Informal - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Sep 2008
News

Faculty Books

Disrupting Class: How Disruptive Innovation Will Change the Way the World Learns by Clayton M. Christensen, Michael B. Horn (MBA ’06), and Curtis W. Johnson (McGraw-Hill) Taking a cue from Bill Gates’s 2005 critique of the American school system, the authors apply... View Details

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

01 Mar 2016
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Takes One to Know One

(photo by Susan Young) (photo by Susan Young) Janet Cahill (AMP 189, 2015), who was previously managing director of HBS External Relations and The Harvard Business School Campaign, has been named the new executive director of External Relations. Ralph James (MBA 1982),... View Details

01 Aug 2001
News

Ray A. Goldberg (MBA '50)

In June, the School conferred its highest honors, the Distinguished Service Award and the Alumni Achievement Award, on four professors emeriti and five alumni, respectively. This is a profile of a Distinguished Service honoree. Ray Goldberg was a young HBS lecturer in... View Details

Keywords: Alumni Achievement Award; John H. Davis; Agriculture; Scientific Research and Development Services

August 2008 (Revised May 2009)
Case

Consumer Payment Systems — Japan

By: Benjamin Edelman and Andrei Hagiu

In 2008, the Japanese consumer payments landscape featured ongoing widespread use of cash, limited use of credit cards and rapid rise of e-money systems based on contactless technology embedded in cards and especially mobile phones. The case details the alliances that... View Details

Keywords: Personal Finance; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Digital Platforms; Alliances; Competitive Strategy; Information Infrastructure; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Japan

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04 Jan 2011
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Become a Better Leader

Keywords: Professor Linda Hill; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Jun 2011
News

HBS Entrepreneurship at a Glance

50. That’s how many years HBS has been researching and teaching entrepreneurship. It’s also the percentage of the School’s alumni who classify themselves as entrepreneurs ten to fifteen years after graduation. Among those who have founded successful business ventures... View Details

01 Jun 2011
News

Map Quest

Stone: A museum-quality collection. Other Newsmakers Bob Gannon (OPM 16, 1990) Diana ("Dido") Harding (MBA ’92) David Miller (MBA ’03) Allison O’Kelly (MBA ’99) Amos Schocken (MBA ’70) Tom Tiller (MBA ’91) Bill Wyman (MBA ’65) Ammara Yaqub (MBA ’05) Next time you’re in... View Details

Keywords: maps

01 Jun 2012
News

Giving Through HBS

Investing in HBS Giving Together Jump-Start From Fellowship Recipient to ‘The Most Influential Business Thinker On Earth’ FAQ In talking to alumni about supporting the School, one of the things I like to remind people is that they don’t give to HBS, they give through... View Details

Keywords: Professor Howard Stevenson

20 Nov 2014
News

Expanding Audiences Through HBX CORe

To introduce the language of business to those just starting careers or preparing for an MBA, HBS debuted in June 2014 its Credential of Readiness (CORe) program, an online business primer for college undergraduates, recent graduates, and graduate students in... View Details

01 Jun 2013
News

Progression to the Mean

Mean Girls & Boys More than 80 students lent a hand to the April production of this year's HBS Show, Mean Girls & Boys—a parody of the 2004 Lindsay Lohan movie—which finds a new first-year student struggling with two sets of friends in her section: the lovable outcasts... View Details

01 Sep 2007
News

Spring Reunions

Dean Jay Light ( right) entertained alumni in the Dean’s House garden. Sectionmates forever! Photos by Neal Hamberg At last June’s reunions, if you had a nickel for every time someone said “It’s great to see you again!” you’d have a tidy sum to plow into some of those... View Details

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

01 Jun 2003
News

Research Center Opens in Paris

In March, official opening ceremonies were held in Paris for the European Research Center (ERC). The center, which has been operational since spring 2002, is part of the School’s ongoing commitment to create intellectual capital worldwide and to form and strengthen... View Details

Keywords: European Research Center; ERC; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

20 Sep 2011
News

Live from HBS

Keywords: Dean Nitin Nohria; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

15 Aug 2016
Blog Post

Prepare for Your Interview with Research

will also want information that provides you additional perspectives and perhaps a more objective assessment. Baker Library can be a valuable resource and a huge time-saver in getting you up to speed quickly. Our team of eight librarians... View Details

01 Jun 2008
News

“Where can we find such a person?”

In a 2006 case he prepared about the Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI), HBS professor Bill Sahlman quotes HSCI cochairman and codirector of science Douglas Melton as Melton pondered the management skills HSCI was looking for in its search for its first CEO. “That... View Details

Keywords: stem cell; Management

March 2004 (Revised June 2010)
Case

Akamai Technologies

By: Benjamin Edelman, Thomas R. Eisenmann and Eric J. Van den Steen

As the leading content delivery network, Akamai helps Internet companies deliver Web site content to end users with fewer delays and lower costs. Describes the strategic management challenges facing Akamai in early 2004. The company is poised to offer its next... View Details

Keywords: Digital Platforms; Partners and Partnerships; Strategy; Internet and the Web; Information Infrastructure

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25 Aug 2014
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The First Five Years: Raymond Hwang (MBA 2010)

unfiltered data: history, symptoms, test results, examination findings, and patient preferences. The surgeon’s job is essentially to distill this diverse information into a diagnosis and treatment plan. In the operating room, the process... View Details

Keywords: Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance

Fast Answer

Cost of doing business

guides providing information on the local legal and business context, including costs. Site Selection Magazine: Expansion planning information via state, country, industry and trend reports, project profiles... View Details

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Energy data sources: consumption and efficiency

How do I find data on the energy consumption and energy efficiency? Domestic data sources: Current consumption & Efficiency -- by US Energy Information Administration (May notice FAQs by the EIA. It points to more useful... View Details