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  • 10 Nov 2021
  • Blog Post

Veterans in the MBA Program: Profiles of Service

More than five percent of current students in the Harvard Business School MBA Program have military backgrounds, representing all US Armed Forces branches as well as international service. HBS is grateful for these students’ exceptional... View Details
  • 24 Feb 2016
  • Research & Ideas

Why It's Best to Take Tests Early in the Day

recent initiative that depends largely on student test scores to measure teacher efficacy. “There are all sorts of debates in the United States and, more generally, across the globe about how to improve the quality of students’ View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Education
  • 07 Oct 2020
  • Blog Post

7 Coming Out Stories from the HBS PRIDE Club

National Coming Out Day is October 11, 2020, and HBS will be supporting and participating in events that celebrate the LGBTQ+ community all week long. Some students come out before business school, and some View Details
  • 15 May 2020
  • Blog Post

Words from an HBS Partner: Reflections on the Partner Experience

partner’s future. As thankful as I was for this incredible opportunity, I couldn’t help but feel a sense of heaviness as I felt I was putting my life on hold for the next two years. How wrong I had it.  These two years have been an... View Details
  • 26 May 2015
  • Blog Post

5 Ways the Case Method Changes How You Learn

The case method is a staple of the HBS MBA experience. Pioneered by our faculty, we think it’s the best way to prepare our students for the challenges of leadership. So how does it work? And how does it change how View Details
  • 17 Nov 2015
  • Blog Post

What is HBS START Week?

week on campus in late August; all first years (RCs) participate in START and a group of second year (EC) START Ambassadors plan and lead activities throughout the week. We checked in with this year’s START leaders and co-Presidents of the View Details
  • 27 May 2022
  • Blog Post

Q&A with the HBS Armed Forces Alumni Association, MBA Class of 2023

search process of members, and raise awareness and support for the military among the members of the Harvard University community. In honor of Memorial Day weekend, we checked in with seven AFAA students from the US military. Below are... View Details
  • May 2009 (Revised November 2010)
  • Case

Depreciation at Delta Air Lines: The "Fresh Start"

By: William J. Bruns Jr.
In estimating depreciation for accounting purposes, Delta Air Lines has changed its assumptions about aircraft lifespan and residual values four times in the last thirty years or so. In the most recent changes, Delta adopted fair value accounting as part of its fresh... View Details
Keywords: Accounting Policies; Accounting Procedures; Depreciation; Bankruptcy; Cost Accounting; Financial Reporting; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Policy; Air Transportation Industry
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  • 19 Oct 2015
  • Research & Ideas

Business Research that Makes for Smarter Public Policy

to fill little gaps in the literature, and I continue to think that was excellent advice.” Just as researchers in the life sciences often target their work to tackle the most dangerous diseases, so argues Moss, social scientists can make... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 14 Feb 2021
  • Blog Post

Celebrating Love @ HBS in 2021

Love at HBS is an annual celebration of the diverse expressions of love that exist on our campus and in the world around us. Even with the unique challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic, love has endured, and our students have... View Details
  • 03 Jun 2019
  • Blog Post

9 Lessons from the Class of 2019

The Harvard Business School MBA faculty and staff are dedicated to providing students with a global education in leadership to fulfill HBS’ mission of educating leaders who make a difference in the world. From designing courses to... View Details
  • 04 Jun 2018
  • Blog Post

Reapplying to HBS

admitted to HBSmore than two years prior to matriculating? It's difficult enough figuring out life for the next six months, let alone two or three years in the future. In fact, while still in undergrad, I would have preferred to pursue an... View Details
  • 20 Dec 2019
  • Blog Post

Top 10 MBA Voices Blogs of 2019

glance, it may seem that students in business school, and leaders in the broader business world, skew heavily towards being extroverted. As I approach the end of my time at HBS however, I realize just how many other introverts I’ve met (a... View Details
  • 17 Jan 2019
  • Blog Post

MBA Curriculum Spotlight: Short Intensive Programs (SIPs)

every aspect of business, and life – from pitching to giving feedback, from brainstorming to making group decisions, from interviewing to firing.  Creating Value Through Activist Investing  This course will expose View Details
  • Career Coach

Aaron Mitchell

Aaron (HBS '11) has spent his career building expertise in Human Capital Management for Consumer Packaged Goods and Financial Services firms in the United States and Asia. He is currently the Head of Talent for MassMutal, a Fortune 100 View Details
  • 2022
  • Case

Tesla's Battery Supply Chain: A Growing Concern

By: Andrew J. Hoffman
In October 2021, the fictional vice president of supply chain sustainability at Tesla is working on finding the best way to achieve Tesla's goal of 100% recycling for the batteries in its electric vehicles (EVs) as they reach their end of life. A major challenge in... View Details
Keywords: Supply Chain Management; Environmental Sustainability; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Governance Compliance; Metals and Minerals; Auto Industry
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  • 05 Jul 2011
  • First Look

First Look: July 5

David F. Hawkins, Hernan Etiennot, Gustavo A. Herrero, and Hugo PenteneroHarvard Business School Supplement 111-070 Analyst restates Aluar's financial statements to account for inflation. Students are asked to critique the method used.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • March 2024
  • Case

Katharine Graham: Changing the World

By: Robert Simons and Shirley Sun
This case traces the life of Katharine Graham from housewife to publisher of the Washington Post. Born into a family of wealth, Graham described herself as a “doormat wife” after she married Phil Graham and stayed at home to raise their children. His unexpected death... View Details
Keywords: Mission and Purpose; Values and Beliefs; Power and Influence; Personal Characteristics; Leadership Style; Success; Work-Life Balance; News; Newspapers; Media; Gender; Publishing Industry
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  • 07 Jul 2023
  • Blog Post

Harvard Innovation Labs: Where Passion and Purpose Meet

conversation, Segneri highlights the broadening of the initial i-lab model as an educational collaborative just for students into a three-lab ecosystem that also engages alumni and life sciences... View Details
  • 04 May 2020
  • Blog Post

6 Things You Should Know About the HBS/HKS Joint Degree

Students enrolled in the HBS/HKS three year joint degree program come from a wide variety of backgrounds. Many are interested in pursuing careers that span the public, private, and non-profit sectors—and seek to leverage the synergy that... View Details