Publications

Video

Neveen El Tahri

Neveen El Tahri, Chairperson of Delta Shield for Investment, reflects on her first job at Chase Manhattan Bank in Egypt and shares how she managed to secure a spot in the bank’s credit training program. View Details

March 2021 (Revised June 2022)
Case

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

Web

Engagement - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning

Executive Education classroom as participants can sometimes be reluctant to speak out in class discussions. Buzz groups enable students to engage with content and with each other to help foster relationships... View Details

Web

Annual Report 2020 - Annual Report 2020

of the disease, that it would be infeasible to ensure the safety and well-being of the more than 1,000 MBA students, faculty, and staff involved in the year’s program. Executive Education Given rapidly... View Details

September 2002 (Revised March 2003)
Background Note

Managing Markets Module Note

By: Das Narayandas

Provides an overview of the managing markets module in the Business Marketing course taught at HBS. View Details

Keywords: Business Education; Curriculum and Courses; Management; Markets; Education Industry

01 Mar 2008
News

THE 6 MYTHS OF CREATIVITY

Creativity’s reputation as a mysterious, unknowable trait (something of a myth in itself) has led to some erroneous ideas about what it is and how it functions in organizations. Here, Professor Teresa... View Details

Keywords: Educational Services; Educational Services; Educational Services

12 Nov 2021
News

Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge

Business leaders around the world are currently focused on the discussions and negotiations taking place at the 26th Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow from October 31 to November 12. The outcome of these international... View Details

July 2011
Supplement

Assistant Professor Gyan Gupta and the Wet Noodle Class (B)

By: Dorothy Leonard

Professor Gupta has imposed two new policies on his class, midway through the term: 1) No use of Internet to locate additional information on the company in the case; 2) an increase in the percentage of grades attributed to class participation. He meets with rebellion... View Details

Keywords: Teaching; Learning; Internet and the Web; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Change; Education Industry

06 Dec 2013
Op-Ed

HBS Faculty Remember Nelson Mandela

Editor's note: With the death of Nelson Mandela, the words of the Roman poet Horace (65 - 27 BC) seem particularly appropriate in celebrating his life and achievements in freeing South View Details

Keywords: by Nitin Nohria, Linda Hill, Rosabeth Moss Kanter & Gautam Mukunda

Web

Affiliated Organizations & Institutions - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

focuses on innovative approaches to improving the value of cancer care. MOC Affiliate Network The MOC Affiliate Network is a group of more than 100 educational institutions around the world that teach the MOC curriculum and collaborate... View Details

February 2004
Case

Aspire Public Schools

Set in the fall of 2003, covers managerial challenges facing the CEO and COO of Aspire Public Schools, a nonprofit charter school management company. In operation since 1999 and funded by prominent national foundations and venture philanthropies, Aspire operates 10... View Details

Keywords: Business Model; Business or Company Management; Expansion; Social Entrepreneurship; Education; Education Industry; California