Centennial - Publications - Faculty & Research

25 Mar 2015
News

The Greening of Houston

effort. The McGovern Centennial Gardens features an 8,000-square-foot pavilion that leads to a great lawn, on the far end of which is a 30-foot mount covered in fig ivy, dwarf yaupon shrubs, and zoysia grass. “Since we’ve been back, it’s... View Details

Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Government; Administration of Environmental Quality Programs; Government; Special Design Services; Professional Services; Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing; Manufacturing

01 Dec 2007
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The Wise Men

In April 2008, the School will mark its Centennial birthday — 100 years of history and achievement. To be sure, that’s an impressive figure, but consider also the combined years at HBS — nearly 160 — of emeriti professors Charlie... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna

10 Aug 2015
News

A Talent Pipeline for Society’s Challenges

loved being an entrepreneur, taking an idea, flushing out the concept, and making it a reality,” she says. But her “aha moment” for ProInspire came during a panel discussion on the leadership deficit in the nonprofit world at HBS’s View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

01 Jun 1996
News

Keepers of the Flame

and award-winning ensembles from across the Southeast United States, specially commissioned works, and numerous free events highlight the Festival. A key player in this aspect of the centennial Olympic Games is Fern Segerlind (MBA '82),... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

01 Jun 2008
News

A Binary Formula

Executive Education offerings that teach scientists business and organizational fundamentals? What about joint MBA/Ph.D. programs? How about science/business seminars, more science-based cases, and more science-savvy faculty to teach them? At a mid-March HBS View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; science; research; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Management

01 Mar 2008
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Classroom Legend

Christensen is the first of four HBS “legends” to be profiled during the School’s Centennial year. Christensen and several colleagues conducted seminal research in corporate strategy and business planning that made the Business Policy... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Roland Christensen; George Albert Smith; Fritz J. Roethlisberger; Richard Meriam; Edmund P. Learned; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services; Management

01 Mar 2010
News

Light Looks Back on Forty-Year HBS Career

new initiatives. Light became Acting Dean in August 2005 upon the departure of Kim B. Clark, and Dean in April 2006. The School’s 2008 Centennial celebration provided a high point of Light’s five-year tenure; the global economic crisis... View Details

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

01 Jun 1996
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Class Acts

tireless student president also trained for and completed the Boston Marathon (a feat he repeated in this year's centennial anniversary of the race). How did he accomplish it all? "I got about three hours of sleep a night," smiles Dobron,... View Details

01 Sep 2010
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Dean Nohria Looks Ahead

Khurana. Based on the HBS Centennial colloquium “Leadership: Advancing an Intellectual Discipline,” the book brings together faculty and practitioners to assess what is known about leadership and to point the way for future research. — To... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson

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