by Working Knowledge editors - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Sep 2007
News

Getting Security Right

those challenges? There is plenty of current evidence that the Russians intend to reassemble their empire in some form in order to have enough population, resources, and geographic positioning to reclaim their past influence in the world. We believe that View Details

Keywords: National Security and International Affairs; Government; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

01 Dec 2004
News

The Future of Stem Cells

stem-cell R&D will almost certainly fade,” explains HBS professor Debora Spar, “because determined would-be buyers and sellers will eventually constitute a market of their own, either by circumventing the law or View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

01 Apr 2001
News

Student Conferences Tackle Business Issues

annual conference, organized by the HBS Women’s Student Association, attracted participants from 24 other schools as well. New to the program this year was the honoring of HBS alumnae for their work in... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

01 Dec 2019
News

John McArthur

above: photo by Bill Gallery John H. McArthur, a member of the Harvard Business School community for more than six decades—as a student (MBA 1959, DBA 1963), as a faculty member (beginning in 1962), as Dean (from 1980 to 1995), and as... View Details

Keywords: Dean

01 Mar 2012
News

The Accidental Innovator

feedback from my cousins was good so I kept going. By 2009, I quit my day job to work on the videos—and the software—full time. To date, I’ve personally made around 3,000 videos—I love doing them—on dozens... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Educational Support Services; Educational Services; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

02 Nov 2015
News

Making Higher Ed Accessible to Africans

material wealth, but we believe it also leads to a powerful contribution to familial wealth, country wealth, and ultimately, wealth for the continent,” says Royster, cofounder of Maarifa Education, a pan-African education holding company. Royster has been hard at View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

01 Apr 2002
News

Student Conferences Spark Discussion, Promote Interaction

Reports" section of HBS Working Knowledge at www.workingknowledge.hbs.edu. Technology and Tradition at Cyberposium If attendance at the 2002 Cyberposium is any indication, student interest in the high-tech... View Details

Keywords: H Naylor Fitzhugh; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Apr 1998
News

World Class Learning

"They must also develop a working knowledge of what our educational environment is about and what the norms and expectations are." Help on Arrival Intensive coaching sessions, such as those offered through... View Details

Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey

Web

2.4 Disciplinary Process | MBA

circumstances require. Students should familiarize themselves with the General Statement of Conduct in addition to the process described below. Jurisdiction Allegations of minor infractions will be handled by the MBA Program leadership.... View Details

01 Jan 2007
News

A. Malachi Mixon, III, MBA 1968

and War, by Nathaniel Philbrick In 1979, Mal Mixon parlayed $10,000 of his own money to engineer the purchase of an Ohio-based wheelchair maker that nobody else wanted. Today Invacare is the world's leading manufacturer and distributor of... View Details

01 Jun 1996
News

1996 Global Alumni Conference Probes "Information Revolution"

As HBS alumni who made the trip to San Francisco also learned, it is not just business itself that is being revolutionized by today's information technology. As IT increasingly informs the basic environment in which managers will View Details

Keywords: Daniel Penrice

01 Dec 2006
News

The Hard Way

Russo at home in her Brisbane apartment. She credits her domineering Sicilian father with teaching her the street smarts to succeed in business. PHOTO BY PATRICK HAMILTON /NEWSPIX/NEWS LTD. Every successful entrepreneur can look back and,... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services; Administration of Economic Programs; Government

07 Nov 2014
News

The First Five Years: Tiffany Pham (MBA 2012)

content, including articles, videos, jobs, events, products, and discussions, that are personalized to their interests. By curating content from third parties, producing original content, and enabling users to also contribute, the... View Details

Keywords: News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

01 Feb 2018
News

HBS Professor Emeritus Hugo Uyterhoeven Dies at 86

the material. He had a European background and a broad knowledge of international affairs and business that came through in any discussion.” “He was my favorite teacher, because he was so tough," Andreas Andresen, a retired German... View Details

21 Oct 2019
Blog Post

Know Your Audience: Recruiting HBS Students for Consumer Products

Director and Career Coach Katja Frey – Recruiting Relations Manager Get to know Lauren and Katja, the Career & Professional Development team that manages relationships with Consumer Products companies and works with HBS students... View Details

Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail

20 Oct 2022
News

Lebanon Alumni Host US Ambassador for Dinner and Discussion

2019, so we're excited to get a large turnout to help us build further momentum as we move out of COVID.” A historian by training, Professor Fibiger’s work focuses on Asia’s 20th century. Professor... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

07 Sep 2021
News

Embracing Activism for Social Change

much of her first post-HBS year managing the pilot. Resolving Crisis Situations Mendu and other members of the partnership developed a three-part initiative informed by the best practices they gathered from local stakeholders and... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

19 Mar 2015
News

Walter Salmon Remembered

at my new employer, I found myself “between jobs.” I happened to meet Walt by accident one evening walking on the street where I lived. We exchanged greetings and chatted for only a few minutes. I told him I was temporarily out of View Details