Foundations - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Apr 2001
News

New Ventures New Gains

Entrepreneurship is nothing new at HBS. The first course in entrepreneurship was taught over fifty years ago, and the list of alumni who have founded profoundly influential companies — from Continental Cablevision to Staples to Bloomberg — is lengthy and impressive.... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna and Susan Young; Martin Dubilier (MBA 1952); Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

05 May 2022
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Lesson Plans

classroom as a way to ensure students build a solid foundation before being shuttled along to the next concept. Doing so, he says, can change a student’s mindset toward math and other subjects and tap into their full potential. TED talk:... View Details

15 Jun 2021
News

Diversifying HBS's Case Collection

progress. And to improve data collection, the School instituted a new, voluntary, self-identification form that case protagonists are asked to complete. “The School and our faculty are making an all-out effort to lay the foundations for a... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

01 Jan 2004
News

Minoru Makihara, 75th AMP, 1977

foundation for Mitsubishi's transformation into a 21st-century company." At the end of his term as president and CEO in 1998, Makihara became Mitsubishi Corporation's chairman for six years, a position that enabled him to be a strong... View Details

01 Jun 2014
News

What’s Next

Illustrations by John Ritter HBS/HU Growth With the Allston land purchase, Harvard University has begun to expand across the Charles River and around the HBS campus. How do you see the School interacting with the University (and surrounding municipalities) both... View Details

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

03 Feb 2023
News

Immersive Field Courses Take the Classroom on the Road

As part of the HBS Elective Curriculum, MBA students can enroll in an Immersive Field Course (IFC). These courses are driven by faculty research and industry connections and provide students with an opportunity to get out of the classroom and put the skills they’ve... View Details

16 Sep 2015
News

Built for Speed

Photography by King Lawrence Jay Rogers (MBA 2007) is holding a manager’s meeting while driving 70 mph up I-75 in Kentucky. As Rogers pins his phone horizontally against the dashboard, his Local Motors team, gathered around a conference table at the car manufacturer’s... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; Machinery Manufacturing; Manufacturing

01 Sep 2014
News

Book Review: Getting Beyond Yes

Every company needs a strategy—a forward-looking plan for the future—and every company needs to keep that bottom line growing through sales. But all too often, the folks devising the grand plan and the folks sealing the deals are not on the same page. In his new book,... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon; faculty research; faculty books

01 Apr 1998
News

Student Conferences Inspire Campus Dialogue

continuous change and innovation." The day offered a series of breakout sessions led by several women with extensive experience in different fields. The nonprofit panel, for example, included Elaine L. Chao (MBA '79), a fellow at The Heritage View Details

01 Oct 2000
News

Q & A: Bain & Company's Thomas J. Tierney

as from private foundations and other sources. Because The Bridge Group will be able to serve only a very limited number of nonprofit organizations, we want to discover a means to disseminate much of the information we gather so that... View Details

Keywords: Peter K. Jacobs; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Jun 2003
News

John Read

others to have a similar experience. We also receive some money for our urban programming from foundations and corporations. What would you say to HBS alums who are considering doing a course? Outward Bound is a great experience for... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young; Outward Bound; Arts, Sports, Language, Driving, and Other Schools; Educational Services

01 Jan 2007
News

Sir Martin S. Sorrell, MBA 1968

mammoth charitable foundation created by the combined wealth of Bill and Melinda Gates and Warren Buffett. "We have evidence," Sorrell says, "that young consumers are more emotionally connected to brands or products that take a... View Details

03 Dec 2019
News

Two Tales of Connection: Over Meals and Mentoring

evolve over time, and it has.” Furman and co-founder Omar Lodhi (MBA 2001), chairman of the club’s board and past club president, established a solid foundation for a successful program by reaching out to the Ministry of Education,... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Sep 2006
News

One-on-One with Carter Roberts

Nations, that focuses exclusively on environmental issues? Yes, there is. We have the World Health Organization and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation that focus on global health issues. We have political leaders, like Tony Blair, who... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson

19 Jun 2014
News

Turning "Black Gold" to Green

Capturing industrial carbon dioxide and pumping it back underground to help extract energy from old, unproductive oil fields seems like a plan that might be good in theory but is probably too complicated to pull off in the real world. Just don't tell that to Justin... View Details

Keywords: Ralph Ranalli; Oil and Gas Extraction; Mining

22 Feb 2022
News

March 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books

strong foundation for career success. Author Ron Kurtz first developed these 36 common-sense tips to guide his own children in making the most of their firsts job, and has compiled them for anyone just starting their career. This book... View Details

10 Mar 2015
News

Women in Tech: Breaking the Digital Ceiling

Janet Kraus doesn’t wear a hoodie. She doesn’t live in Silicon Valley. She doesn’t write code. And she isn’t, perhaps most significantly, a straight, white, 20-something man. “I have built tech-enabled businesses,” says the HBS Entrepreneur-in-Residence, a 48-year-old... View Details

Keywords: April White

09 Mar 2021
News

Community Colleges as Engines of Economic Opportunity

health care. These are just three examples out of dozens of active employer partnerships. The CCRI Foundation Board also includes a number of local business leaders who have helped to strengthen our relationships with the business... View Details