by Jan Hammond - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Sep 2013
News

Beantown as a Beacon

Image by C.J. Burton While the US economy is showing signs of recovery, don't pop the champagne just yet, say HBS professors Jan Rivkin and Michael Porter. Onstage at Spangler Auditorium in May, the pair... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Sep 2011
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Project Aims to Boost US Competitiveness

A cross-disciplinary team of HBS faculty, led by Professors Michael Porter and Jan Rivkin, has launched a project on US competitiveness that will feature a special spring 2012 issue of the Harvard Business... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Sep 2010
News

Popular Series Returns

For the fourth year, HBS Club members can dial in to hear a faculty member speak on a topic of current interest, followed by a Q&A session. The Virtual Learning Series resumes September 15 with a talk on social networking View Details

01 Dec 2012
News

Faculty Research Online

long before the current recession took hold. Professors Michael Porter and Jan Rivkin discuss causes and possible solutions. Better by the Bundle? Video-game companies do it, fast-food restaurants, too. Why... View Details

Keywords: Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government

01 Sep 2012
News

Path Forward

Nearly 500 alumni and other business and policy leaders gathered in Washington, D.C., in June for the latest in the School’s series of regional US Competitiveness Project events. A panel discussion led by Professor Michael Porter featured... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

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How Student-Proposed Internships Can Create Value - Recruiting

align with their skills and interests. These self-driven efforts often lead to meaningful, high-impact internships that wouldn’t exist through traditional recruiting channels. If your organization is contacted by an HBS student with a... View Details

01 Dec 2009
News

Awards Recognize Excellence

Four HBS professors have received the annual Charles M. Williams Award for outstanding teaching and contributions to student learning. The recipients are David Moss for his Creating the Modern Financial System course; Jan Rivkin for his... View Details

01 Dec 2016
News

How DC is Taxing the Country

(photo by Brooks Kraft/Getty) Sunny jobs reports and shrinking unemployment numbers might give the impression that the US economic recovery is complete. Scratch beneath that surface, though, and a much bleaker trend emerges, says a new... View Details

Keywords: Francis Storrs

08 May 2019
Blog Post

Discover the Case Method

Pioneered by HBS faculty and one of the highlights of the HBS experience, the case method is a profound educational innovation that presents the greatest challenges confronting leading companies, nonprofits, and government... View Details

01 Jun 2004
News

Teaching and Learning Center Established, Honors Christensen’s Legacy

will help strengthen the School’s long tradition of world-class teaching. The C. Roland Christensen Center for Teaching and Learning, scheduled to open this fall, will augment the already established HBS system of faculty-to-faculty mentoring View Details

Keywords: C. Roland Christensen; Chris Christensen; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Jun 2015
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Fast Forward

New York tech firms and medical centers. Public Education An HBS team led by Professor Jan Rivkin has partnered with The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation on three reports... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government; Elementary and Secondary Schools; Educational Services; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Jun 2014
News

School Ties

When Jan Rivkin talks about what the US educational system must deliver, he lays out the challenge in stark terms. "For young Americans to succeed in today's workforce, they must out-innovate and out-produce the world's best," declares... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Elementary and Secondary Schools; Educational Services

14 Jun 2024
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Highlights from the Spring 2024 Alumni Board Meeting

other. The HBS Alumni Board, whose members are selected from a pool of active and committed volunteer leaders, represents the global HBS alumni community. Members serve as a resources for the Dean, faculty, staff and students by providing... View Details

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U.S. Competitiveness Project - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

research-led effort by Harvard Business School to understand and improve the competitiveness of the United States. Michael Porter is among an esteemed group of scholars from Harvard and other institutions committed to identifying... View Details

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The General Shoe Company, 1921 | Baker Library

produced by HBS faculty in conjunction with the Bureau’s researchers and staff. (3) Bureau of Business Research booth at the Chicago Shoe Convention, 1923. HBS Archives Photograph Collection (olvwork373852). Previous: Business Education &... View Details

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The Case Method | MBA

information, incomplete by design, and decide what you would do. Discuss the case. Each morning, you’ll bring your ideas to a small team of classmates from diverse professional backgrounds, your discussion group, to share your findings... View Details

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IFC: Silicon Valley; Disrupting Silicon Valley with AI - Course Catalog

HBS Course Catalog IFC: Silicon Valley; Disrupting Silicon Valley with AI Course Number 6094 Senior Lecturer Mark Roberge January; J; 3.0 credits Fall On-Campus Course Sessions: Thursdays 3:10 PM – 5:10 PM: 9/11, 9/25, 10/30, 11/13, 12/4* January Immersion Dates:... View Details

01 Sep 2005
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GE’s Immelt Urges MBAs to Dream Big, Work Hard

address by student speaker Brian Kreiter (MBA ’05) and by the presentation of the class’s awards for teaching excellence to Assistant Professor Francisco de Asís Martínez-Jerez (Accounting and Control),... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

13 Dec 2011
News

Harvard Business School Launches US Competitiveness Project

role will be. There is no more appropriate time than now for us to explore this question deeply and develop answers that will allow America to remain a competitive place to conduct business in the international economy." The Project is led View Details