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- 06 Mar 2013
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: Women MBAs at Harvard Business School
In 1962, the Harvard Business School faculty voted for women to be directly admitted to the two-year MBA Program for the first time. In September 1963, eight female students enrolled in the Class of 1965, alongside 676 men. The School has... View Details
- February 2013 (Revised May 2014)
- Technical Note
Women MBAs in the Workplace
By: Boris Groysberg, Kerry Herman and Matthew Preble
Groysberg, Boris, Kerry Herman, and Matthew Preble. "Women MBAs in the Workplace." Harvard Business School Technical Note 413-089, February 2013. (Revised May 2014.)
- Teaching Interest
MBA Elective Curriculum Business-to-Business Marketing
Business markets differ from consumer markets in important ways. Typically, the buying process is more complex, the buying units and purchase criteria differ, and marketing decisions are more closely interrelated with firm-wide strategic choices. In addition,... View Details
- Teaching Interest
MBA Elective Curriculum: Investment Strategies
By: Malcolm P. Baker
This is a CORE course for students pursuing careers in finance. Thus, students interested in pursuing careers in mutual funds, hedge funds, pension funds, endowments, wealth management, financial consulting, marketing and client service, sales and trading,... View Details
- Teaching Interest
Large-Scale Investment (LSI, MBA Elective Curriculum)
By: Benjamin C. Esty
Large-Scale Investment (LSI) is a case-based course about project finance that is designed for second-year MBA students. Project finance involves the creation of a legally independent project company financed with nonrecourse debt for the purpose of investing in a... View Details
- January 2021
- Case
Latinos and the MBA Option
By: José B. Alvarez, Lulu Curiel and Eric Calderon
Alvarez, José B., Lulu Curiel, and Eric Calderon. "Latinos and the MBA Option." Harvard Business School Case 521-051, January 2021.
- August 2009
- Case
Life Stories of Recent MBAs
By: Nitin Nohria, Matthew D. Breitfelder and Daisy A Wademan Dowling
Keywords: Leadership
Nohria, Nitin, Matthew D. Breitfelder, and Daisy A Wademan Dowling. "Life Stories of Recent MBAs." Harvard Business School Case 410-026, August 2009.
- 10 Sep 2001
- What Do You Think?
Do MBAs Need More Street Smarts?
through experience. ... That is why so many MBA programs teach using the case study method..." Jack Wung appeared to take issue with this view, suggesting that "street smarts can only be acquired in the school of hard... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- Teaching Interest
MBA Required Curriculum-- Strategy Course
The objective of this course is to help students develop the skills for formulating strategy. It provides an understanding of:
- A firm's operative environment and how to sustain competitive advantage.
- How to generate superior value for customers... View Details
- 13 Nov 2009
- Conference Presentation
MBAs as revolutionary change agents
By: Shon R. Hiatt and Warner Woodworth
- 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.
- March 2006
- Background Note
HBS CORE Seminar -- Designing an MBA Elective Course
Describes some of the key elements in designing and developing a case-based MBA elective. Uses five Harvard Business School courses to illustrate key points. View Details
Keywords: Design
Wheelwright, Steven C. "HBS CORE Seminar -- Designing an MBA Elective Course." Harvard Business School Background Note 606-110, March 2006.
- Teaching Interest
MBA Elective Curriculum: Mastering Strategy Execution
By: Robert Simons
This course teaches future general managers, entrepreneurs, and consultants how to execute strategy and deliver results. Using readings, exercises, and case studies in industries as diverse as healthcare space exploration, and software development, you will learn to... View Details
- June 2016
- Article
When Doctors Go to Business School: Career Choices of Physician-MBAs
By: Damir Ljuboja, Brian W. Powers, Benjamin Robbins, Robert S. Huckman, Krishna Yeshwant and Sachin Jain
There has been substantial growth in the number of physicians pursuing Master of Business Administration (MBA) degrees over the past decade, but there is continuing debate over the utility of these programs and the career outcomes of their graduates. The authors... View Details
Keywords: Medical Education; MD; MBA; Physicians; Executive Education; Training; Personal Development and Career; Health Care and Treatment; Health Industry; United States
Ljuboja, Damir, Brian W. Powers, Benjamin Robbins, Robert S. Huckman, Krishna Yeshwant, and Sachin Jain. "When Doctors Go to Business School: Career Choices of Physician-MBAs." American Journal of Managed Care 22, no. 6 (June 2016): e196–e198.
- 2007
- Teaching Note
Katelyn Neilson, MBA (with Teaching Note)
Petriglieri, Jennifer L., and Gianpiero Petriglieri. "Katelyn Neilson, MBA (with Teaching Note)." Institut Européen d'Administration des Affaires (INSEAD) Teaching Note, 2007. (N. 09/2007-5346.)
- August 1996 (Revised March 2002)
- Exercise
Network Assessment Exercise: Abridged MBA Version
Designed to help students identify patterns in their approaches to developing networks of relationships. A "network" refers to the set of relationships that help people to advance professionally, get things done, and more generally, develop personally and... View Details
Keywords: Networks
"Network Assessment Exercise: Abridged MBA Version." Harvard Business School Exercise 497-002, August 1996. (Revised March 2002.)
- September 2006 (Revised May 2007)
- Case
GE's Jeff Immelt: The Voyage from MBA to CEO
By: Christopher A. Bartlett and Andrew N. McLean
GE believes its ability to develop management talent is a core competency that represents a source of sustainable competitive advantage. Traces the development of a 25-year-old MBA named Jeff Immelt, who 18 years later is named as CEO of GE, arguably the biggest and... View Details
Keywords: Talent and Talent Management; Human Resources; Leadership Development; Leading Change; Business or Company Management; Energy Industry; Technology Industry
Bartlett, Christopher A., and Andrew N. McLean. "GE's Jeff Immelt: The Voyage from MBA to CEO." Harvard Business School Case 307-056, September 2006. (Revised May 2007.)
- Teaching Interest
MBA Elective Curriculum-- Competing Through Business Models
The words “business model” are inescapable in our daily fare of business news. These two ubiquitous words seemed to effortlessly rise up to prominence during the dot-com boom of the late 1990s. When businesspeople, journalists, academics, and other... View Details
- May 2014 (Revised August 2014)
- Teaching Note
Women MBAs at Harvard Business School: 1962–2012
By: Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams
Keywords: Female; General Management; American History; Economic History; Business History; Career Planning; Nonverbal; Sexism; Leadership Development; Organizational Behavior; Women; HBS; Harvard Business School; Management; Leadership; Personal Development and Career; Education; Globalization; Gender; United States
- Teaching Interest
Building and Sustaining a Successful Enterprise (BSSE); HBS MBA Elective; 2018-2021
- Teaching fellow for popular MBA course on strategy, entrepreneurship, and disruptive innovation
- Helped develop course materials, including teaching cases, teaching notes, and module notes
- Guided students in developing capstone semester... View Details