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- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Reimagining the MBA
roles and responsibilities of business, and the limitations of models and markets. And they need leadership skills informed by self-awareness and self-reflection. “To remain relevant,” continues Garvin, the C. Roland View Details
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
Beantown as a Beacon
Image by C.J. Burton While the US economy is showing signs of recovery, don't pop the champagne just yet, say HBS professors Jan Rivkin and Michael Porter. Onstage at Spangler Auditorium in May, the pair laid out the deeper challenges the nation still faces: labor... View Details
- 23 Feb 2017
- News
Writing the Case of a Company Coming Back from the Brink
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Elevator Pitch: Dress Code
Video Embed Animation by Drue Wagner and Troubadour Image + Sound The Yes Julie Bornstein (MBA 1997), cofounder and CEO; former COO, Stitch Fix Jennifer Koen-Horowitz (MBA 1997), head of brand marketing and PR Vision: The Spotify of fashion Concept: The Yes builds a... View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Brick by Brick
Case Study Illustration by Corbis/Matthias Kulka Sometimes, a company's history contains more drama than a Russian novel. A recent case, "LEGO," explores how the toy maker grew to global dominance from humble beginnings, the mistakes that led it near bankruptcy, and... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Learning from Global Immersion Experiences
When ‘Business As Usual’ Is Anything But HBS students conduct field research at an optical store in Istanbul. “The logistical challenges are enormous. Everyone involved in FIELD is deeply invested in anticipating and solving problems before they happen.” Tony Mayo,... View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Clicks and Mortar
Associate Professor Antonio Moreno and Senior Lecturer Jill Avery (image by John Ritter) While legacy companies like Sears are shuttering their doors, a growing number of online-first companies—from Amazon to Rent the Runway—are opening new storefronts and transforming... View Details
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Women at the Top
Michael E. Porter, C. Roland Christensen Professor of Business Administration, concluded the four-day program with a fast-paced lecture on his current research in the area of strategy. "I found particularly... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso and Susan Young
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Clubs Hopping
NETWORK SOLUTIONS In 2012, Richard Kane (MBA 1968) and Bruce Bockmann (MBA 1967) sat in the audience at New York’s Lincoln Center as Professors Michael Porter and Jan Rivkin presented findings from the School’s U.S. Competiveness Project. There was one challenge facing... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 24 Jun 2014
- News
The First Five Years: Beau D'Arcy (MBA 2010)
Images courtesy of Breakwater Chicago How was the idea for Breakwater Chicago born? "I came up with the idea for Breakwater Chicago after my business school internship at The Venetian in Las Vegas. I observed that Chicago had not yet picked up on the trend of daytime... View Details
Keywords: Arts, Entertainment
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
School Ties
When Jan Rivkin talks about what the US educational system must deliver, he lays out the challenge in stark terms. "For young Americans to succeed in today's workforce, they must out-innovate and out-produce the world's best," declares Rivkin, the Bruce V. Rauner... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Developing Insight that Has Power in Practice
The commitment to research that influences pedagogy, theory, and practice is inherent to HBS’s identity. The first field study, conducted in 1911 under the School’s Bureau of Business Research, comprised a comparative examination of the costs of operating a retail shoe... View Details
- 15 Sep 2016
- News
US Competitiveness Report Sees ‘A Nation Divided’
Harvard Business School today released "Problems Unsolved and a Nation Divided," a comprehensive analysis of the state of US competitiveness in 2016, based on five years of the US Competitiveness Project's multi-faculty research. The US Competitiveness Project was... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
How DC is Taxing the Country
(photo by Brooks Kraft/Getty) Sunny jobs reports and shrinking unemployment numbers might give the impression that the US economic recovery is complete. Scratch beneath that surface, though, and a much bleaker trend emerges, says a new report from three HBS professors:... View Details
Keywords: Francis Storrs
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Alumni Take Action to Improve US Competitiveness
When HBS launched the US Competitiveness Project in 2011, the American economy was struggling to recover from the Great Recession, Washington was in gridlock, and the nation was caught in the hype of a presidential election. Against this backdrop, Dean Nitin Nohria and... View Details
- 23 Sep 2020
- News
HBS Action Plan for Racial Equity
This week, Dean Nohria shared the School’s Action Plan for Racial Equity in a letter to the HBS community. “The horrifying murder of George Floyd, and an all too long history of similar injustices, has spurred our collective awakening to the grave and continuing... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Lighting the Way
Photo courtesy of Beverly Anderson Photo courtesy of Beverly Anderson A recent study of alumni offers insights into the reality of the challenge that African American women face in their careers: Of the 532 African American women who earned their MBAs at HBS between... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Adapting to Meet Changing Needs
Collaboration that Anticipates New Business Needs The inaugural MS/MBA cohort of students arrived at Harvard in early August. 6 Joint degree programs offered between HBS and other Harvard schools In the spring of 2018, faculty from HBS, the Harvard John A. Paulson... View Details