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- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Gift for MBA Global Reach
Rubenstein Photo Courtesy The Carlyle Group David M. Rubenstein, cofounder and managing director of The Carlyle Group, has made a gift of $5 million to HBS to support global programs for MBA students. “To get a worthwhile business education today, you need to spend... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Team MBA
structured things. COURTNEY HUGHES, 26 Needham, Massachusetts BS, Information Systems; BS Biochemistry/Biophysics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Started a nonprofit initiative, Balanced Attack, to promote the development of... View Details
- 04 Nov 2014
- News
Fundación México en Harvard Celebrates 25 Years
fall with a celebration in Mexico City, with University President Drew Faust in attendance—was founded that same year to support Mexican students accepted to the University’s graduate and postgraduate programs. To date, the organization... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 29 Nov 2017
- News
Inbox: From Das’s Desk
An old adage about volunteers cites the value they bring to organizations as including “wealth, work, and wisdom.” These “three Ws” define the dedicated alumni body here at HBS. Although being a donor is certainly critical to sustaining... View Details
Keywords: Das Narayandas
- 06 Jun 2005
- Research & Ideas
Don’t Listen to “Yes”
If people smile, nod, and say "yes" at your company, maybe it's time to start an argument. According to HBS professor Michael Roberto, the lack of good conflict—constructive conflict—within an organization makes it that much... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Apr 2011
- News
My First HBS Class
used in the class discussion (like WTP, “meet” products, and “friend” products), much of it slipped by without my understanding, but I was interested to learn later that small teams in the class were using these concepts to help View Details
- 13 Jul 2011
- News
China Boot Camp
HBS faculty engage in a panel discussion in Beijing. A visit to China Merchant Bank will inform BGIE and other courses at HBS. When Baker Foundation Professor F. Warren McFarlan first visited China in 1979, he traveled there with his wife... View Details
- March 2010 (Revised February 2011)
- Case
Cognizant 2.0: Embedding Community and Knowledge Into Work Processes
By: Robert G. Eccles and Thomas H. Davenport
Knowledge management has been a high priority for Cognizant Technology Solutions since its inception since its global delivery model requires the global sharing of knowledge. Its first major tool was called the Knowledge Management Appliance but as Web 2.0 tools came... View Details
Keywords: Knowledge Management; Knowledge Sharing; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Product Development; Service Delivery; Business Processes; Organizational Structure; Cooperation; Information Technology Industry
Eccles, Robert G., and Thomas H. Davenport. "Cognizant 2.0: Embedding Community and Knowledge Into Work Processes." Harvard Business School Case 410-084, March 2010. (Revised February 2011.)
- August 1988 (Revised April 1998)
- Case
IBM 360: Giant as Entrepreneur
By: Joseph L. Bower
Presents the ingredients that went into a major entrepreneurial shift by IBM--investing $5 billion into a new product line that would obsolete any existing computer product line offered by the competition, or by IBM itself. The economic and technical challenges of this... View Details
Keywords: Change Management; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Financial Management; Investment; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Structure; Problems and Challenges; Competitive Strategy; Information Technology Industry
Bower, Joseph L. "IBM 360: Giant as Entrepreneur." Harvard Business School Case 389-003, August 1988. (Revised April 1998.)
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Class of 1975 Endows Chair in Entrepreneurship
priorities." The task of organizing the chair's endowment was a first-time collaboration for Corbett, managing partner for Internet Partners at Zephyr Management, a private equity venture capital firm; James, chairman of Investment... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Rwanda Provides Students with Hands-On Learning
Africa, an arts and handicrafts cooperative that empowers women to rise out of poverty by selling their own crafts. Another team created a syllabus for teaching entrepreneurship for Mission Schools International, an organization founded... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Case Study: Sweat the Technique
digital, including allowing users access to a stream of information that they can track and sync with other performance data. While the shift would add both cost and time—and potentially push Nix into a more saturated wearables market... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 25 Feb 2013
- News
Among millions, a blank slate
- Fast Answer
Unions: statistics, reports, etc.
Where can I find more information on labor unions? Bureau of Labor Statistics: Current union membership data. ILOStat: The... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
From Das’s Desk
lifelong-learning content. In September, we launched a Lifelong Learning page on the Alumni website that offers a robust, curated mix of articles, videos, podcasts, and programming from many partners across the School and beyond, all View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Improving the service experience requires excellence—but not in everything
Everyone knows what bad service feels like—and that’s something Frances Frei, Professor at HBS, wants to fix. Making the service experience better for everyone, from customers to employees, begins with understanding the services customers value most and then focusing... View Details
- 27 Apr 2017
- News
Enabling a Transformational Educational Experience
fellowship is enabling Patyal to pursue his MBA to gain the broad-based skills he needs to become a strong and holistic leader. A member of the HBS Health Care Club, he helped organize its 2017 conference and plans to get more involved in... View Details
- 1974
- Book
Organizational Change: An Exploratory Study and Case History
By: Michael Tushman
Tushman, Michael. Organizational Change: An Exploratory Study and Case History. Ithaca, NY: New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations, 1974.
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Social Enterprise Visionary
School, and social enterprise organizations all over the world has far exceeded my fondest dreams.” Following an April 13 SEI Advisory Board luncheon in Spangler Center honoring Whitehead, Thomas Tierney (MBA ’80), chairman and cofounder... View Details