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  • 01 Sep 2016
  • News

New MBA Admissions Director Gets an Interview

Beyond the CV: Chad Losee Hometown: Delta, Utah. “About 5,000 people. One stoplight. And actually, I grew up outside Delta.” First thing he put up in his office: A whiteboard. “Definitely low-tech but one of my favorite collaboration tools.” Future wall plans: “I just... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
  • June 2006 (Revised April 2007)
  • Case

Howard Schultz: Building Starbucks Community

By: William W. George and Andrew N. McLean
In 2006, Howard Schultz reflects on his leadership at Starbucks in light of its continued growth plans. Provides information on the leadership development of the protagonist, tracing his youth and education, his early business career, his acquisition of Starbucks, and... View Details
Keywords: Education; Biography; Leadership; Leadership Development; Leadership Style; Growth and Development Strategy; Personal Development and Career
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  • August 2005 (Revised February 2007)
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Martin Luther King, Jr.: A Young Minister Confronts the Challenges of Montgomery

By: William W. George, Rick Buhrman and Andrew N. McLean
As the Montgomery Bus Boycott starts, the young Martin Luther King Jr. faces challenges to his leadership goals, strategic vision, and personal and family safety. Makes extensive use of King's own words and writings and builds a portrait of a young, talented, and... View Details
Keywords: Decision Making; Education; Values and Beliefs; Biography; Leadership; Personal Development and Career; Family and Family Relationships; Alabama
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FSG - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

HBS ISC About Michael Porter About Michael Porter A Letter from Michael Porter Biography The Essential Porter Honors & Awards Affiliated Organizations & Institutions VBHCD Initiative Affiliated Organizations... Affiliated Organizations &... View Details
  • 01 Sep 2003
  • News

Alumni Bookshelf

coauthored by Steven L. Ossad (MBA ’76) (Taylor Trade Publishing) With a subtitle World War II’s Greatest Forgotten Commander, this is a biography of the highest-ranking American Jewish officer ever killed in battle. Send information... View Details
Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information
  • 02 Jul 2014
  • What Do You Think?

Are Today’s Business Heroes Challenging Our Ideas About Leadership?

associated with large, well-established organizations that I studied and admired in graduate school, the kind that Collins and Jerry Porras wrote about as being "built to last." Then I read biographies of today's business... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • May 2004 (Revised June 2004)
  • Case

Brief Biographical Note on P. Roy Vagelos

By: Nitin Nohria and Bridget Gurtler
Provides background biographical information on P. Roy Vagelos, chief executive officer of Merck Pharmaceuticals. Teaching Purpose: To chart the development of a leader in the pharmaceutical industry. View Details
Keywords: Biography; Teaching; Leadership Development; Mission and Purpose; Personal Development and Career; Ethics; Pharmaceutical Industry
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Getting Involved - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

HBS ISC About Michael Porter About Michael Porter A Letter from Michael Porter Biography The Essential Porter Honors & Awards Affiliated Organizations & Institutions VBHCD Initiative Affiliated Organizations & Institutions Affiliated... View Details
  • 01 Mar 2009
  • News

More Alumni Books

Biography of William Treat (MBA ’47 Feb.) by Merle Drown (Hobblebush Books) Local Heroes: How Loch Fyne Oysters Embraced Employee Ownership and Business Success by David Erdal (MBA ’81) (Viking) High-Powered Investing All-in-One for... View Details
Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information
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Value Based Healthcare Prize - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

HBS ISC About Michael Porter About Michael Porter A Letter from Michael Porter Biography The Essential Porter Honors & Awards Affiliated Organizations & Institutions VBHCD Initiative Honors & Awards Honors & Awards Porter Prize Japan... View Details
  • July 2005 (Revised June 2006)
  • Case

Narayana Murthy and Compassionate Capitalism

By: William W. George, Shailendra Jit Singh and Andrew N. McLean
Narayana Murthy's roles at Infosys Technologies--as a co-founder, longtime CEO, and nonexecutive chairman and chief mentor--has been marked by explosive growth, demanding management challenges, and widely lauded company leadership. His personal leadership philosophy... View Details
Keywords: Business Ventures; Economic Systems; Ethics; Values and Beliefs; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Biography; Leadership; Business or Company Management; Information Technology Industry; India
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Clogs to Clogs in Three Generations? Explaining Entrepreneurial Performance in Britain Since 1850

By: Tom Nicholas
Research into culture and entrepreneurship in Britain has been dominated by casual empiricism. This article shows the benefits of using a new method. Lifetime wealth accumulation is specified as a measure of entrepreneurial performance, and applied to data collected... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Performance Evaluation; Biography; Culture; Education; Wealth; Research; Great Britain
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  • 26 Jan 2020
  • Research & Ideas

Clayton M. Christensen, Acclaimed Author and Teacher, Dies At 67

best selves that permeated every aspect of his life. His loss will be felt deeply by many in our community and his legacy will be long-lasting.” See complete biography on the Harvard Business School website here. View Details
  • 01 Mar 2004
  • News

Leadership Project Codifies Elusive Traits

individual researchers who are not HBS alumni can gain access to it through the initiative. The public portion of the database includes short biographies as well as a host of details about each of the 860 leaders. Users can sort the... View Details
Keywords: Educational Support Services; Educational Services
  • Web

Leading Race Work in Business Schools - Race, Gender & Equity

schools. How HBR Engages Questions About Race How HBR Engages Questions About Race FEB 07 2020 | By: Amy Bernstein Harvard Business Review’s Amy Bernstein presents on her role as an HBR editor and the publication’s approach to questions around race. Speaker View Details
  • 12 Nov 2008
  • Research & Ideas

The Marketing of a President

positive and unruffled demeanor, and his compelling biography attracted the attention and empathy of voters. Second, Obama converted this empathy into tangible support. More citizens volunteered time and money to help the Obama campaign... View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch
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George F. Baker - A Concrete Symbol: The Building of Harvard Business School 1908-1927 – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

a low profile and rarely gave interviews, but those in business and government consistently sought advice from the man who had lived through ten financial panics and still kept his optimism and judgment intact. 9 Sheridan A. Logan. George F. Baker and His Bank... View Details
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Research Links - A Concrete Symbol: The Building of Harvard Business School 1908-1927 – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

Business School . 1924. Logan, Sheridan A. George F. Baker and His Bank 1840-1955: A Double Biography . [St. Joseph, Mo.]: Stinehour Press, Meriden Gravure Co., c. 1981. Program for Architectural Competition. Boston: Harvard University,... View Details
  • 25 Jan 2011
  • First Look

First Look: Jan. 25

  PublicationsThe Strategic Use of Brand Biographies Authors:Jill Avery, Neeru Paharia, Anat Keinan, and Juliet Schor Publication:Research in Consumer Behavior (forthcoming) Abstract We introduce the concept of a brand View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Mar 2014
  • News

Book Review: The Old West

Adrift: A Short Biography of Bombay by Naresh Fernandes "As biography, it captures Simón Bolívar in the way [Cuban writer and activist] José Martí spoke of him: 'You can't speak with calm about a person who never knew calm; of Bolívar you... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon