Business School Curriculum - Publications - Faculty & Research

29 Apr 2015
News

Nitin Nohria's Exhilarating Journey

Keywords: Nitin Nohria; career experience; Indian; corporate social responsibility; women in business; diversity; The Harvard Campaign; HBS Campaign; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools

20 Dec 2010
Research & Ideas

Panama Canal: Troubled History, Astounding Turnaround

A favorite topic of historians and palindrome fans alike, the Panama Canal has perpetually changed the international trade business. In their new book, The Big Ditch: How America Took, Built, Ran, and Ultimately Gave Away the Panama Canal (Princeton University Press),... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Transportation

Royce G. Yudkoff

Royce Yudkoff is the MBA Class of 1975 Professor of Management Practice of Entrepreneurial Management at the Harvard Business School and a General Partner and co-founder of ABRY Partners, LLC in Boston, MA. Alongside Professor Richard Ruback, Royce currently... View Details

11 Sep 2017
News

Jeannie and Jonathan Lavine Make Record-Breaking $12 Million Gift for Scholarship Aid for First-Generation Students

23 Jul 2020
Blog Post

Why Plume? To Make a Difference in the World

On the last day of exams of my first semester of the Required Curriculum (RC) year, I walked out of Aldrich with my sectionmate, Dan. We had gotten to know each other through section, playing intramurals together and enjoying the... View Details

02 May 2019
Sharpening Your Skills

How To Ask Better Questions

not in having all the right answers, but rather in asking the right questions. Teaching The DealShowing emotion, asking questions, and understanding your own strengths and weaknesses can be key to a successful agreement. About the Author Kristen Senz is a writer and... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

Allen S. Grossman

Allen Grossman was appointed a Harvard Business School Professor of Management Practice in July 2000. He joined the Business School faculty in July 1998, with a concurrent appointment as a Visiting Scholar at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE). He... View Details

Keywords: education industry; nonprofit industry

Thomas J. DeLong

Thomas J. DeLong is a Baker Foundation Professor of Management Practice and the former Philip J. Stomberg Professor of Management Practice in the Organizational Behavior Department at the Harvard Business School. He is an expert in leader development, organizational... View Details

Samuel L. Hayes

Samuel L. Hayes holds the Jacob H. Schiff Chair in Investment Banking Emeritus, at the Harvard Business School. He has taught at the School since 1970, prior to which he was a tenured member of the faculty of the Columbia University Graduate School of Business. He... View Details

Peter Tufano

Peter Tufano is a Baker Foundation Professor at Harvard Business School and Senior Advisor to the Harvard Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability. From 2011 to 2021, he served as the Peter Moores Dean at View Details

Research Summary

Mastering Strategy Execution

By: Robert Simons

Professor Robert Simons’ research encompasses three areas of management accountability that are the foundation for successful strategy execution: organization design, performance measurement and control, and risk management. In addition, Simons is interested in the... View Details

Isamar Troncoso

Isamar Troncoso is an Assistant Professor of Business Administration in the Marketing Unit at HBS. She teaches the Marketing course in the MBA required curriculum.

Professor Troncoso studies problems related to digital marketplaces and new technologies. She... View Details

Keywords: e-commerce industry; high technology; retailing

29 Sep 2020
Cold Call Podcast

Employee Performance vs. Company Values: A Manager’s Dilemma

Keywords: Re: Nitin Nohria; Financial Services

David Ager

David Ager is a Senior Lecturer in Executive Education. He engages CEOs, CHROs, and their teams to design and deliver customized executive development experiences for executive, senior and high potential leaders. The companies hail from diverse sectors including... View Details

22 Nov 2004
Research & Ideas

Side Effects: The Case of Propecia

You are the marketing director of Propecia, a new drug for hair restoration that's about to hit the market. But the drug can only be purchased via a physician's prescription. So do you advertise directly to balding men? Do you concentrate on targeting physicians? How... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Health; Pharmaceutical

27 Mar 2017
Blog Post

Should Entrepreneurs Get an MBA?

In his encouraging entrepreneurs not to go to business school, PayPal co-Founder and Gawker toppler Peter Thiel faults MBA programs for producing “extremely herd-like thinking.” He’s not alone – Elon Musk also rails against View Details

Joseph B. Fuller

Joseph Fuller is a Professor of Management Practice in General Management and Entrepreneurship. He founded and co-leads the school’s project, Managing the Future of Work, as well as the Harvard Project on the Workforce. He currently leads the FIELD Global Capstone... View Details

Jingpeng Hong

Jingpeng is a Ph.D. student in Marketing at Harvard Business School. Previously, he received a B.A. in Economics from the National School of Development, Peking University and a M.A. in Social Sciences, Economics from the University of Chicago. His research interests... View Details

Cynthia A. Montgomery

Professor Montgomery's research centers on strategy and corporate governance. Of particular interest are the unique roles leaders play in developing and implementing strategy; the means organizations use to create value across multiple lines of business; and issues... View Details

Person Page

List of Videos by Professor Bower

By: Joseph L. Bower

Bower, Joseph L. "Interview with Bertrand Collomb, Honorary Chairman and Director, Lafarge." Succession Series. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School, 2008. Video.

Bower, Joseph L. "Interview with Reuben Mark, Chairman & CEO, Colgate Palmolive Co."... View Details

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