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- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Leadership in Practice
Jenrette (DLJ) when he applied to HBS. “I already had the analytical skills,” he recalls, “but the rigors of the case method raised the bar for me.” Dawson greatly admired his HBS corporate finance professor, the late Scott Mason, whom he... View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
Orientation Teamwork
FIRE AWAY: Each Learning Team built a catapult that was intended egg at a target 25 feet away without breaking the payload. PHOTO BY STUART CAHILL It may have looked like all fun and games, but the MBA Class of 2008 orientation in late... View Details
- 22 Jul 2002
- Research & Ideas
How Business Strategy Tamed the “Invisible Hand”
in production and economies of scope in distribution. In some industries, Adam Smith's "invisible hand" was gradually tamed by what the historian Alfred D. Chandler Jr. has termed the "visible hand" of professional managers. By the View Details
Keywords: by Pankaj Ghemawat
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Jonathan Wilkins
starting line nor be unmindful of my loving family, friends nor my late Aunt who sacrificed so that I would be able to run. With each step, I will pave the way for others. With each stride, I will stretch toward the call of greater... View Details
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1.24 Commencement | MBA
1.24 Commencement 1.0 Academic Information & Policies The MBA Program joyfully anticipates the annual Harvard Commencement exercises in late May each year. All students are encouraged to attend, and the MBA Program is happy to assist... View Details
- 01 Feb 2021
- News
Locally Grown
exit.” The payoff has been the success of companies like Lightning Systems. Founded in 2008 to turn heavy vehicles into fuel-saving hybrids, the company faced extinction as zero-emissions systems gained prominence in the late 2010s. With... View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Letters to the Editor
from HBS professor emeritus Tom McCraw’s book Prophet of Innovation about the economist Joseph Schumpeter, one of my academic heroes and one of the greatest economists ever. Many years ago I had numerous discussions with the late Harvard... View Details
- 07 Feb 2019
- News
New Charter School CEO Debuts Colorful Changes
announce a new easing of dress code regulations. Jones started in the role late last year after the previous CEO exited abruptly after investigations found that he had engaged in a “pattern of inappropriate behavior”, leading Jones and... View Details
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Marco Crespo
native country of Brazil. “After I graduate, I want to return to a nonprofit I worked for before, the Ayrton Senna Foundation,” says Marco. Founded by the sister of the late Formula 1 racing driver – a champion regarded by many as the... View Details
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
Bart Harvey: Opportunities for Others
even as he enjoyed a successful career as a high-flying real-estate dealmaker at Dean Witter Reynolds. Then he was introduced to the late James Rouse, the visionary developer who founded the Enterprise Foundation in 1982. "Jim Rouse... View Details
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Art Collecting’s New Egalitarianism
informed, to track art transactions and auction results,” Weidner says. Where’s a collector to start, though? We asked him to share a few pieces of advice for burgeoning aesthetes. READ MORE Is the Auction House of the Future Online? 1) It’s never too early—or too... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Start-Ups Make Their Pitch
their start-up pitches to a panel of judges in late April. To his surprise, Mahesh, representing the HBS Club of India, took top honors and was awarded a $25,000 cash prize for his plan to manufacture low-cost medical beds for Indian... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Feedback
“the sound of dog food glopping out of a can.” (Buy a of copy of his book, MouthSounds, if you want to know more.) I’ve long enjoyed Fred’s creative ability to make me smile. I put him in a special category of entertaining HBSers, including the View Details
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Celebrations in LA, Florida, London
Summers, and a group of HBS professors at the February gathering. The following month, Dean Clark flew south to meet with enthusiastic groups of Florida alumni at well-attended events in Palm Beach, Miami, and Naples. In late March, the... View Details
- 07 Apr 2014
- News
Family Values
HBS is committed to ensuring that its learning model provides a powerful, integrated curriculum. A major new gift from the family of the late William F. Connell (MBA 1963) will help this effort as the School continues to prepare leaders... View Details
- 16 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Surveying the VC Landscape
VC investing and innovation? A: Buyout groups in fact exacerbated much of the volatility in the venture capital cycle. During the late 1990s, many buyout groups began abandoning the basic industries in which they had traditionally... View Details
- 01 Jun 1999
- News
Spangler Center Groundbreaking
With six inches of fresh snow underfoot, Dean Kim B. Clark and a hardy assembly of HBS students, faculty, and staff welcomed a group of distinguished guests to campus in late February to participate in a groundbreaking ceremony for the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
The Story of Israel’s Economic Miracle
intriguing new book Start-Up Nation: The Story of Israel’s Economic Miracle (Twelve), written by Dan Senor (MBA ’01) and Saul Singer, a columnist at the Jerusalem Post. Most Israelis in their late teens serve several years in the elite... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Start-Ups "R" Us
aspirations of the School’s graduates. The inaugural year for the Alumni New Venture Contest attracted more than seventy teams representing HBS Clubs in the United States and abroad. The seven finalists made their start-up pitches to a panel of HBS faculty and alumni... View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Fellowships Celebrated
donors and recipients gathered on campus in late April for the third annual Fellowship Dinner. The event brings together those who support financial aid at HBS and the students who benefit from their generosity. This year’s student... View Details