Publications

01 Mar 2005
News

Health-Care Initiative to Leverage Ongoing Efforts

capital and innovation are among the topics related to health care for which case and course materials are now being developed, Clark noted, adding that the student-run HBS Healthcare Club and the Health Industry Alumni Association are... View Details

Keywords: Educational Support Services; Educational Support Services; Educational Support Services

01 Sep 2011
News

Checking In, Catching Up

and presented a report on the School, which was followed by industry panels featuring members of the class. Section lunches, dinners, and a class social on Spangler lawn offered plenty of opportunities to catch up, kick back, and enjoy... View Details

Keywords: Educational Services; Educational Services

March 2017
Case

SEAS and HBS in Allston

By: Thomas R. Eisenmann and Kerry Herman

The case describes opportunities for and barriers to collaboration between the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) and Harvard Business School as SEAS prepares to move two-thirds of its faculty and classes to a new campus in Allston, 1.5 miles... View Details

Keywords: Business Education; Engineering; Strategy; Partners and Partnerships; Change Management; Education Industry; United States

01 Sep 2007
News

Former French Finance Minister Joins HBS Faculty

Thierry Breton, former French finance minister, has joined the HBS faculty as a senior lecturer and will teach the first-year Leadership and Corporate Accountability course this fall. Breton is well-known in France as former chairman of France Telecom from 2002 to... View Details

Keywords: finance minister; professorship; Educational Services; Educational Services; Educational Services; Educational Services

01 Jun 2007
News

Power Trip

closer, you’ll see that the characteristics of CEOs really have changed. And many of the factors that determine access to power also have changed. Is the importance of higher education one example? If you think about what was important... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Educational Services; Educational Services

June 2003 (Revised September 2003)
Case

Peabody Elementary School (B)

By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Kevin Morris

After six months as principal of the school, Marty Pettigrew has commenced a series of reform initiatives to improve its academic performance and culture. As the school year ends, he must assess his progress and decide on his strategies for the following year. He... View Details

Keywords: Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Performance Improvement; Middle School Education; Personal Development and Career; Strategy; Education Industry

January 1978 (Revised May 1993)
Teaching Note

Budget Crisis of the Boston School System, Teaching Note

By: Regina E. Herzlinger

Keywords: Education; Budgets and Budgeting; Crisis Management; Education Industry

November 1976 (Revised May 1993)
Case

Budget Crisis of the Boston School Committee

By: Regina E. Herzlinger

Keywords: Education; Budgets and Budgeting; Crisis Management; Education Industry; Boston

Find at Harvard

January 2011 (Revised February 2011)
Case

GLOBIS

By: Mukti Khaire, Akiko Kanno and Nobuo Sato

Yoshito Hori, dean of the Graduate School of Management, GLOBIS University, was planning to launch a full-time English MBA program in September 2012. GLOBIS University was already offering successful part-time MBA programs in English and Japanese. The full-time English... View Details

Keywords: Business Model; Business Education; Entrepreneurship; Leadership; Adaptation; Expansion; Education Industry; Japan

01 Jun 2015
News

The Military and the MBA

Gene Markowski Unlearning some of the lessons of the military Unlearning some of the lessons of the military Richard Kondo Blending military leadership and private industry best practices Blending military leadership and private View Details

Keywords: Educational Services; Educational Services; Educational Services; Educational Services

May 2010
Teaching Note

INSEAD (TN)

By: Srikant M. Datar and David A. Garvin

Teaching Note for [308009]. View Details

Keywords: Globalization; Curriculum and Courses; Business Education; Service Delivery; Education Industry; Asia; Europe

01 Mar 2006
News

HBS Global Forum Set for June

of top-ranking industry leaders and government officials , including Jeffrey R. Immelt (MBA ’82), chairman and CEO of GE, and Robert Rubin, former Treasury Secretary. HBS professor Malcolm Salter is the faculty chair, and Charles O.... View Details

Keywords: Educational Services; Educational Services

November 1993
Case

Thurgood Marshall High School

By: John J. Gabarro

Presents the problem facing a newly appointed high-school principal. Raises issues about interpersonal and group behavior including lack of open conflict resolution and the need to intervene in an interpersonal conflict. Also raises the issue of intergroup conflict... View Details

Keywords: Problems and Challenges; Conflict and Resolution; Employee Relationship Management; Secondary Education; Groups and Teams; Education Industry

01 Jun 2008
News

Immersion Program Digs Deep

introduced in 2007. Created to provide educational experiences that complement and extend classroom learning, immersions offer students the opportunity for intensive exposure to an industry or region of the... View Details

Keywords: immersion; Educational Services; Educational Services

March 8, 2016
Article

Cognitive Fatigue Influences Students' Performance on Standardized Tests

By: Hans Henrik Sievertsen, F. Gino and Marco Piovesan

Using test data for all children attending Danish public schools between school years 2009–2010 and 2012–2013, we examine how the time of the test affects performance. Test time is determined by the weekly class schedule and computer availability at the school. We find... View Details

Keywords: Time Management; Education; Performance Evaluation; Education Industry; Denmark

Read Now

01 Jun 2008
News

A Binary Formula

through colloquia like this and through Executive Education programs. I think it’s critically important for HBS and for the country to grow leaders who are fluent in the language of technology and knowledgeable about the challenges facing... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; science; research; Educational Services; Educational Services; Educational Services

May 2010
Teaching Note

Yale School of Management (TN)

By: Srikant M. Datar and David A. Garvin

Teaching Note for [308011]. View Details

Keywords: Curriculum and Courses; Leadership Development; Learning; Perspective; Transformation; Business Education; Education Industry