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- 01 Jun 2010
- News
The MBA at a Crossroads
at a Crossroads. (Read the Q&A) The deans had reason to be concerned. The business of business education is in the midst of dramatic change. There are clear trends away from two-year, full-time programs; increased questioning of the value... View Details
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
Books
of their goals, write the authors, is to correct the mistaken belief among some entrepreneurs, corporations, and academic institutions that "venture capitalists can add little value to young firms aside from money." After a historical... View Details
Keywords: Amy E. Dean
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Late Start, Dramatic Finish
including Yale, the University of Texas, and Cornell had arrived at Wake Forest to begin analyzing the issue at hand and organizing their presentations for Saturday's competition. This year's case focused on the public relations... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
HBS Seeks Deeper Ties with China
CHINA INITIATIVE: HBS professor emeritus Warren McFarlan speaks with Jessie Chen (MBA ’99) and Rodney Smith (MBA ’99) before his presentation at the Harvard Center Shanghai. HBS professor emeritus Warren McFarlan, a longtime advocate of... View Details
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
BOOK: You Can't Enlarge the Pie
taught to analyze the likelihood of various consequences, these students learn that the best decisions are those that minimize expected costs and maximize expected benefits," the authors write. The best decisions typically are those that "enlarge the pie," thus... View Details
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
committee's work will focus on reviewing and possibly refining the Class Notes production process; developing informative presentations that could be taken on the road and delivered through clubs; developing a more robust alumni database... View Details
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Building New Connections
foundation to create a new value proposition: one of continued personal and professional development for all who come to Harvard Business School,” says Dean Srikant Datar. “I am truly grateful for all he has done.” C. Fritz Foley, the... View Details
- 01 Aug 1998
- News
A Roaring Success in the Windy City
best-practice tales from the frontlines, and networking opportunities with other alumni. "I had forgotten how great it is to be in a classroom," said Alan M. Silberstein (MBA '72), after hearing Professor William A. Sahlman's humor-filled View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
The Innovation Imperative
relentless about innovating at Harvard Business School. That’s what Bill Kirby’s history teaches us.” Nohria was quick to point out that innovation does not come at the expense of what made HBS a world leader in business education. “We must continue to strengthen the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Faculty Books
Questions: A Simple Approach for Better Execution by Robert Simons (Harvard Business Review Press) Professor Simons presents seven key questions managers must continually ask to excel at execution: Who is our main customer? How do our... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
Getting on Board
specific skills and impartial judgment.” Stautberg and Carolyn Chin (MBA ’71) were featured speakers at a recent HBS Club of Greater New York presentation on board membership strategies. Chin, a consultant and professional options trader,... View Details
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
Intellectual Debate: The Business of Business
Organizations and Markets unit (see Theory and Practice for a profile of the O&M unit) quickly sparked discussion in two different areas. Noting that the unit's Coordination, Control, and the Management of Organizations (CCMO) course often advocates theoretical... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Alumni Books
four-year research program that spanned 25 industries, identifying long-term winners and what they do differently, Capon talked to marketing mavens from across the global economy and presents their insights in five broad groups: picking... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Can Manufacturing Keep Its Edge?
customer. ET then went a step further, locating an aluminum extruder in China that would manufacture some of the parts used in the panels. “We ship in 48 hours from our Singapore partner’s warehouse to the customer’s facility,” Sharpe says. “Our goal is to View Details
- 19 Jun 2013
- News
Your Guide to Social Enterprise
the intersecting worlds of social entrepreneurship. Using examples from nonprofits, foundations, private industry, and government, Keohane presents a history of social entrepreneurship, explores its impacts, and chronicles both the... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
HBS Press Books in Brief
The War for Talent, by Ed Michaels, Helen Handfield-Jones, and Beth Axelrod, presents a strategic view of what managers must do to hire and keep the best employees. Drawing on five years of research, including surveys of thirteen thousand... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
You’ve Been YouTubed
media, analyzing the reach and impact of a clever customer complaint music video produced by Canadian musician Dave Carroll when his attempts to recoup the value of his guitar (broken in transit) are stonewalled for over a year by United... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
How Artificial Intelligence is Changing Business
Algorithms and Networks Run the World, presents a framework for rethinking business and operating models. “AI is not just displacing human workers, it is changing the nature of firms, how they operate, and how they interact with the rest... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Beyond the Plastisphere
Above: illustration by Brian Stauffer In 2008, Sarah Kauss (MBA 2003) attended a presentation on climate change and the global water crisis at her five-year HBS reunion. Harvard Professor Daniel Schrag, who directs the University’s Center... View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
The Campaign for Harvard Business School
$475 $500 95% *Total includes undesignated and unrestricted gifts, as well as planned gifts at present value Stamps Gift Supports Baker Reading Room A recent campaign gift of $12 million from the charitable... View Details