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- 03 Dec 2011
- News
The taxpayers' burden
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Innovative Course Brings Students and Alumni Together
In the fall of 1996, HBS professor David A. Garvin was searching for teaching materials for his elective course General Management: Processes and Action. He wanted to help his... View Details
Keywords: Meg Gardner; photo by Joshua Lavine
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
An Intellectual Capital: Some Influential HBS Ideas, at a Glance
Civilization (1933) and Roethlisberger’s Management and the Worker (1939) document. 1948 Research Center in Entrepreneurial History launched at HBS by Harvard economist Joseph Schumpeter and Baker Librarian Arthur Cole. 1953 More than 30... View Details
Keywords: Professor Elton Mayo: Professor Fritz Roethlisberger; George M. Moffett Professor of Agriculture and Business, Professor Emeritus Ray A. Goldberg; Professor Abraham Zaleznik; Professor Alfred Chandler; Professor Michael Porter; Professor Robert S. Kaplan; Professor Michael C. Jensen; Professor C. Roland Christensen; Professor Robert Menton; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
- 01 Jun 2025
- News
Making Difficult Decisions: The General Manager’s Job
One of the most essential roles of the general manager is to be the person who can move an organization forward through the most tangled of circumstances, says Professor Amy Edmondson, “where there is uncertainty, different points of view, and high stakes, whether... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
A More Perfect Union
tracked by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. For voters between the ages of 18 and 29, the picture was even worse, with a 40 percent turnout. Less than 20 percent of Americans have faith in the democratic... View Details
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Shaping the Future of Business: Entrepreneurial Evolution at HBS
the School, even as HBS alumni continued to distinguish themselves in the realm of entrepreneurial practice. In 1982, acting on a marketing survey they had conducted as second-year students, David W. Thompson (MBA '81), Bruce W. Ferguson... View Details
- 16 May 2017
- News
Facing the Board
It may have been a year—or 50—since the six dozen Harvard Business School alumni gathered in an Aldrich Hall classroom Monday morning had dug into a case study. However, once they got over the initial fear of being cold called by... View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
What Makes a Good Leader
research in leadership has helped to define the field. Five of these experts — Joseph L. Badaracco, Rosabeth Moss Kanter, John Kotter, Nitin Nohria, and David A. Thomas — agreed to help the Bulletin answer... View Details
Keywords: Management
- 31 May 2023
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards 2023
Photographed by Susan Young; Edited by Julia Hanna MORE ON THE RECIPIENTS Read more about the 2023 recipients, and learn about past recipients. ALUMNI ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS SITE MORE ON THE RECIPIENTS Read more... View Details
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts
Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books You Got This! A Straightforward, No-Nonsense Playbook for Crushing 130+ Workplace Challenges By Heidi Abelli (MBA 1993) Palmetto Publishing Stepping into the corporate world can feel like navigating a labyrinth, especially when... View Details
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
High Fives
family, my close friends, and my colleagues at Blackstone. I looked around the room and felt very moved by how lucky I've been.” David A. Spina President and Chief Operating... View Details
- 01 Aug 1998
- News
High Honors
the many career obstacles faced by African Americans, who still represent less than 5 percent of the Fortune 1000's senior managers. Fudge says she also received encouragement from the nuns in the Catholic schools she attended throughout... View Details
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Conversing in Cyberspace: Students and Alumni Talk Management
find that the boss isn't interested in their suggestions? These are very real questions for anyone making the transition from functional to general manager. Last October, in Professor David A. Garvin's... View Details
Keywords: Daniel Penrice
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Tracking a Turnaround
insurance payments. As if this challenge weren’t enough, the CEO then agrees to meet with outsiders during his first six months on the job to answer questions about his performance in a series of videotaped sessions. Unlikely as it sounds, that’s what happened when... View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Dinner Celebrates Professorships
Administration (held by David A. Thomas), the Eugene Holman Professorship, the Lumry Family Professorship at Harvard Business School (held by... View Details
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
Books
overseas. Although it is questionable whether the industry can continue to grow at the same pace as in recent years, the authors predict that venture capital firms will be "an enduring feature on the global economic landscape in the years to come." Learning in Action... View Details
Keywords: Amy E. Dean
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
At Ease
Fellows. Afterward, he talked with vets (from left) Danny Cho and Paul Stouffer (both MBA 2012) and Justin Langlois (HBS 2013). Earlier, Mullen fielded questions from students in two classes taught by Professor View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Building a Better MBA
given the seriousness of the topic at hand. Some of the schools represented had already implemented major MBA program reforms. Others were considering them. But everyone had one thing in common: Each had assisted HBS professors Srikant Datar and View Details
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Teaching and Learning Center Established, Honors Christensen’s Legacy
1999. (See sidebar.) “Since its founding, HBS has been committed to case-method teaching,” observes HBS professor David A. Garvin, who will be the faculty director of the new center. “Teaching is a vital... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
The MBA at a Crossroads
organized by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB). Datar, senior associate dean, director of research, discussed his experience recently when I sat down with him and Professor View Details