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- 22 Jul 2024
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Viral Marketing’s Early Muse
Illustration by John Weber In 2008, Canadian musician Dave Carroll saw United Airlines employees manhandling his $3,500 Taylor guitar on the tarmac in Chicago. When he arrived at his destination, the guitar was in pieces. Carroll contacted United customer View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Letters to the Editor
Angie’s List is missing is a service that includes reviews and ratings of customers who fall into the category of slow-pay, no-pay, or threaten-not-to-pay; who threaten to sue; who ask for much more far outside the contract; and who are... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2020
Values-Based Professional Services Firm by Don Scales (MBA 1982) Wiley As times change, businesses must evolve. The way that leaders have run companies for generations is no longer relevant. Today, purpose... View Details
- 12 Jul 2011
- News
Phone Fun
says, his two years at the School gave him the courage think outside the box. “It gave me a personal and professional confidence that has underpinned the risk-taking that’s sometimes necessary to deliver original work,” he notes. If last... View Details
- 17 Jun 2010
- News
The Most Emerging of Emerging Markets
- 01 Dec 2005
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What’s Next for You?
way you work, not the work itself. Your goal may be to gain increased flexibility and a better balance between professional and personal pursuits. Networking and serendipity play a huge role. Who you know doesn’t matter as much as who... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
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Howard Stevenson: The Personal Side
“Howard is the fiercest man I have ever known — fiercely interested in the world and its people, fiercely loyal to family and friends. Of course, he is also fiercely honest.” — HBS professor Myra Hart “Howard cares so much about HBS and everyone here. That’s why it was... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Innovations Under Way Will Shape HBS’s Future
by Lisa Skeete Tatum (MBA '98), Alumni Board President Tatum I can’t remember a more exciting time at HBS. There is innovation happening in all facets of the School. First and foremost, we have a visionary new leader in Dean Nohria. His five priorities for HBS —... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
The Innovation Imperative
If you want to understand what’s driving Dean Nitin Nohria’s emphasis on innovation for the School, look no further than HBS professor Bill Kirby’s writings on the rise and decline of great universities. While Nohria spent his first several months in office talking to... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
The Results are in!
Thanks to the generosity of over 12,000 alumni and friends—and the help of more than 1,000 fundraising volunteers—fiscal year 2011 was a great success. Here are a few highlights from the year, which ended officially on June 30, 2011. Dean’s Fund: $16.7 million (a 28... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Donor Spotlight
Ann Moore (MBA ’78) When Moore retired as chairman and CEO of Time, Inc., she turned the company’s offer of a parting gift into a fellowship for HBS women. Crediting the School with having opened doors for her, she says, “This is my way of paying back and of paying... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Faculty Research Online
Rethinking the Fairness of Organ Transplants Because of an organ shortage, thousands of people miss out on needed organ transplants each year. Business researchers at Harvard and MIT are rethinking how kidney transplants are allocated to give patients longer lives. An... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
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Changes for MBA Applicants
POWER OF REFLECTION: Changes to the MBA application process mirror FIELD exercises. For MBA candidates worried about writer’s cramp, here’s some good news: applicants to the Class of 2015 will be asked to author only two 400-word essays instead of four essays totaling... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Focal Point
Launched in 2002 by Tony Deifell (MBA 2002), shown here with Ali Nuger (MBA 2012), the Portrait Project asks graduating HBS students to respond to these final lines from “The Summer Day” by Pulitzer Prize winning poet Mary Oliver: “Tell me, what is it you plan to... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
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New Series Look at Issues, School News
Alumni interested in learning about the latest HBS faculty research or news about the School now have a new way to do so. The webinar series Trending@HBS will launch on September 27 with Professor Clay Christensen talking about how to live a meaningful, purpose-filled... View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
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HBS Clubs Host Faculty Speakers
More than fifty HBS clubs have scheduled special events through 2008 as part of the School’s Global Outreach Program. The program will send faculty around the world to talk about their research and help celebrate the Centennial. See a partial list of events and... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
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The Making of a School
BRICK BY BRICK: Completion of the campus dormitories took place in sixteen months. BAKER LIBRARY HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS On a stroll through campus, it’s almost impossible to envision HBS without the iconic columns and bell tower of the Baker Library|Bloomberg Center or... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
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Harvard Club of Boston Hits Historic Milestone
In the same year that HBS enrolled its first class 100 years ago, the Harvard Club of Boston welcomed its first members. Over the ensuing decades the club in downtown Boston has grown to over 6,000 members, roughly 1,200 of whom are HBS alumni. In fact, the Harvard... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
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An American Story
Joan Levy and Ted Levitt on August 1, 1948. The couple married six months after their first date. Photo courtesy Joan Levitt Boris Levitt was a Russian shoemaker who lived under Stalin before he was captured by the German army and brought to that country. He married... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
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Knowledge Integration Rules at Yale
JOEL PODOLNY: New courses reach across disciplines. Yale set out in the fall of 2006 to create a distinctive new model of management education, one that eliminated traditional discipline-based courses and replaced them with courses designed to integrate teaching and... View Details