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- 01 Jan 2010
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Allan W.B. Gray, MBA 1965
to his home country of South Africa and established Allan Gray Investment Counsel, a firm dedicated to meeting clients’ needs, including delivering superior returns through rigorous company research. While many financial institutions then... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
HBX: Expanding Our Reach
graduation, and focus on the fundamentals of business. This offering, like all HBX offerings, will require students to actively engage in the course and demonstrate mastery of content through rigorous exams, replicating the School's... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Sands of Time
anniversary. In addition to having to learn how to ride a camel, his experience included tagging along for rest and recuperation in Beirut with O'Toole and Omar Sharif as—with the help of countless female admirers—they relaxed from the View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
The MBA at a Crossroads
criticized business schools for serving up largely vocational training lacking in the analytical rigor deemed necessary to lay claim to academic respectability. Spurred on by the reports, business schools forged an analytical path that in... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Powered by the HBS Fund
New Video Series Showcases Faculty Research HBS rolled out a video series that captures the intellectual passion and rigor of four members of the School’s faculty in pursuit of new ideas and insights. The series consists of four... View Details
- 21 Jun 2020
- News
Rooting out Racism
promotions with peers, Rice writes. Or when employers produce diversity plans that lack the rigor that is expected of every other part of the business practice—a fact-based diagnosis of the problem, quantifiable goals, interim progress... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Developing Insight that Has Power in Practice
report helped companies devise strategies to manage inventories, increase profits, and cut waste. Though much has changed over the ensuing century, the drive remains the same. “We aspire to be both rigorous and relevant,” says Jan Rivkin,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
HBS Launches Alumni Survey
access to our alumni by any commercial organization,” explains Lampe. “Although we had made exceptions for journalistic surveys in the past, the increasing scale of these activities, their lack of rigor and meaning, and their clear... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Leadership in Practice
Jenrette (DLJ) when he applied to HBS. “I already had the analytical skills,” he recalls, “but the rigors of the case method raised the bar for me.” Dawson greatly admired his HBS corporate finance professor, the late Scott Mason, whom he... View Details
- 17 Dec 2015
- News
Conducting Research That Influences Practice
School to offer generous financial support and compete for outstanding candidates who apply to these highly selective programs. “Tami’s research is a perfect reflection of the Doctoral Programs’ mission—she is a scholar who conducts View Details
- 18 Jul 2018
- News
Ensuring HBS Remains a Dynamic Community
also to give her the flexibility to change industries in the future. “I chose HBS for its world-class program and powerful alumni network.” Lien likens the rigors of her first year to boot camp and was grateful for the support of the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Faculty Books
Banking, and Mark Schanker-man draw on a large, new database (covering a range of countries in varying stages of development) to provide rigorous economic analysis and systematic economic evidence of the impact of open source software on... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Get Well Soon
first-year required Technology and Operations Management course (TOM), the case offers valuable takeaways for future managers of any complex service organization. “It’s a good TOM case in that it includes hard numbers and rigorous... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Inspiration Is Not Enough
animated screen stars for decades of royalty income. IKEA founder Ingvar Kamprad developed a rigorous vendor-screening process that, though not sexy, provided the furniture retailer with “an impressive supply chain that is virtually... View Details
- 17 Dec 2015
- News
Addressing Gender Equity In Business And Society
initiative’s faculty chair, who is also the Diane Doerge Wilson Professor of Business Administration and senior associate dean for culture and community. “One of our main goals is to ground discussions about gender in rigorous research so... View Details
- 19 Oct 2011
- News
A Good Look
samples of Kemin Personal Care’s products has been very strong, notes Levy, but much patience is required as companies submit the ingredients used in their products to rigorous testing that can last as long as 18 months. “There is a lot... View Details
- 10 Apr 2012
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A Winning Formula
miraculously, I got in. My classmates were brilliant and quite intimidating.” Though he felt unprepared for the academic rigor of HBS, Ramos kept up through tenacity and determination, graduating “in the part of the class that makes the... View Details
- 23 Oct 2019
- News
Future Tech Leaders Dive into New Program
product manager and mechanical engineer, thought that the MS/MBA program would suit her wide-ranging interests. “I didn’t want to abandon the technical rigor and science that I love, but I wanted the big-picture perspective and the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Advance Racial Equity in the Office
those challenges. Quantitatively and qualitatively, define the standard of what “good” looks like, and then commit to bringing the same standard of rigor with which organizations approach any other aspect of the business, such as ESG or... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Democratizing Funding, Diversifying Funders
transparent spirit of Kickstarter with the rigors of Securities and Exchange Commission oversight. The world of so-called equity crowdfunding holds the promise of democratizing both ends of the earlystage investment game, its advocates... View Details
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