Rigor And Relevance - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jun 1996
News

1996 Global Alumni Conference Probes "Information Revolution"

increases the amount of relevant knowledge of a market tends to make it more efficient and to intensify competition." "Anything that increases the amount of relevant knowledge... View Details

Keywords: Daniel Penrice

17 Nov 2020
In Practice

How Retailers Can Thrive in a Shopping Season Like No Other

American retailers are heading into a holiday shopping season unlike any other as the spiraling COVID-pandemic and limp economy threaten consumer spending. We asked Harvard Business School faculty members—in particular, authors of recent... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Retail

01 Dec 2020
News

New News

Edited by Julia Hanna Courtesy Michael Aft Courtesy Snigdha Sur Courtesy Michael Aft Courtesy Snigdha Sur Michael Aft (MBA 2019) and Snigdha Sur (MBA 2017) would be the first to acknowledge that launching a digital media startup out of... View Details

Keywords: entrepreneuship; digital media; startups; news; business models; young alumni; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services

01 Sep 2024
News

Alumni Books

Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books 20+ Years of Urban Rebuilding: Lessons from the Revival of Lower Manhattan after 9/11 By Patrice Derrington (MBA 1991) and Rosemary Scanlon (PMD 42, 1981) Routledge Following the destruction of the World Trade Center and the... View Details

01 Sep 2004
News

One-on-One with Robert McNamara

that of rigorous enforcer of management-science principles, could coexist with a more personable side, softened by the glow of Camelot. Decisions and policies had to be made regarding history-shaping issues... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

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Arab American Heritage Month | Baker Library

Arab American Heritage Month Explore Baker Library resources with a connection to Arab Americans and business. Want to stay up-to-date on relevant topics? Consider subscribing to our monthly Inclusion &... View Details

19 May 2003
Lessons from the Classroom

Business Plan Winner Targets India Dropouts

the rising opportunity cost of staying in school and the perceived lack of economic relevance of staying in school—that fosters as much as a 50 percent dropout rate by Class V. Q: How did your prior business... View Details

Keywords: by Carla Tishler; Financial Services

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Print View - Course Catalog

might wish, the paper option provides the chance to do so for yourself and to build personally relevant intellectual capital. The major criterion for the paper is that it treats your topic in a sophisticated... View Details

06 Feb 2025
News

How to Judge Your Next Job

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Clay Christensen was a legendary professor and thinker and his “Jobs to Be Done” theory—this idea that customers buy products to solve problems—was one of his iconic intellectual contributions.... View Details

07 Sep 2021
News

September 2021 Alumni Books

issue of transubstantiation, and much more. It is a measure of the merit and excellence of Arsalan’s words that his book has never been out of print. It remains among Arabic speakers as popular View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

28 Feb 2025
News

Joy to the World

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Justin Pasquariello (MBA 2010), CEO of East Boston Social Centers, spent time in foster care as a child, living in more homes than he can remember,... View Details

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... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

01 Dec 1999
News

New HBS Portal Offers Alumni Just-In-Time Business Information

format. Users will find timely articles and essays on diverse management topics, interviews with HBS professors and industry leaders, excerpts from new HBS Publishing releases View Details

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Working with Spaces, Files & Folders - Research Computing Services

but all the content is relevant nonetheless.) Data files should be in a directory accessible to all. If data has been cleaned and organized for analysis, consider making the foundational files ‘read only’... View Details

03 Apr 2006
Research & Ideas

The Competitive Advantage of Global Finance

represent. Many financial practices out there excessively penalize foreign activities when these operations represent true opportunities. The best managers and firms combine a detailed understanding of the View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Financial Services

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Case Method 100 Years | Baker Library

Case Method 100 Years From the publication of the first case in 1921 to teaching the case method online during the 2020 pandemic, we’re marking the centennial of the case method in 2021 with these milestones, while looking forward to continued innovation, expansion,... View Details

01 Apr 1998
News

New Releases

trillions of dollars - without violating their religious beliefs. "Islamic finance is a significant element in the capital markets today, and it is becoming more relevant to Western capital users View Details

01 Dec 1996
News

Entrepreneurship at HBS

last fifteen years, entrepreneurship is "the pursuit of opportunity beyond resources currently controlled." Given the dynamic forces at work in today's economy and the intensity of worldwide competition, the lessons of entrepreneurial... View Details

20 Dec 2024
News

Clubs Open HBS Doors for Local Leaders; Meet the Club Leaders: HBS PRIDE; Favorite Reads of 2024

To Boost Communities, Alumni Clubs Send Nonprofit Leaders to HBS For one week every summer, nonprofit leaders from across the globe convene on the HBS campus to sharpen their leadership skills and expand their impact through the Strategic Perspectives in Nonprofit... View Details