Howard - Publications - Faculty & Research

September 2016
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Hotel Vertu: Analyzing the Opportunity in the Boutique Hotel Industry

By: Howard H. Stevenson and Michael J. Roberts DBA

Two soon-to-be MBA graduates are considering a business opportunity in the boutique hotel industry. Having found a seemingly attractive property in Savannah, Georgia, Yvonne D'Arcy and Elisabeth Whiting face questions about career issues, planning, financing, and the... View Details

Keywords: Business Ventures; Entrepreneurship; Planning; Accommodations Industry

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01 Jun 2002
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Up to the Challenge: Demola Gbadegesin - In the Right Direction

understand my accent, and I had to readjust to Nigerian culture — relearning Yoruba, making new friends, understanding how things were done.” In 1990, Gbadegesin, then seventeen, came back to the United States to study engineering at View Details

Keywords: Susan Young; democracy; family; technology; Finance; Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services; Professional Services

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Campaign Leadership Committee - Alumni

Kraft MBA 1965 Jeannie Bachelor Lavine MBA 1992 Jonathan S. Lavine MBA 1992 Jay O. Light DBA 1970 John H. McArthur MBA 1959, DBA 1963 John A. Paulson MBA 1980 Arthur Rock MBA 1951 C. D. Spangler Jr. MBA 1956** Howard H. Stevenson MBA... View Details

2006
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New Business Ventures and the Entrepreneur

By: Michael J. Roberts, Howard H. Stevenson, William A. Sahlman, Paul Marshall and Richard G. Hamermesh

Keywords: Entrepreneurship

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Harvard Business School

Archival Collections Bibliography Site Credits Visiting the Exhibit ALUMNI INTRODUCTION BACK TO THE EXHIBIT H. Naylor Fitzhugh MBA 1933 H. Naylor Fitzhugh joined the Howard University faculty in 1934 and stayed for 31 years, developing... View Details

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John H. McArthur | About

at the School is just one example. He began by bringing former HBS faculty member, Howard H. Stevenson, back to Soldiers Field in 1981 to reinvent the entrepreneurship curriculum, and then took steps to institutionalize the field at the... View Details

06 Feb 2013
What Do You Think?

Is ‘Conscious Capitalism’ an Antidote to Income Inequality?

Kapil Kumar Sopory raised a caution: "The idea of developing a conscious culture with shared values that reflect the higher purpose is very laudable, but it needs a lot of close attention to what sort of high values are to be focused on " View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

11 Jul 2019
Blog Post

Meet the MBA Class of 2020

BACKGROUND CAN ADD VALUE TO THIS SPACE.” HOME REGION Montclair, NJ UNDERGRAD EDUCATION Howard University, English, 2013 PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE Harlem Capital Partners, Goldman Sachs & Co., McMaster-Carr Supply Company HBS ACTIVITIES... View Details

21 Nov 2017
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Rushing Yards

Haley Nelson/Post-Gazette Haley Nelson/Post-Gazette Determining end-of-season matchups for the college football playoffs is an intensely scrutinized and (to the outsider) somewhat mysterious process. As a new member of the College Football Playoff selection committee,... View Details

01 Dec 2006
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Man with a Mission

Chris Howard (MBA ’03), once securely on the fast track at GE, today is associate vice president at the University of Oklahoma, thanks to the persuasive powers of OU president David Boren. According to the Oklahoman (September 5, 2006),... View Details

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

30 Mar 2015
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Giving back to the city that he calls home

One of the proudest moments for Howard R. Leibowitz (AMP 106, 1990) when he served as director of intergovernmental relations for the City of Boston was to create a computer access center for residents of public housing in Brighton.... View Details

23 May 2018
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Christopher B. Howard, MBA 2003

University When the head of the presidential search committee for Robert Morris University (RMU) came across Chris Howard’s résumé, he thought the search firm was testing him. Howard was a sitting college president, veteran, and Rhodes... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

01 Oct 2018
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Moving On

Christopher B. Howard (MBA 2003) is president of Robert Morris University and a 2018 recipient of the HBS Alumni Achievement Award. In this video he explains his philosophy of achieving success. “I come from a great American story. I'm a... View Details

Keywords: Educational Services

26 Mar 2014
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The Power of Education

Attendance at Harvard reunions requires a little extra time from Robert Howard and his wife, Dr. Brenda Pagán-Durán. “This year, our 20th Reunion at Harvard College happened a week before my 15th at HBS,” says Howard, head of Equity... View Details

24 Apr 2014
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Teaching and studying the role of entrepreneurs in business and society

HBS Professor, Emeritus Howard Stevenson (MBA 1965, DBA 1969) talks about his role in launching the study and teaching of entrepreneurship at Harvard Business School. (Published April 2014) View Details

24 Apr 2014
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Building successful businesses in a time of rapid change

HBS Professor, Emeritus Howard Stevenson (MBA 1965, DBA 1969) talks about his role in building successful organizations, including the Baupost Group, the Weather Channel, AutoTrader, and Landmark Communications. (Published April 2014) View Details

25 Aug 2022
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Open Market

Gretchen Howard (MBA 2002) came to HBS in part because she had a story in her mind about how her career would start: It was 2000, the apex of the dotcom bubble. She would move to Boston, study business, partner with a technologist from... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; illustration by Keith Negley; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance

18 Sep 2017
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Chronicling a Legacy of Alumni Social Impact

Howard Stevenson (photo by Stuart Cahill) Howard Stevenson (photo by Stuart Cahill) [Editor's note: This article was updated November 25, 2019] As former dean of External Relations, longtime faculty member... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Educational Services; Health, Social Assistance; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management; Scientific Research and Development Services; Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution; Utilities; Water, Sewage and Supply Systems; Utilities

01 Jan 2003
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Greylock

on people. After all, according to Bill Elfers, one of the firm's founding partners, "The principal reason for accomplishment is dedicated and competent management." Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page Howard E. Cox, Jr., MBA... View Details

09 Jun 2020
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How Leaders Are Fighting Food Insecurity on Three Continents

In a recent post for HBS Working Knowledge, Howard Stevenson, Sarofim-Rock Professor Emeritus, and Shirley Spence, writer, educator and former partner at Oliver Wyman, detail how organizations led by HBS alumni are responding to the... View Details

Keywords: Agriculture

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