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  • 22 Sep 2023
  • News

Skydeck Voices: The Most Important Person I Met at HBS

Photo provided by Harvard University Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Who was the most important person you met at HBS? And why? This is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck, and when my colleagues set up on Spangler Lawn during Spring Reunions... View Details
  • 26 Jul 2011
  • News

An Entrepreneur of the Arts

pointe shoes from Russia and sells them nationwide. In 2006, she opened the Russian Pointe Dance Boutique, the company’s flagship store located on Chicago’s Magnificent Mile. Attending OPM, Efimova was... View Details
Keywords: ballet; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management
  • 03 Aug 2011
  • News

No Ducking the Debt Ceiling

here.” Professor Nancy Koehn opines, “What does it mean when the world’s leading power (and geopolitical playground cop) cannot govern itself?” The fall semester begins in a few weeks, with View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Administration of Economic Programs; Government
  • 01 Dec 2014
  • News

The Far-Reaching Impact of Fellowships

broadly, fellowships enrich the entire HBS community by exposing students to people and concepts they might never encounter otherwise. The generosity of donors makes it possible for View Details
Keywords: fellowships
  • October 2019 (Revised August 2020)
  • Case

Souqalmal: The Choice Is Yours (A)

By: V.G. Narayanan and Alpana Thapar
This case describes how Ambareen Musa, Founder and CEO of Souqalmal, a Dubai-based online comparison aggregator of banking and insurance products launched her business in 2011 and rapidly grew it over next couple of years. However, by 2017, the Mauritian entrepreneur... View Details
Keywords: Unit Economics; Finance; Accounting; Competitive Strategy; Financial Statements; Insurance Industry; Middle East
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  • 01 Mar 2014
  • News

The Solution to the Global Food Crisis Just Might Come from Nigeria

consumer base: The middle class of Africa's most populous nation has been growing quickly, now accounting for 23 percent of the population,... View Details
Keywords: Francis Storrs; John H. Davis; Michael Halse; Crop Production; Agriculture; Administration of Economic Programs; Government; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing
  • 23 Jun 2023
  • News

Highlights from the Spring 2023 Alumni Board Meeting

Alumni Board members on campus for their annual spring meeting // Credit: Panfoto Hard work, with humility for humanity, is the spirit that animates Harvard Business School's MBA program today, Matt Weinzierl, Senior Associate Dean and Chair of the MBA Program, told... View Details
  • 2007
  • Book

From Higher Aims to Hired Hands: The Social Transformation of American Business Schools and the Unfulfilled Promise of Management as a Profession

By: Rakesh Khurana
Is management a profession? Should it be? Can it be? This major work of social and intellectual history reveals how such questions have driven business education and shaped American management and society for more than a century. The book is also a call for reform.... View Details
Keywords: Social History; Business Education; Moral Sensibility; Profit; Leadership; Managerial Roles; United States
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  • 30 Jun 2021
  • In Practice

The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2021

What’s on HBS faculty members’ reading list for summer 2021? Which books are most meaningful to them and why? Below, faculty share their top picks, ranging from biographies and memoirs to their colleagues’ latest works. Julia Austin: Social justice and the Obamas I... View Details
Keywords: by Kathryn Haviland
  • 20 Jan 2017
  • News

Bringing Power to the People

thousands of people. Originally, we started the company in France. We also do that in Australia, in Central America, in Africa, also in the Middle East. “What we try to do is... View Details
  • 01 Jun 2022
  • News

Closing the 'Network Gap'

first semester, 10 percent of the Class of 2022—70 people from a wide array of backgrounds—volunteered their own networks and knowledge to help. This outpouring of support, however, was still not enough to... View Details
Keywords: April White
  • 15 Aug 2019
  • Blog Post

The Social Enterprise Initiative at HBS

capacity to work across the public, private and nonprofit sector. They can set a big vision, rally people around it, and get things done. And they have a deep and abiding interest in helping people find their own true path.” Chelsea Banks... View Details
  • 03 Oct 2023
  • Research Event

Build the Life You Want: Arthur Brooks and Oprah Winfrey Share Happiness Tips

science matters. We have a class, it's a very popular class at the Harvard Business School. Some of you will take it in the spring if you're HBS students in View Details
Keywords: by HBS Staff
  • November 2018 (Revised May 2019)
  • Case

Almarai Company: Milk and Modernization in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

By: Kristin Fabbe, Safwan Al-Amin, Esel Cekin and Natalie Kindred
With SAR 14 billion ($3.7 billion) in 2017 revenues, Almarai was Saudi Arabia’s largest dairy producer, distributor, and marketer, with a large portfolio of branded dairy products, juices, bakery goods, and infant formula and a sales presence across the Gulf region,... View Details
Keywords: Dairy; Agriculture; Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia; Almarai; Schorderet; Food Security; Public Policy; Self Sufficiency; Gulf; GCC; Business And Government; Agribusiness; Marketing; Distribution; Change Management; Leading Change; Strategy; Government and Politics; Policy; Diversification; Integration; Horizontal Integration; Vertical Integration; Food; Brands and Branding; Growth and Development Strategy; Business and Government Relations; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Saudi Arabia; Middle East
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  • 22 Feb 2024
  • Blog Post

It’s Time to Build: Why the MS/MBA Is Right for You!

years. I eagerly applied and was fortunate to be accepted. The program has exceeded my expectations. First, you gain a more intimate academic experience as part of a 30-person class while still being fully... View Details
  • 20 Feb 2017
  • Research & Ideas

Having No Life is the New Aspirational Lifestyle

decades of social history, where enjoyment of nonproductive leisure time was seen as a mark of a successful life. The ability to fritter away your hours was considered the apex of success as evidenced in... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 17 Apr 2006
  • Research & Ideas

Resisting the Seductions of Success

mixture of admiration and scorn. But students recognize that resume-gods are merely the extreme version of themselves: In discussions of this book, a student will often tell a class that Tony is just like... View Details
Keywords: by Joseph L. Badaracco Jr.; Entertainment & Recreation; Information; Publishing
  • 01 Oct 2021
  • News

Furthering the Legacy of Whitney Bowman (MBA 2006)

life, says his widow. A few days before classes started, the Bowmans welcomed their third child. “As a young family, we were thrilled to receive fellowship support. It was a big deal for us,” says Brittanie.... View Details
  • 26 Mar 2024
  • Blog Post

IFC India: Financing the Climate Transition in India

of sustainability efforts, decarbonization, and net zero in the context of a broader development agenda. The class culminated in a series of site visits in January 2024 in... View Details
  • 23 Apr 2001
  • Research & Ideas

The Gulf: It’s a Family Affair

has a distinctive culture. Don't assume you understand it even if you have done business elsewhere in the Middle East. It's going to take another generation for businesses in this region to approximate... View Details
Keywords: by Wendy Guild & Andrea Schulman