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- 01 Aug 2002
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
honored to be a part of such a committed and enthusiastic group of people, all of whom have worked very hard during the year to ensure that thoughtful and actionable committee recommendations were delivered and projects completed. We have... View Details
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Institutions, Macroeconomics, and the Global Economy - Course Catalog
discusses how institutions can be developed which focus the uncoordinated actions of individual households and firms as well as voters and politicians on good, rather than bad, overall outcomes. Such institutions are key determinants of... View Details
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Making Difficult Decisions: The General Manager’s Job (MDD) - Course Catalog
enabling coordinated action in pursuit of organizational performance. Our emphasis is on how GMs get things done through making and guiding both larger and smaller decisions. We show how to use decision-making processes to achieve results... View Details
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Turnarounds and Transformation - Course Catalog
there is a reasonable chance for the managers in the case to create value. It will also present many situations where you will be challenged to develop a plan of action for the managers that will lead to the creation and realization of... View Details
- 17 Aug 2021
- Blog Post
New Associate Director: Courtney Fairbrother
with what motivates peoples’ actions and behaviors, and that is how I ended up being an environmental studies major in college with a business concentration. I have also taken a number of graduate classes on... View Details
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Deal Making in Real Estate - Course Catalog
requires quantitative and qualitative analysis, judgment calls, quick thinking and development of practical action plans. "Cold calling" and active participation are frequent and important components of class. We expect that students will... View Details
- 26 Nov 2013
- First Look
First Look: November 26
company was still dealing with multiple purported class action and derivative lawsuits that had been filed against it. It was during this time the board started looking for... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Letters to the Editor
and trademarked brand. While “green” (as it relates to the environment) was not in the vocabularies of John, Pat, and Abe in 1969, behaving responsibly certainly was. Thanks to all who have led and continue to lead the School with results that bear fruit long after... View Details
- 19 Dec 2005
- Research & Ideas
Public Education Goes to School
working paper, published this year, titled "Promoting a Management Revolution in Public Education." Mallory Stark: How does the PELP program operate? Stacey Childress and Allen Grossman: PELP operates as a learning laboratory with seed funding from the HBS... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
School Ties
education leaders, a report was issued that highlighted three kinds of actions where business "champions," working alongside educators, could most add value: advocating policies that enable education innovation; scaling up innovations... View Details
- 10 Mar 2015
- News
Women in Tech: Breaking the Digital Ceiling
discrimination and harassment lawsuit a woman cofounder lodged against the Tinder dating app to the comments of Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, who advised women against asking for a raise, but instead “knowing and having faith that the... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 18 May 2017
- News
Pioneer Spirit
humanities class of the semester, he met Fern, his future wife. “We were married four hours after we both graduated from Kansas State (Ross earned a BS in mathematics and Fern earned a BS in business education) and immediately moved to... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
HBS Fund Helps Fuel Faculty Research and New Learning Experiences
Data’s Double Duty: Research and the Real World As Raffaella Sadun was wrapping up her Corporate Strategy course last fall, one of her students sent her a four-page analysis of the private equity industry in India, a topic the class had... View Details
- 06 Jun 2005
- Research & Ideas
Microsoft vs. Open Source: Who Will Win?
Unix and threatened Linux users with lawsuits over infringement of those rights unless they agree to pay substantial licensing fees. IBM, which was one of the prime corporate sponsors of Linux as well as the target of a View Details
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Past Issues - Alumni
to learn Leading with Heart How personal tragedy shaped the empathetic management style of Panera CEO Niren Chaudhary My Favorite Case Alumni reflect on the class discussions and case protagonists that indelibly shaped their lives and... View Details
- 03 Feb 2003
- What Do You Think?
Can Business Schools Teach the Craft of Getting Things Done?
employed, and Petter Östlund's advocacy of "more experienced class members." This leaves us with the question of not whether, but how much of the groundwork for preparing effective doers can be provided in the classroom. Is the... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Power Trip
percent of the CEOs we studied had undergraduate degrees, and from the 1970s on, the MBA became a necessary credential to pursue the inside track to power. Does that mean that social class has become less important in paving the way to... View Details
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Tedlow on Tires and the Meaning of Life
edited by Ted A. Adams "When you study the tire industry," HBS professor Richard S. Tedlow told a Class Day audience of graduating MBAs last June, "you are confronting the meaning of life." A distinguished authority on business history,... View Details
- 29 Aug 2016
- Blog Post
First Year at HBS: A Foundation for Business
been deliberately crafted and refined to deliver a world class foundation for business in one year. Graduates of Harvard Business School are prepared to take a seat at any business table and contribute in a meaningful way. The first year... View Details
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Leading a Family Business (LFB) - Course Catalog
Business Handbook , written by Josh Baron and Rob Lachenauer. Grading / Course Administration: Students will be graded on a mixture of engagement in class and a final paper. For the final paper, you will draw on your learnings from the... View Details