education - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Oct 2001
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Porter Directs New Institute at HBS

microeconomic foundations of economic development) for use at Harvard and other institutions, as well as for dissemination using Web-based technologies. It further aims, in collaboration with HBS, to offer specialized educational programs... View Details

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01 Dec 2013
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Together Again

Another October, another reunion record-breaker. For the fourth year in a row, the fall gathering beat a previous attendance record—set last year—with more than 2,500 MBA and Executive Education alumni returning to campus. The HBS Rugby... View Details

Keywords: reunions; alumni; rugby

October 2017
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NetDragon

By: William R. Kerr and Alexis Brownell

Keywords: NetDragon; China; E-learning; Fuzhou; Gaming; Education; Entrepreneurship; Internet; Education Industry; Education Industry; Education Industry; Education Industry; China

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24 Apr 2014
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Nurturing students who can think outside of the box

Chen Weiming (MBA 1993) is reimagining the way China views education. As founder of Xing Wei College, a first-of-its-kind, privately run institution outside of Shanghai, Chen is at the forefront of a radical transformation of China’s View Details

13 Jun 2013
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Learning Curve

each partnership school retains budgetary and management independence. Related Links 5 Bright Ideas Charter Revolution Redux Lesson Plans Minding the Gap Inspired to focus his career on improving education after teaching for a year in... View Details

Keywords: Educational Support Services; Educational Support Services; Educational Support Services; Educational Support Services; Educational Support Services; Educational Support Services

July 2001
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Bobbie D'Alessandro and the Redesign of the Cambridge Rindge and Latin School

By: Linda A. Hill, Kristin Doughty and Ellen Pruyne

Bobbi D'Alessandro, the superintendent of the school system in Cambridge, MA, has just hired a new principal to lead a major redesign effort in the city's only high school. The need for reform had been evident since the late 1980s when school statistics highlighted... View Details

Keywords: Problems and Challenges; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Performance Improvement; Change Management; Secondary Education; Selection and Staffing; Leading Change; Education Industry; Cambridge

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April 1993 (Revised June 1994)
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MathSoft, Inc. (B)

By: V. Kasturi Rangan

Describes the president's decision regarding MathSoft's marketing channels and communications methods, and the company's sales results during the next five quarters. The (A) case market response model is also updated. View Details

Keywords: Communication Technology; Forecasting and Prediction; Curriculum and Courses; Learning; Knowledge Sharing; Growth and Development Strategy; Marketing Channels; Education Industry

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March 2021 (Revised June 2022)
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James Bryant Conant: Changing the World

By: Robert Simons and Shirley Sun

This case traces the rise of James Conant from a working-class neighborhood in Boston to president of Harvard University. The case describes how Conant, as a young man interested in chemistry and physics, embarks on studies to build his academic credentials and the... View Details

Keywords: Education; Science; Higher Education; Mission and Purpose; Research; Values and Beliefs; Personal Characteristics; Work-Life Balance; Personal Development and Career; Education Industry; Boston

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01 Mar 2011
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Entrepreneurs’ Fund

Dan Rumennik, Jess Bloomgarden, and Andrew Rosenthal (all HBS ’12) are the driving forces behind the establishment of a new initiative, funded by the Rock Center, that offers a total of $50,000 to HBS student entrepreneurs. Awards of $5,000 each to ten selected teams... View Details

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01 Jun 2009
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Martin V. Marshall Remembered

Professor of Business Administration, joined the HBS faculty in 1949. He produced some 200 cases and teaching notes as well as several books, including Automatic Merchandising and Advertising Management. Although he taught in almost every View Details

Keywords: obiturary; Educational Services; Educational Services

23 Jul 2013
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Building Great Schools around Great Teachers

high achievement, while their neighbors in other public schools were struggling. For the first time, he understood the stark contrast in public education between the upper-middle-class world he knew and impoverished neighborhoods. "It's a... View Details

Keywords: Linda Kush; Educational Services; Educational Services

January 2020 (Revised April 2020)
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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

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17 Nov 2013
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Time to Tackle Workplace Gender Bias

Keywords: Nohria, Nitin; gender bias; women in business; Educational Services

May 2013
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From Little Things Big Things Grow: The Clontarf Foundation Program for Aboriginal Boys (B)

By: F. Warren McFarlan and Michael Vitale

This case focuses on the growth of an innovative non-profit institution that motivates aboriginal children to attend school by harnessing their love of football. View Details

Keywords: Motivation and Incentives; Nonprofit Organizations; Education; Sports; Education Industry

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01 Dec 2007
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Looking back; looking forward

with power in practice, a remarkable campus, and an alumni community more than 70,000 strong. Equally important, it’s a chance to help set the agenda for management education and research for the next century, and for tomorrow’s business... View Details

Keywords: Jay O. Light; Educational Services; Educational Services

January 2001 (Revised April 2001)
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Lawyers & Leases TN

By: Richard G. Hamermesh and Michele Lutz

Teaching Note for (9-801-166). View Details

Keywords: Contracts; Negotiation; Entrepreneurship; Internet and the Web; Education; Education Industry

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07 Mar 2017
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From Harvard to INSEAD: Change Management in a Disruptive World

(via INSEAD.edu) In a wide-ranging interview for the St. Gallen’s Symposium, published by the Huffington Post, Dr. Olivier Giscard D’Estaing (MBA 1951) talks about the deep roots of HBS within the foundation of INSEAD, the European business school where he served many... View Details

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