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- 17 Oct 2011
- Conference Presentation
The Business of Business Schools
By: Robert L. Simons
Keywords: Higher Education
- summer 2008
- Article
On Chinese, European and American Universities
By: William C. Kirby
Kirby, William C. "On Chinese, European and American Universities." Daedalus 137, no. 3 (summer 2008).
- February 1977 (Revised September 1986)
- Case
Thing the Professor Forgot (B)
By: James E. Austin
Keywords: Higher Education
Austin, James E. "Thing the Professor Forgot (B)." Harvard Business School Case 577-120, February 1977. (Revised September 1986.)
- January 2007 (Revised June 2007)
- Background Note
Technology Transfer at U.S. Universities
By: Richard G. Hamermesh, Josh Lerner and David Kiron
Technology transfer from U.S. universities to industry has increased dramatically in the last 25 years. Reviews the history of technology transfer with particular emphasis on the Bayh-Dole Act of 1980. It then examines how universities responded to Bayh-Dole, the... View Details
Keywords: Higher Education; Information Technology; Laws and Statutes; Education Industry; Education Industry; United States
Hamermesh, Richard G., Josh Lerner, and David Kiron. "Technology Transfer at U.S. Universities." Harvard Business School Background Note 807-124, January 2007. (Revised June 2007.)
- June 2001 (Revised June 2001)
- Case
Student Who Was Missing-in-Action, The
Assistant Professor Sam Benson was about to end the class session portion of his course with only student projects remaining. Then, he received a phone call from a student, George McHenry, who had missed 11 of 20 sessions. McHenry wanted to know what he needed to do to... View Details
Keywords: Motivation and Incentives; Higher Education; Decision Choices and Conditions; Learning; Education Industry
Spear, Steven J. "Student Who Was Missing-in-Action, The." Harvard Business School Case 601-182, June 2001. (Revised June 2001.)
- 1999
- Chapter
Organizations and Markets at Harvard Business School, 1984-1996
By: George P. Baker, Michael C. Jensen, Carliss Y. Baldwin and Karen H. Wruck
Baker, George P., Michael C. Jensen, Carliss Y. Baldwin, and Karen H. Wruck. "Organizations and Markets at Harvard Business School, 1984-1996." In The Intellectual Venture Capitalist: John H. McArthur and the Work of the Harvard Business School, 1980-1995, edited by T. K. McCraw and J. L. Cruikshank. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 1999.
- 2022
- Chapter
Decarbonizing Academia's Flyout Culture
By: Nicholas Poggioli and Andrew J. Hoffman
Flight is technologically and culturally central to academic life. Academia's flyout culture is built on a set of shared beliefs and values about the importance of flying to being an academic. But flight also generates a large proportion of academia’s carbon emissions,... View Details
Keywords: Carbon Emissions; Air Transportation; Values and Beliefs; Environmental Sustainability; Higher Education; Education Industry
Poggioli, Nicholas, and Andrew J. Hoffman. "Decarbonizing Academia's Flyout Culture." Chap. 10 in Academic Flying and the Means of Communication, edited by Kristian Bjørkdahl and Adrian Santiago Franco Duharte, 237–268. Palgrave Macmillan, 2022.
- December 1996 (Revised June 1997)
- Case
Trinity College (A)
By: F. Warren McFarlan and Jaan Elias
Trinity College was an elite, private, liberal-arts college of some 1,800 students located in Hartford, CT. When Tom Gerety was chosen as Trinity's 17th president in 1989, he pledged to stay for ten years. Now less than five years at the job, Gerety announced he was... View Details
Keywords: Higher Education; Crisis Management; Management Succession; Planning; Social Enterprise; Education Industry; Connecticut
McFarlan, F. Warren, and Jaan Elias. "Trinity College (A)." Harvard Business School Case 397-068, December 1996. (Revised June 1997.)
