Purpose Of Business Schools - Publications - Faculty & Research

30 May 2018
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HBS Fellowship Program Puts an MBA Within Reach

Richardson, proudly noting that her mother later became a teacher. A native of Arlington, Texas, Richardson received a track scholarship at Baylor University, where she majored in business administration and... View Details

01 Feb 2000
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New Releases

course The Business World: Moral and Spiritual Inquiry Through Literature. Finding Your Religion offers guidance and inspiration to people who may harbor negative childhood associations with religion or feel daunted by the seeming... View Details

01 Apr 2000
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Tune In for a Management Tune-Up

"If you've ever sat staring at a blank computer screen while the clock ticks away on your report deadline, you know what writer's block can feel like." So begins a typical daily segment of "Ideas @ Work," an innovative audio feature that... View Details

01 Jun 1997
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Ronald P. Mitchell

deficits," says the genial second-year student. As president of the Student Association (SA), one of Mitchell's primary tasks was to bring concessions - student-run businesses... View Details

Keywords: Judith A. Ross

12 Mar 2013
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New Thinking for China

Chen. The son of a scientist and a brain surgeon, Chen learned the value of education at an early age, graduating from an American high school and Boston University before... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; higher education, teaching, china, social entrepreneurship

01 Mar 2017
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Nurturing Emerging Scholars and Leaders

Originally pursuing a career in law, during his first year at Harvard Law School he applied to the joint degree program with HBS at the last minute. “I discovered that I really enjoyed business school, and... View Details

01 Jun 2000
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Harbus Foundation Supports Community Projects

vehicle for learning about constructive philanthropy. "The same spirit that makes Harvard Business School students successful business leaders is also alive in the Foundation,"... View Details

24 Apr 2014
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Providing education and opportunities to children in Pakistan

Seema Aziz (OPM 39, 2010), cofounder of Bareeze, a global luxury textile and clothing brand based in Pakistan, started the CARE Foundation to provide education and opportunities for children in rural Pakistan. In this video conducted... View Details

01 Jun 2024
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3-Minute Briefing: David Perpich (MBA 2007)

I interned at a lot of different places in high school and college—a hospital, a retail store, a magazine, an ad agency. At Duke, I was part owner of a student-run... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; sports reporting; digital media; strategy; management

01 Sep 2018
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New Ways to Stay Connected

(OPM 42, 2012) The Reflective Leader The School recently launched a pilot Executive Education program, The Reflective Leader, geared toward MBA alumni who graduated between 1995 and 2005. The three-day residential program was designed by... View Details

01 Jan 2006
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Sir Ronald M. Cohen, MBA 1969

School gave me the ability to have a broad overview that focused not only on the financial dimension of a business but on its many other facets, including management, strategy,... View Details

01 Dec 2001
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Reaching Out

Ph.D. in pathology and molecular biology at Boston University's School of Medicine. Intrigued by his experience with pharmaceutical companies and the role of View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons and Julia Hanna; Health, Social Assistance

01 Jan 2003
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Charles O. Rossotti, MBA 1964

financial management system held together by baling wire." Along with bringing the IRS's financial management system into the 21st century, Rossotti reorganized the agency into four units, each responsible for a specific group of... View Details

27 Aug 2019
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A Shot at Success

Photos by Karen Campbell Rebecca Feickert (MBA 2018) grew up in Goodrich, North Dakota, population 126. Her high school had 15 students; her graduating class, just two. So when teenaged Feickert, a gifted basketball player who was six... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Dec 2016
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Recognizing the Value Proposition

he adds. “I see tremendous opportunity for collaborative partnerships now that the [Harvard John A. Paulson] School of Engineering and Applied Sciences will be located adjacent to HBS.” Seizing that... View Details

01 Jun 2018
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Q&A with Janet Cahill

are presented by CFO Rick Melnick in the School’s annual report. Will the School continue to need alumni support after The Harvard Business School Campaign closes on June 30?... View Details

16 Dec 2016
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Kurt (MBA 1967) and Louise Wulff

Kurt (MBA 1967) and Louise Wulff Kurt Wulff (MBA 1967) credits Harvard Business School with changing the way he viewed decision making. Even after 50 years, he remembers Dr. Howard Raifa’s courses on game... View Details

22 Aug 2019
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Catalyzing Africa’s Tech Sector

"We need to hold the standards higher. And for a school like ours, it's unacceptable." And I gave a speech in front of the entire school at an auditorium and people were... View Details

13 Nov 2020
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Expanding Summer Fellowships to Support Students

and entertainment had to broaden their searches.” To support students facing this uncertainty, the flexible resources of the HBS Fund enabled the School to triple funding for its Summer Fellowship Program... View Details

01 Jan 2005
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Louis V. Gerstner, Jr., MBA 1965

1776, by David McCullough In any survey of great American corporations that have left their mark on business history, IBM would always hold a special place. Its origins date back to the late 1880s, when... View Details

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