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- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Milestone for HBS Alumna
Alvarez-Bjelland For the first time, the president of the Harvard Alumni Association (HAA) is a woman MBA from Harvard Business School. Teresita Alvarez-Bjelland (AB ’76, MBA ’79), who took office last summer, will focus her one-year term on Harvard’s role in global... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Houghton Steps Down
James R. Houghton (MBA ’62), the longest-serving member of the Harvard Corporation and chair of the University’s 2006–07 presidential search, will step down at the end of this academic year. Houghton, chairman emeritus of Corning Inc., joined the University’s executive... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Kerr, Nanda Win Fellowships
In January, the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation granted two of five fellowships in the amount of $50,000 each to HBS assistant professors William Kerr and Ramana Nanda to fund ongoing research on innovation and entrepreneurship. Awarded through the Kauffman Emerging... View Details
- 13 Apr 2020
- Research & Ideas
Small Businesses Are Worse Off Than We Thought
in-person operations, sinking demand to near zero. Professional services businesses have fared better, but they have not been spared—just 63 percent say they could weather a four-month public health... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
One-on-One with Jim Breyer
Breyer Illustration by John Cuneo In a year when the highest percentage of HBS graduates ever went to Wall Street, Jim Breyer (MBA ’87) headed west to join an upstart venture capital firm called Accel Partners. He figured he’d stay a couple of years and then maybe... View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
If You're #1, Watch Out
You're the top performer in your market. Your products are of such a high quality that they exceed the requirements of all but the most demanding customers, and you're the only one able to serve them. Clear sailing ahead, right? Wrong, according to HBS professor... View Details
- 25 Oct 2024
- Blog Post
Harvard Business School Announces Latest RISE Fellows
Demonstrated commitment to and impact in communities of color in the US, including but not limited to: Work that addresses disparities in communities of color Work to enact change in programs and policies that impact communities of color Grassroots, formal, and... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
The Plight of the Global Poor
safety net and virtually no hope of moving upward.” “Globalization has helped emerging economies distribute their products and services around the world but there’s been no systematic way to link the extra wealth that has been created to... View Details
- 17 Apr 2015
- News
A Driving Force for a Sustainable World
A. Sahlman, she found her voice. “Though I often knew the right answer, I never raised my hand in class. Bill came to me and asked me to present a case, which I did. Then he said, ‘I want to hear more of you’ and from that day on, I had my hand up. It’s something I... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
$how Me the Money
he too emphasizes that making facilitating payments for essential documents and services is a routine fact of life in many countries, so much so that facilitating payments are not barred by the 1977 U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act,... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Alumni Books
that can greatly improve local governmental services without costing taxpayers more. They discuss incorporating outcome indicators into strategic planning and budgeting; building a local government’s budget with cost drivers; expanding... View Details
- 21 Aug 2000
- Research & Ideas
Faculty Research Looks to Latin America
markets." The War For Talent Professor Ashish Nanda teaches Professional Services as well as Leadership, Values and Decision Making. His research focuses on managing View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- Profile
Brittany Williams
volunteering as a nonprofit consultant with MEDIAGIRLS, a nonprofit that “encourages middle-school girls to build self-confidence and challenge the negative images they see in media. I’m working on ways to scale the curriculum nationally.” Eventually, Brittany hopes to... View Details
Keywords: Financial Services
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Rethinking the MBA
school that looks just like an academic department elsewhere in a university — to a true professional school where we’re developing not just knowledge but also skills, purpose, and identity. To the extent that our book moves business... View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
How Business Schools Lost Their Way
contemporary state is in many ways antithetical to the goals of professional education itself,” writes Khurana. The excerpts that follow trace business schools from their early idealism to the more recent abandonment of their... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Letters to the Editor
50-Plus Years of Entrepreneurship I was disturbed by the June Bulletin's infographic showing that HBS had been teaching entrepreneurship for only 50 years (page 7). As a student at HBS, I took Management of New Enterprises, an excellent course taught by a superb... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
MBAs Reveal Their Hopes and Dreams
Want to know what makes HBS students tick? Try reading the short essays 34 from the Class of 2011 wrote in response to the simple question: “What is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?” Each essay is paired with the writer’s black-and-white... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Project Aims to Boost US Competitiveness
A cross-disciplinary team of HBS faculty, led by Professors Michael Porter and Jan Rivkin, has launched a project on US competitiveness that will feature a special spring 2012 issue of the Harvard Business Review and a long-term research agenda. “America’s ability to... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
New Post for Palepu
Professor Krishna Palepu, senior associate dean for International Development at HBS, has been tapped by Harvard President Drew Faust to be her senior adviser for global strategy, a new position. Consulting with colleagues from across the University, Palepu will focus... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Cracks in the Foundation
I couldn't help but feel a sense of gloom as I read the results of the recent HBS alumni survey on US competitiveness. It revealed that alumni overwhelmingly believe the United States is losing its competitive edge, particularly when compared to powerhouse emerging... View Details