- Article
Teaching History Courses to Harvard MBA Students: Building Enrollment from 21 to 1300
McCraw, T. K. "Teaching History Courses to Harvard MBA Students: Building Enrollment from 21 to 1300." Business and Economic History 28, no. 2 (Winter 1999): 153–162.
- Article
The Intellectual History of Harvard Business School
Tedlow, Richard S. "The Intellectual History of Harvard Business School." Harvard Business School Working Knowledge (May 7, 2008).
- April 2004 (Revised June 2004)
- Case
Neeley University Investment Management Company
This case analyzes the problem of a university looking to reduce its private equity exposure in its endowment. The university hires Cogent Partners, a small investment bank specializing in private equity secondary trading. View Details
Keywords: Financial Management; Private Equity; Higher Education; Education Industry; Education Industry
Chacko, George C., Ian Charles, Colin McGrady, and Veeral Rathod. "Neeley University Investment Management Company." Harvard Business School Case 204-150, April 2004. (Revised June 2004.)
- June 2020
- Teaching Note
Fossil Fuel Divestment
By: Michael W. Toffel and Sarah Gulick
Teaching note to accompany HBS case 620-093, Fossil Fuel Divestment, by Michael W. Toffel and Sarah Gulick. View Details
- September 2022
- Article
In Search of Scholarly Impact
By: Usha C.V Haley, Cary L. Cooper, Andrew J. Hoffman, Tyrone S. Pitsis and Danna Greenberg
This is an introduction to a special issue on the importance and the methods of scholarly impact in real world issues. View Details
Haley, Usha C.V, Cary L. Cooper, Andrew J. Hoffman, Tyrone S. Pitsis, and Danna Greenberg. "In Search of Scholarly Impact." Academy of Management Learning & Education 21, no. 3 (September 2022): 343–349.
- 13 Nov 2009
- Conference Presentation
MBAs as revolutionary change agents
By: Shon R. Hiatt and Warner Woodworth
- January 2005
- Article
The University and the Start-Up: Lessons from the Past Two Decades
By: Josh Lerner
Lerner, Josh. "The University and the Start-Up: Lessons from the Past Two Decades." Special Issue in Honor of Edwin Mansfield Journal of Technology Transfer 30 (January 2005): 49–56.
- February 2002
- Background Note
Mediating in the Wake of Disaster: The MIT Settlement
By: Michael A. Wheeler and Gillian Morris
In 1997, MIT freshman Scott Kruger died from alcohol poisoning after a ritual fraternity ceremony. His death sparked national controversy over the responsibility of universities for their students. For his parents, though, the pain was personal and almost solely... View Details
Keywords: Higher Education; Negotiation Deal; Moral Sensibility; Leadership; Situation or Environment; Framework; Education Industry; Education Industry
Wheeler, Michael A., and Gillian Morris. "Mediating in the Wake of Disaster: The MIT Settlement." Harvard Business School Background Note 902-188, February 2002.
- August 1985
- Article
The College Admissions Problem Is Not Equivalent to the Marriage Problem
By: A. E. Roth
Roth, A. E. "The College Admissions Problem Is Not Equivalent to the Marriage Problem." Journal of Economic Theory 36 (August 1985): 277–288.
- 27 Feb 2012
- Research & Ideas
When Researchers Cheat (Just a Little)
Serum, that compared their own admission rates to their estimates of how likely they thought other researchers were to engage in and admit to the same practices. Higher scores were given to the admissions that were surprisingly common,... View Details
- 1973
- Book
Curriculum Recommendations for Graduate Professional Programs in Information Systems
By: F. W. McFarlan, R. L. Nolan and D. P. Norton
- August 1981
- Case
West Point: The Cheating Incident (C)
An outline of the Secretary of the Army's decision in the matter of the 1976 cheating scandal at West Point. View Details
Keywords: Higher Education; Ethics; Judgments; Government Administration; Education Industry; Education Industry
Schlesinger, Leonard A. "West Point: The Cheating Incident (C)." Harvard Business School Case 482-006, August 1981.