HBS Dean - Publications - Faculty & Research

W. Earl Sasser

Earl Sasser is a Baker Foundation Professor at Harvard Business School and has been a member of the faculty there since 1969. He received a B.A. in Mathematics from Duke University in 1965, an MBA from the University of North Carolina in 1967, and a Ph.D. in... View Details

09 Nov 2010
First Look

First Look: November 9, 2010

PublicationsDid Increased Competition Affect Credit Ratings? Authors:Bo Becker and Todd Milbourn Publication:Journal of Financial Economics (forthcoming) Abstract The credit rating industry has historically been dominated by just two agencies, Moody's and S&P,... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

Howard H. Stevenson

Howard H. Stevenson is Sarofim-Rock Baker Foundation Professor emeritus, former Senior Associate Dean, Director of Publishing, and Chair of the Harvard Business Publishing Company board. The Sarofim-Rock Chair was established in 1982 to provide a continuing base for... View Details

Keywords: broadcasting; communications; computer; construction; financial services; forest products; health care; high technology; industrial goods; insurance industry; investment banking industry; manufacturing; paper; professional services; real estate; service industry; software; venture capital industry

11 Apr 2011
Lessons from the Classroom

Teaching a ‘Lean Startup’ Strategy

Technology Ventures (LTV), offered as a half-course at the beginning of the term, with some students continuing on to work on a field-based project during the second half. The course focuses on the "lean startup" methodology, created by View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Technology; Computer

24 Nov 2003
Research & Ideas

Boards and Corporate Governance: A Balanced Scorecard Approach

and as part of succession planning. Biographies Robert S. Kaplan is the Marvin Bower Professor of Leadership Development at Harvard Business School, and is a cofounder and chairman of Balanced Scorecard Collaborative, Inc. (BSCol). Prior to Harvard, Dr. Kaplan served... View Details

Keywords: Re: Robert S. Kaplan & Krishna G. Palepu

06 Aug 2013
First Look

First Look: August 6

MBA program in 1963. By 2013, the number of women in the MBA classroom had reached 40%. The 50th anniversary of women's enrollment in the traditional MBA program gave HBS Dean Nitin Nohria the opportunity to... View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

W. Carl Kester

Carl Kester is a Baker Foundation Professor and the George Fisher Baker Jr. Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus at Harvard Business School. He is a member of the Finance Unit. He served as Deputy Dean for Academic Affairs (2006-2010), Chairman of the... View Details

Keywords: asset management; banking; education industry; financial services; investment banking industry; pharmaceuticals; private equity (LBO funds)

Dwight B. Crane

Mr. Crane was a member of the Finance Faculty at Harvard Business School for a number of years, working primarily in the field of financial institutions and corporate governance. He taught in the MBA and executive education programs at the School, most recently... View Details

Anthony Mayo

Tony Mayo is the Thomas S. Murphy Senior Lecturer of Business Administration and C. Roland Christensen Distinguished Management Educator in the Organizational Behavior Unit of Harvard Business School (HBS). He currently teaches and serves as the course head for... View Details

Keywords: advertising; airline; education industry; nonprofit industry; publishing industry; service industry

21 Feb 2005
Op-Ed

Is Business Management a Profession?

Wallace B. Donham, the second dean of Harvard Business School, declared that the "development, strengthening, and multiplication of socially minded business men is the central problem of business." As Donham went on to say:... View Details

Keywords: by Rakesh Khurana, Nitin Nohria & Daniel Penrice

Profile

Patrick Connolly

thereafter. More than mere functional expertise and ability, however, HBS has imbued me with a more finely honed ability to see the big picture in the face of a great deal of disparate (and often conflicting) information and uncertainty.... View Details

Keywords: Investment Banking; Venture Capital / Private Equity; Financial Services; Other Financial Services

30 Jun 2023
Blog Post

Finding Pride

drilled into us that one of the values of HBS is the network and the connections you make there. I think the words the Dean used were to the effect of, “You have to invest in each other.” I’m from a very... View Details

Program

Advanced Management Program

coursework taught by V.G. Narayanan—HBS faculty and Senior Associate Dean of Executive Education and HBS Online. Participants should set aside 10-12 hours per week to complete pre-work before the start of... View Details

08 Feb 2000
Research & Ideas

Building Effective R&D Capabilities Abroad

World View: Global Strategies for the New Economy is a collection of Harvard Business Review articles edited by Jeffery E. Garten, Dean of the Yale School of Management. At the dawn of the new century, says Garten, "globalization has... View Details

Keywords: by Walter Kuemmerle

08 May 2020
Research & Ideas

We’ve Now Been Asking “What Do You Think?” for 20 Years

This month marks the twentieth anniversary of the beginning of my “What do you think?” column. The Working Knowledge website was the brainchild of a faculty and staff committee organized in 2000 by then Dean Kim Clark to communicate the... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

17 Mar 2009
First Look

First Look: March 17, 2009

Working PapersFemale Empowerment: Impact of a Commitment Savings Product in the Philippines Authors:Nava Ashraf, Dean Karlan, and Wesley Yin Abstract Female 'empowerment' has increasingly become a policy goal, both as an end to itself... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

11 Apr 2000
Research & Ideas

Financial Services 24/7

Business Administration. "There are many challenges for firms in figuring out how to position themselves," notes Crane, who has taught finance and banking at HBS for many years. As consumers get more accustomed to using their computers to... View Details

Keywords: by Susan Young

08 Apr 2013
Research & Ideas

Women’s Summit Celebrates ‘Sisterhood of the Traveling Pantsuit’

and international students were underperforming relative to their American male peers. As a result of a campuswide effort, HBS has closed that grade gap, a feat that drew applause in Burden Auditorium on Friday. Still, View Details

Keywords: by Katie Koch & Harvard Gazette

Blog

Up Close: A Return to In-Person Executive Education Programs

vaccinated, local, highly informed, and familiar with campus and the program. Could a two-night program, just about 48 hours in total duration, actually come together? When Portfolio Director Casey Otis reached out to the core faculty team to investigate, it was a... View Details

19 May 2016
Research Event

Crowdsourcing, Patent Trolls, and Other Research Insights Highlighted at Harvard Business School Symposium

and how to measure collaborative success. Several audience members weighed in, including HBS Dean Nitin Nohria. “My real dream is that we should build in Allston a company like Google or Facebook,” Nohria... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman & Carmen Nobel

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