HMS) and Harvard Business... View Details

02 Jan 2024
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10 Trends to Watch in 2024

The lightning-fast ascent of generative AI isn’t the only sea change on the horizon for businesses in the new year. The global economy is in flux as war, climate change, trade issues, and infrastructure problems demand attention. Many companies continue to struggle to... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

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MBA/DMD Harvard School of Dental Medicine - MBA

MBA/DMD MBA/DMD A degree program with Harvard School of Dental Medicine In recognition of the critical need for leaders who are educated in the intellectual disciplines and practices of dentistry and management, Harvard School of Dental... View Details

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Named Fellowship Funds - Alumni

could about everything and never took her peers or experiences for granted. Her laugh was infectious and her ambition contagious. Her compassion was limitless and her intellect, determination, and adventurous spirit were unmatched. Anisha... View Details

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Organizational Behavior - Faculty & Research

personal and organizational effectiveness. Although specific research interests span a wide range of subjects, the faculty share a problem driven, interdisciplinary, multi method approach that has led to significant impact on theory and practice. Our current View Details

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Finance - Faculty & Research

produces research addressing issues of present and future importance to managers, regulators, and policy-makers. Finance Unit Our intellectual roots are based in a long line of scholars from Robert Merton whose collaborative work on risk... View Details

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Merve Ciplak

wanted to find a way to “marry the fast pace and high intellectual caliber of the private sector with my inherent interest in giving back to the global sphere.” Long attracted to law school as a way to pursue her “interest in morality and... View Details

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Globalization - Faculty & Research

holds ambitions for the renminbi (RMB) to replace the dollar as a global reserve currency, we argue that this is far from the case. China’s ambitions have been to internationalize the renminbi, but, as a... View Details

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Past Issues - Alumni

Profiles from the Class of 2006 Diversity & Ambition India Arrives Economic reforms and a young, entrepreneurial workforce have lifted India into the global economy and raised its hopes for social development. HBS alumni talk about doing... View Details

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