Filter Results:
(84)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web (344)
- Faculty Publications (46)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web (344)
- Faculty Publications (46)
Sort by
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Lasting Impressions
military social aide assigned to the White House under President Johnson. "While we weren't greatly accepted in Cambridge at that time," he recalls, "it wasn't uncommon to have a military background and to be at the Business School. The... View Details
Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Bloomberg’s Gift to Boost Cities
in the field about best practices and effective management tools, so they can expand their knowledge and sharpen their leadership skills. The new Bloomberg-Harvard partnership seeks to bridge that gap.” —Excerpt from an August op-ed in... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Bringing It Back Home
organizations and the challenges they face is an essential part of the experience. And the range of perspectives is amazing. The geographic diversity of the participants is matched and possibly exceeded by the diversity of the causes and organizations they represent,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Mission Possible
best thinking to the task of building stronger and more effective nonprofit organizations,” says Tierney. “Think of it as a Bain & Company for the nonprofit sector.” Bridgespan’s services focus on three main objectives: to increase social... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
March 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books
Within and in Others By Dr. Srikanth Gaddam (OPM 43) Independently Published From vision setting and decision-making to creative thinking and risk-taking, you need to juggle numerous demands at once to become an effective and thriving... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Putting Ghosts to Rest
access higher education, and have a steadier, more diversified diet, among other benefits. As I began to understand it, the gift of a cow could change lives, as it would work across families and help, in some small way, to aid in... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
RX for Change
from the very beginning.” With the generous support of Howard Cox (MBA ’69), HBS offered matching scholarship funds and needs-based financial aid to broaden the program’s reach and impact. Once in the classroom, participants work their... View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Down the Memory Chute
over and the graduate has embarked on his business career, no one will hand him a ‘case.’ ” Instead, Raymond argued, the graduate will have to go out and in effect put together his own case before he can use the skills learned at HBS. WAC... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Urban Evolution - HBS Research on the Inner City
such areas. "The corrosive effects of urban decay have pushed many cities into a devastating downward slide. Unless business leaders are centrally involved in generating solutions to the pressing urban problems, there will be no lasting... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
In Africa, Porter Sees Lessons for Health Care
HBS, HMS, and Harvard’s School of Public Health. Two case protagonists were in attendance: Dr. Paul Farmer, an HMS professor and the subject of the best-seller Mountains Beyond Mountains, and Dr. Agnes Binagwaho, executive secretary of the Rwandan National View Details
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Lessons from the Tsunami Disaster
CURRAN: "The most important thing I learned is that central planning in such situations doesn't work." Courtesy Dan Curran International relief agencies that raced to aid Indonesia’s tsunami-ravaged Aceh province have a lot to learn from... View Details
- 02 Mar 2015
- News
To Market, To Market
looking to transform lives by moving primarily smallholder farmers out of hunger and poverty, toward resilience.” These farmers, in more than 30 countries worldwide, says Ferrari, have the potential to effectively feed about 100 million... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Rwanda Provides Students with Hands-On Learning
organize into effective teams and have the chance to work on a problem for several days, as opposed to the length of an Aldrich class period. They also have to think about how to communicate their recommendations in a sensitive way and in... View Details
- 21 Oct 2010
- News
Hell? Maybe Not.
bone up on interviewing, etiquette, and, for those seeking positions in finance, analytical skills. Ultimately, about half of graduating MBAs will receive a job offer through an organized interview process, with the other half leveraging their personal networks—greatly... View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
What Fellowships Make Possible
The foundation of Harvard Business School’s MBA Program is need-blind admissions: a commitment to ensuring that every student, regardless of their background or financial means, is able to attend the School through a generous combination of outright View Details
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
New Chairman Updates Development in MBA Program
features of today's MBA experience. We all know that the effective use of technology is a priority at the School. How is this influencing the MBA Program? Technology is a huge part of the MBA experience. It is something today's students... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Dean Clark on the New Academic Year
business today. Our focus is on the development of ideas and the creation of programs and experiences that will enable leaders to be effective in a turbulent and changing global economy. To bring you up to date on our progress, I would... View Details
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Campaign Ends, Exceeds Expectations
effective case-method learning, and HBS classrooms are a microcosm of the global economy. The School’s strategic approach to financial aid is two-pronged. First, it enables a wide variety of qualified... View Details
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Summer Fellowship Recipient is a Changemaker in Tanzania
alone do not account for these outcomes of the country’s public health system. There are also disparities in how effectively resources are allocated and managed, says Simon DeBere (MBA/MPA-ID 2022), a 2021 HBS Social Enterprise Summer... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Making Change
Since 2009, HBS has given special recognition to seven social-impact organizations by awarding Social Entrepreneurship Fellowships (SEF) to their young alumni founders. Here's a status report on how the fellows and their ventures are doing. Brian Elliot (MBA 2008)... View Details