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- October 1977 (Revised May 1993)
- Teaching Note
Children's Center (B), Teaching Note
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Farm Boy
JEPPSON: With his wife, Marianne, a long, happy life at Oakholm, the family farm. Apart from his role as chairman and CEO of the Norton Company and service on the boards of numerous nonprofit and civic organizations in Worcester, Massachusetts, John Jeppson (MBA ’40)... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Awards Recognize Excellence
Four HBS professors have received the annual Charles M. Williams Award for outstanding teaching and contributions to student learning. The recipients are David Moss for his Creating the Modern Financial System course; Jan Rivkin for his Strategy course; Richard Vietor... View Details
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
New Releases
Smart Choices by John S. Hammond, Ralph L. Keeney, and Howard Raiffa (Harvard Business School Press) Decision-making is a major part of life for every human being. Where should you live? Which house should you buy? Is it time to change careers? Whom should you hire?... View Details
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Eight Among Many
Call them the class's Designated Eight. The Bulletin has picked a small group from the Class of '74 whose activities and achieve-ments are intended to represent - however unscientifically - the variety of job and life experiences of the class as a whole during the last... View Details
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
New Releases
The Entrepreneurial Venture (Second Edition) by William A. Sahlman, Howard H. Stevenson, Michael J. Roberts, and Amar Bhidé (Harvard Business School Press) At least one million new entrepreneurial ventures are begun every year. As Internet-based companies attempt to... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
A Book by Its Cover
Courtesy Harlequin Packaging and branding fantasy as though it were detergent, one-time self-described Procter & Gamble “soap salesman” Larry Heisey (MBA ’54) “turned Harlequin from a niche purveyor of romance novels into a global giant, reinventing the publishing... View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
In Memoriam
Professor Michael G. Rukstad, a member of the HBS faculty from 1981 to 1991, passed away in May at the age of 51. Rukstad taught the required courses in BGIE and Competition and Strategy, as well as courses in the Executive Education Program. Rukstad, who held a Ph.D.... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Corey, Lombard Remembered
Corey Lombard Photos Courtesy HBS Communications Last spring, the Harvard Business School community lost two of its most revered and distinguished emeriti professors. E. Raymond Corey (MBA ’46), creator of the first industrial marketing course taught at HBS and a... View Details
- 25 Sep 2009
- News
HBS’s Oldest Class Secretary
Cole in 1949 Let’s hear it for HBS’s oldest class secretary, Charlie Cole, who will turn 100 on July 23. Charlie writes about the AMP 14 class, which graduated in December 1948, 96 members strong, and now has 6 hardy souls. The 1949 Annual Report yearbook reported... View Details
Keywords: Keith Larson
- June 2023 (Revised March 2024)
- Case
Creating World-Class Board Governance at SECO
By: Krishna G. Palepu and Emer Moloney
In Spring 2023, SECO CEO Massimo Mauri had the ambition to grow the €200 million revenue technology company to a €1 billion company by 2030. Founded in Italy in the 1970s, the family-owned company had gone through a period of growth and internationalization,... View Details
Keywords: Family Business; Business Model; Acquisition; Business Growth and Maturation; Talent and Talent Management; Customer Focus and Relationships; Engineering; Governance; Corporate Governance; Governing and Advisory Boards; Growth and Development Strategy; Compensation and Benefits; Retention; Innovation and Invention; Technological Innovation; Going Public; Strategic Planning; Business and Shareholder Relations; Business Strategy; Information Infrastructure; Information Technology; Value Creation; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Information Technology Industry; Information Technology Industry; Information Technology Industry; Information Technology Industry; Information Technology Industry; Italy; Europe; Germany; United States; China
Palepu, Krishna G., and Emer Moloney. "Creating World-Class Board Governance at SECO." Harvard Business School Case 123-082, June 2023. (Revised March 2024.)
- 17 Mar 2010
- News
Mass High Tech Names 2010 "Women to Watch"
- September–October 2019
- Article
How Purchase Probability Scales Can Shed Light on Consumer Purchase Intentions
By: Rene Befurt and Alvin J. Silk
Market researchers generally, and survey experts specifically, study consumers to learn about their behavior: What are consumers’ opinions, attitudes, thoughts, and actions at the various stages of the buying process? Especially in litigation cases, these and other... View Details
Befurt, Rene, and Alvin J. Silk. "How Purchase Probability Scales Can Shed Light on Consumer Purchase Intentions." Landslide: Advancing Intellectual Property Law 12, no. 1 (September–October 2019): 51–54.
- 2013
- Working Paper
Management: Theory and Practice, and Cases
By: Richard L. Nolan
This working paper reports on a major Harvard Business School project designed to enhance MBA and practicing executives in case learning. The work is built on the foundation of HBS field cases employing the monomyth "hero's journey" classic story structure along... View Details
Keywords: Innovation; CIO; CEO; Hero's Journey; Monomyth; Management; Practice; Cases; Theory; Innovation and Invention
Nolan, Richard L. "Management: Theory and Practice, and Cases." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 14-026, September 2013.
- April 1992
- Case
Time Inc. and New Magazine Development (B)
By: David J. Collis and Nancy Donohue
Collis, David J., and Nancy Donohue. "Time Inc. and New Magazine Development (B)." Harvard Business School Case 792-044, April 1992.
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Family Matters
Lailah Thompson-Woode (MBA 2021) with her children, Antonio and Yasmina Woode. Photo courtesy Lailah Thompson-Woode Lailah Thompson-Woode (MBA 2021) with her children, Antonio and Yasmina Woode. Photo courtesy Lailah Thompson-Woode As a middle schooler, Lailah... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Let’s Celebrate! HBS is 100 Years Young
A BIG DAY FOR THE HBS COMMUNITY: At the School’s centennial birthday, in a tent on the HBS tennis courts, students, staff, and faculty react to the jaw-dropping music and dance talent of friends and colleagues. Exotic Indian dancing, cool jazz, case discussions, lunch... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
From Das’s Desk
As I write this column, preparations are under way for Spring Reunions Weekend, and I am struck by the fact that there is perhaps no better example of the School’s commitment to providing “continuous learning and continuous engagement” for alumni than their reunions.... View Details
Keywords: Das Narayandas