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- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Managing the Map
You just can't see that far," says John D. Pratt (MBA '71), associate director and chief financial administrator of the Whitehead Institute. "Yet, if you're financing a new research facility, for example, sound planning generally requires... View Details
Keywords: Peter K. Jacobs
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Bright Ideas: The Creative Power of Groups
Business School Press), a new book by HBS professor Dorothy Leonard and Professor Walter Swap of Tufts University. The authors not only disprove the stereotypical perception of group creativity as an oxymoron but show how the group... View Details
Keywords: by Laurie Joan Aron
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
An Encore for the MBA Oath
300 members of the Class of 2010 who gathered in Burden Auditorium on Class Day for a pledge ceremony. The students were joined by several hundred family members and friends. Last year, roughly half of the Class of 2009 signed the oath, an event that View Details
Keywords: MBA Oath
- 02 Feb 2004
- Research & Ideas
Where Does Apple Go From Here?
and written about Apple for the last decade, generating several case studies. His latest case, Apple Computer 2004, co-written with research associate Debbie Freier, was recently published by Harvard View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Trade Catalogs - The Art of American Advertising
Home Site map Map / Directions Search: General Information HBS Home About Annual Report Campus Commencement Dean Nohria Employment Fifty Years of Women Give News New Construction Academic Programs Doctoral Programs Executive Education MBA... View Details
- 20 Sep 2013
- News
Connections Add Up
policy. "I loved that course because it really had the general manager's approach in each case. It allowed me to experience being a general manager, taking the whole business... View Details
James R. Kuse
the most successful businesses of the late eighties. He increased revenues from $500 million to over $1.5 billion, quadrupled profits, and generated a 500% increase in the stock price. View Details
Keywords: Chemicals & Industrial
- 07 Jan 2015
- What Do You Think?
SUMMING UP: What Are the Limits On Workplace Transparency?
the business to 'roughly' understand what a person was earning . Each role was assigned to a pay range. The greater percentage of that range was awarded dependent on performance, benchmarked through goals and objectives agreed earlier in... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Sorting Myth from Reality at Hong Kong Conference
fears of Chinese expansion, Pan alleged, particularly in business circles. She said the practice of guanxi, or relationship-building, is no different from the West's "old boy network." Pan cautioned Westerners not to make View Details
Keywords: Alejandro Reyes
- 08 Sep 2021
- Blog Post
Socioeconomic Inclusion at HBS: Joshua Mbanusi (MBA 2021)
capital, when strategically deployed, can really speed up social change,” he said. With those two experiences in mind, Mbanusi applied to business school with an eye towards impact investing. “I wanted to explore what it would look like... View Details
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Laura Sandoval
business administration seriously. “It was a practical path and one I could enjoy,” she says. “There’s a part of me that’s analytical, and an even bigger part that’s creative. Marketing appealed to both.” Moving to “completely new... View Details
- 17 Dec 2001
- Research & Ideas
Becoming the Next Real Estate Mogul
Potential real estate moguls at the 2001 Harvard Business School Entrepreneurship Conference received an earful about profiting in a down market, creating value where there is none, and the addiction of playing in a deal-driven industry.... View Details
Morton H. Meyerson
Meyerson is recognized as the operational and financial genius of Electronic Data Systems (EDS). During his CEO tenure, EDS grew from a $200 million consulting business into a $4 billion large-scale systems consulting enterprise View Details
Keywords: Services
- 02 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Stuck in Gear: Why Managers Don’t Act
For want of a better idea, many companies often rely on a tried-and-true success formula. And why not? What worked before to pull their organization into profitability will surely work again, right? Not so, according to Donald Sull, assistant professor at Harvard View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
Drilling Down
Exchange. "The role of intellectual capital is more important in this business than any other, except perhaps the pharmaceutical and computer science industries. Oil is a hugely volatile commodity that very few people want to play in, so... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Avoiding a Succession Crisis
CEO about as tough as it ever has been. Companies need world-class efficiency, constant innovation, and a customer orientation. This requires a group of talented, dedicated people working as a team across business units and country... View Details
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
(or lifelong learning) is critical if one is to keep up with a rapidly changing business and social environment. All agreed that the School is in a unique position to strengthen connectedness by offering educational programs that meet the... View Details
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Merit-Based Admissions, Need-Based Aid | MBA
Merit-Based Admissions, Need-Based Aid Every student admitted to Harvard Business School demonstrates a unique ability to become a leader who will make a difference in the world. While admission is based on merit, financial aid is awarded... View Details
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Andrews, Raymond Remembered
trained generations of MBA students in the art of writing clearly and cogently. A graduate of HBS (MBA 11/’47) and of Harvard’s Graduate School of Education (Ed.D. ’57), Raymond taught MBA courses in arts-organization and small-business... View Details
- 06 Apr 2016
- Research & Ideas
Should Entrepreneurs Pitch Products or Ideas for Products?
In trying to secure financial backing for a new product, independent innovators generally face the question of how much to invest in development before showing it around. Should they create, say, a working prototype (and maybe even View Details