Class Action - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Dec 2002
News

Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao Advises New MBA Students on Business Values

Chao Photo Stuart Cahill As part of the orientation for the MBA Class of 2004, U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao (MBA '79) told 899 entering students that they had an obligation to help fix the American free-enterprise system. “This... View Details

01 Mar 2015
News

In My Humble Opinion: Leonard Dick (MBA 1990)

and Alicia figure out that Frank Michael Thomas is forming a class action suit with some hockey players. When they ask about it, he answers, ‘Yep, seven players, eight if I can find Flin Flon, Manitoba, on a... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Arts, Entertainment

10 Feb 2014
HBS Case

Stressing Safety in South Africa’s Platinum Mines

One morning last fall, Gautam Mukunda told the MBA students in his first-year Leadership and Organizational Behavior class to crawl under their desks and stay there. He wanted them to experience a sense of how it feels to work in a... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Manufacturing

01 Mar 2018
News

Realizing The Potential Of One Harvard

Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE) to address the increasingly complex issues faced by school principals on the front lines of K–12 public education, offering them strategies and actionable practices to improve outcomes for... View Details

Profile

Patrick Connolly

array of sources and disciplines but also impels you to action and thoughtful decision-making. How has your overall HBS experience shaped your goals & career path? First and foremost, as a career-changer, HBS has opened a world of... View Details

Keywords: Investment Banking; Venture Capital / Private Equity; Financial Services; Other Financial Services

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Print View - Course Catalog

in three parts: a cold call opening in which a student presents his/her course of action as outlined in the case, class discussion of the case, and a presentation by the professor to emphasize the key... View Details

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4.6 HBS Campus Demonstration Policy | MBA

may occur in other contexts, whether during events (such as lectures, seminars, speeches, or panel discussions) or through actions such as demonstrations. As outlined in the USRR and as articulated in Harvard Business School's Community... View Details

21 Jan 2014
News

Climbing to New Heights

appreciative of warmth, shelter, a shower—all those things you generally take for granted." But, Petzel adds, he also feels an obligation to give back. Based in London, where he works for Goldman Sachs, he became acquainted with Community View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley

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Advanced Negotiation: Great Dealmakers, Diplomats, and Deals - Course Catalog

HBS Course Catalog Advanced Negotiation: Great Dealmakers, Diplomats, and Deals Course Number 2261 Professor James Sebenius Spring; Q3Q4; 3.0 credits Exam or Paper Requirements : active, insightful class and negotiation exercise... View Details

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Year in Review | Annual Report 2024

students, with an average fellowship of $43,949. Students Arrive Incoming MBA students moving in to the residence halls. During START, MBA students bond both with their section and their class as a whole. Incoming MBA students are seated... View Details

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Launching Global Ventures - Course Catalog

examine ventures that are leveraging Africa's growing workforce, responding to the demand for automation in East Asia’s aging economies, and coordinating global climate action in South America, all while balancing scale with local... View Details

30 Apr 2024
Blog Post

IFC India: Urban Adaptation in a Changing World

of sustainability efforts, decarbonization, and net zero in the context of a broader development agenda. The class culminated in a series of site visits in January 2024 in Mumbai and Bangalore and this is one of 14 student essays that... View Details

01 Mar 2007
News

Ideas That Stick

circulate with no resources whatsoever behind them. What we thought we’d do is to investigate these classes of naturally sticky ideas, steal their playbook, and put it to use for people who have important ideas to share. What’s an example... View Details

Keywords: Lewis I. Rice; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

01 Sep 2003
News

HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President’s Report

database (see Alumni Navigator) and the gradual transition toward a more robust directory featuring information about alumni similar to that which is collected for student class cards. Richard Decker (AMP 98, 1986) spearheaded the... View Details

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

12 Feb 2007
Lessons from the Classroom

‘UpTick’ Brings Wall Street Pressure to Students

In a Harvard Business School classroom, students in the Dynamic Markets class may have one minute to make a decision in a pressure cooker one called "the most stress I've experienced in ten years." It's margin call time in a... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Financial Services; Education

14 Sep 2017
Op-Ed

Op-Ed: Google Engineer Deserved to be Fired by the CEO

Google CEO Sundar Pichai. Credit: Steven Zimmerman/Wikipedia Commons Google software engineer James Damore’s ten-page manifesto excoriating his employer for its diversity initiatives incited a major controversy in August about affirmative View Details

Keywords: by Bill George

Student-Profile

Dafna Bearson

remains uncharted territory,” Dafna explains. “I have the opportunity to pursue actionable research impacting real phenomena we read about in the news every day, and to contribute to state of the art knowledge about issues that matter for... View Details

17 Aug 2010
First Look

First Look: August 17

PublicationsAn Investigation of Earnings Management through Marketing Actions Authors:Craig J.Chapman, Thomas J. Steenburgh Publication:Management Science (forthcoming) Abstract Prior research hypothesizes that managers use "real... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

03 Aug 2010
First Look

First Look: August 3

do, provides actionable access to the source of performance. This actionable access to the source of performance opens up a new realm of opportunity for study and research and for new and more effective... View Details