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- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Action Plan: Writing the Next Chapter
emphasizes. Pencils and pens are more inspiring. “Look at an artist, an architect; they will always draw the first lines by hand.” For learning. Studies show that students who take notes by hand retain more information and understand it better: “The brain is like a... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 11 Oct 2024
- Blog Post
Committing to Work and Family: Allison Boxer (MBA 2012)
stayed with my consulting job, but it would have meant traveling a lot to my clients on the coasts. So instead, I joined the Sorenson Impact Institute as the Managing Director and started teaching at the University of Utah, developing the school’s first social impact... View Details
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Back to School
filmed in 52 countries. Setting a record can be a lot of work. If you are going to go for it, consider an individual record—fewer logistics—and know what your mission is, why you are doing it. I’m not trying to break a personal Guinness... View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
John Read
With a background in government service, truck-parts manufacturing, and private equity, John C. Read (MBA ’71) might seem an unlikely person to run the world’s largest adventure-based educational organization. But about a decade ago, Read... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
One-on-One with Tom Oreck
grounding in every aspect of the business. “I like to tell people that I rose up the ranks through the sheer force of nepotism,” he deadpans with self-deprecating humor. He made HBS his last training stop before taking over as president... View Details
- 31 Oct 2019
- Blog Post
5 Things on My Mind in the Second Year of the MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences Program
remember that it took me a while to become comfortable with the case method. As an engineer, I was trained to look for the right answer and to prove it with formulas and theorems. However, in an HBS classroom (and in real-life business... View Details
- 15 Feb 2017
- Op-Ed
What Africa Can Teach the United States About Funding Infrastructure Projects
road person does not talk to the power person who does not coordinate with the zoning authority. Or, where a “bridge to nowhere” gets funded, absent market demand for the crossing. Much of the above sounds... View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Lesson Plans
ISSUE FOCUS: EDUCATION INNOVATION Stacey Childress (MBA 2000) Deputy Director of Education, Next Generation Learning, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, Washington Illustrations by Peter Hoey TAILORED TEACHING "One of our anchors is View Details
- 20 Jan 2016
- Research & Ideas
Maybe Uber isn't God's Gift to Mankind
beginning when its drivers are matched with a paid fare and throughout the duration of that fare. So drivers often don’t buy their own commercial insurance, opting instead to stick with personal insurance. However, in most cities, Uber... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Letters to the Editor
article about Ted Levitt. I personally felt a special connection to him, perhaps as a result of our shared immigrant roots. We argued at length the concept that America was moving away from the melting-pot tradition he so much believed... View Details
- 24 Oct 2024
- Blog Post
Trailblazing Success with Global Reach and Impact: Scott Wallinger (AMP 82, 1979)
Learn about the career resources available to HBS alumni through HBS Career & Professional Development I didn’t have any formal business training when I came to Harvard Business School’s Advanced Management Program (AMP) Executive... View Details
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Case Method 100 Years | Baker Library
Faculty writes 600 cases for classroom instruction of military personnel 1946 to 1947 Industrial Films Introduced in the Classroom HBS introduces the use of industrial films into case teaching. 1951 Task Force Created for Case Writers The Central Task Force for View Details
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
To The Rescue
coded by the operator — to understand the area’s emergency needs. The third component, the institute portion of EMRI, organizes emergency medicine conferences and helps to focus attention on the need for India to develop emergency response systems. Last spring, it... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Letters to the Editor
always had the feeling that HBS was in the business of training leaders, and consequently I feel that you have to bear some responsibility for what your graduates have done to this country. HBS and other business schools have long been... View Details
- 27 Sep 2010
- Research & Ideas
Customer Experts Lose Influence When Teams are Pressured
high-status people who have gained a wide-ranging knowledge of the business based on long, varied experience across clients and even industries, as well as their formal training and education. Customer-specific experts know their client... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Up by the Roots
intent on what Gotsch and her colleague, a senior capital markets consultant at Accenture, had to say—or more precisely, what they had come to ask: Where, exactly, do you look for new and innovative financial technology? The response was quick, blunt, and unanimous.... View Details
- 19 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
Racist Umpires and Monetary Ministers
As Major League Baseball camps reawaken for spring training over the next few weeks, the same scene will repeat across the country: A pitcher will take the mound. A batter will stare back. And behind him, an umpire will tense in... View Details
- 17 Dec 2024
- News
Solving the Underemployment Crisis
from post-secondary education and training to career. We’ll look at the effectiveness of state systems and consider the policy options at both the state and federal levels. We’ll also discuss underemployment among college graduates and... View Details
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Staff Directory | Baker Library
pharmaceutical companies, health care, travel, and personal finance. Avery holds a master’s degree from Columbia Journalism School, a Fulbright Fellowship to Russia, and a bachelor’s degree in history and international relations from... View Details
- 25 Oct 2004
- Research & Ideas
Planning for Surprises
The train wreck that was Enron's collapse is only one big, blatant example of how some disasters catch us unawares—but shouldn't. In fact, according to Max H. Bazerman and Michael D. Watkins, many surprises in all types and sizes of... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace