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- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Immersion Program Digs Deep
introduced in 2007. Created to provide educational experiences that complement and extend classroom learning, immersions offer students the opportunity for intensive exposure to an industry or region of the world. Demand was high: This... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Executive Action
A rendering of the new Chao Center (Illustration by Goody Clancy) Harvard Business School broke ground for the construction of a new Executive Education facility—the Ruth Mulan Chu Chao Center—on April 24. The Chao Center, a... View Details
- July 2004 (Revised May 2009)
- Case
Getting Participant-centered Learning to Work
By: Thomas R. Piper, James L. Heskett and Gustavo Herrero
The newly appointed dean of a South American business school is eager to transform the learning process from the traditional lecture method to one that actively engages students and contributes to the development of critical managerial skills, attitudes, and world... View Details
Keywords: Change Management; Transformation; Business Education; Leading Change; Business Processes; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Alliances; Education Industry; South America
Piper, Thomas R., James L. Heskett, and Gustavo Herrero. "Getting Participant-centered Learning to Work." Harvard Business School Case 805-007, July 2004. (Revised May 2009.)
- Profile
Dan Vallone
Professional Development office, I found a position with the Office of Innovation & Improvement in the Department of Education in Washington. It’s a relatively small team, but they play a key role in applying evidence-based approaches... View Details
- October 29, 2012
- Article
What Business Should Do to Restore U.S. Competitiveness
By: Jan Rivkin and Michael E. Porter
Keywords: U.S. Competitiveness; Competition; Education; Education Industry; Education Industry; United States
Rivkin, Jan, and Michael E. Porter. "What Business Should Do to Restore U.S. Competitiveness." Fortune 166, no. 7 (October 29, 2012).
- January 2000 (Revised March 2001)
- Teaching Note
Competition & Strategy: Course Structure TN
By: Michael E. Porter and Jan W. Rivkin
Provides an overview of the Competition & Strategy course, a first course on business strategy, as taught at Harvard Business School during the summer of 1999. Describes the role of the course in the overall MBA curriculum, the superstructure of the course, and the... View Details
- 06 Aug 2015
- News
Activist Investors Are Shaking Up Business Schools, Too
Keywords: Educational Services
- July 1998
- Supplement
Bell Atlantic in Union City
In this pioneering project to wire a school for the Internet and put computers in students' homes, Bell Atlantic combined its need for a beta site for a technology trial with the school reform efforts of the Union City, New Jersey public schools, under the leadership... View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Social Enterprise; Internet and the Web; Education; Business and Community Relations; Education Industry; New Jersey
Kanter, Rosabeth M. "Bell Atlantic in Union City." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 399-501, July 1998.
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
A Binary Formula
Executive Education offerings that teach scientists business and organizational fundamentals? What about joint MBA/Ph.D. programs? How about science/business seminars, more science-based cases, and more science-savvy faculty to teach... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Early Impact
Mulan Chu Chao Center will open where Kresge once stood. Made possible by a gift from a Dr. James Si-Cheng Chao and family foundation, it will be a hub for executives and a bridge to the HBS community. MBA Program Innovation Continuing its history of View Details
- 04 Aug 2014
- News
Harvard’s New Social Enterprise Director
- February 2011
- Case
Chegg: Textbook Rental Takes Flight
By: Thomas R. Eisenmann, William A. Sahlman and Evan W. Richardson
In late 2010, Silicon Valley-based Chegg, the leading online college textbook rental company, is scaling rapidly. The case recounts Chegg's history from its origins as a distant competitor to Craigslist in college classified listings through a pivot into textbook... View Details
Keywords: Change Management; Higher Education; Entrepreneurship; Books; Growth and Development Strategy; Growth Management; Service Operations; Renting or Rental; Online Technology; Education Industry; Education Industry; California
Eisenmann, Thomas R., William A. Sahlman, and Evan W. Richardson. "Chegg: Textbook Rental Takes Flight." Harvard Business School Case 811-077, February 2011.
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Spring Reunions
Spring Reunions Photographs by Neal Hamberg And Adam Hunger Related Links Facebook photo gallery Read summaries and view videos from Spring Reunion presentations Spring is the season for pitching tents at HBS, signaling the arrival of class reunions. More than 3,000... View Details
- January 2020 (Revised April 2020)
- Case
Fossil Fuel Divestment (Abridged)
By: Michael W. Toffel and Sarah Gulick
The president of Harvard University is facing growing pressure from students, alumni, and other climate change activists that are urging the university to divest its multi-billion dollar endowment from fossil fuel companies. The case summarizes the arguments for and... View Details
Keywords: Divestment; Harvard University; Higher Education; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Environmental Sustainability; Climate Change; Public Opinion; Ethics; Education Industry
Toffel, Michael W., and Sarah Gulick. "Fossil Fuel Divestment." Harvard Business School Case 620-093, January 2020. (Revised April 2020.)
- 28 Jan 2011
- News
HBS Faculty Approves Curriculum Innovation
school deans, corporate recruiters, and executives, who broadly agreed that business schools faced significant challenges in educating leaders for 21st century global commerce. The second attracted more than 100 HBS faculty, who came to a... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Campaign Hosts Events in Washington and Seattle
School’s world-changing impact, and dinner. Dean Clark’s after-dinner address reminded everyone that the School’s mission — to educate leaders who make a difference in the world — dates from its inception nearly one hundred years ago.... View Details
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
NFL Players Tackle Cases at HBS
Making a point: Professor Joe Lassiter leads a class on developing and evaluating business plans. On the field, they can be the fiercest of competitors. Off the field, thirty veteran NFL players teamed up to work toward a common goal during an intensive HBS custom... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Celebrating Women at HBS
focusing on "Success Redefined." Nancy Barry (MBA 1975), founder and president of Enterprise Solutions to Poverty, and Melanie Healey of Procter & Gamble were among the speakers. The Baker Library | Bloomberg Center is hosting "Building the Foundation: Business View Details
- June 2003
- Case
Memphis City Schools
By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Kevin Morris
Associate Superintendent Marieta Harris needs a plan for continuing the momentum of systemic change in this urban school district while facing shifts of leadership and curriculum philosophy, uneven progress on reforms, new tests that put a high proportion of schools on... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
HBS Is Committed to Increasing Alumni Engagement
Skeete Tatum HBS has taken on a major initiative to deepen its connection to alumni by increasing engagement and participation. To better understand the relationships that currently exist between alumni and HBS, the School has launched a research study to examine the... View Details