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- 01 Dec 2007
- News
How Business Schools Lost Their Way
corporation that came with the emergence of investor capitalism in the 1970s. It is difficult to pinpoint exactly when the debate about the sources of America’s economic malaise, and what could be done about it, began to penetrate mainstream business schools, but HBS... View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Student Conferences, at a Glance
Fitzhugh Conference Redefining Wealth: Claim It, Grow It, Sustain It January 31–February 2, 2003 Sponsor: HBS African-American Student Union Keynote speaker: Benaree Pratt Wiley (MBA 1972), president & CEO, The Partnership, Inc. Bert King Award for Service to the... View Details
- 22 Jan 2018
- News
The First Five Years: ‘30 Under 30’ Edition
several times since then, including at CMS: which processes in health care should we try to standardize, versus which ones should be allowed to vary?” Who was your favorite HBS professor? Dhar:“Shikhar Ghosh. Professor Ghosh had an... View Details
- 26 Nov 2013
- First Look
First Look: November 26
Thinking-Not Feeling-Jobs By: Waytz, Adam, and Michael I. Norton Abstract—Technological innovations have produced robots capable of jobs that, until recently, only humans could perform. The present research... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 May 2019
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2019
transformation. Through trial and error, observation and interpretation, the new managers learned what it took to become effective business leaders. The Business of Platforms by Michael A. Cusumano, Annabelle Gawer, and David B. Yoffie,... View Details
- 20 Mar 2013
- Research & Ideas
How CEOs Sustain Higher-Ambition Goals
At a recent Harvard Business School conference, dozens of CEOs committed to the idea of working toward "higher-ambition" goals that go beyond just short-term shareholder value. Inspired by the book Higher Ambition: How Great Leaders Create Economic and Social Value, by... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 09 Aug 2011
- First Look
First Look: August 9
answers—and more often about asking the right questions. The challenge lies in being able to step back, reflect, and ask the key questions that are critical to your performance and your organization's effectiveness. In What to Ask the Person in the Mirror, HBS View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Women at the Top
Michael E. Porter, C. Roland Christensen Professor of Business Administration, concluded the four-day program with a fast-paced lecture on his current research in the area of strategy. "I found particularly... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso and Susan Young
- 01 Jun 1999
- News
Conference Brings Global Perspective to Cape Town
many others over the next two days, Morkel stated, "An African renaissance will be a pipe dream if we fail to realize that we are a part of the global village." Michael A. Thompson (85th AMP), who organized the conference with cochair... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
The Levitt Brand
weeks (the man does not let up!), the students come to appreciate the intensity and rapid-fire humor of their teacher. Clearly, he cares. A lot. And by the end of the semester, something transformative has happened: They are better thinkers. When HBS View Details
- 11 Mar 2001
- Research & Ideas
Digital Designs on the Inner City
for the creation of jobs and wealth among urban families. Moderator Randall Pinkett of M.I.T. Laboratory Anne Habiby, executive vice president of the Initiative for a Competitive Inner City, a national nonprofit founded by HBS professor... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
An Eye to the East
for Change The studies presented in Hong Kong demonstrated why, as Professor Michael Y. Yoshino, HBS director of Research, put it, "the School is a unique place with a unique mission." The School's business,... View Details
Keywords: Alejandro Reyes
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
The Fine Print: Alumni Recommend Their Best Reads
(MBA 2009) I received a copy of the late Professor Clay Christensen’s How Will You Measure Your Life? as a graduation gift from BSSE (Building and Sustaining a Successful Enterprise) this year. I highly recommend the book, regardless of... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
The Business Case (Or Not) for Sustainability
Image by John Ritter Is there a business case to be made for companies to act in environmentally friendly ways? Rebecca Henderson: If one can imagine that all business in the entire world was run by one person, it’d be pretty straightforward to make a business case for... View Details
- 23 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Historically Speaking: A Roundtable at HBS
Business History at HBS traces its roots back to 1927 when it was part of a course in business policy. But the golden age for this area of study at the School began with the arrival of Professor Alfred Chandler in 1970. Universally... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
- 08 Dec 2014
- Research & Ideas
A Manager’s Guide to International Strategy
In the new book International Strategy: Context, Concepts, and Implications, Harvard Business School Adjunct Professor David J. Collis presents a comprehensive guide to a topic of ever-increasing relevance for managers across all sectors... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 28 May 2019
- News
A More Perfect Union
embracing diversity as an asset. The immediate priorities—partisan gerrymandering, voter participation, and campaign finances—took shape out of Leadership Now’s own data analysis and build on research from across Harvard, such as HBS View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Redefining Health Care
PORTER: Health care's zero-sum competition model adds costs and results in severe quality problems. University professor Michael Porter never planned to write a book on health-care reform. In fact, he... View Details
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Media Metamorphosis: Advertising in the Technology Age
horizontal integration," Silk explains. To better understand the dynamics that mold the media industry from within, Silk and his coauthors adapted the "five forces" model of competitiveness developed by HBS professor View Details