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- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Maiden Voyage
wealth to reinvent itself as a modern global competitor. Still, getting to Mars will be a nine-month journey, and lots can go wrong. “A country can only have one fiftieth anniversary,” says Al Hashmi. “Failure is not an option.” View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Mario A. Corti: Global Reconnaissance
every country in the world. "One of the high points of that trip," recalls Corti, "was flying over and touching down on the endless plains of Russia. You realize how enormous the country is and the folly of trying to conquer it." Military conquest may be an outmoded... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
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Historical Research - India
rule of the British government) and from 1857 to 1947. Topics covered in varying depth include social history, urban history, trade, wars, agriculture, travel and antiquities, and Indian and Imperial politics. Making of the Modern World,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Leadership: Getting Down to Fundamentals
you. In the modern classroom, we tend to shy away from that, yet any real model of developing and educating leaders that does not address that component is only a partial education in leadership. We hear a lot about the context of... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
Case Study: Off to a Fine Art
to bulletin@hbs.edu Case Study Update: GAIA Design When they launched Gaia Design in 2014, Philippe Cahuzac (MBA 2014) and his cofounders set their sights on building an iconic modern furniture brand for Mexico’s young urbanites. But by... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Ask the Expert: Byte-Testing Bitcoin
who won an auction for about $19 million in government-seized bitcoins in July. “Bitcoin frees people from trying to operate in a modern market economy with weak currencies,” Draper noted in a statement. Most governments want to control... View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2019
surgeons, and Vanya hoping to solve the final puzzles of Einstein's elusive theory of relativity, can they bear to leave the homeland that has given them so much? Grounded in real history—and inspired by the solar eclipse of 1914—A Bend in the Stars offers a... View Details
- 27 Aug 2014
- Lessons from the Classroom
Learning From Japan’s Remarkable Disaster Recovery
to megacorporations. One of these programs, called the Immersion Experience Program (IXP), each year sends 30 or so potential MBAs to Japan, where they receive a unique education made possible by one of the most lethal disasters in modern... View Details
- 25 Feb 2002
- Research & Ideas
The Country Effect: Does Location Matter?
more modern participative organizational climate." Japan, with fewer entrepreneurial and more consensual organizations, can anticipate more difficulty. View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Batteries Included
Illustration by Klaus Kremmerz Supply-chain shortages put container shipping in the headlines during the pandemic, with images of vessels languishing in line at major ports worldwide. It made visible what Steven Henderson (MBA 2016), CEO and cofounder of Fleetzero,... View Details
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Videos - Advancing Racial Equity
presents "Blackwomenomics: Equity in Leadership Advancement of Modern Black Women" 2018 G&WS: Sandra Finley presents "Blackwomenomics: Equity in Leadership Advancement of Modern Black Women" 27 Apr 2018... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Faculty Books
calls for new, smarter regulation. This interdisciplinary volume points the way toward modernizing regulatory theory. Professor Moss and his coeditor have gathered essays by leading scholars that integrate the latest research about the... View Details
- 24 Aug 2018
- Blog Post
Meet the MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences Class of 2020
tight-knit cohort to resonate ideas among while simultaneously being integrated into the diverse HBS and SEAS ecosystems. The program perfectly mirrors my own interest in redefining the relationship between business management and technology within View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Insight: Yenball
off the modern era of Japanese players in the American major leagues—Greyser says team owners have also become acutely aware of how Japanese players can boost their clubs' bottom line. Of course, just acquiring players doesn't necessarily... View Details
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Introduction - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School
Library Visionary, Innovator, Educator I n the latter half of the twentieth century , venture capital investment transformed groundbreaking technologies into sustainable enterprises and contributed to the growth of an American economy based on entrepreneurship and... View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Advanced Statistics Are the New Foam Fingers
paint a deeper picture of what we’re all seeing on the field—and leave modern fans obsessing over advanced metrics like defensive “route efficiency” and “barrel rate,” the way they used to lionize home runs and strikeouts. It’s not just... View Details
- 01 Aug 2013
- News
A Cure for Cold Storage
Michael Schrader The measles, says Vaxess CEO Michael Schrader (MBA 2012), is the perfect example of what's wrong with the modern vaccine. Despite the fact that a measles immunization has been available for more than 40 years, there are... View Details
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards: Honorees and Victories
corporate practices in his country, championing modern concepts of production and manufacturing as well as adherence to the highest standards of governance. Nancy M. Barry (MBA ’75) For fifteen years, Nancy Barry has been president of... View Details
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
The Nature of Change
creating the Capstone Class came from students who were looking for a way to wrap up their business school experience. Each section invites a faculty member to lead the case discussion. The groups then reunite in their first-year classrooms. “A View Details
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Merton's Economics Research Wins Nobel Prize
whose work has had a major impact on modern financial markets." "We are enormously proud that Bob Merton has received this honor," noted HBS Dean Kim B. Clark. "He has made and continues to make fundamental contributions to finance and... View Details