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22 Jul 2002
Research & Ideas

How Business Strategy Tamed the “Invisible Hand”

an "invisible hand" that was largely beyond the control of individual firms. Competitive theory has been advanced at Harvard Business School, shown here under construction. The scope for strategy as a way to control market... View Details

Keywords: by Pankaj Ghemawat

19 Sep 2012
Research & Ideas

Funding Innovation: Is Your Firm Doing it Wrong?

common struggle for firms to get innovation investments right, says Josh Lerner, the Jacob H. Schiff Professor of Investment Banking at Harvard Business School. On one hand, firms large enough to house their own research labs too often... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

14 Nov 2024
Blog Post

Weekend Sprint: Accelerating Climate Solutions

This fall, Professor Jim Matheson offered the inaugural "Launching Climate Ventures" Sprint, a one-day program that provided students with an understanding of the process of launching a climate-focused technology venture. This was a combined effort with Paul Hayre and... View Details

Career Coach

Layla A. Ramirez

college graduate and first-generation business school graduate, and is the first in her family to start her career in Corporate America. Layla is fluent in Spanish and holds a B.A. degree in Economics from Smith College and an M.B.A.... View Details

Keywords: Education; Entrepreneurship; Financial Services (All); Social Enterprise; Technology

15 Apr 2014
Research & Ideas

Calderón: Economic Arguments Needed to Fight Climate Change

What do Chinese coal plants and the American legislative branch have in common? They are both major adversaries in the fight against climate change, according to former President of Mexico Felipe Calderón. "The most serious problem is in the United States... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Manufacturing

04 Sep 2019
News

The School that Donham Built

Photos courtesy of Baker Library Archives Photos courtesy of Baker Library Archives Harvard President A. Lawrence Lowell appointed Wallace Brett Donham the Dean of Harvard Business School a century ago in... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

01 Dec 2007
News

Looking back; looking forward

a vote of the Harvard Corporation on April 8, 1908, and President Eliot’s choice for its first dean — a young Harvard economist named Edwin F. Gay — was confirmed that day. The... View Details

Keywords: Jay O. Light; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

01 Jun 2004
News

Stevenson Accepts Key University Position

Stevenson Howard H. Stevenson, senior associate dean for External Relations and a leader in the study of entrepreneurship at HBS, has been named senior associate provost for Planning and Resources for Harvard University, effective July 1.... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

Fast Answer

Sustainability Resources for HBS MBAs

Corporate EcoForum Weekly Bloomberg Climate Changed Just Means Triple Pundit University-based resources Duke Edge Duke Office of sustainability Harvard Belfer Center for Science and International... View Details

20 Feb 2019
News

Dean Nohria: Business Schools have a Vital Role in Teaching Trust

curriculum. We should prioritize trustworthiness, because ultimately, that is how we will make a real contribution to society.” Nohria goes on to note his fears that trust in corporations and their leaders could be damaged by recent... View Details

24 Jul 2007
First Look

First Look: July 24, 2007

http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=707052 China Resources Corp. (A): 6S Management Harvard Business School Case 107-013 No abstract available. Purchase this case:... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Mar 2006
News

HBS at 100: School to Celebrate Centennial

HBS was established by votes of the Corporation of Harvard University on March 30 and April 8, 1908, with the first 24 students enrolling in October. Nearly 100 years later, the School has begun the early... View Details

Keywords: Centennial

26 Nov 2019
News

Predicting Financial Market Bubbles and Crises in Real-time

Source: Greenwood Source: Greenwood Professor Robin Greenwood notes that faculty members across Harvard have long been exploring the behavioral perspective on financial market bubbles and financial crises. Five years ago, a group formed... View Details

Keywords: Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance

01 Apr 1999
News

HBS Collaboration Helps Management Education for Minority Students

Five years ago, HBS professor Francis J. Aguilar (now emeritus) and Walter Y. Elisha (MBA '65), then chairman and CEO of Springs Industries, Inc., brought together a dynamic coalition of corporations and business schools to address the... View Details

Keywords: Anne Kavanagh

Web

Sealed tight in sanitary packages - The Human Factor – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

Explore the full size image Sealed tight in sanitary packages , ca. 1933 Kraft–Phenix Cheese Corporation Photographer unknown Gelatin Silver Print, 13.25 × 14.5 inches Industrial Life Photograph Collection, Mss:1412 :414 N277 Baker... View Details

30 Jun 2020
Book

Capitalism Is More at Risk Than Ever

Administration and Senior Associate Dean for International Development. Capitalism at Risk is published by Harvard Business Review Press. Bower and Paine discussed key themes and business examples in our email Q&A. Martha Lagace: What... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

01 Dec 2000
News

Books

new competitive era." Breaking the Code of Change Edited by Michael Beer and Nitin Nohria (Harvard Business School Press) With the restructuring and upheaval that has characterized life in the corporate world over the last two decades,... View Details

Keywords: Rogelio Fussa; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

24 Apr 2014
News

Leading in the face of complex challenges

John B. Hess (AB 1975, MBA 1977), CEO of Hess Corporation and chair of The Harvard Business School Campaign, is working to ensure the School continues to educate the leaders who will help solve the world’s... View Details

26 Sep 2019
Research & Ideas

What Can the World’s Largest Refugee Camp Teach Us About the Meaning of Work?

place to study the misery of joblessness and the value of work, but not to Reshmaan N. Hussam, assistant professor of business administration at Harvard Business School. After reading about the atrocities, she visited the camp in December... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

01 Sep 2010
News

Reinventing the Annual Report

especially in Europe and Japan — are also starting to issue corporate social responsibility (CSR) or sustainability reports. Sometimes these are mailed with the annual report, but more often they have to be ordered separately or... View Details

Keywords: Robert G. Eccles

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