Purpose Of Business Schools - Publications - Faculty & Research

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

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 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 food-delivery service. In Clay Christensen–speak, it was the “emergent strategy,” exploring as I went and... View Details

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

10 Aug 2017
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Skydeck Live: The Happiness Equation

place of confidence. As always, it's a work in progress. White: Thank you, Neil. Thank you all for being here. [APPLAUSE] Skydeck is produced by the External Relations department at Harvard Business View Details

02 Dec 2018
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An Emphasis on Teamwork

Dan Krebs (MBA 2005) Dan Krebs majored in engineering at MIT, but he was drawn to consulting and private equity after earning his undergraduate degree. “When I applied to HBS,” he notes, “my goal was to get an integrated view of the many... View Details

01 Apr 1997
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Management Update Launched

Managers trying to make sense out of a continuously changing business environment should check out the latest from Harvard Business School... View Details

Keywords: Judith A. Ross

01 Mar 2018
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Research Brief: A Path to Moral Management

Eugene Soltes (photo by Russ Campbell) Eugene Soltes (photo by Russ Campbell) Making ethical and moral decisions in business can be murky and is difficult to teach in the vacuum of a View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Myers

01 Sep 2016
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New MBA Admissions Director Gets an Interview

leaders each year who will be transformed, form strong relationships with one another, and make a positive difference in their own way. We want to reach all the exceptional leaders we can, and let them know how Harvard Business View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

24 Oct 2016
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Health Care Pioneer Giusti Named McCance Senior Fellow at HBS

partnerships now that Harvard University’s John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences will be located adjacent to HBS.” McCance is well versed in investing in good ideas and is particularly... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

20 Sep 2013
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Connections Add Up

by the stories she sees at the grassroots level. At a recent visit to Ariel Community Academy, a magnet school in Chicago, she watched kindergarteners learn principles of trading and fifth graders doing... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken; Educational Support Services; Educational Services; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services

01 Apr 1999
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WSA Conference Focuses on Reaching Goals

centerpiece event of the WSA, a fifteen-year-old organization whose mission is to foster a supportive environment for women at the Business School and to provide services that... View Details

Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey

01 Oct 2021
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HBS-Harvard Collaboration Fosters New Ventures

start at the HIL, are addressing critical issues at the intersection of business and society—from education to health care to climate change. The startups highlighted below are just a sampling View Details

07 Apr 2014
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Family Values

HBS is committed to ensuring that its learning model provides a powerful, integrated curriculum. A major new gift from the family of the late William F. Connell (MBA 1963) will help this effort as the School... View Details

01 Jun 1997
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Jennifer L. Scott

year the show is reinvented," she explains. "It's a lot like a startup." Scott has always sought out new challenges and ventures. After graduating from Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service, she... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

25 May 2016
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Supporting Critical Initiatives

focuses research and teaching on the advancement of women leaders and the promotion of gender equity in business and society. Raun Schlesinger, managing director/head View Details

01 Dec 1997
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Banking on HBS

Stanford Business School, INSEAD in France, IESE in Spain, and Harvard's Kennedy School of Government. "EDP has helped create a working relationship between institutions with a... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

28 May 2021
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Unspent Love

of paper origami fish to swim across the ceiling of the family dining room, Kingston writes. “My mother, who put her business degree to use running a small nutritional beverage... View Details

15 Sep 2020
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How To Make Diversity a Reality

We have a great group of people who've come through our associate program, all diverse people who’ve gone on to great business schools and become entrepreneurs. We're finding... View Details

01 Jan 2003
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Greylock

One of the country's most renowned venture capital firms, for nearly four decades Greylock has emphasized building businesses rather than stocks, providing hands-on assistance to entrepreneurs, and helping... View Details

01 Dec 1998
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Faculty Retirements

interface with the securities markets, he is the coauthor or editor of seven books, including Wall Street and Regulation; Managing Financial Institutions; and Islamic Law and Finance. He has written numerous working papers and articles in... View Details

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