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Xue (Ken) Yuan

General Electric’s Advanced Materials division in Shanghai, where he served as a sales representative for silicon resins in east China. When the division was sold off and became an independent business, Momentive, Xue stayed on for six... View Details

01 Dec 2017
News

Pencils Up: Taking Note of New Courses

on MBAs. Here’s a closer look at three of this year’s offerings. Investing for Impact Professor Shawn Cole, Finance, and Senior Lecturer Vikram Gandhi, General Management A rapidly growing share of asset owners and View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

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Tough Tech Ventures - Course Catalog

strategies and tactics for managing risk vs. reward. Historically, most entrepreneurship courses (at HBS, and elsewhere) disproportionately focus on consumer- and /or software-centric business model and product experimentation tools... View Details

01 Mar 2018
News

Can a Digital Platform Open Up the Opaque Metals Industry?

them to downsize and slash jobs. “It was a commodity price down cycle across almost all metals. We were obviously expecting a large negative impact,” recalls Chernilovskiy, then an asset manager at Kazakhstani zinc-producer Kazzinc, a... View Details

Keywords: Nicole Torres

01 Jun 1996
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Capitalist Revolutions Analyzed in MBA "Foundations" Course

but much too dense, and ludicrously unsuccessful." Even rewriting the case and dividing it into two sections, one a broad look at German capitalism and the other an examination of Thyssen Steel, did not make the material much more... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

01 Mar 2010
News

Lords of Strategy

John Weber In his new book, The Lords of Strategy: The Secret Intellectual History of the New Corporate World (Harvard Business Press), Walter Kiechel III (MBA ’76) traces the rise of modern management consulting from the 1960s to the... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises

01 Sep 2007
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Faculty Books

business school education. Drawing on archival material from business schools, foundations, and academic associations, he traces how university-based business schools, founded to train a professional class of View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

03 Sep 2020
Op-Ed

Why American Health Care Needs Its Own SEC

accessibility and robust data on EDGAR’s website with what information exists on health care quality and cost. President Franklin D. Roosevelt created the SEC as a “truth” agency to disclose all material facts about the finance industry.... View Details

Keywords: by Regina E. Herzlinger; Health

01 Feb 2000
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HBS Honored for Addressing Business and Societal Issues

Social and Environmental Stewardship, the report praised HBS as a leader in fostering social awareness, incorporating social concerns into coursework and projects, and supporting student activities and faculty research that influence both classroom View Details

01 Apr 1997
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A Conversation with Dean Clark

technology environment while they're at school, because they're going to have to understand and manage technology in their subsequent careers. Our students have to experience a world-class information technology environment while they're... View Details

01 Mar 2013
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Opening the Door

technologies on the health-care industry. A highly rated teacher, she is also an acclaimed public speaker, board member, and policy adviser whose expertise on health-care management has influenced private- and public-sector... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Management; Management; Management; Management; Management

01 Jun 1997
News

Thomas C. Høegh

Northwestern University, he returned home, cofounded a production company, and, as artistic director, gained a reputation for cutting-edge performances of both new and traditional material for radio, television, and the stage. In 1994, he... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

01 Mar 2004
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Leadership Project Codifies Elusive Traits

have an impact on business managers on an everyday basis. In essence, we want to bridge the gap between theory and practice,” says Mayo. Mayo, who spearheaded the legacy project along with HBS professor Nitin Nohria, notes that the... View Details

Keywords: Educational Support Services; Educational Services

23 May 2011
Op-Ed

Leading and Lagging Countries in Contributing to a Sustainable Society

Editor's note: Please see related story, Corporate Sustainability Reporting: It's Effective. To what extent companies contribute to a sustainable society is a question increasingly important, not only to the companies themselves, but also to investors, the countries... View Details

Keywords: by Robert G. Eccles & George Serafeim

25 Aug 2022
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In My Humble Opinion: Road Tested

Charles and taking in the sights.” Happy accident: “I’m a more quantitative person, and my management consulting experience—which focused on materials and metals—was very analytical, so I wanted a business... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; trucking; leadership; fintech; career

05 Jul 2016
First Look

July 5, 2016

markets, they have great untapped potential to become change-makers in climate change. This paper expands on our idea of the "Climate Custodians" first presented in the MIT Sloan Management Review within the governance context of the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

30 Jun 2015
First Look

First Look: June 30, 2015

working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=49300 Cases & Course Materials Harvard Business School Case 515-095 Evans Food In April 2014, Hector Guerra (GMP 16) was discussing his company's dilemma with his living... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

01 Feb 1999
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Short Takes

Bulletin. In her working paper, "Psychological Safety and Learning Behavior in Work Teams," Edmondson presents field research she conducted at Office Design Incorporated (ODI), a midwestern manufacturer of office systems and furniture known for its innovative products... View Details

Keywords: Judith A. Ross

01 Dec 2000
News

A Latin American Vision: New HBS Research Center Opens

the LARC, noted that the center is striving to "combine strengths" among different institutions throughout the region and at HBS. Part of its mission, he explained, will be to assist HBS faculty members by generating case leads and identifying View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

21 Jul 2015
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First Look: July 21, 2015

new drug markets. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=49384 Cases & Course Materials Harvard Business School Case 715-438 The Transformation of NCR During his tenure as CEO since 2005, Bill Nuti... View Details