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05 Jan 2017
Blog Post

Crossing the River: The HBS/HKS Joint Degree Program

finance and political economy. Ultimately, the program affirmed by belief that society’s most intractable problems are best addressed by approaches that leverage cross-sector solutions. Like all jointees, my first year was spent at HKS, where I dove into the core View Details

01 Oct 1999
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Four Promoted to Full Professor

protection, particularly patents, on the competitive strategies of firms in high-technology industries. Venture Capital and Private Equity, an elective course Lerner developed and introduced into the HBS curriculum in 1993, has enjoyed... View Details

01 Mar 2013
News

A Conversation with Dean Nohria

opening up a wide range of intriguing possibilities—it's definitely an interesting moment in this arena, and one we find exciting. What other developments are you excited about? The success of the FIELD course, though still a work in progress, has greatly enriched the... View Details

01 Sep 2024
News

Ink: Framing the Full Picture

Woman, Deadpool, Red Sonja, and Poison Ivy. But Fighting to Belong! departs from that mold. The three graphic novels, which Chu cowrote with her son, Alexander Chang, cover the sweep of American history, with a curriculum guide that... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

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Frequently Asked Questions | MBA

What makes the HBS case method successful? Sections: How is the curriculum structured? Academic Environment: Is it possible to cross register with other universities? Program Offerings: Does HBS offer an online MBA? Program Offerings:... View Details

28 Apr 2015
First Look

First Look: April 28

examining several options for expansion and growth. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/115023-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 315-053 Curriculum Associates: Turning the Page from Tradition to Innovation Set... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

24 May 2023
Blog Post

Get to Know Class Day Speaker Adán Acevedo

financial, social, and academic support to students in underserved communities across the United States. All this work, says Acevedo, is about empowering people. “What was crystallized for me in this Elective Curriculum year is that in... View Details

15 Feb 2016
Blog Post

Coming to HBS with a Non-Finance Background

just before school started. HBX CORe is an online course of three subjects (Economics, Business Analytics, and Accounting) designed to better prepare you for the Required Curriculum (first year courses) at HBS. This new digital learning... View Details

01 Dec 2002
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Alumni Honorees Urge Students to Emphasize Ethics

Dean Kim B. Clark with the assistance of four secondyear students, was part of the required curriculum for first-year MBA students. Merck's Ray Gilmartin has overseen the distribution of his company's river-blindness drug, Mectizan, to... View Details

October 2023 (Revised January 2024)
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SEK: Reimagining Spanish Higher Education at Universidad Camilo José Cela (UCJC)

By: John J-H Kim, Mary C. Sauer and Emilie Billaud

In 2023, Nieves Segovia, President of the SEK Education Group in Spain, contemplates the future of her family's for-profit education company, which includes K-12 schools and the newly established UCJC university. Renowned for its innovation in education, SEK faces... View Details

Keywords: Family Business; Curriculum and Courses; Higher Education; Teaching; Digital Strategy; Disruptive Innovation; Knowledge Dissemination; Leading Change; Growth and Development Strategy; Management Succession; Resource Allocation; Organizational Structure; Education Industry; Europe; Spain

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01 Jun 2020
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Staying the Course

recommended curriculum saw larger and faster gains in math knowledge—as much as 7.5 percentile points on a standardized test—than those who did not. The challenge for the CEO was ramping up access to the platform as the country began to... View Details

Keywords: April White; online education

17 May 2018
News

Creating Opportunity for Indian Entrepreneurs

in New York, working with inner-city at-risk youth. He saw a presentation by then-NFTE president Steve Mariotti and was impressed by the organization’s practical curriculum for teaching entrepreneurship. Bhargava and his wife, Aruna, a... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Myers

01 Dec 2014
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Case Study: Growing the Family Business

cleanliness and are staffed with teachers who use a proprietary curriculum to create an educational environment. Customers pay a significant premium for convenience—as much as $13 an hour for infant care versus $4 an hour or less for... View Details

Keywords: childcare; Finance

01 Dec 2010
News

Innovation Takes Center Stage

the front of the stage, Nohria used his first reunion address to broadly outline five priorities that will shape the agenda for the School during his tenure: curriculum innovation, intellectual ambition, internationalization, inclusion,... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson

19 Aug 2015
Research & Ideas

Codeacademy’s Delicate Work of Adding Monetization Without Crushing Mission

there are a range of business analyst jobs that complement coders to deliver quality software and technology-based services. Since state governments run public schools, community colleges, and public universities, they desperately need to evolve their View Details

Keywords: Re: Jeffrey J. Bussgang; Technology

06 Dec 2019
Blog Post

Moving to the States with My Daughter to Pursue an MBA and Switch Careers

an opportunity to consider other career options and to make a big change in my life. I had never received formal business training before, so I looked for a well-rounded business curriculum to complement my technical background. The... View Details

27 Aug 2019
News

A Shot at Success

environment to the work environment. Trey introduces these athletes to others in similar situations through Trey Academy, an interactive curriculum that focuses on the particular challenges that high school and college stars face, from... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Jun 2015
News

Alumni Take Action to Improve US Competitiveness

example, the HBSCNY Skills Gap Project has placed more than 30 interns with tech firms and helped LaGuardia Community College develop a new health care curriculum designed to meet the skills needs of a nearby medical center. In Ohio, Dan... View Details

Keywords: Erin Peterson; Walmart; Health, Social Assistance; Retail Trade

12 Feb 2025
Blog Post

How Risk Can Be the Key to a Sustainable Future with Sophie Levin (MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences 2022

game-changer for me. The most valuable part was definitely the people I met, but the academic experience was equally formative.The engineering curriculum taught me the importance of humility in problem-solving—admitting what I don’t know... View Details

31 Mar 2023
News

How Can We Solve the Teacher Shortage Crisis?

the capacity to work in teams, the capacity to deal with people unfamiliar to you, spontaneous, written and oral communication. Are those teachable, do you think? And do we put enough emphasis—in everything from the design of curriculum... View Details

Keywords: Educational Support Services; Educational Services

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