University Administration - Publications - Faculty & Research

22 Feb 2016
Research & Ideas

The ‘Mother of Fair Trade’ was an Unabashed Price Protectionist

industries looking for ways to manage markets. Many states in the early 1930s created administrative boards to control competitive practices, wages, and retail prices industry by industry. “The crisis of the Great Depression played a... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Retail; Health; Legal Services

18 Feb 2013
Research & Ideas

Breaking Through a Growth Stall

identify your core customers and build a scalable platform for growth around them. That's the message from Frank V. Cespedes, the MBA Class of 1973 Senior Lecturer of Business Administration at Harvard Business School; James P. Dougherty,... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

13 Dec 2004
Research & Ideas

How Leaders Create Winning Streaks

practicing harder and working harder. (The example was shared of the University of Connecticut's women's basketball team, which has its starters practice not against five other players, but against eight, to simulate the most difficult... View Details

Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter & Walter Kiechel

24 Jul 2019
Lessons from the Classroom

Can These Business Students Motivate Londoners to Do the Right Thing?

choices are presented—can encourage people to change their behavior in pursuit of policy goals, says Michael Luca, the Lee J. Styslinger III Associate Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. Luca has been bringing... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

01 Apr 2000
News

Books

risky venture told Watson, "I guess you want my resignation," Watson replied, "You can't be serious. We just spent $10 million educating you." David Garvin, the Robert and Jane Cizik Professor of Business Administration at HBS, uses this... View Details

Keywords: Amy E. Dean

18 Dec 2019
News

A Recovery Squandered

01 Dec 2007
News

The Wise Men

professor Sumner Slichter (the School’s first University Professor) wrote in 1945, “Something should happen to men who come to the Business School which could not happen to them anywhere else in the world, and which will leave its mark on... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna

14 Dec 2020
Research & Ideas

What Does December's Drug-Approval Dash Mean for COVID-19 Vaccines?

of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, finds that 19 percent of all drugs approved worldwide are reviewed in December, twice the percentage of a typical month. However, drugs passed before an informal “desk-clearing”... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Pharmaceutical; Health

24 Aug 2010
First Look

First Look: August 24

Publication:In Innovation Policy and the Economy. Vol. 11, edited by Josh Lerner and Scott Stern. NBER Book Series. University of Chicago Press, forthcoming Abstract In this paper we explore the innovations in governance that have... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Sep 2012
News

High Honors

botanic gardens, pet shelters, and arts organizations near their Miami home, the Stampses have partnered with some two dozen (and counting) universities around the country to offer more than 300 merit scholarships to the very best and... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young; Finance; Corporate, Subsidiary, and Regional Managing Offices; Management; Mining; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services; Miscellaneous Store Retailers; Retail Trade

01 Sep 2004
News

One-on-One with Robert McNamara

economics major at the University of California at Berkeley, McNamara discovered at HBS “a field of specialization he would make his own and use to change three institutions and, arguably, the United States,” writes journalist Deborah... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

15 Nov 2024
News

Driving Change

Speaking to nearly 700 alumni at the Women’s Leadership Summit last week, HBS Professor Robin Ely addressed both current and emerging challenges facing women in leadership roles, while emphasizing the critical importance of continued progress. “Today, we face a fresh... View Details

12 Feb 2016
News

Creating Common Ground in Communities of Conflict

Photography by Gary Laufman “What do you want to be when you grow up?” Umaimah Mendhro (MBA 2009) was visiting her native Pakistan, working for a microfinance education nonprofit, when she was tasked with photographing students in a school. Peering through her camera... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

01 Jun 1996
News

1996 Global Alumni Conference Probes "Information Revolution"

leading Bay Area companies. It also offered plenty of opportunities for alumni to network, compare notes, and catch up with friends and classmates. As Harvard University President Neil L. Rudenstine - the first Harvard president to attend... View Details

Keywords: Daniel Penrice

05 Jul 2016
First Look

July 5, 2016

a college’s academic and nonacademic attributes available to students, how do these scandals affect their applications? To investigate, we construct a dataset of scandals at the top 100 U.S. universities between 2001 and 2013. Scandals... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

04 Oct 2024
In Practice

Research-Based Advice for the Seasonally Overwhelmed and Schedule Challenged

McGinn is the the Cahners-Rabb Professor of Business Administration at HBS. McGinn is studying these topics as part of ongoing research with Allison Daminger, assistant professor of sociology at the View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

Web

1.5 Attendance | MBA

local health authority or by University or HBS policy. Symptomatic illness. Physical or mental health emergencies. Appointments with health care providers that could not be scheduled at another time. Students with frequent excused... View Details

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Online Entrepreneurial Marketing Course | HBS Online

Hue, TakaDu, Bow & Drape, and IguanaFix. Description of silent animated video above: Learner scrolls through video interviews from prominent business leaders About the Professor Christina Wallace Entrepreneurial Marketing Senior Lecturer of Business View Details

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Online Creating Brand Value Course | HBS Online

prominent business leaders About the Professor Jill Avery Creating Brand Value Senior Lecturer of Business Administration and C. Roland Christensen Distinguished Management Educator “This course melds art and science to unpack the... View Details

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Business and Climate Change Course | HBS Online

Change John D. Black Professor of Business Administration "Companies will have to play an active role if we, as a society, are to have any realistic hope of managing the challenges presented by climate change." Michael Toffel Business and... View Details

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