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- 23 Apr 2014
- HBS Case
Are Electronic Cigarettes a Public Good or Health Hazard?
companies have gotten in on the game. Quelch, who holds a joint appointment at HBS and Harvard School of Public Health, wrote the case for a new course debuting next year called "Consumers,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
The Making of a School
. . And I don’t care to give a half a million, either. But if by giving five million dollars I could have the privilege of building the whole School, I should like to do it.” The prominent New York firm of McKim, Mead & White, architects of Harvard Stadium, the Harvard... View Details
- 19 Nov 2013
- News
Harvard Business School Exhibit Looks at Art of American Advertising
- 30 Apr 2019
- News
Leading Schools That Change Lives
schools in Africa a hard sell. “After Lehman Brothers collapsed in 2008, there was a lot of instability on Wall Street,” he notes. But by partnering in-country with Rwandan educators, government officials, and View Details
- 02 Nov 2019
- News
American Business Schools Are Reinventing the MBA
- December 2013 (Revised September 2017)
- Case
Atlanta Schools: Measures to Improve Performance
By: Robert Simons and Natalie Kindred
The widespread cheating scandal that rocked the Atlanta public school system in 2010 and 2011 illustrates how high-stakes performance pressure, without sufficient risk controls, can drive dangerous behavior. After becoming superintendent of the low-income and... View Details
Keywords: Atlanta; Test; Testing; Standardized Test; Standardized Testing; No Child Left Behind; NCLB; Cheating; Performance Pressure; Measurement; Incentives; Atlanta Public Schools; Management; Leadership; Ethics; Performance; Performance Evaluation; Performance Expectations; Risk Management; Education; Education Industry; United States; Georgia (state, US); Atlanta
Simons, Robert, and Natalie Kindred. "Atlanta Schools: Measures to Improve Performance." Harvard Business School Case 114-001, December 2013. (Revised September 2017.)
- 22 Oct 2014
- HBS Seminar
Koleman Strumpf, University of Kansas School of Business
- 10 Oct 2019
- Blog Post
Coming Out at Business School
portrait project series organized by the PRIDE club. Visit our Instagram @hbsadmissions for more information and fun facts about the LGBTQ+ community here at HBS. Ronnie Wimberley - Class of 2021 In almost every one of the 11 schools I... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
The School of Life
important roles for a parent. Is It Really the Right Stuff? In 1979, writer Tom Wolfe captured the public imagination with his depiction of one of the most competitive professional environments in the world: the screening of American... View Details
- 10 Jul 2023
- In Practice
The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2023
What books are HBS faculty members reading this summer—and are certain publications especially meaningful to them? Turns out, faculty are interested in a variety of topics, everything from exploring spirituality and confronting climate... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- January 2003 (Revised July 2005)
- Case
Finding a CEO for the School District of Philadelphia: Searching for a Savior?
Following the largest state takeover of a local public school district in U.S. history, a new governing body must find a CEO to effect a large-scale turnaround in the Philadelphia school district. This case examines the context of large urban public schools and... View Details
Keywords: Leading Change; Restructuring; Education; Crisis Management; Education Industry; Philadelphia
Childress, Stacey M., Stig Leschly, and Purnima Kochikar. "Finding a CEO for the School District of Philadelphia: Searching for a Savior?" Harvard Business School Case 803-072, January 2003. (Revised July 2005.)
- 25 Feb 2015
- HBS Seminar
Jeffrey Schnapp, Harvard Graduate School of Design
- 06 Jun 2023
- Blog Post
Harvard Business School Announces 2023-24 Leadership Fellows
like education, healthcare, impact investing, and the public sector. They are as follows: DEEP BISWAS, Boston Planning & Development Agency RIYA CHANDARIA, MBTA TIM CHO, Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation ED CORDELL, The Juilliard... View Details
Keywords: Social Enterprise
- 06 Mar 2012
- Working Paper Summaries
Big BRICs, Weak Foundations: The Beginning of Public Elementary Education in Brazil, Russia, India, and China
- 12 Jul 2020
- Book
The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2020
Bohlen, and Kennan. They had similar educational backgrounds (Groton, Harvard, Yale, Princeton). Four had successful private sector careers as well as extensive public service. They shaped the post-WWII international scene while serving... View Details
Keywords: by Staff