Learning And Development - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Dec 2019
News

Impact: Business in an Age of Sustainability

educated business leaders able to develop solutions to challenges of their time. Today our faculty’s research is guiding both student and alumni understanding of sustainability issues View Details

01 Dec 2016
News

Alumni Leading Change

doubling down in China, where over half of its workers are based. Yang aspires to introduce new competitive strategies to the entire textile and apparel industry, and to be a leader in positive economic... View Details

01 Jun 1997
News

Thomas C. Høegh

child-focused development organization. The Expedition for Education has secured backing for Childreach's school-support efforts from regional companies and HBS alumni. In return, Høegh View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

20 Jun 2014
News

Innovation is not a side business to running a company—innovation is the business

differentiating among them. The effect of this approach can be profound. IBM, for example, adopted a life-cycle approach to innovation, developing the leadership and organizational capabilities needed at... View Details

01 Jun 2011
News

A Growing Drumbeat

The Business Plan Contest’s popularity is just one indicator of a surge in entrepreneurial activity at HBS, which this year saw the launch of a $50,000 MVP Fund to support students using the “Lean Startup” approach to develop View Details

Keywords: Contests

01 Oct 1997
News

Patricia ("Tosh") Rapoport Barron

rural development project in Tanzania between her first and second years at HBS changed her life completely. Professionally, the excitement of the business challenges she tackled showed her that "arts... View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry

01 Jun 1997
News

Carla Small

corporate clients wishing to develop such programs. After various positions in the firm's sales and strategic planning areas, she eventually became director of new product development. "I loved creating new... View Details

Keywords: Linda Goodspeed

01 Mar 2017
News

The Middle Way

the First Nations, neither of which was included in the negotiations. While Eamer arrived at the table in 2002 as the provincial negotiator with passion for the task, it wasn’t his trade. But he had natural abilities; conflict resolution was one he View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; photos by Kamil Bialous

01 Feb 2002
News

Europe Business Conference Forecasts the Future

a New Yorker. In the business world, Hannezo predicted that synergies will continue to develop between Europe and the United States, thanks to a shared system of values and a... View Details

01 Sep 2006
News

HBS Student Battles ALS

returned home. While there, he served as the head of Israel’s ALS nonprofit organization, IsrALS, instituting a campaign that galvanized funding, awareness, and research efforts in that nation. Kremer returned to HBS last January. Since... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services; Health, Social Assistance

01 Mar 2008
News

HBS Records an “Excellent” Year

to $26 million. The School’s goal is to ensure that the growth in fellowship awards outpaces the rise in tuition. HBS invested $92 million in faculty research and course development in fiscal 2007. That... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

28 May 2019
News

INK: Maker’s Manual

“Why didn’t I think of that?” I’ve learned to trust that there’s an endless well of good ideas. And when you put opportunities in the hands of wild-eyed optimists—instead of established companies that are in... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

01 Feb 1998
News

Not Your Typical Business Conference

conference organizer Karen A. Page (MBA '89) put it, to "tell their stories, discover they're not so different from one another, and learn some useful ideas for making their lives View Details

01 Jun 2014
News

Feedback

companies/initiatives highlighted is the lack of focus on sustainability. Trying to mimic the 20th-century farming techniques of the West is unnecessary and environmentally irresponsible. There have been recent View Details

01 Jun 2012
News

From Fellowship Recipient to ‘The Most Influential Business Thinker On Earth’

Leaders can come from anywhere, so by establishing a fellowship at HBS, you never know when you will be launching the next Clay Christensen. To hear more from Clay Christensen and to learn more about the... View Details

Keywords: awards

01 Apr 2001
News

Khoo Teng Chye: Technology Turnaround in Singapore

appreciation of his Harvard stint is one reason why he is helping HBS prepare a case study on PSA. “To learn from the experience of major companies and understand how managers tackle problems can be... View Details

Keywords: Alejandro Reyes; Transportation

01 Jun 1998
News

Excitement Building for HBS Global Conference in Chicago

established companies and examine how emerging growth firms are developing competitive products and strategies for the global marketplace. Over a dozen presentations View Details

01 Jun 1999
News

Where Main Street Meets Wall Street

involved in establishing the modern mutual fund industry and continue in prominent leadership positions today. Much like management consulting and venture capital, it's an industry that really owes its View Details