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- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Five Bright Ideas
ISSUE FOCUS: EDUCATION INNOVATION Bright Idea #1 Training the Global Workforce, Gratis Mike Feerick (MBA 1993) FEERICK: At the grade school he attended in Ireland. "Knowledge and understanding," he says, "are being unleashed via the web... View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Letters to the Editor
Where Credit Is Due The article “Seeking Silent Voices” in the September Bulletin, while featuring the work of four HBS faculty (myself included), omitted mention of the important work Mike Roberto (MBA ’95, DBA ’00) has done in this area — from his best-selling and... View Details
- 14 Apr 2010
- News
The First African-American MBAs at HBS
Cunningham in 1913-14 and a year later The election of Barack Obama as the first African-American president of the United States had me wondering who the first African-Americans were to earn Harvard MBAs. I thought I’d have to slog through old records to find the... View Details
- 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 Sep 2003
- News
From Control to the Uncontrollable: Faculty Research Symposium Offers Range of Ideas
Members of the HBS faculty published 23 books and 157 papers and book chapters last year. In late May, the School recognized faculty achievement at the second annual Faculty Research Symposium. Sponsored by the Division of Research and Faculty Development, the event... View Details
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
Leading the Way
means for the future of the School, as well as the need for HBS to educate leaders who will help solve the complex challenges facing the world today. The Campaign Nitin Nohria: The Harvard Business School Campaign offers us an opportunity... View Details
- 08 May 2019
- News
Fellowships Enable Students to Broaden Their Impact
girls’ JV high school basketball team and ran a tutoring program. “I realized I was happier doing that and wanted to be in education full time. That’s what I’m passionate about,” says Agarwal, who took a leap of faith and landed at... View Details
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Faculty Books
Redefining Global Strategy by Pankaj Ghemawat (HBS Press) Why do so many global strategies fail despite companies’ powerful brands and border-crossing advantages? In this “semiglobalized” world, one-size-fits-all strategies don’t stand a chance. Differences matter.... View Details
- January 2021 (Revised March 2021)
- Case
Juno (A): Leveraging Student Power
By: Joshua Schwartzstein, Kathleen L. McGinn and Amy Klopfenstein
In March 2020, Chris Abkarians and Nikhil Agarwal were in the midst of preparing the annual auction for their student loan assistance startup, Juno. Both current MBA students at Harvard Business School, the duo founded Juno in 2018 to leverage student bargaining power... View Details
Keywords: Decision Making; Decision Choices and Conditions; Decisions; Cost vs Benefits; Education; Higher Education; Finance; Borrowing and Debt; Strategy; Adaptation; Alignment; Negotiation; Agreements and Arrangements; Negotiation Participants; Negotiation Process; Negotiation Tactics; Negotiation Deal; Negotiation Offer; Negotiation Types; Education Industry; Education Industry; North and Central America; United States; Massachusetts; Boston
Schwartzstein, Joshua, Kathleen L. McGinn, and Amy Klopfenstein. "Juno (A): Leveraging Student Power." Harvard Business School Case 921-032, January 2021. (Revised March 2021.)
- 16 Sep 2013
- News
Canada’s Native Son
refrigerator to help a local family in need. He remembers his father and grandfather working with folks facing marital problems or troubles with the law. He remembers them grappling with unemployment and education issues among the people.... View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Groundswells
strengthened residential life and recognized the growing importance of interdisciplinary faculty research. EX ED’S SPACE RACE In large part, the growing space demands of HBS Executive Education programs drove campus projects in the late... View Details
- October 2022
- Case
EducationSuperHighway 2.0
By: William A. Sahlman, Allison M. Ciechanover and Emily Grandjean
In 2012, Evan Marwell launched EducationSuperHighway (ESH) to address a major problem: though most public K-12 schools in the US had access to the Internet, only roughly 30% had true broadband access that would enable every student to have high speed connectivity. ... View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit Organizations; Social Entrepreneurship; Social Issues; Leading Change; Early Childhood Education; Infrastructure; Internet and the Web; Education Industry; Education Industry; Education Industry; United States; San Francisco
Sahlman, William A., Allison M. Ciechanover, and Emily Grandjean. "EducationSuperHighway 2.0." Harvard Business School Case 823-060, October 2022.
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
2 + 2 = All Smiles
In June, recent college graduates accepted into the HBS 2+2 Program enjoyed a preview of what to expect when they return to Soldiers Field as MBA students in the fall of 2011. The 2+2 Program targets high-achieving college juniors studying in a wide variety of fields.... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Reza Satchu (MBA 1996)
We moved to Toronto from Mombasa, Kenya, when I was eight and my brother [Asif Satchu, MBA 1999] was six. For my parents to decide to come here and start a new life was, in many ways, THe ultimate risk. The immigrant experience is uncomfortable and sometimes difficult,... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Alumni Navigator Takes Off
Staying in touch with the School’s network of 65,000 graduates just got a lot easier. Directory search, the most popular feature on the Alumni Web site, now uses the same cutting-edge technology that powers searches on Barnes & Noble.com, IBM.com, and other major... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Entrepreneur-in-Residence
Janet Kraus, cofounder of Circles, a leader in concierge services, is HBS’s newest Entrepreneur-in-Residence. Founded in 1997, Circles became a $50 million company with nearly 1,000 people operating in Boston and Burlington, Ontario. After selling Circles in 2007,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Innovation Takes Center Stage
of what it means to come here even more compelling.” While remaining steadfast about the central educational role of the case method, he noted that the School has been trying new approaches to learning. For example, the Immersion... View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson
- 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
- January 2, 2024
- Article
Academic ‘Elders’ Wanted: Inquire Within
By: Andrew J. Hoffman
Keywords: Business Education
Hoffman, Andrew J. "Academic ‘Elders’ Wanted: Inquire Within." AACSB Insights (January 2, 2024).
- 1998
- Book
The Portable MBA Desk Reference
By: N. Nohria
Keywords: Business Education
Nohria, N. The Portable MBA Desk Reference. 2nd ed. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1998.