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- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Coming Full Circle
more depth. “At HBS, the faculty think about things on a different level,” he says. “It’s intoxicating, so exciting and fun. That’s when I realized that in academia you can think about questions that fire you up and use what you learn to... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Len Schlesinger Returns
Len Schlesinger A longtime favorite in the classroom, Len Schlesinger returned to the HBS faculty this fall after a five-year stint as president of Babson College and eight years as vice chairman and COO of Limited Brands. "Whether it's View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Accelerating Therapies
scientific community, we will empower the next generation of life science entrepreneurs and provide a further catalyst for innovation and research development," observed Mr. Blavatnik. The Blavatnik Biomedical Accelerator is designed to foster greater interaction... View Details
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
After 27 Years at HBS, Shapiro Shifts Professional Focus
with this last topic, the issues have become so complex that no one in academia has been able to keep up with them," he comments. "It will be a luxury to spend more time studying this area." Shapiro will continue to teach in HBS executive... View Details
- 16 Oct 2014
- News
Innovating for International Aid
selected as a Presidential Innovation Fellow at USAID. The program, started in 2010, is overseen by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. It brings dynamic executives from the private sector, nonprofits, and academia... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Lessons from a Megacity
finance, and academia in the two countries, in search of public-private solutions to some of a growing city’s biggest challenges. “Cities have the same problems they have always had, exacerbated by rapid urbanization,” says Macomber of... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Research With Impact: Changing Global Health Practices
and her colleagues are doing. “This commitment to developing ideas with impact not just in academia but also in practice and in policy,” says Dean Nitin Nohria, “is a vital part of our identity and DNA.” View Details
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Outside Voices
the latter, while ancient Greece was the birthplace of academia and its educational legacy is unparalleled, the current reality is quite different: Its universities rank 41st worldwide. The country also produces disproportionate numbers... View Details
- 02 Jun 2011
- News
Serious Fun
innovation approach to developing these games,” he says, noting that representatives from academia and the private sector (including companies such as Zynga and Harmonix) serve an advisory role in creating the games. “We don’t assume that... View Details
- 18 Jan 2017
- News
HBS Gains New Insight Into Africa
Conference, drawing some 1,500 leaders from business, government, and academia as well as students to campus. Keynote speeches, panels, workshops, and networking events prompt discussions about furthering business opportunities and... View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
A Latin American Vision: New HBS Research Center Opens
organized effort, and we are trying to lower the barriers for our faculty to be involved." Dean Kim B. Clark emphasized that the center and conference are a means for the School to connect more meaningfully with academia and businesses.... View Details
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Eight Among Many: Nancy J. Karch
Nancy Karch admits that when she arrived at Soldiers Field she had "almost no understanding of business." While pursuing a doctorate in mathematics at Northeastern University, she "stumbled upon the idea of business school" when she realized that a career in View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Career Transitions, Continuing Education Focus of Washington, D.C., Club
innovative new programs, such as the club's "Books for Breakfast" series, which features authors from the cutting edge of academia and business. HBS professor Rosabeth Moss Kanter kicked off the program last year with Evolve!: Succeeding... View Details
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
The Bookshelf: Try As One Might
A professor of management at the Darden Graduate School of Business at the University of Virginia and a leading expert on design thinking, Jeanne Liedtka (MBA 1981) helps people make better decisions through experimentation. The concept sounds simple enough in the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
Corporate Governance Conference Addresses Global Challenges
business leaders as they work to revitalize the region's faltering economy. "Corporate Governance: A Functional Approach," a two-day, HBSsponsored research conference held in Shanghai last July, brought together leading figures in business, government, and View Details
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Student Conferences Inspire Campus Dialogue
Three conferences sponsored by student organizations at HBS in January brought together alumni, students, and experts from business, government, and academia to discuss a wide range of topical issues. Summaries of those conferences... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Leadership: Getting Down to Fundamentals
approached in a fragmentary manner. It might be considered from a decision-analysis perspective, or a more sociological approach, or around the question of leading a small team. So even though it’s part of many schools’ missions, it’s not a field of study that View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Labs Enable Large-scale Research
(SEAS), and Harvard Medical School (HMS) will generate a range of output that will influence academia and practice. The labs will also help establish Harvard as a center for groundbreaking research on digital-, data-, and design-related... View Details
- 13 Nov 2020
- News
Faculty Focus Their Research on COVID-19 Issues
Gifts to the HBS Fund support a wide range of people and programs like this. Developing ideas that have tangible, real-world impact—not just in academia but in practice and policy—has always been a vital part of HBS’s DNA. So not... View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Collective Wisdom
among others. Opening up participation to nontraditional actors resulted in the sort of truly novel perspectives that can lead to breakthroughs in an established field of research. Often the complaint in academia is that our research is... View Details